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November 20, 2002
Wednesday
 
 
How very... comforting
Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland)  Privacy & Panopticon

Secretary of Homeland Security to be Tom Ridge commented on domestic spying:

"Ridge said his recent visit to MI5, the British domestic intelligence agency, was "very revealing," but that the powers the British agency wields would be unacceptable under the U.S. Constitution."

I can't really say I find this surprising. (Hi guys, did you get all that?)

Comments

Wow! When Tom Ridge perceives a violation of civil liberties, it must be really bad.


Posted by Lucas Wiman at November 20, 2002 07:23 PM