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UNITED KINGDOM

= Intel Environment =

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|Military Alliance||[[NATO]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_and_Security_Co-operation_Treaty Defence and Security Cooperation Treaty]
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|Interior Intelligence Services||[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/mi5/index.html MI5] [http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/ncis/index.html National Criminal Intelligence Service] / [http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/mps/index.html Metropolitan Police [Scotland Yard]]
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|Exterior Intelligence Services||[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/mi6/index.html MI6] / Government Communications Headquarters ([[GCHQ]]) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Headquarters WP] [http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/gchq/index.html FAS]
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|Military Intelligence Services||
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|SIGINT/COMINT Alliances||[[UKUSA Agreement]]
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= Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment =

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|Type||Name||Ownership||Main Office||URL||Notes
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|GSM 1800||Cable and Wireless Worldwide (Cable and Wireless UK (England))|| || ||http://www.cw.com/
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|GSM 1800||Everything Everywhere Limited (Orange)(UK)|| || ||http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
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|3G 2100||Everything Everywhere Limited (Orange)|| || ||http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
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|3G 2100||Everything Everywhere Limited (T-Mobile (UK))|| || ||http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
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|GSM 1800||Everything Everywhere Limited (T-Mobile UK)(UK)|| || ||http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
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|3G 2100||Hutchison 3G UK Ltd (3)|| || ||http://www.three.co.uk/
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|GSM 1800||Mundio Mobile Limited (MCom)|| || ||http://www.uk01.com/
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|GSM 1800||TeleWare PLC (PMN)|| || ||http://www.privatemobilenetworks.com/
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|GSM 900/1800||Telefónica UK Limited (O2)||Telefonica ([[ES]]) || ||http://www.o2.co.uk/
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|3G 2100||Telefónica UK Limited (O2 (UK))||Telefonica ([[ES]])|| ||http://www.o2.co.uk/
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|3G 2100||VODAFONE Ltd (VODAFONE)|| || ||http://www.vodafone.co.uk/
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|GSM 900/1800||VODAFONE Ltd (vodafone)|| || ||http://www.vodafone.co.uk/
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= Transnational Cables and Connections =

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|Type||Name||Ownership||Connecting Operator Point A||Connection Operator Point B||URL/Notes
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|120 Gb/s||AC-1  (Atlantic Crossing)|| ||Brookhaven Cable Station in Shirley, New York, ([[US]])||Land's End Cable Station in Whitesands, ([[GB|UK]])||[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-1_(cable_system) WP]
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|320 Gbit/s||AC-2|| ||Bellport/Brookhaven, New York ([[US]])||Bude ([[GB|UK]])||[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-2_(cable_system) WP]
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|3,84 Tbs||EIG|| || ||Tripoli ([[LY]]) / Abu Talat ([[EG]]) / Al Fujaurah ([[AE]]) / Barka ([[OM]]) / Djibouti ([[DJ]]) / Gibraltar ([[GI]]) / Jeddah ([[SA]]) / London ([[GB]]) / Marseille ([[FR]]) / Monaco ([[MC]]) / Mumbai ([[IN]]) / Sesimbra ([[PT]]) / Widemouth Bay ([[GB]]) / Zaferana ([[EG]]) || [http://europeindiagateway.com/ Operator] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIG_(cable_system) WP]
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|480 Gbits/s||SEA-ME-WE-3|| || ||Norden ([[DE]]) / Oostende ([[BE]]) / Goonhilly ([[GB]]) / Penmarch ([[FR]]) / Sesimbra ([[PT]]) / Tetuan ([[MA]]) / Mazara del Vallo ([[IT]]) / Chania ([[GR]]) / Marmaris ([[TR]]) / Yeroskipou ([[CY]]) / Alexandria ([[EG]]) / Suez ([[EG]]) / Jeddah ([[SA]]) / Djibouti ([[DJ]]) / Muscat ([[OM]]) / Fujairah ([[AE]]) / Karachi ([[PK]]) / Mumbai ([[IN]])  / Cochin ([[IN]])  / Mount Lavinia ([[LK]]) / Pyapon ([[MM]]) / Satun ([[TH]]) / Penang, ([[MY]]) (Where it meets the SAFE and the FLAG cables.) / Medan ([[IN]]) / Tuas ([[SG]]) / Jakarta ([[IN]])  / Perth ([[AU]]) / Mersing ([[MY]]) / Tungku ([[BN]]) / Da Nang ([[VN]]) / Batangas ([[PH]]) / Taipa ([[MO]]) / Deep Water Bay ([[HK]]) / Shantou ([[CN]]) / Fangshan ([[TW]]) / Toucheng ([[TW]]) / Shanghai ([[CN]]) / Keoje ([[KR]]) / Okinawa, ([[JP]])||[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEA-ME-WE_3 WP]
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= SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators =

