By Guest Column Mark Duchamp —— Bio and Archives January 10, 2012
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To: Chris Huhne MP Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 3 Whitehall Place London SW1A 2AW 3rd January 2012 Dear Mr Huhne: Reference: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) I contact you in relation to the above-mentioned legislation. It was brought to my attention by another Government Department, quite by accident, that you authorised an investigation into my background/private life under the provisions of RIPA. I require you to provide me with the following information: a) It should be noted that it would be negligent administration and an abuse of your position, if you did not have evidence that I was involved in criminal/terrorist activity before authorising such action. Taking this fact into consideration, I require details and copies of ALL instances where I was involved in criminal or terrorist activity. However, I freely admit I have been in constant touch with your office in relation to the idiotic policy of IWT’s* and the danger to Human Health; *editor's note: industrial wind turbines b) I advise you that I require a ‘true copy’ of any warrant granted and details of the issuing court. In addition, I require a ‘true copy’ of ALL additional material presented to the court in order to attain any warrant; c) I require details/copies of ALL documentary information that was attained by your office through the illegal intrusion into my private life. In addition, I require written confirmation that the documentation provided is a full disclosure of information attained/held; d) A ‘true copy’ of the authority signed by yourself for the illegal intrusion into my background/private life. I advise you that I have instructed Senior Counsel to begin legal proceedings against the UK Government and you personally as an individual. I further advise you that as you have abused your position, this is actionable. A Petition will be lodged against the UK Government and yourself in the coming weeks, in which I will seek ‘Punitive Damages (Exemplary Damages) at the amount of £2.5 million (pounds sterling) on a 50/50 split between the UK Government and a personal liability by yourself. An apology is not sufficient in this case. Yours sincerely George Watson
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