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Danh ngôn của Heather Brooke (Sứ mệnh: 5)

When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics.
There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.
I pine for a return to the type of old-school journalism and the tough newspapermen and women of the Thirties.
Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.
In America, you have the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. You've got drones now being considered for domestic surveillance. You have the National Security Agency building the world's giantest spy center.
I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude.
CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue, there is very little solid data in the public domain about the costs, quantity and effectiveness of surveillance.