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|Name||Location||Operator||Status||Capabilities
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|Menwith Hill ([[ECHELON]])||Menwith Hill, Harrogate||UK/USA (RSOC)||Active||Intelsat Europe till West-Asia
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| ||Belfast (Victoria Square) || GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| ||Brora, Scotland || GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| GCHQ ||Cheltenham (Government Communications Headquarters)|| NSA liaison is present. || Active ||
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| ||Chicksands|| GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| ||Culm Head||GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| ||Digby|| GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| ||Hawklaw, Scotland|| GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| ||Irton Moor|| GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| ||Molesworth|| UK/USA || Active ||
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|[[GCHQ BUDE]]||Morwenstow|| UK/USA || Active ||
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| ||Westminster, London|| GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM || Active ||
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| ||(Palmer Street)|| ? || ||
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| ||Yemen|| ? || ||
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| ||Socotra Island|| || (planned) ||
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= Privacy Related Legislation =

= LI Legislation =

= SIGINT/COMINT Legal Grounds =

= Vendor Appearance =

* Vendor with Place of Registration in the UK: [[AUDIOTEL]], [[CAMBRIDGECON]], [[COBHAM]], [[CREATIVITY]], [[DATONG]], [[DELMA]], [[DETICA]], [[GAMMA]], [[GRIFFCOMM]], [[HIDDEN-TECHNOLOGY-SYSTEMS]], [[NEWPORT]], [[TELESOFT]]

* [[DATONG]] delivering the Metropolitan Police 10/2011
* 2013: [[GAMMA]] / [[FINFISHER]] see Citizenlab Report 20130430
* 2013: [[HACKINGTEAM]] see securelist.com Report 20130425

= Articles / Events / Situations =

== 201X ==

=== 2014 ===

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|Date||Source||Title||Tags
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|20140128||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/28/gchq-mass-surveillance-spying-law-lawyer Huge swath of GCHQ mass surveillance is illegal, says top lawyer]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20140124||rt.com||[http://rt.com/news/britain-ministers-surveillance-court-128/ British ministers answer for GCHQ mass surveillance in European court]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[EU]]
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|20140117||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/obama-nsa-reforms-reaction-europe-brazil Obama NSA reforms receive mixed response in Europe and Brazil / EU commissioner says speech is a step in right direction, but German ex-minister says changes fail to tackle root problem]||[[US]] / [[NSA]] / [[EU]] / [[DE]] / [[GB]] / [[BR]]
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|20140117||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/17/barack-obama-surveillance-pledge-gulf-with-uk Barack Obama's surveillance pledge contrasts with silence of UK ministers]||[[US]] / [[GB]]
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=== 2013 ===

