Sir KenMacdonald, Mr Starmer's predecessor, likes thenewguidelines, saying thattheyprotectpeople at avulnerabletime in their liveswhomayfeeltheyare a burden ontheir families.
The Director of Public Prosecutions, SirKenMacdonald, said too many cases had been rejected in the past but there was now a greater emphasis on making sure there were trials.
The usefulness of the e-mails may also strengthen the hand of those who, like SirKenMacdonald, formerly Director of Public Prosecutions, want Britain to admit domestic intercept evidence in court, as many countries do.
After a two-month investigation, Scotland Yard detectives handed over a file to the then director of public prosecutions, SirKenMacdonald, who announced in May 2007 that he was recommending Mr Lugovoi be charged with murder.