'No decision' on giant database
Found on BBV News on Saturday, 19 July 2008
No decision has been taken to create a huge database containing details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, security minister Lord West says.
Mr Thomas acknowledged that "targeted and duly authorised" interception of communications by terrorists and other suspects could be "invaluable".
Speculation that the government was considering collecting the information - including numbers dialled, websites visited and location of mobile phones being used - has increased because it has talked about "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the Communications Data Bill.
Of course, play the terrorist card again to push your plans of a complete monitoring a la George Orwell forward. Like they could do something. Terrorists just need to use anonymous networks, or, way simpler and old-fashioned, letters. You can send letters with all your cunning attack plans to your comrades and the government will never know. But it's not about terrorists; that's the cover (it's easily exchangeable with pedophiles). The government wants to monitor you. It wants to follow every step, see everything you do.