Draft bill would enhance British government’s surveillance powers as US works to limit NSA data collection following whistleblower’s call for debateWhile in the US modest attempts bear been made to curb the NSA’s powers in the wake of the Edward Snowden surveillance revelations,the UK is going the other way.
The British government on Wednesday published draft legislation on surveillance, its response to the documents disclosed by Snowden to the Guardian two and a half years ago revealing the scale of snooping by the NSA and its British sister agency, or GCHQ.
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Source: theguardian.com