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Huge increase in spending on Secret Service in Ireland

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Friday November 15, 2002 19:28

by Eoin Dubsky

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85% Increase in spending estimated

The Irish Times graph showing the "winners and losers in the estimates" for government spending in 2003 shows that the State will expected to increase spending on "Secret Service" by %85. There aren't many increases expected, but the next largest is 16% for the Office of the DPP. What the hell are they spending all that money on?

What are these secret services that the government plan to invest so intensively in? And how come in all the reporting about the estimates so far this issue hasn't be raised?

No doubt because these are "secret" services there won't be a public record of what our money is being spent on exactly.

Below is a link to an article from The Phoenix "PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK" about Ireland's participation in the ECHELON spy system.

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Comments (5 of 5)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	They need xtra manpower to follow 'dissidents' like u around ;-)	blisset	Fri Nov 15, 2002 21:52
2	how your money is being spent	guess again	Fri Nov 15, 2002 23:17
3	Paranoid	Tim Hourigan	Fri Nov 15, 2002 23:29
4	four weddings and a funeral	alan b'stard	Sat Nov 16, 2002 00:26
5	What - hugh gr*ant was a punk anarchist!?	popb*tch	Sat Nov 16, 2002 12:35

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