Police control of classified information

[Roland Perry]

In article <49DF2FB3.20846.457EEE@ukcrypto.airburst.co.uk>, Mark Cottle 
<ukcrypto@airburst.co.uk> writes
>In the end, all systems that depend entirely on rigid implementation
>of policy by humans will tend to fail to some extent. They are no
>substitute for organizations staffed by intelligent people who are
>encouraged to act intelligently and protected from pressures which
>might force errors. Sadly the reality today seems to tend towards the
>former.

And the latter tends to encourage very senior policemen to carry papers 
a few hundred yards from their office to No10 without going through any 
excessive palaver. Although not sticking them *inside* some sort of bag 
is a bit of a faux pas.
-- 
Roland Perry