UK KARMA POLICE Track Web Users; US Surveillance Court’s 1st Outsider Appointment

(Before It's News)

From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities. The mass surveillance operation — code-named KARMA POLICE — was launched by British spies about seven years ago without any public debate or scrutiny. It was just one part of a giant global Internet spying apparatus built by the United Kingdom’s electronic eavesdropping agency, Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ.

Secret Surveillance Court Picks First Outsider To Get a Look In. Preston Burton, a criminal defense attorney known for his work with accused spies, is the first of at least five amici curiae the court must appoint due to a provision in the USA Freedom Act, the surveillance-reform legislative package passed in June.

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