BIG BROTHER REALLY IS WATCHING AND LISTENING

By Tom McGurk

Few people realise that they are being watched from above.

[sbpost.ie] For example, there is a regular presence in the sky above some English cities of RAF SigInt (signal intelligence tracking) aircraft that intercept all signal communications, especially those from mobile phones.

The aircraft concentrate on cities with large Muslim populations, such as Bradford and Birmingham and areas such as east London.

This extraordinary level of surveillance began after RAF Nimrod aircraft, monitoring Taliban radio communications in Afghanistan in 2005, began to pick up Taliban militants with Bradford or Birmingham accents. Since the July 2005 bombings in London, the search has been on for returned British militants.

This has led to aerial surveillance of cities where they might be based. (more on sbpost.ie)