[governance] UK Government Says More Spying Needed

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  To give some of you a more complete understanding of how
far there is to go and where some governments really stand
on your rights this article struck me as scarry:

"Our wonderful government here in the UK has
decided we're not being surveilled enough, and agreed to spend £12
billion on a programme to monitor every Briton's phone calls, e-mails,
and internet usage. According to various sources,
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/UK_government_to_spy_on_phone,_email,_browsing,_of_entire_population
upwards of £1 billion
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/64725/Spies-will-tap-into-all-emails-and-calls
has already been spent
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882600.ece on the
uber-database. Rationale?  Terrorism, of course (no prizes for
guessing).  Needless to say, not everyone is as happy as Larry over 
this: Michael Parker pointed out
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?%A312bn_database_for_stalker_state&in_article_id=339462&in_page_id=34
how us Brits are being 'stalked.' I'm just looking forward to when the
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=uk+data+loss&btnG=Search&meta=
data gets lost."

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