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Quote of the day: 2009-02-17

February 17th, 2009 by Ivan

“It would be better that the government recognised that there are risks, rather than frightening people in order to be able to pass laws which restrict civil liberties, precisely one of the objects of terrorism – that we live in fear and under a police state[...]“
Dame Stella Rimington, former Director General of MI5
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Quote of the day: 2008-11-07

November 7th, 2008 by Ivan

“We have not made any final decisions on how communications data will be collected and no decision will be made until after the consultation process.
“We do not recognise the term “Black Boxes”. It has not been used in any of our briefings or presentations”.
A UK Home Office spokesman talking about reports that the Government [...]

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