Ex-Spook Spooked by Snooping State

[Ursa major]

A former head of MI5 has accused the government of exploiting the fear of terrorism to restrict civil liberties.

Dame Stella Rimington, 73, said people in Britain felt as if they were living "under a police state".

In an interview in a Spanish newspaper, published in the Daily Telegraph, she also accuses the US of "tortures".

BBC NEWS | UK | Ministers 'using fear of terror'

(Telegraph article: Spy chief: We risk a police state - Telegraph)

[Drachir]

Looks like V for Vendetta wasn't so far off as we thought.