Some nation states prohibit the police from collecting information on their own citizens. But they don't prohibit their own intelligence organizations from collecting information on their own citizens. -Bob Ayers

 

Some nation states prohibit the police from collecting information on their own citizens. But they don't prohibit their own intelligence organizations from collecting information on their own citizens.


-Bob Ayers
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All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You want someone nondescript. The ideal spy is 5-foot-6 and kind of dumpy.

Bob Ayers

Some nation states prohibit the police from collecting information on their own citizens. But they don't prohibit their own intelligence organizations from collecting information on their own citizens.

Bob Ayers

They can use the bombings to again push Tony Blair on the issue of Iraq.

Bob Ayers

It would, in effect, be an instant press conference if they were to do something.

Bob Ayers

What happens if a hacker in the U.K. breaks into a system in South Africa, or in the U.S.? ... Where did the crime happen? And who has jurisdiction? The police must cooperate across borders, and, frankly, the police are not very good at that.

Bob Ayers