Articles tagged with: British government
Spying on us doesn’t protect democracy. It undermines it – By branding protesters and mainstream Muslim activists as extremists, the police are effectively criminalising dissent
By Seumas Milne
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 …
Britain wants every e-mail, phone call recorded
From the Associated Press
April 28, 2009
London – The British government said yesterday it wants communications companies to keep records of every phone call, e-mail and website visit made in the country.
But it has decided not …
