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____/ Homer on Wednesday 27 Jan 2010 04:17 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> Who invests in Detica?
>
> Well Virgin Media, for one. And then there's these:
>
> http://www.detica.com/clients.html
>
> Note the first entry.
>
>> Who are the staff?
>
> Martin Sutherland, MD:
>
> [quote]
> Martin joined Detica in 1996, having spent a number of years working for
> Accenture and BT in technical roles. He spent his early career with
> Detica acting as an advisor to secure government clients and the
> Ministry of Defence.
> [/quote]
>
> http://www.detica.com/images/staff/martinsutherland_biog.pdf
>
>
> Ian McLaren, Finance Director:
>
> [quote]
> Ian joined Detica in February 2007 as UK Finance Director, having
> previously held Financial and Commercial Director positions at Serco [*]
> [/quote]
>
> http://www.detica.com/images/staff/ianmclaren_biog.pdf
>
>
> [*]
> [quote]
> The Guardian has called Serco "probably the biggest company you've never
> heard of."
>
> Serco operates in various sectors:
>
> [condensed] Transport, science, detention, defence, Royal Navy,
> aviation, health, education, drivers' licensing, publicly funded
> websites, IT provisioning. [/condensed]
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco
>
>
> Neil Medley, CEO:
>
> [quote]
> Neil joined Detica in 1997 where he pursued a career in consulting and
> account management in both the national security and commercial markets.
> He joined the UK management team in 2007, initially as Director of the
> Public Sector business unit and then as COO of the Government division.
> [/quote]
>
> http://www.detica.com/images/staff/neilmedley_biog.pdf
>
>
> This is no ordinary "Spyware" company. It is essentially a private
> military and civil defence contractor, providing intelligence data to
> the government, to enforce a new era of corporate fascism.
>
>> Any Phorm overlap?
>
> Apart from the obvious BT connection (who are complicit in the larger
> agenda) ... doubtful. Detica makes Phorm look like a bunch of Girl
> Guides selling cookies, by comparison. At least Phorm's only motive was
> money. Detica, OTOH, looks like the sharp end of a very large stick,
> which the government will use in a silent declaration of war against its
> own citizens.
>
> Finally I get it. Finally I understand why the UK government was so
> complacent about Phorm, and why they ignored the EU's demands for
> accountability. The UK government /wanted/ Phorm, they may even have
> made the initial proposition, with a view to using Phorm's ostensibly
> commercial interests as a smokescreen for the collection of intelligence
> data. That failed thanks to Wikileaks' exposure of BT's secret "trials".
> So now the government is getting serious. No more Mr. Nice Guy. The
> gloves are off, and the private defence contractors are in ... our
> Internet connections.
>
> God help us.
Whao! Isn't that what they always say before declaring war on civilians?
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