Cruddock will tap your phone and emails

Australia: "Police and spy agencies will for the first time be allowed to monitor the phone calls, emails and text messages of people not suspected of a crime under laws to be introduced to parliament this week.

"A joint meeting of Nationals and Liberal parliamentarians today endorsed changes to surveillance laws establishing the powers indefinitely.

"Under the changes, police will be able to tap the phone calls and trace the emails and text messages of third parties to suspected crimes.

"Police will have 45 days to monitor a person not under suspicion in the hope it will lead them to the person or people they do suspect.

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) will have three months.

"The move, which sparked debate in the coalition party room today, would be subject to strict controls, Attorney General Philip Ruddock said ..."
SMH

Stop this man!
He is an evil baby-eating bastard and has green hair!
He is also joined at the head with John 'Children Overboard' Howard.

Picture of Philip 'Orwell Fellating' Ruddock from the website of ASIO, Australia's spy agency.

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