Ministers forced to reveal British link to US data spying scandal
MPs demand to know if UK spies bypassed law on intercepts, as Google denies allowing security agents access MPs want to know whether any of the intelligence supplied by the US about UK citizens was...
View ArticleMinisters to reveal British link to US data spying scandal
Ministers will respond in parliament on Monday to claims that UK intelligence agencies have gained access to a vast reservoir of private data relating to people living in Britain – including emails...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-UK says eavesdropping is legal, defends U.S. spy links
* Leaks have lifted lid on extent of U.S.-UK spy links * Britain neither confirms nor denies details * Says law-abiding Britons have nothing to fear By Andrew Osborn LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Britain...
View ArticleMPs to quiz Americans over UK's role in email spying
British MPs will question American intelligence chiefs in Washington this week over Britain's involvement in a controversial internet monitoring operation that allegedly harvested information from...
View ArticlePrism spy scheme: nonsense that GCHQ is circumventing UK law, insists Hague
Mr Hague refused to confirm or deny details of the eavesdropping agency's links to the Prism spy scheme, but said the British public had "nothing to fear" from its work. Speaking on the BBC's Andrew...
View ArticlePrism: ministers challenged over GCHQ's access to covert US operation
Government rounded on after disclosure that highly-classified system supplied eavesdropping headquarters with information Documents obtained by the Guardian show that GCHQ, above, generated 197...
View ArticleGoogle says the government has 'no access' to servers
Google has issued a strong denial that it allows the US government to access its servers. The internet giant said the government has no access, "not directly, or via a back door, or a so-called drop...
View ArticleGCHQ gets US spy data from Google and Facebook
The Guardian said that it had obtained documents showing that GCHQ had access to the Prism system, set up by America's National Security Agency (NSA), since at least June 2010. The documents were said...
View ArticleInternet spying: Britain's eavesdropping agency GCHQ to tell parliament the...
LONDON: Chief of UK's eavesdropping agency GCHQ will soon reveal to the parliament the scale at which it was involved with a secret US spy project which collecting data from the world's largest...
View ArticleGCHQ Prism Spying Claims 'Deeply Alarming'
Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency GCHQ has reportedly been gathering information from leading internet companies through a secret US spy programme. The US surveillance system, called Prism,...
View ArticleBritish Intelligence watchdog flies to Washington to demand answers on...
MPs from Britain’s intelligence watchdog will to fly to Washington next week to seek guarantees that US spies are not snooping on Britons’ emails. Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the chairman of the Intelligence...
View ArticleNow, Britain accused of spying on citizens
London, June 08: The British government is under increasing pressure to order an inquiry into claims that the country's security services were covertly gathering a mass of personal data from some of...
View ArticleGCHQ to give MPs full details of links to US web spying programme
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) will receive a report on claims that it received material through the secret Prism scheme "very shortly", according to chairman Sir Malcolm Rifkind. "The...
View ArticleUK Govt facing pressure to order inquiry into spying claims
The British Government is under increasing pressure to order an inquiry into claims that the country’s security services were covertly gathering a mass of personal data from some of the world’s...
View ArticleBritain accused of spying on citizens
The British government is under increasing pressure to order an inquiry into claims that the country’s security services were covertly gathering a mass of personal data from some of the world’s...
View ArticleThousands of Britain's may have been spied on by GCHQ as link to Prism...
Thousands of Britons could have been spied on by GCHQ under a “chilling” link to a secret American operation covertly collecting data from the world’s largest internet companies. David Cameron and...
View ArticlePrism scandal: Agency to reveal US links 'shortly' after claims that...
A report by GCHQ to Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee on the listening agency's links to a secret US spy programme is due shortly. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) will...
View ArticleAgency to reveal US links 'shortly' after claims thousands of Britain's may...
A report by GCHQ to Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee on the listening agency's links to a secret US spy programme is due shortly. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) will...
View ArticlePrism scandal: 'Authority essential' for GCHQ access to British emails, says...
Any requests by GCHQ for access to British citizens' emails through a controversial US internet monitoring programme would need proper legal authority, potentially including the personal approval of a...
View Article'Authority essential' for GCHQ access to British emails, says committee...
Any requests by GCHQ for access to British citizens' emails through a controversial US internet monitoring programme would need proper legal authority, potentially including the personal approval of a...
View ArticleUK Parliament wants to know if spies acted illegally in receiving US...
In this article Companies and organisations: Facebook | Google LONDON — Britain would have to say if its spies acted illegally after revelations that they received data collected secretly by the US...