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|Date||Source||Title||Tags
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|20131121||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/nsa-affaere-us-geheimdienst-betreibt-datenbank-unverdaechtiger-briten-a-934798.html NSA-Affäre: US-Geheimdienst sammelt Daten unverdächtiger Briten]||[[GB]] / [[NSA]]
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|20131120||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data]||[[GB]] / [[NSA]] / [[US]]
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|20131105||bbc.co.uk||[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24824633 Germany calls in British ambassador over spy claims]||[[UK Embassy Berlin]] / [[GB]] / [[DE]]
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|20131101||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/spaeh-enthuellungen-europaeische-geheimdienste-sollen-kooperiert-haben-a-931375.html Neue Späh-Enthüllungen: Europäische Geheimdienste sollen kooperiert haben]||[[DE]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[GB]] / [[FR]] / [[ES]] / [[IT]]
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|20131101||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden GCHQ and European spy agencies worked together on mass surveillance - Edward Snowden papers unmask close technical cooperation and loose alliance between British, German, French, Spanish and Swedish spy agencies]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[DE]] / [[BND]] / [[FR]] / [[DGSE]] / [[ES]] / [[CNI]] / [[SE]] / [[FRA]] / [[SAEPO]] / [[NL]] / [[MIVD]] / [[AIVD]]
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|20131021||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/nsa-eu-kommissarin-neelie-kroes-lobt-edward-snowdens-enthuellungen-a-928834.html EU-Kommissarin: Neelie Kroes nennt Snowden-Enthüllungen "hilfreich"]||[[NSA]] / [[EU]] / [[BE]] / [[GB]]
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|20131017||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/17/uk-gchq-nsa-surveillance-inquiry-snowden Extent of spies' mass surveillance to be investigated in public inquiry - Intelligence inquiry begun after Edward Snowden leaks and Guardian revelations on GCHQ and NSA personal data sharing]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20131016||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/16/mps-peers-may-snoopers-charter How MPs and peers took on May and spy agencies over 'snoopers' charter' - Anger at failure of Home Office and security services to reveal extent of GCHQ's data harvesting operations]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20131016||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/15/former-labour-minister-spies-surveillance Former Labour minister accuses spies of ignoring MPs over surveillance - Nick Brown says there is 'uncanny' similarity between GCHQ programmes exposed by Edward Snowden and bill's proposals]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20131013||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/13/gchq-accused-monitoring-privileged-emails-lawyer-client-libya GCHQ accused of monitoring privileged emails between lawyers and clients - Allegation relates to eight Libyan nationals and comes in wake of Guardian's revelations about GCHQ and Tempora programme]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[LY]] / [[TEMPORA]]
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|20131006||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/06/cabinet-gchq-surveillance-spying-huhne Cabinet was told nothing about GCHQ spying programmes, says Chris Huhne - Ex-minister says he was in 'utter ignorance' of Prism and Tempora and calls for tighter oversight of security services]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20131003||theguardian.com||[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/03/edward-snowden-files-john-lanchester The Snowden files: why the British public should be worried about GCHQ - When the Guardian offered John Lanchester access to the GCHQ files, the journalist and novelist was initially unconvinced. But what the papers told him was alarming: that Britain is sliding towards an entirely new kind of surveillance society]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/UTIMACO-2012-RudoWind-en.pdf UTIMACO: Rudolf Windschuh]||[[UTIMACO]] / [[WINDSCHUH, RUDOLF]] / [[DE]] / [[NL]] / [[FR]] / [[ES]] / [[AE]] / [[AU]] / [[CZ]] / [[FI]] / [[GB]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/TELESOFT-2012-RayHutt-en.pdf TELESOFT: Ray Hutton]||[[TELESOFT]] / [[HUTTON, RAY]] / [[GB]] / [[ES]] / [[AE]] / [[IT]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/HIDDENTECHNOLOGY-2012-ChriNyla-en.pdf HIDDEN TECHNOLOGY: Chris Nyland]||[[HIDDEN-TECHNOLOGY-SYSTEMS]] / [[NYLAND, CHRIS]] / [[GB]] / [[ES]] / [[MT]] / [[FR]] / [[NL]] / [[IN]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/GAMMA-2013-MartMuen-en.pdf GAMMA: Martin Muench]||[[GAMMA]] / [[MUENCH, MARTIN J]] / [[MX]] / [[US]] / [[DE]] / [[CZ]] / [[KZ]] / [[GB]] / [[NL]] / [[FR]] / [[RS]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/GAMMA-2011-LoutNels-en.pdf GAMMA: Louthean Nelson]||[[GAMMA]] / [[NELSON, LOUTHEAN JOHN ALEXANDER]] / [[LB]] / [[DE]] / [[AE]] / [[LV]] / [[CH]] / [[ID]] / [[IT]] / [[MY]] / [[SG]] / [[GB]] / [[AT]] / [[RS]] / [[TR]] / [[CI]] / [[BJ]] / [[ZA]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/GAMMA-2012-JohnDebs-en.pdf GAMMA: Johnny Debs]||[[GAMMA]] / [[DEBS, JOHNNY]] / [[LB]] / [[RS]] / [[GB]] / [[CZ]] / [[TR]] / [[ET]] / [[GA]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/GAMMA-2012-BrydNels-en.pdf GAMMA: Brydon Nelson]||[[GAMMA]] / [[NELSON, BRYDON]] / [[GB]] / [[DE]] / [[QA]] / [[AE]] / [[BH]] / [[NL]] / [[OM]] / [[BN]] / [[MY]] / [[CY]] / [[FR]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/COBHAM-2012-NeilToml-en.pdf COBHAM: Neil Tomlinson]||[[COBHAM]] [[GB]] / [[AE]] / [[LB]] / [[QA]] / [[KW]]
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|20130904||wikileaks.org||[http://www.wikileaks.org/spyfiles/docs/CELLEBRITE-2012-PeteWarn-en.pdf CELLEBRITE: Peter Warnke]||[[CELLEBRITE]] / [[WARNKE, PETER]] / [[DE]] / [[IL]] / [[TR]] / [[NL]] / [[AE]] / [[US]] / [[GB]] / [[PL]] / [[CH]]
