Re:British spies 'moved after Snowden files read'
by DennisP on Saturday June 13, 2015 @06:28PM
(#9712957)
I'm wondering whether there's any way for journalists to verify this, and if not, why we should trust statements by the U.S. or U.K. governments on this topic, given their repeated falsehoods in the past.
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Re:British spies 'moved after Snowden files read'
by davepage on Saturday June 13, 2015 @06:47PM
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Sure... the Russians and Chinese (not the same people) just happened to simultaneously break some strong encryption, and the UK just happened to discover this somehow, before anything significant happened. Perfectly propaganda.
Perhaps the next press release will claim, 'paying taxes reduces the risk of death by 42%!'
Re:British spies 'moved after Snowden files read'
by thedatabase on Saturday June 13, 2015 @08:16PM
(#9713291)
Hmm. The UK has a Freedom of Information request process, much like the US (ie just as neutered). The request would be, essentially: "prove it". The hard part would be putting it in a form likely/able to be answered.
Re:British spies 'moved after Snowden files read'
by M2Ys4U on Saturday June 13, 2015 @08:32PM
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It won't be answered.
Section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000:[0]
"Information held by a public authority is exempt information if it was directly or indirectly supplied to the public authority by, or relates to [...] the Government Communications Headquarters"