[Infowarrior] - UK Commission Says GCHQ Surveillance Is Illegal Too

[Richard Forno]

Legal Analysis Requested By Members Of Parliament Says GCHQ Surveillance Is Illegal Too

from the well,-look-at-that... dept

We've seen a few times now how legal analysis suggests that the NSA's surveillance activities are clearly illegal. However, over in the UK, the government has appeared to be even more protective of the surveillance by GCHQ, and even more insistent that the activities have been legal. While there's a thriving debate going on in the US, many UK officials seem to have pushed back on even the possibility of a similar debate -- and there has been little suggestion of reform. While it's still unclear how much reform there will be of the NSA, the UK government hasn't indicated even an openness to the idea. 

But now, similar to the recent PCLOB report in the US, a legal analysis of the GCHQ, written at the request of a bunch of Members of Parliament, has argued that much of what GCHQ is doing is illegal under UK law ...

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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140128/17554826031/legal-analysis-requested-members-parliament-says-gchq-surveillance-is-illegal-too.shtml


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