Theft at the home office?

[Clive D. W. Feather]

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In article <20030311111428.GO1422@elara.ftel.co.uk>, Ian G Batten 
<I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk> writes
>Someone seems to have stolen the RIPA consultation paper.

Indeed.

>$ sum consult.pdf vol_retention.pdf
>36415 2407 consult.pdf
>36415 2407 vol_retention.pdf

A byte-by-byte comparison of both these files with the pre-release ATCSA 
document I have (under another name) shows all three to be identical.

>Why does this not fill me with joy as to the Home Office's ability to
>look after confidential data?

No comment.

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