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Spying on us doesn't protect democracy. It undermines it
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| There's nothing new about British
| governments spying on their own citizens.
| From the time of Elizabeth I's spy chief
| Francis Walsingham to the legendary agent
| provocateurs of the years after Waterloo
| to the bugging and blacklisting of the
| postwar decades, espionage against
| domestic dissenters has long been a staple
| of British statecraft. For most of the
| last
| century, the secret state targeted the
| left, trade unionists and peace
| campaigners, along with Irish republicans
| and anyone else regarded as a "subversive"
| threat.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/28/spying-doesnt-protect-democracy
Foreign Policy: Iran's Terrifying Facebook Police
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106535773
Yesterday:
UK surveillance plan to go ahead
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| The Home Office says it will push ahead with
| plans to ask communications firms to monitor
| all internet use.
|
| Ministers confirmed their intention despite
| concerns and opposition from some in the
| industry.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8350660.stm
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