04.06.2014 - 18:14 [ Techdirt ]

UK Gov‘t Tries And Fails To Hide Details Of GHCQ/Telecoms Tapping Fiber Lines

„Although GCHQ interception of overseas communications can be authorised by a general “external” tapping warrant, the wording of the law does not permit storage of every communication for examination, as GCHQ wished to do. In 2009, the spooks persuaded then Foreign Secretary David Miliband to sign a new warrant legalising what they wished to do. The terms of such warrants have never been published.“