Police control of classified information

[Brian L Johnson]

Richard Clayton <richard@highwayman.com> wrote:

[...]
> Hansard 267WH (1 April 2009)
>
> The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr.
> Shahid Malik):
>
>   It has been suggested that the new offence could criminalise people
>   taking or publishing photographs of police officers. [...] The
>   important thing is that the photographs would have to be of a kind
>   likely to provide practical assistance to terrorists, and the person
>   taking or providing the photograph would have to have no reasonable
>   excuse, such as responsible journalism, for taking it.
>
> :)
>
> <URL:http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090401/halltext/90401h0004.htm#09040159000002
> >[...]

An equally telling quote is the final sentence:

"Anecdotally, there seems to be a disconnect between what the Government intended and what might be happening on the ground—"

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-blj-