Home Office under fire for blocking new spy watchdog
by Mark Townsend from World news | The Guardian on (#47B0R)
Surveillance expert Eric King vetoed from top job at IPCO over past associations
The Home Office has prompted outrage by blocking the appointment of the man tasked with leading investigations into the UK's spy agencies.
Eric King had been appointed head of investigations at the new government watchdog charged with regulating the intelligence agencies until the Home Office intervened, apparently due to his "previous work and associations".
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