UK Metropolitan Police chief secretly taped discussion with Attorney General on wiretapping

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Paul Davey <ip () pdc co uk>
Date: March 13, 2006 4:05:29 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: UK Metropolitan Police chief secretly taped discussion with  
Attorney General on wiretapping

Some of the your non UK IP readers may have missed this -

Metropolitan police chief Sir Ian Blair recorded the conversation  
with Lord Goldsmith last September without him knowing, it has emerged
The conversation was on allowing phone tap evidence - currently not  
admissible (bizarrely IMHO) in UK courts.

You couldn't make this up.

Latest:
Met chief taping 'unacceptable'    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/ 
4801032.stm

Original story:
Met chief in phone recording row http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/ 
4800172.stm

"The recorded conversation with the attorney general - the chief  
legal adviser to the government - took place last September when the  
two men discussed the admissibility of wire tap evidence in court,  
but it did not concern a particular case. "


"The recording and monitoring of telephone calls is governed by a  
number of different pieces of UK legislation, according to Ofcom, the  
telephone industry regulator.

It is not illegal for individuals to tape conversations providing the  
recording is for their own use, under the Regulation of Investigatory  
Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).

It is a civil, not criminal, matter if a conversation or e-mail has  
been recorded and shared unlawfully.

If a person intends to make the conversation available to a third  
party, they must first obtain the consent of the person being  
recorded. "


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        Paul Davey <paul () pdc co uk>

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