In message <007201c9a243$33aacd30$9b006790$@pounder>, at 12:16:25 on
Wed, 11 Mar 2009, chris pounder <[log in to unmask]> writes
>The problem is not the use of RIPA powers per se in this particular case.
>
>The problem is that these powers were sold to Parliament on grounds of
>serious crime, terrorism, plague, death and doom etc etc whereas the powers
>are used in connection with many lesser crimes.
They weren't sold that way. I was there! Some of the powers (like
tapping phones) have to be justified for "serious" crimes [this was
before 9/11 and ubiquitous anti-terrorism measures] but plenty of them
are clearly for much more minor things. One of the cases that originally
triggered the legislation [1] was a side effect of an employment
tribunal claim, which doesn't come anywhere near your categories above.
[1] The rest of the stuff was put in, given that a Bill had to be laid
to settle the privacy-at-work issue.
--
Roland Perry
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