An example of the trust to be placed in law enforcement

David Hansen davidh at spidacom.co.uk
Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:31:08 +0100


On 5 Jul 00, at 17:23, Ian G Batten wrote:

> The Home Office assure is that (a) the police can be trusted to behave
> properly with data they have obtained and (b) will not mis-use that
> data for political or commercial ends.  In that light, perhaps Mister
> Watkins would like to comment on 
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_820000/820786.stm

Perhaps the Home Office think the McLibel Two are "serious" 
criminals, terrorists or child abusers? After all they did distribute a 
leaflet, most of which was demonstrated in the McLibel case to be 
true. That surely makes them evil.




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