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UK: Independent article about the storm over the "Big Brother database"

01 October 2008

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Storm over database (Independent, link)

"Early plans to create a giant "Big Brother" database holding information about every phone call, email and internet visit made in the UK were last night condemned by the Government's own terrorism watchdog."

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