Friday, May 08, 2009
Spooks Gone Wild
Tom Burghart reports on the UK Government Communications Headquarters contract with Lockheed Martin to help them spy on British citizens. Stung by whistleblowers leaking illegal spying memos to the press in recent years, the British government is looking for ways to detect outbreaks of democracy in time to nip them in the bud. Much like their US counterpart, the National Security Agency, GCHQ is counting on Lockheed and telecommunications providers to help the central government prevent pro-democracy, anti-war, anti-fraud, and environmental activists from communicating without their knowing it.
