Police control of classified information

[Brian Morrison]

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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:03:57 +0100
Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In article=20
> <ce7ab5e50904131427y5ce8e223p18ca4c90097a88e0@mail.gmail.com>, Mark=20
> Lomas <tmalomas@gmail.com> writes
> >What kind of procedure would "normal" rules require for a SECRET=20
> >document being carried from (say) Scotland Yard to No 10, or the Home=20
> >Office?
> >I think it reasonable to expect that an Assistant Commissioner should=20
> >carry a laptop computer. Such a laptop should have full disc encryption=
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> >software - CESG has approved several choices. I find it hard to believe=
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> >that it was necessary to print, let alone carry, the document that A.C.=
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> >Quick took to Downing Street.
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> It was a bundle of papers, and whatever we would like to think about the=
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> advantage of a paperless office, it's a fantasy at the present level of=20
> technology and that sort of environment. I presume you'd want him to=20
> pass the laptop round the room for people to read the document -=20
> ridiculous!

So you're telling me that Downing Street doesn't have LCD projectors
and screens and some form of AV display kit with xVGA inputs?

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

   "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud;
    after a while you realize you are muddy and the pig is enjoying it."
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