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Secret Sharers – A government blunder tipped two lawyers that somebody was spying on them. But a government secrets policy now keeps them from knowing why
March 11, 2010 – 11:54 am | No Comment
Secret Sharers – A government blunder tipped two lawyers that somebody was spying on them. But a government secrets policy now keeps them from knowing why

By John Gibeaut
Soliman Al-Buthi has never read Franz Kafka’s The Trial. The absurdist novel chronicles the last months in the life of banker Joseph K., who is arrested, hauled into court, condemned and put to …

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
November 4, 2009 – 4:18 pm | No Comment
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 …