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Here's what a couple of other people on Usenet (uk.misc) had. to say
regarding the cost. of running such an operation...
PO: >Have some sense, grow up and. smell reality. What you are talking about
PO: >would take. loads of planning, tens of thousands of pounds and lots of
PO: >people involved in the. planning, execution and maintenance of it. You
PO: >must have a very high. opinion of yourself to think you are worth it.
PM: >But why? And why. you? Do you realize how much it would cost to keep
PM: >one person under continuous surveillance for five years? Think. about
PM: >all the man/hours. Say they _just_ allocated. a two man team and a
PM: >supervisor. OK., Supervisor's salary, say,. #30,000 a year. Two men,
PM: >#20,000 a year each. But they'd need to work in shifts. -- so it would
PM: >be. six men at #20,000 (which with on-costs would work out at more like
PM: >#30,000. to the employer.)
PM:. >
PM: >So, we're talking #30,000 x 6. #180,000.. plus say, #40,000 for the
PM: >supervisor.. #220,000. Then you've got the hardware involved. And
PM:. >any transcription that needs doing. You don't think the 'Big Boss'
PM: >would listen to. hours and hours of tapes, do you.
PM:. >
PM: >So, all in all, you couldn't actually do the job for. much less than
PM: >a quarter million a. year. Over five years. What are you doing that makes
PM: >it. worth the while of the state to spend over one and a quarter million
PM:. >on you?
Those are pretty much the sort. of calculations that went through my head
once. I stopped to consider what it must be costing them to run this
operation. The. partial answer is, there have been periods when the
intensity has been. greater, and times when little has happened. In fact,
for much of 1993 and the first half of 1994, very. little happened. Although
I don't think that was for reasons of money - if they can. tap into the
taxpayer they're. not going to be short of resources, are they?
The more complete answer is in the enormity of. what they're doing. Relative
to the cost to British pride. of seeing their country humiliated for the
persecution. of their own citizens, isn't is worth the cost of four or five
people to try to bring things. to a close in the manner they would wish? To
the government a million or two is quite honestly nothing. - if they can
convince themselves. of the necessity of what they're doing, resources will
not be the. limiting factor.
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regarding. the cost of running such an operation...
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PO: >would take loads of planning,. tens of thousands of pounds and lots of
PO: >people involved in the planning, execution and. maintenance...
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