Official correspondence reveals lack of scrutiny of MI5's data collection
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#1G8H0)
Privacy International releases letters that it says show 'cosy' relationship between watchdog and intelligence operations
The watchdog that monitors interception of emails and phone calls by the intelligence services allowed MI5 to escape regular scrutiny of its bulk collection of communications data, according to newly released confidential correspondence.
A highly revealing exchange of letters from 2004 has been published by Privacy International (PI) before Monday's parliamentary debate on the investigatory powers bill, sometimes called the snooper's charter.