The Register: BBC takes big sledgehammer to small nerd. “Radio scanners are a threat to national security which imperil the lives of the Royal Family and others, thanks to the activities of ne(rd)’re do wells who publicise how to listen into police radio communications. That’s the conclusion of a sensationalist piece by the BBC’s Today programme which uses unsourced security service contacts and MPs to vilify Hertford-based radio scanning enthusiast Paul Wey.”