Hank

Exactly. And I've just wasted a long jounrney scrolling through pointless diatribe, I was tempted to spin that wheel for a moment myself. We should all learn from this - ALL of us. We should be focussed on what is actually going to make a difference. Spinning that wheel does nothing whatsoever except kill time.

Why are they not answering the FOI requests quickly, why the withholding or nil answers, why the refusal to investigate fully? If Sir Paul Kennedy is so keen on encouraging the legal use of RIPA 2000 (see today's Metro newspaper front page which was on display several times over in train carriages today) - to snoop on citizens to detect and convict criminals, where is the flip side of that approach to stop the illegal interception without warrant and not for anti-criminal efforts?

Should we put in an FOI request to ask who is being consulted to complete the response to the EU letter? They don't say who is involved yet do they?

Anyone got any idea if the Interception of Communications Commissioner is bound by the FOI Act? Should we ask him what he knows? Not sure if it is a valid approach in his role - anyone know?

Hank