Much important context is elided from the taster below. Go read the original.

The anonymous media briefings ahead of next month’s Queen’s Speech are continuing today, lead by the Sunday Times and followed by the Press Association, with broadcasters like the BBC joining in, second hand.

The Sunday Times has published a rather meagre front page article on the Coalition government’s revival of Labour’s All Your Internet Are belong To Us snooping plans:

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David Cracknell used to have several “anonymous” sources within Government and was briefed “off the record” by Whitehall spin doctors

Is the poor quality of this article the result of the anti-Murdoch press “cover your own backsides” attitude which now prevails in Whitehall , following the “phone hacking” / corruption scandals which closed the News of the World and which are tainting even the Sunday Times ?

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So why does this Sunday Times article not mention the Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP), which is what the ISPs were briefing other journalists on last month ?

Anonymous media briefings to soften us up for even more Internet Snooping in the Queens Speech next month – Spy Blog – SpyBlog.org.uk.