Mass surveillance and bulk data collection won't prevent terrorism, warns ex-NSA director William Binney

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Mass surveillance and bulk data collection won't prevent terrorism, warns ex-NSA director William Binney

Binney tells Joint Committee of MPs and Lords that targeted surveillance could've prevented 9/11

The bulk acquisition of communications and internet data proposed in the government's Investigatory Powers Bill will make it more difficult rather than easier for security services to apprehend terrorists...

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