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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a series of tweets has lauded the NIA for busting an alleged Islamic State terror plot, and defended a recent government order authorising investigative agencies to monitor any computer.
“Well done NIA for cracking the dangerous terrorist module,” he tweeted. “Would this crackdown of the terrorist module by NIA have been possible without interception of electronic communications?”
Well done NIA for cracking the dangerous terrorist module.
— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) December 27, 2018
Would this crackdown of the terrorist module by NIA have been possible without interception of electronic communications?
— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) December 27, 2018
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested 10 persons after raids at 17 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi for allegedly being part of a module of the IS.
Jaitley also slammed the Congress, which along with other opposition parties, has attacked the government for “snooping on citizens” through its order authorising investigative agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt information stored in any computer.
“Were the maximum intercepts done during the UPA Government? Surely George Orwell was not born in May 2014,” he said in another tweet.
Were the maximum intercepts done during the UPA Government? Surely George Orwell was not born in May, 2014.
— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) December 27, 2018
