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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "needs as much updating as their bugging techniques" mean ...?
Does "needs as much updating as their bugging techniques" mean "needs much updating, just like their bugging techniques need much updating"?
Context:
"I do not know whether the prime minister or the foreign secretary (who has oversight of GCHQ) were briefed, but the NSC was not. This lack of information, and therefore accountability, is a warning that the supervision of our intelligence services needs as much updating as their bugging techniques."
Huhne said Prism and Tempora "put in the shade Tony Blair's proposed ID cards, 90-day detention without trial and the abolition of jury trials".
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/06/cabinet-gchq-surveillance-spying-huhne
Context:
"I do not know whether the prime minister or the foreign secretary (who has oversight of GCHQ) were briefed, but the NSC was not. This lack of information, and therefore accountability, is a warning that the supervision of our intelligence services needs as much updating as their bugging techniques."
Huhne said Prism and Tempora "put in the shade Tony Blair's proposed ID cards, 90-day detention without trial and the abolition of jury trials".
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/06/cabinet-gchq-surveillance-spying-huhne
Top answer
NL888 Does "needs as much updating as their bugging techniques" mean "needs much updating, just like their bugging techniques need much updating"? That is the implication, yes.
- NL888 Does "needs as much updating as their bugging techniques" mean "needs much updating, just like their bugging techniques need much updating"?
- That is the implication, yes.
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NL888Does "needs as much updating as their bugging techniques" mean "needs much updating, just like their bugging techniques need much updating"?That is the implication, yes.
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NL888Does "needs as much updating as their bugging techniques" mean "needs much updating, just like their bugging techniques need much updating"?No. The requirement for updating the intelligence services is as necessary as the services' requirement for upgrading their bugging techniques.
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