The murky area of the right to snoop

It is entirely unclear whether Gsoc is legally entitled to access any communication, writes Michael Clifford.

Have you had your phone tapped or hacked lately? Don’t know? Neither do I. But, piece by piece, worrying stuff is emerging to suggest that a whole lot of snooping is going on by State agencies.

This is not paranoia. It is based on genuine evidence emerging about how certain agencies justify to themselves the right to, for instance, listen in on telephone conversations.