RE: DSS and LAs to trawl internet traff ic

[David_Biggins@usermgmt.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Perry [mailto:roland@linx.net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 18:54
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: DSS and LAs to trawl internet traffic
> 

> The opposing is largely down to The Opposition. (As encouraged or
> otherwise by lobbyists and external PR campaigns).

A principle that assumes the Opposition is not as totally housetrained
by the services as the Government, and further that the Opposition is
capable of opposing, rather than tearing itself apart on European
policy.

> 
> The consultation process started with a 1998 Green Paper 
> "Beating Fraud
> is Everyone’s Business: Securing the Future".
> 
> That was followed by a consultation document "Safeguarding Social
> Security: Getting the Information We Need" in July 2000. It 
> sought views
> on proposals that "the Government should examine how it can 
> make use of
> information from private sector sources and put in place a Code of
> Practice and, if necessary, legislation." The consultation 
> period ended
> on 21 October 2000.

Like the man said - "the plan were on display 50 light years away" -
they spared EVERY expense in letting people know about these.

> The Bill ended up being rushed through because of the election, 

Well, it's a nice excuse, anyway....

> there was no real opposition to any of its proposals, despite
> reservations from CSPs about many of the assumptions being made.

Ah...  so what you really mean is that the reservations of those
consulted were actually ignored.

> Regarding how people are supposed to know that initiatives 
> like this are
> in progress - well that's why we employ parliamentary intelligence
> organisations and analysts such as myself.

Which few have any real access to.   And we should not NEED
"parliamentary intelligence" agencies to find out what laws our
government is going to ditch upon us - the entire process should be far
more open to the general public and small businesses.

The fact that governments can get away with such tactics, and that
organisations such as yours effectively make it easier for them to do
so, is effectively a way of ensuring that only the larger wealthier
companies ever get a chance to find out what legislation is planned, and
(usually) to ensure that it is set up to advantage them over smaller
businesses.


## dave ##