RIP branded 'zombie legislation' as it passes Lords Country Watch: Britain7/20/2000; 10:53:23 AM 'The Lords forced a fresh set of concessions on the government yesterday before passing its email snooping bill.'But industry figures are far from happy with the way the bill stands, saying it will still harm human rights and business confidence.' ...'And in the words of Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, the amended encryption powers are unenforceable and unfathomable. "It's zombie legislation. Clinically dead from macabre wounds, it still lumbers on menacing individual privacy and commercial confidence," said Bowden. 'RIP is due to go before the Commons next week for its final parliamentary stage before becoming law.'