Britain's Security Agencies Seek To Censor The Media

Whitehall

MPs Seek To Censor The Media -- The Independent

Britain's security agencies and police would be given unprecedented and legally binding powers to ban the media from reporting matters of national security, under proposals being discussed in Whitehall.

The Intelligence and Security Committee, the parliamentary watchdog of the intelligence and security agencies which has a cross-party membership from both Houses, wants to press ministers to introduce legislation that would prevent news outlets from reporting stories deemed by the Government to be against the interests of national security.

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My Comment: In the age of the internet, no secret can be kept for any long period of time. But censoring the flow of information .... especially when we are not in a time of war .... establishes a dangerous precedent.