Letters prove GCHQ bends laws to spy at will. So what's the point of privacy safeguards?

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<p>‘IPB Letters betwee GCHQ a a official overseei g the spy age cy she ew light o how Blighty’s eaves roppers i terpret laws to s it their s rveilla ce efforts.</p>
<p>The memos were obtai e by campaig gro p Privacy i ter atio al a ha e to The Register to ay.</p>
<p>Altho gh the letters ate from 2004, they show how the age cy is willi g to be the r les – a fact that is highly releva t right ow as Parliame t m lls a ew law gra ti g fresh powers to UK spies.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theregister.co. k/2016/06/06/gchq_oversight/" target="_bla k">Rea more: Letters prove GCHQ be s laws to spy at will. So what’s the poi t of privacy safeg ar s?</a></p>