| Title | UK Home Secretary Stumbles While Trying to Justify Blanket Cyber-Snooping | |
| Date | Friday January 15 2016, @01:38PM | |
| Author | cmn32480 | |
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| from the maybe-'cuz-they-can't-justify-it dept. | ||
UK Home Secretary Theresa May was grilled on Wednesday during the last evidence session held by the Parliamentary committee scrutinizing fresh powers proposed for GCHQ.
Crucially, she was unable to explain to the panel exactly why Blighty's intelligence services need the ability to intercept and retain millions of innocent Britons' data in bulk, as well carry out bulk hacking operations, which would be strongly authorised if draft law – the Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB) – is passed.
While the joint committee was pleased that GCHQ's bulk surveillance and hacking operations are being brought completely within parliamentary reign for the first time, having previously been effected through royal prerogative, the panel noted that the agency's sweeping powers have not yet been justified in operational terms.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/13/theresa_may/
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