Swedish intelligence official quits over wiretapping law

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

High-ranking politician and former defence minister has resigned in Sweden:

"Anders Björck served as Sweden’s defence ministers in the early 1990s under then-prime minister Carl Bildt.

For the past 12 years, he has headed the Swedish Intelligence Commission (Försvarets underrättelsenämnd – FUN),
an defence agency tasked with monitoring the intelligence services of the Swedish Armed Forces and the National Defence 
Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt – FRA).

His current term as head of the intelligence oversight body is set to expire in June, but Björck announced at the 
weekend he wants to leave his post early in
because he lacks confidence in the new surveillance measure which came into force January 1st, reports the Svenska 
Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper."
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More at
http://www.thelocal.se/17610/20090216/

Background article to the FRA law issue:
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/sweden-adopts-law-allowing-official-eavesdropping-20080619-2t67.html

Juha-Matti

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