The Government announced during the past week the following piece of disturbing news. As press releases go, few would spot the sinister nature of yet another government IT programme, but read carefully, because it begs more questions, many more questions than a simple press release should.
Crime Agency has nearly doubled in potential value, due to its
extension to other policing bodies
Soca had expected to spend between £300m
and £500m on its integrated information management and communications
infrastructure, known as the 2010 Programme, according to a pre-tender
notice it published in the Official Journal of the European Union in December.
But if the deal is extended it could be worth up to £800m, according to a tender notice published on 28 January 2009.
The other organisations which may use the
infrastructure are the Home Office, the UK Border Agency, the Identity
and Passport Service, the Criminal Records Bureau, the National Police
Improvement Agency, UK police authorities and their “statutory
successors and organisations”.
Soca intends to award the contract next year and to complete the development of its new service 12 months later.
The first question is: Why is Soca taking the lead in the 2010 programme?
We have written before about Soca, (The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is an Executive
Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by, but operationally
independent from, the Home Office), which unlike the police do not have a Royal Charter, a virtually private police force set up by the Home Office that reports directly to the minister, not the state. Political Police.
Note: Serving Police Officers that wish to join Soca have to resign and rescind their oath to the Queen before joining.
The Chair of SOCA, is appointed by the Home Secretary, is responsible for SOCA’s overall approach and for its relationship with Ministers. One of the approaches of this 'Law Enforcement' agency is political suppression, as outlined in the Serious and Organised Crime Act, and is responsible for suppressing our right to protest in any areas arbitarily designated by the Home Secretary.
An organisation, headed by politically motivated and aligned personnel
that can be used outside of the Judicial system (as described by Lord Justice Sedley) at both a national and
local level, essential and historically proven in all dictatorial
regimes. The parallels in the setting up of this agency with dictatorial enforcement organisations such as the Stazi and the Gestapo can be viewed here. (Other articles on SOCA can be found on this site, use the search facility on the right toolbar).
With that political and suppressive role in mind, I would remind you again of the 2010 programme overall, and its threat to free and individual life in the UK. Something that I wrote about here in Sept 07.
Now moving back up to the Press release.
Look at the other organisations that will be linking to this new 'Network' being built by Soca.
1. The Home Office.
2. The UK Border Agency (a Shadow Agency the Home Office??. The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the United Kingdom borders and controlling migration (That means In and Out, Immigration is an add on)).
The Agency brings together the work previously carried out by the
Border and Immigration Agency, Customs detection work at the border
from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and UK Visa Services from
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). (have these departments been reduced by the same numbers?)
They are a
global organisation with 25,000 staff, including more than 9,000
warranted officers, operating in local communities, at our borders and
across 135 countries worldwide. (surely our borders stop at…erm, our borders).
3. The Identity and Passport Service (Executive Agency sponsored by, but operationally
independent from, the Home Office. ID Cards have been described by the minister responsible as Internal Passports).
4. Criminal Records Bureau. (The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is run as an Executive Agency of the Home Office by Civil Servants, and delivers the service through a number of strategic partnerships with Capita. Very similar in nature to the CRO (Criminal Records Office) now owned and operated by the ACPO, private Ltd company).
5. National Police Improvement Agency. (The NPIA is a policing organisation acting as a central resource to the police service, working for ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers), APA (Association of Police Authorities, another Ltd company) and the Home Office, headed by an ex Reuters journalist, which operates many of the databases, some of which still have no legal basis, NDNAD, National Fingerprint, Sex offenders, ANPR, PNC, Interpol link, e-Borders to name but a few). The NPIA does not operate as an independent body.
6. UK Police Authorities. The really worrying wording here is and their “statutory successors and organisations”. At what point are the Government to abolish sworn police officers and replace them with Non-Departmental bodies, such as PCSO's and the like already under the control of the privately owned and politically motivated ACPO.
If anyone is still in any doubt of the creation of a police state, loyal to the Party which has bought and paid for that loyalty, perhaps the press release above will change your mind.
They are preparing us to being pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed and numbered, the linking of these organisations should indicate to all that they are preparing not to keep people out, but to keep us in (again, something that all dictatorial regimes tend to do, how long before this power is extended to other defaults), and in a very controlled state.

















