Seriously - how do we rid ourselves of this bent and corrupt filth?
Green search 'had Liberty link'
The Tory MP who was arrested over Home Office leaks claims police told
him they searched his e-mails for messages from a leading civil rights
campaigner.
Damian Green told the Times it felt like a "fishing expedition" on
Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, who is a regular critic of the
government.
There is no suggestion she was in any way involved in the leaks, over
which Mr Green is not now facing any charges.
She said the revelation raised "very serious questions" about the operation.
Mr Green told the Times that the Liberty director's name was used as a
keyword by officers going through his e-mails and computer when his
Parliamentary office was searched in November.
Mr Green was arrested and held by the Metropolitan Police for nine hours
on suspicion of "conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, and
aiding and abetting, counselling or procuring misconduct in a public
office".
The Director of Public Prosecutions has now dismissed the case against
Mr Green and Christopher Galley, the Home Office civil servant behind
the leaks.
Mr Green, the Conservative immigration spokesman, said: "This feels to
me like a fishing expedition on somebody who embarrasses the government
of the day. That's very disturbing."
He also told the BBC: "To have the police searching for contacts between
opposition politicians and civil liberties campaigners isn't something
anyone should feel comfortable with."
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We are not discussing it."
Ms Chakrabarti said she was concerned at the claims.
She said: "I think this raises very serious questions about just how
politicised, even McCarthyite, this operation was."
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