http://www.anorak.co.uk/181117/money/suspected-drugs-dealers-premused-guilty.html Tabloid news for broadsheet readers Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.anorak.co.uk/181117/money/suspected-drugs-dealers-premused-guilty.html/comment-page-1#comment-235584 May Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:05:11 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/money/181117.html#comment-235584 And another step to add concern is described in the Mail on Sunday today, Feb 24, 2008: "Now taxman can bug your home and phone calls". The text states: "Tax inspectors have been given wide-ranging new powers to bug people's homes and private phone calls. They also have the go-ahead to intercept emails and plant listening devices in the suspects' cars and offices. The move is the latest expansion of surveillance powers which, until recently, were only available to the police and intelligence services. Revenue officers used to work to a set of strict rules that even banned them from looking in cupboards at a home or business during a visit without express permission. But now officials investigating allegations of tax evasion can pry into every aspect of a suspect's life in the hunt for evidence. " SNIP And another step to add concern is described in the Mail on Sunday today, Feb 24, 2008:
“Now taxman can bug your home and phone calls”. The text states: “Tax inspectors have been given wide-ranging new powers to bug people’s homes and private phone calls.
They also have the go-ahead to intercept emails and plant listening devices in the suspects’ cars and offices.
The move is the latest expansion of surveillance powers which, until recently, were only available to the police and intelligence services.
Revenue officers used to work to a set of strict rules that even banned them from looking in cupboards at a home or business during a visit without express permission.
But now officials investigating allegations of tax evasion can pry into every aspect of a suspect’s life in the hunt for evidence. ” SNIP

]]> http://www.anorak.co.uk/181117/money/suspected-drugs-dealers-premused-guilty.html/comment-page-1#comment-235572 coolandcalm Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:38:04 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/money/181117.html#comment-235572 I commented on this when I read it. Surely this is another step towards a police state? Supposing someone has been set up? Makes me feel very uncomfortable. I commented on this when I read it.
Surely this is another step towards a police state? Supposing someone has been set up?
Makes me feel very uncomfortable.

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