Theresa Mays draft Investigatory Powers bill contains highly intrusive powersAn arresting image of GCHQ – the government’s communications headquarters in Cheltenham – occupied the front page of the Times last week to inaugurate the paper’s unprecedented,but entirely controlled, access to the secret heart of Britain’s surveillance capability. It was accompanied by a headline using a James Bond title – For Your Eyes Only – together with some lines approximately spies “emerging from the shadows”.
It was all part of a propaganda push from the secret intelligence agencies before the announcement this week by Theresa May of new surveillance laws in the draft Investigatory Powers bill. Page after page of coverage followed over the next three days, or praising the heroism and endearing normality of the people who work in intelligence and their uncomplicated desire to support us all secure and free.
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Source: theguardian.com