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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has ordered an inquiry into claims police bugged a Muslim Labour MP as he visited a constituent in jail.

Tooting MP Sadiq Khan and Babar Ahmad were recorded twice in Milton Keynes's Woodhill Prison, the Sunday Times says.

The US is seeking to extradite Mr Ahmad on suspicion of running websites raising funds for the Taleban.

Mr Straw said it was "completely unacceptable" for an MP to be recorded while talking to a constituent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7224661.stm

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I always thought MP's are all being bugged? If so then I'm sure they were doing this in the best interests of national security, because of Mr Ahmad alleging being involved in terrorism.

gfloyd · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject:

An MP that doesnt like a microphone! Shocked

whatever next?
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SantaFefan · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject:

What? the Police want to hear what a suspected terrorist has to say? unbelievable.. Rolling Eyes

Who cares about his "rights"? he's in Prison!
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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Ministry of Justice officials were told on 14 December that Labour MP Sadiq Khan had been bugged, an internal investigation has revealed.

They and his special adviser were told that a journalist was pursuing the story, but Justice Secretary Jack Straw and other ministers were not told.

An inquiry is under way after claims at the weekend that Mr Khan's visits to a constituent in prison were bugged.

Mr Straw assumed the media story about Mr Khan was a political smear.

BBC political editor Nick Robinson said Mr Straw was not therefore told about the allegations that conversations between Mr Khan and Babar Ahmad had been bugged.

He said that privately officials admit that alarm bells should have sounded when they had a press enquiry about the bugging of a conversation involving an MP.

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They have got to get a grip of there departments.