A Question of Trust – Report of the Investigatory Powers Review by David Anderson.
If you want to be informed about the current state of anti-terrorist efforts in the UK, you owe it to yourself to read the “Anderson report” as it is termed by the media. Unfortunately, other than quoting their favorite snippets, the media sources I reviewed, did not link to the original report. My trust for the media is on par with my trust for governments so I went looking for and found the link that appears above to the original report.
Always remember news accounts that quote from but don’t link to government documents are doing so for a reason. I leave the reason for not linking as an exercise for the reader.
To entice you to read further, the following statements appear in the executive summary:
RIPA [Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000], obscure since its inception, has been patched up so many times as to make it incomprehensible to all but a tiny band of initiates. A multitude of alternative powers, some of them without statutory safeguards, confuse the picture further. This state of affairs is undemocratic, unnecessary and – in the long run – intolerable.
At three-hundred and seventy-three (373) pages, A Question of Trust isn’t an easy read but well worth your time. It sets a high bar for examination of programs justified by claims of alleged dangers.