Comms data requests by C&E & the Inland Revenue

[David Hansen]

On 25 Oct 2002 at 0:44, Richard Clayton wrote:

> Dawn Primarolo: In relation to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers
> Act 2000, Customs and Excise estimate that the number of authorised
> officials will be about 200. The Inland Revenue are not yet in a
> position to estimate a figure, but in any event authorised officials
> in the Inland Revenue will be restricted to the grades equivalent to
> Senior Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer.

Utterly amazing and extremely deeply worrying.

Higher Executive Officers are not very high and don't do anything 
that is executive. Senior Executive Officers are not very senior and 
don't do anything that is executive either.

It is clear from Ms Primarolo that we have been fed even more lies, 
with this talk of only senior people being involved. If I believed in 
RIP then I would have set the level of official "authorised to seek 
access to communications data" at least at Grade 5, possibly Grade 4. 
Allowing every HEO and SEO to do this sort of thing is indeed 
allowing every Tom, Dick and Harriet to do it.


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