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UK: Special branch exercise their own unique right to silence on records held on former Hackney community campaign group

11 November 2014

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See the full text: Special branch exercise their own unique right to silence on records held on former Hackney community campaign group (Fighting Talk by Mike Metcalf, link) and thanks Letter, (pdf): "Please could you confirm whether the Metropolitan Police holds or has ever held:(a) a Special Branch file on Hackney Community Defence Association and/or the Colin Roach Centre, Hackney (b) a separate Special Branch file on the following campaigns coordinated by the Colin Roach Centre". Reply: "In accordance with the Act, this letter represents a Refusal Notice for this particular request. The Metropolitan Police Service can neither confirm nor deny that it holds the information you requested as the duty in s1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not apply, by virtue of the following exemptions:

Section 23(5) - Information supplied by, or concerning, certain security bodies
Section 24(2) - National Security
Section 30(3) - Criminal Investigations
Section 31(3) - Law Enforcement
Section 40(5) - Personal Information"

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