Ministers are to consider plans for a database of electronic information holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK.
A Home Office spokesman said the data is a "crucial tool" for protecting national security and preventing crime.
Court. Because they still, occasionally, do inconvenient things like asking for evidence.
And would a court order be needed to access a government database?
Complaining about it is pointless, our elites are so wrapped up in authoritarian practice of communication, command, control and intelligence that they cannot see it for what it is. They think it makes us feel safe and free when it achieves the opposite.
changing the govt won't make any difference, we need a government that really is on the side of thepeople and right now I cannot see many politicans who give a stuff about anything beyond their own perks and privileges. keep to the Fen Causeway
