[mburbank]

Here's a Blair quote I just pulled, it's from the developing dust up over the possability tat British Intelligence tapped Kofe Anaan's phone.


"Whether intentionally or not, those who do attack the work our security services are doing undermine the essential security of this country," Blair said. "The fact that those allegations were made, I think, is deeply irresponsible."

This is AFTER Blair stated he wasn't going to comment on if the allegations were true or not, but British intelligence never did anything illegal ever.

I keep trying to put some non creepy spin on his statement.

Is he really saying that critisizing what the security services do, no matter what that is and no matter if it's true is deeply irresponsible? I mean, isn't that sort of like saying candidly that the UK has a secret police and they should be able to do anything without protest? Or is he saying that the very notion of the security community EVER doing anything wrong under any circumstances is absolutely inconcievable and impossible?