Liberty

Tuesday 9 July 2013, 7:00 PM

The Trade Off: Individual Privacy and National Security

Privacy of the individual, secrecy of the state and national security have been in sharp focus in past weeks due to the leak of material from the US’s National Security Agency (NSA). We will be joined by a panel of experts to ask whether it is possible to strike a balance.


June 26, 2012

Cyber snooping: a snoop too far?

By Nigel Wilson  The day after a public intervention from MI5 Director General Jonathan Evans, a panel as divided as it was well-informed, debated the merits of the government’s draft Communications Bill. The Frontline Club was packed and the feisty discussion began with each specialist setting out their pitch. Professor Anthony Glees, billing himself as the […]