Newsnight tonight

[Peter Tomlinson]

Owen,

Your email took a very long time to get here (Sun 24th) so by now you 
will be unlikely to be able to take advantage of the BBC providing a 
'View Again' function on their web site. That was where I saw the 
programme, having been out on the night. Good stuff, and it has been 
followed up all over the media, with the usual clumsy responses by the 
bankers' representatives. (one of whom claimed that the banks are using 
the best security methods, which we all know is not true).

Peter.

Owen Lewis wrote:

>  Thanks Ross. One of the very few occasions I regret not having TV.
>  I'll have to pick it up in te press report tomorrow -unless they've
>  given you a recording ;-)
>
>  Best,
>
> > -----Original Message----- From:
> > ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> > [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Ross
> > Anderson Sent: 20 June 2007 18:19 To:
> > ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk Subject: Newsnight tonight
> >
> >
> > We helped make a piece on ATM fraud a few weeks ago for Newsnight,
> > pointing out that law enforcement on bank fraud is now deeply
> > corrupt. The Home Office did a deal with the banks so that fraud
> > victims must report the crime to the bank, not the police; the City
> > force's card squad is a tied cottage (as Nick put it) as the banks
> > pays its bills; ditto the Met's e-crime squad; ditto the Financial
> > services ombudsman. This is jolly nice for the banks when the fraud
> > is done by a bent insider they don't want exposed, and jolly nasty
> > for the poor customer. It's also jolly nice for terrorists such as
> > the Tamil Tigers who use ATM fraud to raise money to finance murder
> > and mayhem. It's really wonderful for government spin doctors as
> > fraud figures have fallen to near zero.
> >
> > I'm now told that the programme will run tonight. Unfortunately a
> > lot of its teeth have been drawn (below)
> >
> > Ross
> >
> > **
> >
> > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:09:10 BST To:
> > <Ross.Anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk> From: *** @bbc.co.uk> Subject:
> > newsnight
> >
> > Just to let you know. The piece will run tonight. Sadly we could
> > only include a small part of your magnificent contribution, so the
> > angle about the tamil tigers was dropped, against my wishes. The
> > banks spokesman is coming on afterwards. The Home Office and ACPO
> > both refused to appear.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > ***
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