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|20130823||rt.com||[http://rt.com/news/middle-east-snowden-greenwald-903/ Snowden 'not the source' of Middle East surveillance leak – Guardian]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130823||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/snowden-dokumente-briten-betreiben-spionage-basis-in-nahost-a-918184.html Snowden-Dokumente: Briten betreiben Spionage-Basis im Nahen Osten]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130823||indenpendent.co.uk||[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-uks-secret-mideast-internet-surveillance-base-is-revealed-in-edward-snowden-leaks-8781082.html Exclusive: UK’s secret Mid-East internet surveillance base is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks - Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130803||rt.com||[http://rt.com/news/nsa-gchq-mps-questions-007/ ‘Poodle’ UK: MPs to quiz GCHQ spies over $150 mln payments from US govt]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[US]] / [[NSA]]
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|20130802||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/2013/08/nsa-x-keyscore-servers.htm NSA X-KEYSCORE Server Sites]||[[XKEYSCORE]] / [[US]] / [[MX]] / [[HN]] / [[CR]] / [[PA]] / [[VE]] / [[CO]] / [[EC]] / [[BR]] / [[GB]] / [[FR]] / [[DE]] / [[AT]] / [[IT]] / [[ES]] / [[PL]] / [[BY]] / [[RU]] / [[RO]] / [[GR]] / [[CZ]] / [[DZ]] / [[MA]] / [[EG]] / [[SD]] / [[SO]] / [[CM]] / [[NA]] / [[ZW]] / [[SA]] / [[TR]] / [[IQ]] / [[KW]] / [[BH]] / [[QA]] / [[AE]] / [[UZ]] / [[KG]] / [[AF]] / [[PK]] / [[IN]] / [[JP]] / [[CN]] / [[PH]] / [[MM]] / [[TH]] / [[KH]] / [[MY]] / [[AU]] / [[NZ]]
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|20130801||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden Exclusive: NSA pays £100m in secret funding for GCHQ]||[[US]] / [[NSA]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[GB]]
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|20130717||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/17/prism-nsa-gchq-review-framework-surveillance Prism: committee urges review of legal framework for electronic surveillance - Intelligence and security committee also confirms GCHQ's use of NSA Prism surveillance material for first time]||[[PRISM]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[GB]]
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|20130708||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/08/nsa-gchq-spy-programmes-legal-challenge NSA and GCHQ spy programmes face legal challenge - Privacy campaigners file claim saying laws used to justify data trawling by Prism and Tempora programmes are being abused]||[[GB]] / [[NSA]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[PRISM]] / [[TEMPORA]]
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|20130705||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/05/us-blocks-espionage-talks-europe-nsa-prism NSA leaks: UK blocks crucial espionage talks between US and Europe - First talks to soothe transatlantic tensions to be restricted to data privacy and Prism programme after Britain and Sweden's veto]||[[GB]] / [[NSA]] / [[US]] / [[EU]]
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|20130704||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/04/ecuador-names-embassy-bug-surveillance Ecuador says London embassy bug hidden in socket - Foreign minister says Ecuador is to ask for Britain's co-operation in investigating hidden microphone]||[[EC]] / [[GB]] / [[THESURVEILLANCEGROUP]]
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|20130703||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/ecuador-microphone-bug-london-embassy Snowden row intensifies as hidden bug found in Ecuador's embassy - Ecuadorean minister threatens to reveal perpetrators after device discovered during meeting over Assange]||[[EC]] / [[GB]]
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|20130703||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2013/jul/03/rifkind-defends-spy-grilling-cancellation Rifkind defends cancelling of spy chiefs' TV grilling - Chair of intelligence and security committee says he finds arguments that public hearing should go ahead unconvincing]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130703||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/bugging-foreign-embassies-nothing-new Listen carefully: bugging foreign embassies is nothing new - So well documented are efforts to bug embassies that diplomats must know better than to discuss real secrets in their own offices]||[[GB]] / [[MI5]] / [[MI6]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130701||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jul/01/mps-too-busy-question-intelligence-agencies-snowden Parliamentary committee 'too busy' to question intelligence agencies - Intelligence and security committee postpones televised session with agencies to focus on GCHQ claims and Lee Rigby case]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130629||privacysurgeon.org||[http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/former-nsa-contractor-warns-of-murky-interception-arrangements/ Former NSA contractor warns of “murky” interception arrangements]||[[NSA]] / [[DE]] / [[FI]] / [[GB]] / [[DK]] / [[NL]] / [[FR]] / [[ES]] / [[IT]] / [[US]] / [[CA]] / [[AU]] / [[NZ]] / [[ECHELON]] / [[BND]] / [[CESID]] / [[OPERATION DELIKATESSE]] / [[TR]] / [[MIT]]
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|20130626||tagesschau.de||[http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/tempora100.html Deutsche Fragen zum "Tempora"-Programm - Drei Zeilen aus London]||[[DE]] / [[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[TEMPORA]]
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|20130626||welt.de||[http://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/thema_nt/article117459976/Briten-verweigern-Antwort-auf-deutsche-Spaehprogramm-Fragen.html Briten verweigern Antwort auf deutsche Spähprogramm-Fragen]||[[DE]] / [[GB]]
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|20130626||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/25/undercover-police-domestic-extremism-unit Police unit monitors 9,000 'extremists' - Officers familiar with workings of unit indicate that many of campaigners listed on database have no criminal record]||[[GB]]
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|20130625||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/schnueffelprogramm-tempora-brandbriefe-an-britische-minister-a-907674.html Schnüffelprogramm Tempora: Justizministerin schickt Brandbriefe an britische Regierung]||[[TEMPORA]] / [[DE]] / [[GB]]
