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‘Historic’ Surveillance Ruling Finds UK and USA Intelligence-Sharing Illegal

The Tribunal found that intelligence sharing between the USA and the UK was unlawful prior to December 2014.

The Tribunal found that intelligence sharing between the USA and the UK was unlawful prior to December 2014. © David Goddard/Getty Images

LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–6 February 2015.  Amnesty International and others won an historic victory today as the legal body that oversees the practices of the UK secret services acknowledged that the USA and the UK’s intelligence sharing on communications surveillance violated human rights law.

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Today’s ruling was handed down by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT),…

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