Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.ukWatching Them, Watching Us http://SpyBlog.org.uk (moved from www.spy.org.uk/spyblog)First use of Serious Crime Prevention Orders - how can these ever be enforced when coupled with Deportation- June 28, 2008 How effective can this first use of the new Serious Crime Prevention Orders under the Serious Crime Act 2007 possibly be According to this Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office press release: Friday 27 June 2008 17:47 Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office (National) RCPO landmark case - the first ever use of SCPO powers under the Serious Crime Act Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) secured three Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPO) today following an investigation by the.http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/first-use-of-serious-crime-prevent... Tony Gosling arrest - a fishing expedition by the Police against a journalist- June 26, 2008 Spy Blog has a history of asking Questions about the treatment of various assorted people, whose views or actions we do not support, e.g. accused terrorist suspects or their families, computer hackers, etc., but who seem to have got caught up in the complexities of our Kafkaesque bureaucratic Police and Judicial system. We are usually worried about the precedent such cases set for the treatment of all the rest of us. Hence our worries about the arrest of Tony Gosling, who may well be a...http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/tony-gosling-arrest-a-fishing-expe... I think I'm being watched - Transport for London poster art- June 25, 2008 Transport for London has a history of filling what would otherwise be commercial advertising space with some artwork posters, for the edification or social engineering and control of its captive audience of travellers. This one by Anna Barribal is either ironic or sinister, given the mass surveillance systems and the crowds of people, to which the viewers of these posters will be exposed to on Transport for London's Underground railway Tube or bus networks. This is one of a series of...http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/i-think-im-being-watched-transport... Burton review - stolen MoD recruitment laptops (plural) data security scandal- June 25, 2008 The Sir Edmund Burton's Review into the MoD recruitment laptop theft scandal, is now available online. 7.The stolen laptop, designated TAFMIS-R(H)SQL, was one of a small population of, currently, 512 laptops, which hold a large database incorporating over 600,000 personal records. Investigations revealed that a total of 4 of these laptops have been stolen since 2004 (all from parked cars). Only the recent theft appears to have led to disciplinary proceedings. Although the security...http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/burton-review-stolen-mod-recruitme... Lifting Financial Sanctions against dead terrorists- June 25, 2008 Finally the HM Treasury Asset Freezing Unit has revoked the Financial Sanctions and the Asset Freezing against three individuals who were on their Consolidated List (which used to be run by the Bank of England). This list is automatically fed into the vast array of expensive and mostly useless Government imposed bureaucratic red tape Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering Terrorist Finance (CTF) software and procedures, which have added to the cost and inconvenience of banking and other..http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/lifting-fanancial-sanctions-agains... Multiple Labour Government data insecurity scandal reports published on the same "bury bad news" day- June 25, 2008 The Labour Government are up to their usual "bury bad news" media manipulation tricks again today. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has published the final Poynter Review into the lost copies of the entire national HMRC Child Benefit database scandal last October. - Poynter Review final report, 25 June 2008 (PDF file 1.13MB) As if by magic, and obviously just a complete coincidence, the supposedly independent from Government, Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has...http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/multiple-labour-government-data-in... 28 or 29 or 30 days - secretive bureaucratic bungling over Terrorism Act 2000 section 44 stop and search without reasonable suspicion Authorisations- June 23, 2008 The Home Office has published: The Government Reply to the Report by Lord Carlile of Berriew Q.C (.pdf) on his Report on the Operation of the Terrorism Act 2000 and Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006.(.pdf) This Reply contains what we have come to expect from the Government - they seem to think that rolling out even more complicated, repressive legislation (e.g. the 42 days malarkey) and even more privacy destroying data sharing. of, in this case, international and domestic airline or ferry..http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/28-or-29-or-30-days-secretive-bure... Local Government Association letter on Local Council abuses of RIPA snooping powers- June 23, 2008 The Register, and the mainstream media report: Snoop-happy councils warned off RIPA abuse 'Or they'll take our toys away' By Chris Williams Published Monday 23rd June 2008 10:06 GMT The head of the Local Government Association (LGA) has today warned every council in England to restrict how their investigators use new surveillance powers, or risk losing public support. Sir Simon Milton's letter follows a recent rash of news stories exposing how councils nationwide have been using the...http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/local-government-association-lette... London Diplomatic List - can you spot the expelled Russian diplomats- June 21, 2008 We are still waiting for the Information Commissioner to rule on our Freedom of Information Act Request complaint, regarding the refusal by the Foreign & Commonwealtth Office to name the four Russian diplomats and possible SVR Russian Foreign Intelligence Service officers , who were expelled from the Russian Embassy in London in mid July 2007, following the failure of the UK Government to extradite Andrei Lugovoi or have him prosecuted in Russia, for the alleged murder of British citizen...http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2008/06/london-diplomatic-list-can-you-spo... |