ever since that time of unbound paranoia the one unbreakable law of the British secret services has been: Thou shalt not snoop on Number Ten. Because we are not in the business of generating policy-it's not a task for which agencies like ours are suited, and in those countries where spooks set policy, it always ends in tears. We vet politicians on the way up-that's an entirely different matter-but by the time they're moving into Number Ten they should already be above suspicion; if they aren't, we haven't been doing our job properly. And
( Charles Stross )
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