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GCHQ Does Not Breach Human Rights, Judges Rule
An anonymous reader writes The current system of UK intelligence collection does not currently breach the European Convention of Human Rights, a panel of judges has ruled. A case claiming various systems of interception by GCHQ constituted a breach had been brought by Amnesty, Privacy International and others. It followed revelations by the former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden about UK and US surveillance practices. But the judges said questions remained about GCHQ's previous activities. Some of the organisations who brought the case, including Amnesty UK and Privacy International, say they intend to appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights.
Given that those who make the definition of crimes are the same who are legislating to strip you from your privacy... it's not surprising.
Of course, governments just give themselves the exclusivity of crimes. Kidnapping, assault, theft, murder, torture... Though, they rename the action in the process, imprisonment, "public safety", taxes, war...
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Of course, the ones doing the spying are the ones who make the laws. There's no problem at all. Move along, comrade.
Except that in the UK, Judges have the ability to nullify a law if they consider it onerous or wrong, without being specifically asked to look at the law itself.
One of the many reasons I trust the UK judicial system - its very independent of the current Government.
And whom is appointing the judges?
A non-political body called the Judicial Appointments Commission, the 15 members of which include barristers, judges, normal everyday people and legal professionals. The government have no say in appointments, and have no power over the commission - its completely independent.
Look at the list of the current commissioners sometime...
normal everyday people eh?, let me see who the lay members are..
former senior civil servant, couple of professors, a top businesswoman, a Lieutenant General Sir... the sort of people I meet every day (well, I *used* to when I worked in Camford..).
oh, for sure, independent..for a given value of independent.
Fortunately the NSA can have no dirt on any of the judges, so nothing could go wrong at all.
Oh...
Wait...
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