GCHQ's Tempora programme deemed legal by Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Sooraj Shah
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Tribunal has asked for more submissions but said the system of mass surveillance disclosed by Snowden could in principle, be lawful

GCHQ's £1bn internet operation codenamed the Tempora programme, which was reportedly built up over five years by attaching "intercept probes" to transatlantic fibre-optic cables that pass through B...

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