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| UK police bugged Muslim MP |
| 2008-02-03 |
| SCOTLAND YARDÂ’S antiterrorist squad secretly bugged a high-profile Labour Muslim MP during private meetings with one of his constituents. Sadiq Khan, now a government whip, was recorded by an electronic listening device hidden in a table during visits to the constituent in prison. The bugging of MPs is a breach of a government edict that has barred law agencies from eavesdropping on politicians since the bugging scandal of Harold WilsonÂ’s government. There was no suspicion of criminal conduct by Khan to justify the operation. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #4 That a muslims MP is friends with a terrorist suspect should be the news. The fact that they bugged the bugger is reassuring! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-02-03 18:56 |
| #3 My MP is not my lawyer. I see no reason a conversation with an MP should be privileged. Assuming the security services have reason to eavesdrop on anybody - particularly someone facing extradition on terror charges - they should be listening on on these conversations. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-02-03 11:06 |
| #2 muzz lawyer politician = metastasizing chancre... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-02-03 08:56 |
| #1 Call me when they add "re" to bugged. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-02-03 08:46 |