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UK snooping powers are too weak, says crime agency boss

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UK snooping powers are too weak, says crime agency boss Empty UK snooping powers are too weak, says crime agency boss

Post  Guest Mon 06 Oct 2014, 10:13 pm

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/06/digital-freedoms-terrorism-crime-uk

Warning that the biggest threats to public safety are migrating to the internet and that crime fighters are scrambling to keep up, the NCA boss said he accepted he had not done a good enough job explaining to the public why the greater powers were necessary.

“What we have needs to be modernised … we are losing capability and coverage of serious criminals.”

But the boss of the organisation known informally as Britain’s FBI warned that support must be gained from the public for any new powers that would give the state greater access to communications data, dubbed the “snoopers’ charter” by critics.

He said: “If we seek to operate outside of what the public consent to, that, for me, by definition, is not policing by consent … the consent is expressed through legislation.”

He added that it was necessary to win “the public consent to losing some freedoms in return for greater safety and security”.


Hmm....
Odds of Dying by Terrorist Attack: 20,000,000 to 1
When did you ever hear any leader say "Let's not be Paranoid people. The Odds of Dying by Terrorist are extremely low." You won't hear that because it just doesn't fit the narrative

Worries about crime

The proportion of adults who are very worried about being the victim of crime is much lower than a decade ago: for burglary, 10% compared with 19% a decade ago; for violent crime, 13% compared with 24% a decade ago.
http://www.poverty.org.uk/87/index.shtml

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