New law for leakers?

[Mailman]

See in the papers on the weekend some of the tabloids have received a leak copy of the menenzes shooting.

It absolutely amazes me that there is a culture of leaking all over the place in this country, and not just in the p1ssaphones!

Perhaps a new law needs to be made to punish those that would look to subvert the natural course of justice through leaking sensitive documents!

Chances of this actually happening? Well if it aint being pushed by the tabloids then it aint gonna happen.

Mailman

[PerlOfWisdom]

What this country needs is new laws - lots of them for anything anyone can think of.

[Lucifer Box]

Whistleblowers need to be encouraged, not threatened with jail. Everything is in place already to penalise malicious leaking. If it is a state secret you could very well go to jail, if a commercial one you will likely lose your job and livelihood.

One thing we do not need is more feckin laws.

[Rebecca Loos]

Mailman is Blair's PA and I claim my £5!!

Why do you want to discourage leaking? This is the best way we have of finding out what really goes on in the "corridors of power". Without leaks, what would we know of that shooting? It would have been nicely covered up by that great politi....errr I meant policeman Sir Ian Blair. But thanks to the leaks, we know a bit more of the internal functionings of the Met Police "force" and how they attempt to cover up such a massive c0ck-up

[Mailman]

Whistleblowers need to be encouraged, not threatened with jail.

Whistle blowers are completely different from leakers. Leakers do so because of an underlying agenda whereas whistleblowers do it because they have uncovered something that needs to be sorted out (which has so far not been sorted).

The people who leaked the report to the media arent whistleblowers, they are operating under their own agenda to subvert the course of justice. Actually, they probably only released the report because they dont like this government.

Actually...there should be an open inquiery in to the menenzes shooting. But that inquery should be around how the IPCC seems to have more leaks that a boat in the royal navy!

Mailman

[Lucifer Box]

Iagree with what you say, Becs, with one exception. Surely you meant 'the internal functionings of the Met Police "farce"'?

[Lucifer Box]

Whistle blowers are completely different from leakers. Leakers do so because of an underlying agenda whereas whistleblowers do it because they have uncovered something that needs to be sorted out (which has so far not been sorted).

The people who leaked the report to the media arent whistleblowers, they are operating under their own agenda to subvert the course of justice. Actually, they probably only released the report because they dont like this government.

Actually...there should be an open inquiery in to the menenzes shooting. But that inquery should be around how the IPCC seems to have more leaks that a boat in the royal navy!

Mailman

So who should decide who is a "whistleblower" and who is a "leaker"? The police? The government? The tabloids? Mailman, you are living in AtW's fairy world this morning.

All the mechanisms are already in place to prosecute malicious leakers. Nothing should be changed lest it discourage whistleblowers.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Whistleblowers need to be encouraged, not threatened with jail. Everything is in place already to penalise malicious leaking. If it is a state secret you could very well go to jail, if a commercial one you will likely lose your job and livelihood.

One thing we do not need is more feckin laws.

Well said LB.

Whistleblowers must have protection to provide the checks and balances to counter the abuse of power.

[Lucifer Box]

Whistleblowers must have protection to provide the checks and balances to counter the abuse of power.

Aye, Alf. It is a dangerous government that legislates in matters of conscience.

[ratewhore]

Of course, the leaked report could in itself be a load of bolloxx...

Who do you trust to tell the truth, the govt? the media?

Me, I don't trust any of them so take everything I read in the papers, or see on the news with a pinch of salt. Even the posts on this board...