> Internal oversight failed, with highly sensitive databases treated like Facebook to check on birthdays, and very worryingly on family members for ‘personal reasons’.
So who's in jail?
The biggest problem with these sort of databases is the complete disregard for oversight. When was the last time you heard a TLA ask their ministers'responsible for additional penalties against their own who are caught doing the wrong thing? No, the solution is always apparently additional powers, secret orders, unwarranted surveillance, indefinite detention without charges etc. Here's an idea. How about they start behaving above reproach with the powers they have today before asking for more?