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|20130625||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/25/germany-uk-gchq-internet-surveillance Germany blasts Britain over GCHQ's secret cable trawl - Minister questions legality of mass tapping of calls and internet and demands to know extent to which Germans were targeted]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[DE]]
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|20130625||sueddeutsche.de||[http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/fall-snowden-deutsche-politiker-verlangen-aufklaerung-von-london-1.1705023 Deutsche Politiker verlangen Aufklärung von London]||[[DE]] / [[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[TEMPORA]]
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|20130625||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jun/25/liberty-gchq-nsa-target-illegal Civil rights group says GCHQ and NSA have targeted it illegally - Liberty asks official tribunal to investigate whether its communications have been intercepted by government spooks]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[NSA]]
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|20130624||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/ueberwachungsprogramm-warum-tempora-die-briten-kaltlaesst-a-907585.html Überwachungsprogramm: Tempora lässt die Briten kalt]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[TEMPORA]]
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|20130623||rt.com||[http://rt.com/news/uk-spying-nightmare-germany-128/ UK tapping Europe’s data flows is like ‘Hollywood nightmare’ – Germany]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[DE]]
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|20130622||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/23/mi5-feared-gchq-went-too-far MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring - Amid leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, senior intelligence source reveals worries were voiced in 2008]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[MI5]] / [[NSA]]
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|20130622||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/22/gchq-spying-catastrophe-german-politicans GCHQ monitoring described as a 'catastrophe' by German politicians - Federal ministers demand clarification from UK government on extent of spying conducted on German citizens]||[[DE]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[GB]]
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|20130622||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bundesregierung-nimmt-tempora-bericht-sehr-ernst-a-907333.html Britisches Abhörprogramm: Bundesregierung nimmt Tempora-Bericht "sehr ernst"]||[[DE]] / [[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130622||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/internetueberwachung-tempora-geheimdienst-zapft-glasfaserkabel-an-a-907283.html Britische Internet-Überwachung: Freund liest mit]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[NSA]] / [[TAT-14]]
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|20130621||netzpolitik.org||[http://netzpolitik.org/2013/keep-calm-and-spy-on-britischer-nachrichtendienst-uberwacht-systematisch-internationalen-internetverkehr/ Keep Calm and Spy On: Britischer Nachrichtendienst überwacht systematisch internationalen Internetverkehr]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130621||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/spionageskandal-britischer-geheimdienst-sammelt-gewaltige-datenmengen-a-907260.html Spionageskandal: Britischer Geheimdienst speichert weltweiten Internet-Verkehr]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[MASTERING THE INTERNET]] / [[GLOBAL TELECOMS EXPLOITATION]] / [[TEMPORA]]
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|20130621||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/21/legal-loopholes-gchq-spy-world The legal loopholes that allow GCHQ to spy on the world - William Hague has hailed GCHQ's 'democratic accountability', but legislation drafted before a huge expansion of internet traffic appears to offer flexibility]||[[GCHQ]] / [[GB]]
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|20130621||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications - Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal]||[[SUBCOMCAB]] / [[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[US]] / [[NSA]] / [[MASTERING THE INTERNET]] / [[GLOBAL TELECOMS EXPLOITATION]] / [[TEMPORA]]
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|20130619||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/19/uk-response-to-nsa-story-back-off-shut-up Britain's response to the NSA story? Back off and shut up - Snowden's revelations are causing outrage in the US. In the UK, Hague deploys a police-state defence and the media is silenced]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130617||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/defence-d-bbc-media-censor-surveillance-security MoD serves news outlets with D notice over surveillance leaks - BBC and other media groups issued with D notice to limit publication of information that could 'jeopardise national security']||[[GB]]
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|20130617||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/g-8-gipfel-in-enniskillen-hat-begonnen-a-906253.html G-8-Gipfel: Britische Abhöraktion verärgert Russland]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[RU]] / [[TR]]
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|20130617||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/turkey-russia-g20-spying-gchq G20 summits: Russia and Turkey react with fury to spying revelations - Ankara summons UK ambassador and says GCHQ allegations are 'scandalous' if confirmed]||[[GCHQ]] / [[GB]] / [[TR]] / [[RU]]
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|20130617||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/telefonueberwachung-britische-spione-spaehten-gipfelteilnehmer-aus-a-906063.html Telefonüberwachung: Britische Spione spähten Gipfelteilnehmer aus]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130616||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/uk-intelligence-agencies-spy-commonwealth-delegates UK intelligence agencies planned to spy on Commonwealth summit delegates: Top-secret document, prepared by GCHQ, contained proposals to target Commonwealth allies at heads of government summit]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[TT]]
