Comments on: Digest – Feb 28 2010 http://thestory.ie/2010/02/28/digest-feb-28-2010/ Sun, 20 May 2012 19:29:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: TJ http://thestory.ie/2010/02/28/digest-feb-28-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 TJ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:03:33 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=1342#comment-2376 <i>Gardaí investigating the source of a leak which culminated in Trevor Sargent’s resignation last week have acquired the phone records of the reporter who broke the story and believe that his source is a serving garda. Holy… All the Gardaí require to obtain the phone records of a journalist or one of their members is a suspicion that there was some sort leak? Whatever the source’s motives Sargent did wrong. The source is a whistle-blower and the journalist was doing what they’re there to do. Scary. Very scary. </i> You'll be relieved to know then that the Data Retention Bill currently before the Oireachtas will extend data retention to the internet and will log every time you go online and details of every email you send. Oh, and did I mention that this doesn't require any warrant or any form of court approval? http://www.digitalrights.ie/2009/07/14/more-thoughts-on-the-data-retention-bill/ Gardaí investigating the source of a leak which culminated in Trevor Sargent’s resignation last week have acquired the phone records of the reporter who broke the story and believe that his source is a serving garda.

Holy…

All the Gardaí require to obtain the phone records of a journalist or one of their members is a suspicion that there was some sort leak? Whatever the source’s motives Sargent did wrong. The source is a whistle-blower and the journalist was doing what they’re there to do. Scary. Very scary.

You’ll be relieved to know then that the Data Retention Bill currently before the Oireachtas will extend data retention to the internet and will log every time you go online and details of every email you send. Oh, and did I mention that this doesn’t require any warrant or any form of court approval?
http://www.digitalrights.ie/2009/07/14/more-thoughts-on-the-data-retention-bill/

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