Interception Modernisation Programme

[David Hansen]

On 12 Jul 2008 at 17:41, Roland Perry wrote:

> >"The objective of the interception modernisation programme (IMP) is to
> >maintain the UK's lawful intercept and communications data
> >capabilities in the changing communications environment. It is a
> >cross-government programme, led by the Home Office, to ensure that our
> >capability to lawfully intercept and exploit data when fighting crime
> >and terrorism [snip]"
> >
> >He is referring to systems both now and in the future. He makes the
> >assertion that these things are used to fight crime.
> 
> You are misreading the statement.

I don't think so.

The statement can be re-written more generally as, the objective of 
this new thing is to maintain what we are doing now. It therefore 
follows that what we are doing now is relevent to an appraisal of the 
statement.


-- 
  David Hansen, Edinburgh 
 I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents 
me   
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