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|20130616||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/nsa-dmitry-medvedev-g20-summit NSA targeted Dmitry Medvedev at London G20 summit - Leaked documents reveal Russian president was spied on during visit, as questions are raised over use of US base in Britain]||[[GB]] / [[RU]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130616||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/16/laws-intelligence-agencies-spy-foreign The laws that allow intelligence agencies to spy on foreign diplomats - The Intelligence Services Act and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act are broad enough to allow all manner of operations]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130616||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/britain-history-spying-visiting-dignitaries Britain's long history of spying on visiting dignitaries]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|20130616||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits - Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[NSA]]
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|20130616||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/g20-surveillance-turkey-targeted-gchq G20 surveillance: why was Turkey targeted? Gordon Brown had hailed 'strong and strengthening ties' with the country, which was – and is – an ally]||[[GB]] / [[TR]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[NSA]]
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|20130610||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/hague-verschweigt-grossbritanniens-rolle-im-prism-skandal-a-904902.html Internet-Überwachung: Großbritannien verschweigt Rolle im Prism-Skandal]||[[GB]]
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|20130609||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/09/surveillance-us-uk-national-insecurity Surveillance in the US and UK: Spreading national insecurity: The actions of whistleblowers may embarrass governments. But where legislatures and judges fail, whistleblowers keep open the only channel left for public accountability]||[[NSA]] / [[US]] / [[GB]]
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|20130606||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/06/verizon-phone-records-happen-britain Verizon phone records: could it happen in Britain? Tools to engineer disclosure of phone records seem to exist in Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000]||[[GB]]
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|20130526||bbc.co.uk||[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22673156 Tory-Labour pact could save data bill, says Lord Howard]||[[GB]]
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|20130513||theinquirer.net||[http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2267514/27-million-ee-mobile-phone-user-profiles-offered-to-police EE denies selling user data to tracking firm]||[[GB]] / [[CDR]]
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|20130513||pcpro.co.uk||[http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/381766/ee-data-being-sold-to-track-customers EE data "being sold to track customers"]||[[CDR]] / [[GB]]
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|20130512||thesundaytimes.co.uk||[http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/article1258476.ece Secrets of 27m mobile phones offered to police]||[[GB]] / [[CDR]]
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|20130430||citizenlab.org||[https://citizenlab.org/storage/finfisher/final/fortheireyesonly.pdf For their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying (Full Report)]||[[FINFISHER]] / [[GAMMA]] / [[AU]] / [[AT]] / [[BH]] / [[BN]] / [[BG]] / [[CA]] / [[CZ]] / [[EE]] / [[ET]] / [[DE]] / [[HU]] / [[IN]] / [[ID]] / [[JP]] / [[LV]] / [[LT]] / [[MK]] / [[MY]] / [[MX]] / [[MG]] / [[NL]] / [[NG]] / [[PK]] / [[PA]] / [[QA]] / [[RO]] / [[RS]] / [[SG]] / [[ZA]] / [[TR]] / [[TM]] / [[AE]] / [[GB]] / [[US]] / [[VN]]
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|20130430||citizenlab.org||[https://citizenlab.org/2013/04/for-their-eyes-only-2/ For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying]||[[FINFISHER]] / [[GAMMA]] / [[AU]] / [[AT]] / [[BH]] / [[BN]] / [[BG]] / [[CA]] / [[CZ]] / [[EE]] / [[ET]] / [[DE]] / [[HU]] / [[IN]] / [[ID]] / [[JP]] / [[LV]] / [[LT]] / [[MK]] / [[MY]] / [[MX]] / [[MG]] / [[NL]] / [[NG]] / [[PK]] / [[PA]] / [[QA]] / [[RO]] / [[RS]] / [[SG]] / [[ZA]] / [[TR]] / [[TM]] / [[AE]] / [[GB]] / [[US]] / [[VN]]
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|20130425||securelist.com||[https://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792290/Spyware_HackingTeam Spyware. HackingTeam]||[[HACKINGTEAM]] / [[MX]] / [[IT]] / [[VN]] / [[AE]] / [[IQ]] / [[LB]] / [[MA]] / [[PA]] / [[TJ]] / [[IN]] / [[IR]] / [[SA]] / [[KR]] / [[ES]] / [[PL]] / [[TR]] / [[AR]] / [[CA]] / [[ML]] / [[OM]] / [[CN]] / [[US]] / [[KZ]] / [[EG]] / [[UA]] / [[UZ]] / [[CO]] / [[TW]] / [[BR]] / [[RU]] / [[KG]] / [[GB]] / [[BH]] / [[ET]] / [[ID]] / [[DE]] / [[LY]]
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|20130313||nytimes.com||[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/researchers-find-25-countries-using-surveillance-software/ Researchers Find 25 Countries Using Surveillance Software]||[[GAMMA]] / [[FINFISHER]] / [[MUENCH, MARTIN J]] / [[AU]] / [[BH]] / [[BD]] / [[BN]] / [[CA]] / [[CZ]] / [[EE]] / [[ET]] / [[DE]] / [[IN]] / [[ID]] / [[JP]] / [[LV]] / [[MY]] / [[MX]] / [[MN]] / [[NL]] / [[QA]] / [[RS]] / [[SG]] / [[TM]] / [[AE]] / [[GB]] / [[US]] / [[VN]]
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|20130313||citizenlab.org||[https://citizenlab.org/2013/03/you-only-click-twice-finfishers-global-proliferation-2/ You Only Click Twice: FinFisher’s Global Proliferation]||[[FINFISHER]] / [[GAMMA]] / [[AU]] / [[BH]] / [[BD]] / [[BN]] / [[CA]] / [[CZ]] / [[EE]] / [[ET]] / [[DE]] / [[IN]] / [[ID]] / [[JP]] / [[LV]] / [[MY]] / [[MX]] / [[MN]] / [[NL]] / [[QA]] / [[RS]] / [[SG]] / [[TM]] / [[AE]] / [[GB]] / [[US]] / [[VN]]
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|20130312||pcworld.com||[http://www.pcworld.com/article/2030602/reporters-without-borders-slams-five-nations-for-spying-on-media-activists.html Reporters Without Borders slams five nations for spying on media, activists]||[[GAMMA]] / [[TROVICOR]] / [[HACKINGTEAM]] / [[AMESYS]] / [[BLUECOAT]] / [[US]] / [[GB]] / [[DE]] / [[FR]] / [[IT]]
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=== 2012 ===

