Apr 052011
 

UPDATED 20110407

Hi Greg here with my first post on Multistory. What follows is my communication with the CSO on the issue of the CACI contract…

11/03/2011 18:26

Subject
Ref 21013 CACI Ltd Irish Census
Contractor Links With Alleged Abuse in Abu Ghraib

Dear Sirs

I am conducting an initial enquiry into CACI Ltd who are conducting
the data capture and analysis on your behalf for the up and coming
census. Could you please comment on the following:

Has there been due diligence conducted into the background of this
company and its US affiliates?

Are you aware that CACI Inc, a US subsidiary of CACI Ltd has been
involved in a number of court cases in the USA relating to
allegations
made against the company and members of its staff of abuse of
prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq?

Are you aware that in September 2009 CACI Inc sought immunity from
prosecution in the US Court of Appeals and won on the basis that it
operated under the US military chain of command was this afforded
government contractor immunity?

Do you not feel, that under the current provisions of the Patriot Act
in the United States, that allowing a company whose subsidiary is
protected in law as part of the US military chain of command, access
to the personal data of every Irish person could pose threat to the
human rights of Irish citizens and a breach of trust with the Irish
public?

I look forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely

Greg Manahan
Production Director

iDirect Productions

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On 14 Mar 2011, at 15:06, copfieldmanagement@cso.ie wrote:

Dear Mr Manahan

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Apr 052011
 

Development of the Corrib Gas field has been mired in controversy since it started. However, this morning an audio recording put up on Indymedia.ie (of Gardai joking about raping a female activist for not giving them her name) throws new light on how the project is policed. For many activists, this is simply a continuation of what they have come to expect, but for the general public who is so far removed from it, it will certainly cause concern.
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Apr 042011
 

Here is a short story which is part of a bigger story, I am currently in the process of developing as a documentary film…
This looks at the history of copyright and goes right back to the Hill of Tara where the High King rules against St. Colmcille

“To every cow its calf and to every book its copy.”

Colmcille’s later work, The Book of Kells, now has a copyright question hanging over it….

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Apr 042011
 

This is the third census that CACI have been involved in here in Ireland. The first in 2002 after the 2001 census was postponed due to foot and mouth disease, when we were busy counting (dead) sheep. The second census CACI worked on was in 2006. Also in this story… former Fianna Fáil Chief Whip has website hacked…

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