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MI5 and Home Office acted unlawfully

MI5 and Home Office acted unlawfully

But tribunal rules that a public finding of ‘serious failings’ is punishment enough

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jan 31, 2023
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Yesterday’s ruling from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal is deeply disturbing. The judicial body that deals with complaints about the intelligence agencies found “very serious failings” by the Security Service MI5, as a result of which surveillance and interception warrants were issued unlawfully by successive home secretaries over a three-year period.

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