Last week, the UK Home Secretary pitched the current UK government‘s plan to ramp up anti-terror laws to further stamp out privacy and free speech rights in the UK. This week, Keith Bristow, director general of the National Crime Agency, doubled down by arguing that he needs to teach the public that of course they need to give up liberty if they want security. He argues that „public consent“ is necessary, but that legislation is „public consent“ and thus he needs to help convince the public (or, really, Parliament) to cough up some liberty.