Alex Reid

The UK government has leaked their plans for a £12 billion program to tap every phone call and email originating or received in the UK under the guise of anti-terrorism measures.

GCHQ, the government’s eavesdropping centre, has already been given up to £1 billion to finance the first stage of the project.

Hundreds of clandestine probes will be installed to monitor customers live on two of the country’s biggest internet and mobile phone providers – thought to be BT and Vodafone. BT has nearly 5m internet customers.

Essentially the security services want a “live tap” into every phone call and email message.

So far not much is being said except that the opposition Conservative Party’s only qualm with the program is the integrity of keeping the information safe from leaking. I find it shocking that the security services are having such a difficult time knowing who is bad and who is good that everyone is suspect.