FLEET STREET mole-catchers have begun burrowing in the direction of CND's specialist sections, ably assisted by some of the campaign's own leadership. This is a dangerous precedent for those leaders to set.
une contenuons that the "Trots' rigged the Labour and in order to get themselves elected onto those bodies for the purpose of subverting policy. The imes also alleged that al attempt was made to get Labour CND LU donate money to Socialist Action.
Labour CND Executive Socialist Action supporters categorically deny the charges of irregularity at either of the two annual meetings. Iveltner nas any attempt been made to get money from LCND.
The policy of Socialist supporters Labour and Youth CND is oppose SUCT manoeuvres. They are the memoes or lse real wing We defend the right of all currents organise openly inside the specalist sections of CND as Socialist Action does, to WIll DOS LIONS democratic discușsion and majority vote.
Lever constitutionality of the AGM, in an attempt to decision.
When this failed, they resorted back-door methods, Led differences are resolved, of course buried, by a inajority vote. Time again this section of LCND executive found that it had no majority.
Ditterences came to a head first on • the fudge over Polaris in Labour's campaign document. Opposition to such a fudge was carried against a position welcoming the campaign document's statement on unilateralism in its entirety. They emerged around the model resolution proposed for Labour Party conference.
Meanwhile, the minority of LCND had begun to organise secretly. They were supported by a section of CND's national leadership.
It's a moot point which of the positions neto LUND DesI reflects the interests of the campaign as a whole. But one thing's for sure when the dust settles, the stabilised TV cameras.
Branch and Criminal Intelligence.
Just make they'll have space for all suiC your details where you work, who your friends are, where you drink, what think the Met yUu police are going in for a big computer expansion, a £23 million Command Control system to become and a Crime Report InforSvstem operational by the end of the decade.
The Command Control System originates from the military and as Policing London, the periodical of the GLC Unit, put it is 'to facilitate the rapid deployment of forces.
Helicopters - a method of police snooping Mole? SMILE, you're on 'Heli-tele'! Or you might be if you hear the whirring of a Metropolitan Police helicopter overhead. They can even get you in closeup with their super-sophisticated Marconi Avionics If they don't want to photograph you, don't let your vanity be too deflated because they probably still think you're a very special person and have found room for you in the police computer records: either on the Police National Computer or the Met 'C Department computer with its use by Special The Control will Central Coll in each sional stations puter, too, National with any into use, including especially puter.
This latter computer is to be used to computerise all the crime reports at prepaper, allow for far greater amounts of intormation to be recorded and stored.
All those files now mouldering away in dividual police stations winne canes. addresses williesses. be transformed into readily accessible data A massive amount innocent alike. though, you're concerned mation the police have on the Data Protection Bill now going through Parliament won't help you police records are vir ually exempted from an control.
Not only does the Bill give you no protection in terms of the nature of the information held by the police nor any right of access to that information, it also enables the police to utilise any data on the myriad of private public computer systems now in use.
The growing computer power of the police must be seen in relation to Ken neth Newman's plans for the policing of London. It through 'community policing' the 'neighbourhood watch schemes' that the bulk of low level intelligence will be gathered The police are at present trying to forge links with socia service, education and local authority structures with a view co-opting these structures into their own plans. Control Within the neighbourhood watch schemes, local volunteers will be encouraged to take on the responsibility for distribution of police leaflets to become nosy. but not meddlesome' There considerable information on the 'guilty relayed the local friend v home beat oftice! who, back at the station, will keep his notebook to date with the aid of the integrated computer gi or by using the mil computer with which eve station will be equipped The relevance cameras, computers can be summed with Kenneth Newmar own words: it would Deller ll we stopped la to ing about crime preventi and litted the whole thi higher level generality representec the words 'social trol"
When all this is col pounded with the dang of the Police and Crimir Evidence Bill, nort the dous picture of the futu needn't both writing your 1984 dias just ask a cop , and as lo It arrested the spot, he'll be able tell you the time and pla OI your next meeting three seconds flat fact he'll probably be co ing along too.
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