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|09.09.2012||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/09/block-on-exports-surveillance-equipment Crackdown on sale of UK spyware over fears of misuse by repressive regimes: Decision to stop sale of spying software to Egypt puts other deals with repressive regimes in doubt]||[[FINFISHER]] / [[GB]] / [[GAMMA]] / [[EG]]
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|19.07.2012||privacyinternational.org||[https://www.privacyinternational.org/press-releases/privacy-international-commences-legal-action-against-british-government-for-failure Privacy International commences legal action against British government for failure to control exports of surveillance technologies]||[[GB]]
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|20.07.2012||fm4.orf.at||[http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1701899/  Der Facebook-Überwachungsstandard: Das bereits praktizierte Einlesen und Speichern von Chats, privaten Postings oder Webmail samt Brechen der Https-Verschlüsselung von Web-2.0-Diensten soll auch als Telekom-Standard verankert werden]||[[ETSI-LI]] / [[GB]]
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|02.07.2012||Russia Today (via youtube)||[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsihITz7-RQ UK's Dark Cloud: Web 'black box' totalitarianism]||[[GB]]
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|29.06.2012||channel4.com||[http://www.channel4.com/news/black-boxes-to-monitor-all-internet-and-phone-data 'Black boxes' to monitor all internet and phone data]||[[GB]]
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|16.06.2012||asianimage.co.uk||[http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/world/9762115.Spying_on_people_to_cost___1_8_billion/ Spying on people to cost £1.8 billion]||[[GB]]
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|13.06.2012||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/13/online-privacy-legislation-internet-phone-data Online privacy: Home Office to write blank cheque for 'snoopers' charter': Internet and phone companies will be forced to track email, Twitter, Facebook and other online data under new legislation]||[[GB]]
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|19.04.2012||scramblngforsafety.org||[http://scramblingforsafety.org/2012/ Scrambling for Safety 2012]||[[GB]]
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|08.04.2012||telegraph.co.uk||[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/9192209/GCHQ-warns-it-is-losing-terrorists-on-the-internet.html GCHQ warns it is losing terrorists on the internet: Controversial proposals to "snoop" on every email, phone call and text message have been driven by a warning from spies that new technology has "eroded" their ability to eavesdrop on terrorists and criminals.]||[[GB]]
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|03.04.2012||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151736 Die Einschränkungen für das Überwachen der Kommunikation sollen fallen: Die britische Regierung will eine Vorratsdatenspeicherung für ein Jahr einführen und den Sicherheitsbehörden die Möglichkeit geben, ohne richterlichen Beschluss in Echtzeit die Kommunikation in allen Kanälen abzuhören]||[[GB]]
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|02.04.2012||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/email-surveillance-lib-dem-rebellion Email surveillance plans face Lib Dem rebellion: Senior MPs concerned at government proposals to extend powers of security services to monitor public communications]||[[GB]]
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|01.04.2012||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/government-email-social-network-surveillance?intcmp=239 Government plans increased email and social network surveillance: Proposal echoes Labour scheme that was scrapped in 2009 over concerns it would breach civil liberties]||[[GB]]
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|01.03.2012||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/01/menwith-hill-eavesdropping-base-expansion Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion]||[[GB]] [[ECHELON]] [[MENWITH HILL STATION]]
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|21.02.2012||telegraph.co.uk||[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9090617/Phone-and-email-records-to-be-stored-in-new-spy-plan.html Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan: Details of every phone call and text message, email traffic and websites visited online are to be stored in a series of vast databases under new Government anti-terror plans.]||[[GB]]
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=== 2011 ===

