I wont hold my breath.
Investigatory Powers Tribunal scraps its first annual report
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the only judicial body in Britain allowed to hold spies to account, has scrapped its inaugural annual report. Communications between the IPT and a P. John through WhatDoTheyKnow.com noted that despite the judicial body promising a report on "the Tribunal’s Membership, procedures, case …
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Friday 27th November 2015 13:44 GMT Camilla Smythe
Ooooops....
Cancelled?
Don't Juggle Bollocks on The Phone. You might drop one.
Elsewhere...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomwarren/the-national-crime-agency-is-in-chaos-over-unlawful-raids
Cough....
The revelations that the NCA has engaged in unlawful search and surveillance will heap further pressure on May as she battles fierce opposition to her draft investigatory powers bill – dubbed a snoopers’ charter by critics – which would allow the “bulk interception” of web data by the authorities.
Cough. Splutter.
I should not treat it so lightly. Looks like some serious questions need asking and answering or they need to get out the Asbestos Carpet and Brush. I suppose the latter will be their preferred attempted course of action.
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Friday 27th November 2015 15:42 GMT DavCrav
"Asked if the commitment to annual reports was now being questioned, the speaker began to give us an answer before the line went suddenly dead. We can presume some ultimately unattributable has beset the IPT's phone lines as it took us several attempts to reconnect.
When we did so, the gentlemen we spoke to informed us "it froze" and told The Register to send an email with its question regarding whether the IPT's report would be published before the final draft of the government's Investigatory Powers Bill is introduced to Parliament."
So, something like "yes, I have a great answer for that, SSSHHHHSHHHSHHH, sorry, I'm entering a tunnel, CCRKKCRKK, you're breaking up, can't hear you" *click*.
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Saturday 28th November 2015 01:48 GMT Gray
Universal government strategy
Smoke ... mirrors ... obfuscation ... half-truths ... polished lies. Same old, same old. Nothing to see here, so move along please.
(After all, the spirit of the public obligation was satisfied by the commitment to transparency, but reasonable people must understand that unforeseen circumstances dictate cautionary excisions and redactions!)