Tuesday 12 January 2010

What on Earth? . . .

The Stazi Redividus

Have you ever heard of this puppy? The National Domestic Extremism Team. Where do you get one of those? In the UK, of course.

Blogger Bishop Hill reported recently:
This morning I contacted Norfolk Constabulary with a view to finding out if they had yet ascertained whether the breach at the Climatic Research Unit was a leak or a hack. I have just received a response which is frankly amazing:

"Norfolk Constabulary continues its investigations into criminal offences in relation to a data breach at the University of East Anglia. During the enquiry officers have been working in liaison with the Office of the Information Commissioner and with officers from the National Domestic Extremism Team. The UEA continues to co-operate with the enquiry however major investigations of this nature are of necessity very detailed and as a consequence can take time to reach a conclusion. It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."

The National Domestic Extremism Team? Words fail me.
Britain continues to go boldly where no man or nation has gone before--in the West. Apparently the mantra now widely employed is, "Go East, young man--and back forty years. There lies our future." Methinks we need one of those puppies in New Zealand. No modern western democracy should be without one. Imagine, they could use up an awful lot of time investigating extremists like Hone Harawira.

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