Striking the Right Balance between Privacy and Public Protection

[Ian G Batten]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, James Hammerton wrote:
> If an official decides to find out who a journalist's sources are by
> monitoring their communications data and then places pressure
> (anonymously) on those sources, how on earth will the journalist know
> they were surveiled abusively?

Unfortunately, Home Office policy appears to be that all policemen are
as pure as driven snow, and therefore the issue doesn't arise.

ian