Surveillance Requests In UK Top 500,000
Posted July 27th, 2008 by StaxBrix
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It has been reported that over 500,000 spying requests were made in the UK last year from authorities such as the Police force to local councils. This represents a substantial jump from the 350,000 requests in 2006 and is starting to worry some of the civil liberty groups in the UK.
Communications Commissioner Sir Paul Kennedy also confirmed that of the 500,000 plus requests, 1,707 were from local councils who have been accused of misusing the idea of the service. The power of surveillance was originally extended to an array of public bodies initially for anti-terrorist uses but things seem to have progressed to a whole new level.
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Was listening to....
...(American version of) BBC radio report from Cuba...female reporter doing a week-long expose' of Cuban life. She interviewed a young man in early 20's about how he felt with the Cuban government regulating his every job and desire. He explained of his trip to London and all the CCTV cameras EVERYWHERE...and said he felt more safe and private in Cuba!
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If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!
With a population of about 61 million, that is one out of......
.....every 122 people getting spied on. The administration were going to put up video cameras at the University I am attending, and said some of the cameras would look into the dormitories, but none of the video would be kept for more than one week. There are cameras going up all over the roadways. The strange thing about freedom, is that we have to have the ability to choose between doing evil and good. If we are forced into conformist behavior, even to behave in a law abiding nature, we have lost our freedom. In a way, we have to be allowed the oppurtunity to do evil, in order to have a chance to allow free will in choosing to do good.