08-21-2014, 02:21 PM
Gutenberg wrote:
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It is almost certain that the man who killed Foley is a British national, from London.
Yes, I was just seeing that on the BBC.
Maybe the UK should bomb itself?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/au...ds-british
Domestic surveillance rules are quite different in the UK. Brits have more rights to privacy than Yanks.
But perhaps the Brits would consider bombing Raqqa.
not sure how that comment follows from what I wrote, which was a joke, just FYI. . There are quite a few serious concerns over domestic spying in the UK as well...they have their own NSA thing going on.
"Recent disclosures over domestic surveillance and GCHQ spying on citizens aren't much of an issue to the public, according to Prime Minister David Cameron.
Speaking to Parliament on the government's National Security Strategy, the Prime Minister said that while the media has made a stink about Edward Snowden's disclosures on domestic spying and data mining programs, the general public is largely in favor of the government.
"My sense is that the pub reaction, as opposed to some of the media reaction is 'look, we have intelligence and security because it is a dangerous world and there are bad people that want to do terrible things to us, and we should support these intelligence services and the work they do," Cameron told Parliament,
"I think the public's reaction, what I have felt in terms of people's reactions, have been pretty robust."
The comments came amidst a discussion between the Prime Minister and a joint committee on on the National Security Strategy discussing both UK domestic security policy and strategy for handling international relations and external threats.
Domestic spying programs in the US and UK have been thrust into the spotlight in recent months amidst the continued flow of media leaks from Snowden, the form..." etc.