Originally from: Ron
                        
I don't know why you are worried about being 'monitored'. I was 'monitored' from some time in the 50's. You see I was classed as a wicked 'Commie' because I was an active official in the major union in TV and radio Broadcasting and also I was very active in the Peace Movement. My mail was opened, my telephone was tapped and I was frequently watched and followed. In view of other incidents, I suspect that at time my life was at risk. 'Their' problem was that as a technician I/we knew what they were up to. In the end we did not worry as there was not much we could do about it. Any way, our actions were, in the main, transparent. That's the way we worked. Most of you probably would have agreed with the actions of the intelligence services. Most of you probably didn't support the Dockers, the Miners, the Steel-workers and all the other Union Members who were savaged at the time. 'They' successfully 'duffed' all of us up, so now they have started on the farmers, the rural communities and any one else who gets in 'their' way.

TOUGH!!!!!!

Surely you didn't think they would let such a powerful instrument as the Internet/World Wide Web run without 'their' ability to monitor and/or turn it off at will.

There are very few methods of defeating The System, so lie back and enjoy it, or surrender. Oh, and for our noisy American friend, what are you going to do about Menwith Hill, that so called RAF Station near Harrogate. It is in fact an American Monitoring Station that monitors all most all radio signals, such as many of your telephone calls, entering and leaving this Sceptred Isle of ours, Europe and Eastern Europe. Sends them to a 'secret base', (we know where it is), in Scotland and then sends them to Colorado Springs. It does nothing for our health. But, as ever the good old US of A likes to know everybody's business. Nowadays, it's mainly commercial secrets!!!!

So come on Gary, you are good at firing shots at us what are you going do about that little bit of USA called Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, England, G reat Britain.

I hope you note more than a little cynicism there Folks, Ron.

P.S. I wouldn't be surprised to get a loud knock on the door early this morning. R. :) <G>