Well, I suppose he's right - there's no absolutes.
But who is to decide whats permissible - and whats a permissible infringement ?
This must surely be an argument for
openness and transparency - even in that most clandestine and underground of worlds , that of the intelligence community.
"
Hannigan asserts that the members of the public “know” the internet grew out of the values of western democracy...."
Do they
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.....and insists that customers of the technology firms he criticises would be “comfortable with a better, more sustainable relationship between the agencies and the technology companies."
Would they ?