Anti-terror laws should be strengthened to prevent leaks of official secrets, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Blair has told the BBC.
He was speaking after police seized what they said were thousands of classified documents from David Miranda - the partner of a Guardian journalist.
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Translation: The government is embarrassed at being caught spying on you and wants to strengthen anti terror laws to prevent you from finding out that it is spying on you.
Yes, it considered being held to account terrorism.
While the story is not by a government official, it is still an attempt to get the idea out before it can act on it if there isnt too much of an outcry.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Have they yet said why Miranda was held? He obviously wasn't a terrorist
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Linked to Snowden.
He was used to transport encrypted files for future news stories and had just visited a film maker potentially considering making a documentary or something.
and has been shown, internet communication is insecure so he was carrying the documents in an encrypted form.
(the internet and all communication based on it can be considered to be 100% compromised.)
They wanted his files.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
In the past, when certain people have been spied on, they weren't told, "hey dude, you're our next target.. we're watching your every move.. so don't be naughty"... People were spied on regardless, right? I don't know how much of a difference this new law will make since they don't openly state whose being spied on anyway.