L'agence de renseignement britannique craint un "débat public" sur ses programmes de surveillance

L'agence de renseignement britannique craint un "débat public" sur ses programmes de surveillance

The British agency electronic information, the GCHQ, feared a "damaging public debate" on its programs of surveillance of communications, especially because it could lead to the questioning of their legality, the Guardian reveals, according to classified internal documents obtained by the former analyst for the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. whistleblower, Edward Snowden. The agency is particularly concerned, according to the British newspaper, to be questioned in relation to the right to privacy enshrined in the "Human Rights Act", the Law on Human Rights, if evidence of extent of its supervision were considered by the court. The agency has tried to leave only no evidence of these programs, seeking above all to conceal the scale, the Guardian notes. GCHQ also conducted a "hard" lobbying to keep secret the fact that the telecommunications companies that helped to intercept data in the UK and abroad, were "well beyond" the limits Disclaimer. Documents show that these companies have voluntarily more than the law required her to provide data GCHQ, the opposite of what they claimed in their defense. Finally, GCHQ helped the Ministry of the Interior to convey their messages in the media by choosing some people to express themselves as a Lord Carlile, who last week criticized the decision of the Guardian process information revealed by Edward Snowden. Documents released by Edward Snowden shows that GCHQ is an important part of global monitoring device developed by the NSA, Britain is ideally situated to monitor Internet and telephone traffic between Europe and America, because much of the transatlantic cables through its territory. Edward Snowden, in an interview in June on a daily basis that "the UK is fully engaged in this fight. GCHQ is worse than the Americans." Read (in subscribers edition): "The United Kingdom, European and zealous servant Relay NOS" TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES PUT INTO CAUSES In June, the Guardian revealed that the British secret services were "secret access" to the network of submarine cables linking North America to Europe to monitor, analyze and share with the NSA Internet traffic that passes there - phone calls, content of e-mails, Facebook posts, or "browsing history ranks." GCHQ has to do this, partnered with telecommunications companies that manage these cables, called "partners interception." End of 2011, GCHQ launches Tempora, a broader program that includes a major technological change: the spies are no longer content to view live data but can now be stored for later use. Tempora also marks the beginning of a very close collaboration with its U.S. counterpart GCHQ, NSA, with whom the British service sharing the data obtained by surveillance. In August, the British newspaper is still relied on Edward Snowden revelations to show that seven global telecommunications companies have knowingly collaborated with GCHQ - British Telecom, Vodafone Cable, Verizon Business, Global Crossing, Level 3, Interoute and Viatel - offering unlimited access to their secret cables. Sources in British intelligence at the time ensured that these companies "had no choice but to cooperate," and ensured that all "comply with national laws." Read the analysis: "The UK spymaster"