Liberty - Protecting civil liberties, promoting human rights

Liberty Director Shami Chakrabati said:

"The government has failed to learn from its mistakes. After the original "snoopers' charter" was published last year, the government was forced to retreat after enormous public outcry. We hope the same happens again.

"Our lawyers have been looking at these proposals round the clock. Under a snowstorm of accompanying paper we have unearthed buried proposals to allow new public bodies the right to use undercover agents for investigations. Such groups as The Charity Commission, the Gaming Board and the Postal Services Commission will now be able to use agents and informants to carry out investigations. Why? This underlines the uncomfortable fact that the British public are the most spied upon people in the Western world."