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A comment on Snooper's charter to extend police access to phone and internet data. Parent comment

Re:Snooper's charter to extend police access to phone and in... by pjc50 on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @10:59AM (#11203492)
The weird thing is that in many ways the UK's risk from terrorism is much lower than it used to be, since the Good Friday Agreement put an end to the actual civil war going on in the UK.
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Re:Snooper's charter to extend police access to phone and in... by anexprogrammer on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @12:17PM (#11204215)
The IRA knew what they were doing. They were dangerous. They'd been practicing and honing for generations.

ISIS and Al Quaida are a bunch of clueless fuckwits and are not commiting a mainland bombing every 3-6 months like the IRA tried to.

Which group resulted in major restrictions to UK freedoms?

Meh, this is a depressing thread.

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Re:Snooper's charter to extend police access to phone and in... by hartpuff on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @12:58PM (#11204578)
> Which group resulted in major restrictions to UK freedoms?

The one that didn't have American citizens, politicians, and organizations bankrolling and lobbying for it.

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