UK and US intelligence sharing was illegal, surveillance watchdog rules

An intelligence sharing regime between UK and US security services was unlawful, a surveillance watchdog has ruled.

UK and US intelligence sharing was illegal, surveillance watchdog rules

Judges on the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which deals with complaints against GCHQ, MI5 and MI6, found intercepted communications were provided to Britain’s listening post GCHQ under a programme that up until December breached human rights laws.

However, during the legal proceedings leading up to the judgment, the British government revealed previously-secret details of the legal framework that governs the bulk interception and intelligence sharing regime and by doing so made it compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.

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