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'I arrest you for emailing'
31 July 2000

'On Friday the Queen graciously gave her assent to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers bill after it was fast-tracked through parliament with the agreement of the two main parties. So the RIP bill is now the RIP Act, yet another piece of legislation which will prevent journalists from operating freely in the public interest.' link

Posted by SteveC at 04:29 PM Mon 31 Jul 2000 Categories: Privacy , RIP Interception (Part I Chapter 1) , The Guardian