View ArticleBritish government faces questions over PRISM cyber-snooping
* Foreign minister to make statement on eavesdropping * Parliament want answers on intelligence requests By Sarah Young LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Britain must say if its spies acted illegally after...
View ArticleCameron defends spy agencies over PRISM cyber-snooping
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday Britain's spies acted within the law following revelations the intelligence agencies had received data collected secretly...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-UK's Cameron defends spy agencies over PRISM cyber-snooping
* PM Cameron says spy agencies operate within law * Foreign minister to make statement on eavesdropping * Parliament wants answers on intelligence requests By Sarah Young LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) -...
View ArticlePrism scandal: William Hague faces grilling over accusations that GCHQ spied...
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, will face MPs' questions today over fears that thousands of Britons could have been spied on by GCHQ through a covert link with the American security agencies. Mr...
View ArticlePrism scandal: MPs to put pressure on Foreign Secretary William Hague over...
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, will face MPs' questions today over fears that thousands of Britons could have been spied on by GCHQ through a covert link with the American security agencies. Mr...
View ArticleUK's Cameron Defends Spy Agencies Over PRISM
Reuters LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday Britain's spies acted within the law following revelations the intelligence agencies had received data collected secretly by the United...
View ArticleWilliam Hague on spying scandal: what he said … and what he didn't say
Nick Hopkins analyses the foreign secretary's statement to the Commons on Britain's links with the secret NSA operation William Hague said the UK had 'one of the strongest systems of checks and...
View ArticleUK rejects PRISM use allegations
LONDON - Britain on Monday dismissed as “baseless” accusations that security agencies had been circumventing British law by using information gathered on British citizens by PRISM, a secret U.S....
View ArticleGoogle And Facebook Hit Back At Snoop Claims
Facebook, Google and Yahoo! have vigorously denied knowing about a secret US internet survelliance programme to fight the threat of terrorism. Reports by the Guardian and The Washington Post, based on...
View ArticleNick Clegg: Agencies' access to data is legal and proportionate
Nick Clegg says that he is convinced that the way UK intelligence agencies look at people's communications data is "legal" and "proportionate". Those worried about whether GCHQ had access to a US...
View ArticlePrism scandal: Foreign Secretary William Hague says UK intelligence services...
William Hague says he has a ‘high level of confidence’ that British spies do not ‘indiscriminately trawl’ through people’s emails. Responding to claims that GCHQ used private data from United States...
View ArticlePrism scandal: William Hague says UK intelligence service do not...
William Hague says he has a ‘high level of confidence’ that British spies do not ‘indiscriminately trawl’ through people’s emails. Responding to claims that GCHQ used private data from United States...
View ArticleInquiry into snooping laws as committee clears GCHQ
Intelligence and security committee also confirms GCHQ's use of NSA Prism surveillance material for first time GCHQ did not circumvent UK law by using the NSA Prism programme, says the ISC, which is...
View ArticleDecoded: the main stories from the Snowden files explained
Revelations about mass surveillance by the NSA and GCHQ have shocked some and embarrassed others. Here we outline the main stories, what they mean and why they matter ...
View ArticleFormer Labour minister accuses spies of ignoring MPs over surveillance
Nick Brown says there is 'uncanny' similarity between GCHQ programmes exposed by Edward Snowden and bill's proposals ...
View ArticleWatchdog demands GCHQ report on NSA's UK data storage
Intelligence and security committee chair Sir Malcolm Rifkind seeks explanation of deal that allowed US to 'unmask' Britons ...
View ArticleSnowden raised ‘real issues’, admits head of Britain’s spy watchdog
LONDON: The head of the watchdog responsible for scrutinising Britain’s intelligence agencies has defended their spying techniques but admitted that the whistleblower Edward Snowden has raised “real...
View ArticleEdward Snowden has raised 'real issues', says head of UK spy watchdog
Sir Malcolm Rifkind defends UK intelligence agencies' techniques but appears to concede laws may need review ...
View ArticleGCHQ to reveal US spy agency links
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) will receive a report on claims that it received material through the secret Prism scheme "very shortly", according to chairman Sir Malcolm Rifkind. "The...
View ArticleBritain says accusations it skirted law over Prism are baseless
Claims that Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence agency used private data from US security agencies to circumvent the law are baseless, British foreign secretary William...
View ArticleGCHQ Prism Spying Claims 'Quite A Scandal'
David Davis has told Sky News that allegations Britain's eavesdropping centre secretly gathered intelligence through a controversial US spying agency are "quite extraordinary". GCHQ is to give a report...
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