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Wait a minute. Intelligence agencies _are not_ law enforcement. This is a common misconception. Intelligence agencies do not engage in law enforcement, even tho
by sentenza 13y ago
Wait a minute. Intelligence agencies _are not_ law enforcement. This is a common misconception. Intelligence agencies do not engage in law enforcement, even though in some nation-states police have access to some intelligence agency information.
My bet is they didn't really consider Anonymous a threat, but just experimented to see how much effort it is to clobber them if need should arise at some point in the future.
- oracuk 13y agoYou're right about them not being law enforcement(See https://www.mi5.gov.uk/home/about-us/faqs-about-mi5/is-mi5-the-secret-police.html https://www.mi5.gov.uk/home/about-us/faqs-about-mi5/is-mi5-t... for example) but the level of collaboration between them is very close.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoIn most nations, intelligence agencies _are_ law enforcement. The delineation between military intel and law enforcement is very much an Anglo thing.
- sentenza 13y agoHere in Germany, police and intelligence agencies are separated more clearly than in most other states[1]. The anglosphere tends to be rather sloppy with these things. [1] http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTrennungsgebot_zwischen_Nachrichtendiensten_und_Polizei http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=...
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoI wasn't aware that the Germans had such a history of separation. That's awesome! :)