Inland Revenue bugging
Sir,—Your editorial (June 20) about Big Brother is timely. Third party bugging of conversations by all and sundry would be intolerable. The Commissioner of Inland Revenue has said he cannot guarantee it will not happen again. Obviously it has happened once already, at least, without his knowledge. It might pay to assume that it has happened more than once already—and that it may happen again. It seems that some tax collectors may regard anything less than complete financial disembowellment to be a sign of secrets which need to be unearthed.— Yours, etc., B. J. NAGLE. June 25, 1983. Sir,—Further to your excellent editorial on bugging, I believe the recent exposure is merely the tip of the iceburg of bugging that is go- ing on on a large scale and has
done for years. In London it was discovered that Government agencies were bugging 100,000 telephones illegally. Why should it be any different here? Six years ago an acquaintance of mine, who worked in a government department, heard rumours of illegal bugging and technically verified it. He complained to his workmates and within two days had been transferred.—Yours, etc., R. H. ENGLAND. June 24, 1983.
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