David Howe wrote:
> at Thursday, February 06, 2003 4:48 PM, Chris Ball
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was seen to say:
>> Another point is that ``normal'' constables aren't able to action the
>> request; they have to be approved by the Chief Constable of a police
>> force, or the head of a relevant Government department. The full
>> text of the Act is available at:
> at least in theory. It was only a massive public "FaxYourMP" campaign
> that aborted the attempt to extend the "people able to authorise" list
> for interception to the head of any local government department (and a
> few other groups). I have no reason to believe that a similar paper
> would not have extended authority to demand keys right down to the
> dogcatcher general too.... :)
oops - not interception, traffic data. mustn't get my intrusions mixed up :)
