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UK Government Surveillance Faces Legal Challenge.. In Secret Court

Posted by Unknown on from the matters-of-state-security dept.

judgecorp writes "Privacy International is mounting a legal challenge against snooping by the UK government's intelligence agency GCHQ. But the case will be held in secret The group is challenging UK government access to Privacy, and the UK's own Tempora system, arguing that both allow 'indiscriminate' snooping because they operate in secrecy with a lack of legal oversight. All well and good — but the authorities have ruled that Privacy's challenge must be heard by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which hears cases in secret and is under no obligation to explain or justify its verdicts."

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  1. Wouldn't it be ironic by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't it be ironic if someone had a hidden camera in the secret court

    1. Re:Wouldn't it be ironic by auric_dude · · Score: 5, Funny

      A camera in a court sitting in-camera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_camera ironic, funny, insightful, informative or all of them?

  2. The very word "secrecy" is repugnant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. [...] there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it." - JFK

  3. Re:Going nowhere by Cenan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Defeatist attitude will certainly not help any of us one bit. If the current system is not working, one would think getting out of your seat and working for a replacement would be the obvious choice - leaning back on the couch is what got us in this mess to begin with.

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