FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
The series followed the cases of Chief Detective Superintendent Tom Lockhart (Raymond Francis) at Scotland Yard. He was initially assisted by Detective Sergeant Harry Baxter (Eric Lander), followed by Det. Sgt. Russell (Johnny Briggs) and Det. Sgt. Perryman (Michael McStay), and finally by Det. Sgt. Gregg (Sean Caffrey). New Scotland Yard, London New Scotland Yard, often referred to simply as Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). ... Eric S. Lander (b. ... Johnny Briggs (born 5 September, 1935) is a British actor. ...
Gathering data about many people in one place (the monitoring centre) provides a valuable source of data which would fuel illegal activities if the integrity of the operators were ever compromised.
The same technology used for disclosing networks of terrorists and criminals can be used by repressive regimes for finding dissidents, and allows easy flmailing, fllisting or prosecuting of people for their guilt by association (see the Red Scare for a set of historical examples).
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation.
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