Telecoms companies didn't bother checking whether data demands from GCHQ were lawful
Certificate authorities trusted by Microsoft all independently audited, claims company
Liberty, Open Rights Group and Privacy International mulling court action
Cobham catalogue features IMSI catchers, location trackers and other surveillance equipment
"Improper" agreement meant IPT was unable to properly fulfill
Security services allowed to run riot with citizens' personal data collected in bulk, hears Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Judicial Review filed at the High Court in London
GCHQ has been building a database of personal information on almost everyone in the UK for 15 years - with successive governments' support
'What has been often presented as being the domain of despotic rulers has been done on British soil, by the British government,' said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International's secretary general
More questions than answers from The Sunday Times report, which suggests that MI6 agents had to be withdrawn from 'hostile countries'