What Right Have These Charlatans Got To "grill" The Security Services?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24847399
What are they looking for? Most of them are too dim to even get away with fiddling their exes. They need no qualifications to do the job and yet they think they have a "right" to quiz the people attempting to keep us safe from those that would harm us due mainly to the opportunities given to them by these self serving non entities. It's like 5 year olds grilling the teacher for not havig jelly on the menu today.

[Peter Pedant]

No oh dear I am being a bit contrary today

of course they should be scrutinised - whatever makes you think civil servants are good ar running anything - look what they're doing to the country !

Dreyfus - those Froggies got it spectacularly wrong er spectacularly - when the Cour de Cassation was told to acquit him on appeal ten years later, they affirmed the conviction.

Baldwin was portraued with sealing wax on his lips by Low - my lips are sealed - after he lied that mational security was at stake. It wasnt - he had just made a bad bu-bu

Matrix Churchill - you may sell tubes to Iraq - no you cant you are criminals - but you said we could ! - no we didnt - oo-er yes we did and then denied it, how many millions would you like ?

It is obvious that if you give someone a carpet
they will start to sweep things under it....

[needawin]

Absolute muppets.

[sfby]

"Aha" say the security services, "someone who calls themselves ToraToraTora - that is an indication of a potential attack on our country. We haven't actually got any evidence of that, but as there is no-one holding us to account we can lock them up indefinitely - just in case...."

Suddenly the "liberal cobblers" is not looking such a bad idea...is it?

[youngmafbog]

And a tip for you Zehul would be to remove your rose tinted spectacles and take a good hard look at why things are not always clear cut.

Does anyone on here seriously think GCHQ are spending all their time reading your e-mails? Unless you are emailing with certain key words like b*mb I really cant imagine they could give two hoots about you.

If you are a subversive, again cant imagine anyone on here falling under that category, then you deserve to be monitored.

[youngmafbog]

I dont think anyone is questioning the need for scrutiny, the question above is are those that are doing it fit and able?

But feel free to twist it to fit your ideology.

[ToraToraTora]

yes jake I'm frightened, terrified in fact, look what happens when the right on brigade get a foot hold.....

[Sqad]

Jake -the Peg......careful what you say....Franco is still revered in many parts if Iberia.

I can't come to terms with your simile between the Franco Regime and GCHQ.

[ToraToraTora]

I think Jake may be forgetting his own backed tyranny, one that has not an easily identifiable front but is every bit as brutal.

[youngmafbog]

Squad, Jake believes we are living in a right wing dictatorship in the UK as his beloved labour are not in power.

[Sqad]

YMG..LOL

[mikey4444]

Zeuhl has it right...daft OP.

[Sqad]

Can you just imagine Alan Turing and Churchill, allowing the code breakers of Bletchley Park to be "interviewed" by a "Select Committee?"

[doctordb]

Keep up the good work GCHQ.

I'm surprised 'media ***' Keith vaz wasn't there.

[Sqad]

doctorb....LOL..actually, I am getting to like our friend Mr K.Vaz.

[doctordb]

I know what you mean sqad. In the same way that we like to watch the crashes on ski sunday.

[Hypognosis]

@triggerhippy

//Jesus Tora, you talk like you watched far too many episodes of the Sweeney. //

I resemble that remark even better. I am convinced that Regan's catchphrase was "Why's it always me hooter?" but, whenever I say this to people I just get blank stares.

[Hypognosis]

Who tweaked Tora's avatar, by the way? Is that the security services' way of saying hello?

;-)

[Peter Pedant]

sqad writes: Can you just imagine Alan Turing and Churchill, allowing the code breakers of Bletchley Park to be "interviewed" by a "Select Committee?"

er yes I can because a situation such as that occurs in R V Jones The Secret War, final chapter.

Prof R V Jones wins the war singlehanded according to the book - and has a hit series in the seventies - The secret War I think

Dja remember Operation Crossbow ? Prof Lindeman ( Trevor Howard ) denies rockets can exist as a result of their having to contain antracite and a young scientist takes him apart ? That is the real life R V Jones.

and he describes the committee-isation of the scientific war effort .

[ChillDoubt]

I'm OK with them being quizzed but I'd prefer if it were something done 'in camera'.
There are some facets of the Secret Services that really do not to be aired to all and sundry.
By all means hold them accountable but not in full glare of the media.