[privacy] U.K. Attorney General Wants to Follow U.S. Wiretapping Model

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via ABC News' "The Blotter".

[snip]

Britain's attorney general is now urging that his own country follow
the lead of the United States and permit the use of wiretaps as
evidence in criminal trials. 

Following a recent visit to the U.S. and meeting with Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales and senior prosecutors, British Attorney General Lord
Peter Goldsmith is proposing that the U.K. follow the lead of the U.S.
and allow prosecutors to use evidence obtained through wiretaps to make
their cases.                     

Currently, evidence obtained through wiretaps is not admissible in U.K.
courts. This is the first time a British official has spoken out in
favor of wiretapping despite objections to such a change by Tony Blair
and others.

[snip]

More:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/uk_attorney_gen.html

- ferg


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