Lionel A Smith

Fareham, Hants. UK

Retired FAA Aircraft Artificer/teacher/comp' prog/comp' tech' support/comp' tutor

I am often suspicious about 'lost in transits' having grounds for suspecting that security services on both sides of the Atlantic intercept packages for their own pourposes.

For example the manuscript of a recently published book by investigative historians was unaccountably delayed in the post on its way to the publisher.

Whatever, the big lesson from this is that if those responsible for sensitive data cannot safeguard its privacy then plans for a UK Subject (not citizen as yet) ID card should be more carefully considered.