UK media may be banned from reporting stories deemed against the interests of national security

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Britain's security agencies and police would be given unprecedented and legally binding powers to ban the media from reporting matters of national security, under proposals being discussed in Whitehall.

The Intelligence and Security Committee, the parliamentary watchdog of the intelligence and security agencies which has a cross-party membership from both Houses, wants to press ministers to introduce legislation that would prevent news outlets from reporting stories deemed by the Government to be against the interests of national security.

The committee also wants to censor reporting of police operations that are deemed to have implications for national security.

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The committee's members are particularly worried about leaks, which, they believe, could derail investigations and the reporting of which needs to be banned by legislation.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit...ia-1006607.html

[Niels Bohr 72]

More censorship.

[Peikko 1,575]

Not good.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

interesting.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Not good.

Don't look now, but your terrorist sympathies are showing.

[MichelleN 0]

Wow...and I thought it was getting bad here in the US. Would the British citizens actually put up with this?

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Would the British citizens actually put up with this?

They've already put up with closed circuit cameras all over the place, why not this?

[Niels Bohr 72]

Wow...and I thought it was getting bad here in the US. Would the British citizens actually put up with this?

I'm clueless?

[rocks 494]

wow, are they serious? the american media released images of the nail bomb on the london underground which was currently going through legal procedures, meaning that it cannot be published. the government was informed of our legal procedures and decided to ignore it for the media's benefit. but when it's the other way around it's different?

[MichelleN 0]

Wow...and I thought it was getting bad here in the US. Would the British citizens actually put up with this?

I'm clueless?

Well the warrant-less wire tapping, the imprisonment without any official charges...stuff like that...but that's all old news I guess :S

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... the imprisonment without any official charges...

But they only do that to ay-rabs. Not like that they do it to real people.

[rocks 494]

also...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/aug/2...ishing.newmedia

The New York Times has blocked British readers from accessing an article published in the US about the alleged London bomb plot for fear of breaching the UK's contempt of court laws.

Published in the US yesterday under the headline "Details emerge in British terror case", the article claims to reveal new information about the alleged terror bomb plot that brought British airports to a standstill earlier this month.

Online access to the article from the UK has been blocked and the shipment of yesterday's paper to London was stopped. The story was also omitted from the International Herald Tribune, the NYT's European sister paper.

The article purports to contain new information about Scotland Yard's surveillance of the alleged plotters and the subsequent police operation which resulted in the arrest of 24 suspects.

[MichelleN 0]

... the imprisonment without any official charges...

But they only do that to ay-rabs. Not like that they do it to real people.

Oh really? Damn paint me red and call me an injun', I had no idea! I guess it's ok then.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The New York Times has blocked British readers from accessing an article published in the US about the alleged London bomb plot for fear of breaching the UK's contempt of court laws.

That is hilarious. As if copy and paste technology doesn't exist.

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Would the British citizens actually put up with this?

They've already put up with closed circuit cameras all over the place, why not this?

It seems your ignoring the value of CCT when trying to solve crimes, it has proven to be very useful when being used to apprehend and convict criminals.