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Radio 4,22 Dec 2015,28 mins

John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail

The Long View

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Jonathan Freedland finds out how today's concerns about the privacy of our communications, and debates about encryption, have intriguing precedents in the 17th century. Producer Clare Walker.

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