Those are not rumors but the very truth. We have a lot of interference and sometimes the operator appears to say that there are some "technical failures", besides e-mail accounts are under permanent surveying.monitoring
Jan 31, 2008 8:30 AM, angelina markovic <[Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]> wrote: > > > > > Telegraph.co.uk > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3DJO5SPV2B55D3ZQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/29/ntap129.xml > > Phones tapped at the rate of 1,000 a day > > By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent > Last Updated: 2:12am GMT 31/01/2008 > > Have your say Read comments > > Britain is in danger of becoming a "surveillance state" as authorities > including councils launch bugging operations against 1,000 people a day. > # Have your say: Should councils have the right to snoop on people? > > Councils, police and intelligence services are tapping and intercepting > the phone calls, emails and letters of hundreds of thousands of people > every year, an official report said. > > Phone and email communications tapped at the rate of 1,000 a day > A total of 653 state bodies are able to intercept personal calls and emails > > Those being bugged include people suspected of illegal fly-tipping as > councils use little known powers to carry out increasingly sophisticated > surveillance to catch offenders. > > The report, by Sir Paul Kennedy, the Interception of Communications > Commissioner, has fuelled fears that Britain is becoming a state where > private communications are routinely monitored. > > It also found that more than 1,000 of the bugging operations were > flawed. In some cases, the phones of innocent people were tapped simply > because of administrative errors. > > David Winnick, a Labour member of the Commons home affairs committee, > said greater legal protection was needed to prevent abuse of > surveillance powers. Britain already has more CCTV cameras per person > than any other country in the world. > advertisement > > He said: "Most of these operations are needed and done for good reasons, > but the numbers do raise concerns about the safeguards we have put in > place to protect people from constant intrusion." > > Referring to George Orwell's vision of a surveillance state, Mr Winnick > added: "To walk blindfolded into 1984 is not anything that anybody in > their right mind would want." > > Michael Parker of NO2ID, which campaigns against ID cards, said the > figures showed the state's desire to gather more information about > people. "We are living in a surveillance state." > > The report shows that in the last nine months of 2006, there were > 253,557 applications to intercept private communications under > surveillance laws. It is understood that most were approved. > > In that period 122 local authorities sought to obtain people's private > communications in more than 1,600 cases. > > Councils are among more than 600 public bodies with the power to monitor > people's private communications. > > Senior council officers are given the power to authorise surveillance in > order to catch fly-tippers, benefit fraudsters and rogue traders. > However, intelligence agencies must seek the permission of ministers > while police need approval from chief constables. > > Eric Pickles, the Conservative local government spokesman, said the use > of surveillance powers against suspected fly-tippers was "completely > over the top." > > Sir Paul, a senior judge with access to secret intelligence material, > also reported 1,088 incidents where public bodies broke the rules on > surveillance operations. > > His report covers interception activities over a total of 264 days, > during which time new applications for interception were made at a rate > of 960 each day. > > This did not include warrants personally issued by the Foreign Secretary > and the Northern Ireland Secretary - thought to be several thousand - > which are kept secret. > > Each application under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act can > cover several means of communication used by one named person, or all > communications to and from a named building. > > The Local Government Association defended the use of the powers against > people "ruining the countryside or trying to take the taxpayer for a ride". > > Eric Metcalfe, a barrister who advises Justice, a civil rights group, > called the findings "disturbing". He added: "Putting the Home Secretary > in charge of authorising interceptions is like putting the fox in charge > of the henhouse." > > Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, said: "It beggars belief > that in a nine-month period, based on these figures, the entire City of > Westminster could have had their phones tapped - yet Britain remains one > of the few Western countries that won't allow this evidence to be used > in court … to prosecute criminals and terrorists." > > But Sir Paul confirmed that MI5 and other intelligence agencies remain > opposed to any change in the law. > > Everybody seems to be listening in > > A total of 653 state bodies — including 474 councils — have the power to > intercept private communications. > > Bugging is usually carried out by MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the police and most > people are targeted on suspicion of terrorism or serious crime. > > But under laws that came into force eight years ago hundreds of public > bodies can carry out surveillance. > > These include the Financial Services Authority, the Ambulance Service > and local fire authorities and prison governors. > > =============== Group Moderator: [Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! 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