theCrypt » bigbrother http://www.thecrypt.co.uk A whole load of cryptic stuff... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:41:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Quote of the day: 2009-02-17 http://www.thecrypt.co.uk/2009/02/quote-of-the-day-2009-02-17/ http://www.thecrypt.co.uk/2009/02/quote-of-the-day-2009-02-17/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:48:17 +0000 Ivan http://www.thecrypt.co.uk/?p=91

“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

Found in a BBC News report Ministers ‘using fear of terror’

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“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 is to collect and store all internet traffic.

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