Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government

An anonymous reader writes "Paedophiles may escape detection because highly-classified material about Britain's surveillance capabilities have been published by the Guardian newspaper, the UK government has claimed. A senior Whitehall official said data stolen by Edward Snowden, a former contractor to the US National Security Agency, could be exploited by child abusers and other cyber criminals. It could also put lives at risk by disclosing secrets to terrorists, insurgents and hostile foreign governments, he said."

Re:Oh christ...

[Tablizer]

Is there anything that they won't use the 'think of the children' line on?

Healthcare.

Give them some credit.

[thegarbz]

In defense of the government's statements they've held out an extraordinarily long time before invoking children in this debate.

Re:Oh christ...

[erroneus]

Best Answer Ever.

UK

[thetagger]

I was going to argue that the UK is a Banana Republic but it just occurred to me that they are a Banana Monarchy.

Next thing you know:

[SmallFurryCreature]

Up next: Edward Snowden thinks baseball is slow and boring and he hates his moms apple pie!

Re:Oh christ...

[Anonymous Coward]

"praying on our children"
Clergical, Freudian slip.

Re:Next thing you know:

[serviscope_minor]

Edward Snowden thinks baseball is slow

This is the UK, so the accusation would be that he finds test cricket slow.

That would be unthinkable: 5 days and ending in a draw because they didn't manage to finish is gripping.

Re:Next thing you know:

[qbast]

[...] baseball is slow and boring [...]

Are you saying this was classified information too?

Re:May they burn in hell.

[Anne Thwacks]

The average UK citizen will accept, or in fact welcome ...

The average UK citizen does not believe a word the politicains say, and is far to busy looking at page 3 to give a shit.

Next up:

[Issarlk]

"Snowden was a bankster ! He funnelled billions and billions to offshore accounts with his NSA know-how, he's responsible for the housing bubble and crash !"

Re:Next thing you know:

[Anonymous Coward]

They have stopped talking about the death of English cricket and are now talking about death BY English cricket.

Improvements in transport technology . . .

[Joey Vegetables]

could also help paedophiles escape. So let's close all the roads, shut down the trains, and require everyone to "shelter in place" permanently. After all, someone must think of the children!!!!

Re:I read this on Techdirt:

[nbauman]

You at least *have* a pretty good constitution to return to, hard as that goal may be to reach.

FOR SALE. A Constitution. In perfect condition. Hardly ever used.