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delrem

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2. I like that they rushed it through as an "emergency legislation".

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 05:20 AM

Jul 2014

I think that's funny as hell, in the most blasphemously evil way.

Somehow something in my gut tells me that the most virulent of Snowden haters will love this decree. The same ones who hate Assange, and for some very special reason, Glenn Greenwald.

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Britain says to pass emergency phone and email data law [View all] dipsydoodle Jul 2014 OP

copying the right wing conservative US government nt msongs Jul 2014 #1

So if somebody called someone you loved and said they were going to rape and murder them snooper2 Jul 2014 #9

I like that they rushed it through as an "emergency legislation". delrem Jul 2014 #2

or they can just call up the NSA and ask for a copy of everything... tomm2thumbs Jul 2014 #3

The ECJ strokes down your law... so you pass another one just like it... truebrit71 Jul 2014 #4

Not to mention the heavily christx30 Jul 2014 #5

Yeah, this 'emergency' claim is nonsense - court decision was on April 8th muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #6

People are bastards. christx30 Jul 2014 #10

Miliband (and Clegg) are supporting Cameron on this muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #7

Silent Circle takes on Skype and Viber with global, encrypted phone calls Nye Bevan Jul 2014 #8