Worse and worse...

The police spying scandal just gets worse and worse. Spying on political parties, activist groups, and unions engaged in perfectly lawful activities is bad enough; violating legal privilege is worse. And now it seems police spy Rob Gilchrist attempted to pervert the course of justice by deliberately undermining his own evidence in a court case (and forwarding it on to the police in advance to boot). He also seems to have acted as a provocteur, managing protests so as to create conflict with police (which was then no doubt used by the SIG to justify their existence and their budget). But what really takes the cake is that included in the information he provided to police were pictures of a naked teenage activist. As the press release points out, that's not exactly something you send to people unless they've expressed an interest. Which begs the question: how is amateur porn of a teenage girl relevant to "terrorism"? What did the police do with the pictures afterwards? And will they be prosecuting themselves or Gilchrist for possession of an intimite visual recording? Or are the police and their spies simply above the law they claim to enforce?