in order to be able to force parties who have perhaps recently reneged on past agreements to allow "monitoring"
I'm not clear what this refers to?
inside information of the current surveillance that is working
This is a serious problem with the whole thing. It's very difficult to bring under democratic control because it's not public. There are a few convictions, but overall we have no idea how real the threat is. Some of us fear we're being sold the proverbial tiger-repelling rock.
Then there's the abuses. Mostly these come out thirty years later, but there are currently questions of torture, of feeding data to the drone strike programme, of targeting nonviolent left wing protestors, etc.
Then there's the apparent failure to prosecute serious crimes by members of the establishment, of which the latest is the alleged missing paedophile dossier that passed across Leon Brittan's desk.
I'm not clear what this refers to?
inside information of the current surveillance that is working
This is a serious problem with the whole thing. It's very difficult to bring under democratic control because it's not public. There are a few convictions, but overall we have no idea how real the threat is. Some of us fear we're being sold the proverbial tiger-repelling rock.
Then there's the abuses. Mostly these come out thirty years later, but there are currently questions of torture, of feeding data to the drone strike programme, of targeting nonviolent left wing protestors, etc.
Then there's the apparent failure to prosecute serious crimes by members of the establishment, of which the latest is the alleged missing paedophile dossier that passed across Leon Brittan's desk.