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Title: Fascism marches on
Post by: tuftedduck on May 04, 2009, 07:46:39 AM

 >:(

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6211101.ece

Title: Re: Fascism marches on
Post by: UncleUB on May 04, 2009, 07:56:34 AM

There's only one person needs spying on ( well actually there are 646 in westminster)  >:(

Title: Re: Fascism marches on
Post by: roseway on May 04, 2009, 09:49:18 AM

Dear me, they do love to snoop. >:(

Title: Re: Fascism marches on
Post by: robinsteele on May 04, 2009, 11:01:04 AM

And no doubt the information they collect will be found in a skip or a report that theyve lost the laptop will surface

Title: Re: Fascism marches on
Post by: kitz on May 04, 2009, 11:15:03 AM

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However, she failed to mention that substantial additional sums — amounting to more than £1 billion over three years — had already been allocated to GCHQ for its MTI programme.

Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said Smith’s announcement appeared to be a “smokescreen”.

“We opposed the big brother database because it gave the state direct access to everybody’s communications. But this network of black boxes achieves the same thing via the back door,” Chakrabarti said.

Why does that not surprise me  :no:

Title: Re: Fascism marches on
Post by: Imagine. on May 05, 2009, 08:45:44 PM

Hmm, seems the government is willing to waste money on spying on the people when in economic times like these they should be looking to help the people. It just shows that we can't really trust our politicians and government anymore  :no: .

Title: Re: Fascism marches on
Post by: stevie on May 05, 2009, 08:50:33 PM

Quote from: Imagine. on May 05, 2009, 08:45:44 PM

Hmm, seems the government is willing to waste money on spying on the people when in economic times like these they should be looking to help the people. It just shows that we can't really trust our politicians and government anymore  :no: .

Could we ever?

Title: Re: Fascism marches on
Post by: Imagine. on May 05, 2009, 10:07:32 PM

Quote from: stevie on May 05, 2009, 08:50:33 PM

Quote from: Imagine. on May 05, 2009, 08:45:44 PM

Hmm, seems the government is willing to waste money on spying on the people when in economic times like these they should be looking to help the people. It just shows that we can't really trust our politicians and government anymore  :no: .

Could we ever?

Not really :no: as usual this proposal will most probably turn for the worst.