Posted on 10/06/2008 4:30:36 PM PDT by RetiredArmy
Britain to Spy On Every Call, Email and Text
Monday, October 6, 2008 5:10 PM
A top secret program being developed by British spymasters soon may allow them to snoop on every computer, text message and phone call in the United Kingdom, according to plans revealed this week.
The program — called the Interception Modernization Program — is part of a $20 billion effort being pushed by GCHQ, the government’s secret eavesdropping agency, according to the Times of London. It would easily be the largest surveillance system ever created in Britain, and quite possibly any Western democracy.
The British already have a sophisticated closed-circuit TV (CCTV) system that covers large metropolitan areas of the country. The linked system of cameras with full pan, tilt, zoom and infrared capability allows continuous surveillance in central business districts.
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I agree.
Voting is an pointless anachronism.
Voting is not a pointless anachronism when you have leaders who will respect and abide by it. Look at the pointlessness of voting in some of the African kleptocrcies. We are rapidly turning into a third world country. I am not talking about racial makeup, I am talking about values.
Yup.
Too bad we don't have that.
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