FOI requests reveal Home Office 'colluded with Phorm'

[David Hansen]

On 28 Apr 2009 at 8:33, Brian L Johnson wrote:

> Hands up all those who are surprised.
> 
> Anyone?  Anyone at the back there?  No?  Ok.

I doubt if anyone will be surprised by collusion between a criminal 
organisation, the Home Office, and another group of criminals, Phorm. 
Such cosy relationships have been all too common in the civil service, 
for example EON have a cosy relationship the police and also told 
officials by e-mail what to put in regulations on Kingsnorth. The 
former EDO/MBM have a similarly cosy relationship with the police.

A bit in the article says, "Some e-mails were sent from the Office of 
Security and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office." This may mean a 
number of things, but it is worth recalling that so-called "anti-
terrorism" laws were used against Icelandic banks and so-called "anti-
terrorism" police officers were used to oppress an MP for the political 
purposes of the Labour Party, which included searching for e-mails to 
or from the Director of Liberty.



-- 
  David Hansen, Edinburgh 
 I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents 
me   
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54