I used to work at the UK Home Office - there is something utterly rotten here

Submitted by Katabasis (United Kingdom), Aug 8, 2010 at 06:20

The internal workings of the Home Office, and the Immigration and Borders agency in the UK in particular seem to have been - up until recently - maximised for spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt. The idea that the border control has ever been effective is absolutely laughable, and the behaviour of the intelligence agencies is nothing short of bizaare.

I worked for the Home Office and resigned on principle - my summary of the problems with the immigration system are here:

http://i-squared.blogspot.com/2009/05/immigration-and-intelligence-view-from.html

I also spent some time considering the crazy behaviour of the "intelligence" agencies in this context:

http://i-squared.blogspot.com/2009/06/immigration-and-intelligence-part-2.html

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