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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

BIG BROTHER

ASIO insulted by statements it could abuse data retention powers

 

David Irvine, director-general at ASIO, has said it is insulting to think ASIO staff would abuse powers given to it around data retention.

“Most ASIO officers would find it frankly insulting to think that an organisation which prides itself on acting in accordance with the law and very, very heavy accountability processes would allow itself to deviate into unwarranted intrusions into privacy,” Irvine told Background Briefing yesterday.

[ Thankfully powers such as those proposed are not and have never been abused by aneyone, ever. ]

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