Hansard: Written Answer: at least 8 RIPA part III section 49 notices since last October

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Hansen" <davidh@spidacom.co.uk>
To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Hansard: Written Answer: at least 8 RIPA part III section 49 
notices since last October


> On the question of the police not protecting keys, it appears that they
> cannot even protect humans in "safe" houses, so perhaps it is asking
> too much of the poor dears to look after keys.
>
> Another good reason why RIP should be exterminated and people should
> never hand over their keys to anyone they do not authorise to have
> them.
>
> The story below is nothing to do with cryptography, but rather the
> murder of a key witness in a "safe" house, as the URL says
> <http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/04/30/key-trial-
> witness-murdered-in-police-safe-house-86908-20399532/>

An interesting read - I note on that same website the following, perhaps 
more alarming story (the text in the URL gives a summary):

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/04/30/evidence-was-withheld-to-make-sure-killer-peter-manuel-was-hanged-legal-expert-claims-86908-20400177/


Best Regards
Mark