"Tipping-off" revisited

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:35:42 -0000, Q G Campbell wrote:

>But if the inference I drew was correct, and I was believed, then I have
>tipped-off everyone, defeated the secrecy restriction in the s.49
>notice, and ruined a major anti-something operation being run by the
>issuing LEA. Precisely all of the things s.54 is supposed to prevent!

But it is an inference, drawn from your knowledge of someone else's
action (revoking the key without comment after warning why this might
be done). The law cannot be used against either you or Owen because
Owen has not violated the s.49 order and you were not bound by it in
the first place.

I hope....

-- 
Brian Morrison                                  bdm@fenrir.demon.co.uk
              do you know how far this has gone?
               just how damaged have I become?
                                      'Even Deeper' by Nine Inch Nails