Timothy C. May wrote: Tim wrote:
I'm with Duncan and Lucky on this one. Nations with a "Privacy Ombudsman" are almost always nations with extensive files on individuals, their habits, and their political activities.
That reminds me: I thumbed through BiBi's terrorism book (the one D.S. certified as prerequisite reading for particpation in intelligent discussions about something-or-other) at B&N the other day. It's a pretty thin book. Most of it seems to be about the rise of the Moslem Menace and how the Sultan's hordes will soon be upon us all. The last chapter outlines all the "necessary measures" governments must take to stamp out the wildfire of terrorism. Same old same old, mostly, like allowing suspects to be held without charges, allowing warrantless searches (I think), thorough weapon registration, and so on. The last one (or next-to-last; I think the last one is "brainwash the populace into thinking this is all a good idea") is about establishing a periodic "civil liberties review panel". Yeah right. ______c_____________________________________________________________________ Mike M Nally * Tiv^H^H^H IBM * Austin TX * For the time being, m5@tivoli.com * m101@io.com * <URL:http://www.io.com/~m101> * three heads and eight arms.