At the same time, Aftergood told me, the overclassification of information is a problem of increasing scale one that harms not only citizens, who should be able to have access to government records, but the system of classification itself.

NEWYORKER: No Secrets

Critics of Home Office plans to sanction a dramatic extension of government access to private communications records mainly civil liberties campaigners and Mr Blunkett's own son, who works in the computer industry had won the argument, Mr Blunkett concluded.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

The firm waived all privileges, including the attorney-client privilege, and gave the government full access to its records and memos, even taking onto its staff a government-approved compliance monitor.

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