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|14.11.2011||bbc.co.uk||[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-15720998 Oxford taxi conversations to be recorded, council rules]||[[GB]]
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|30.10.2011||Guardian||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/30/metropolitan-police-mobile-phone-surveillance Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones]||[[GB]] [[DATONG]]
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=== 2010 ===

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|Date||Source||Title||Tags
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|18.04.2010||Guardian||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/apr/18/mi5-bugged-10-downing-street No 10 Downing Street bugged by MI5, claims historian / Bugs placed in the cabinet room by Harold Macmillan in 1963 and not removed until 1977]||[[GB]] MI5
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== 2000 - 2009 ==

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|Date||Source||Title||Tags
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|11.07.2009||Wikileaks||[http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Britain%27s_phone_hacking_scandal:_The_News_of_the_World_didn%27t_go_far_enough UK phone hacking scandal: The News of the World didn't go far enough]||[[GB]] Murdoch voicemail
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|17.12.2006||The Independent||[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/police-we-were-bugged-in-effort-to-halt-bae-saudi-arms-inquiry-428851.html Police: we were bugged in effort to halt BAe Saudi arms inquiry]||[[GB]] [[SA]]
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|10.12.2006||the guardian||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/dec/10/monarchy.peterallen US bugged Diana's phone on night of death crash]||[[US]] [[GB]]
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|11.06.2001||The Register||[http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19607.html US expands Echelon spying in UK]||[[GB]] [[US]] echelon privacy sigint nsa    
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|16.05.2001||The register||[http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/19003.html Eurocops want seven-year retention of all phone, Net traffic]|| sigint privacy lawful interception europol    
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|02.04.2001||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/uk-cm5126.htm Intelligence and Security: Committee]||[[GB]]
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|12.02.2001||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/isc-99-00.htm INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMITTEE: Annual Report 1999-2000]||[[GB]] / [[GCHQ]]
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|03.12.2000||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/ncis-carnivore.htm NCIS SUBMISSION ON COMMUNICATIONS DATA RETENTION LAW]||[[GB]] [[Data Retention]]
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== 1990 - 1999 ==

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|Date||Source||Title||Tags
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|16.07.1999||independent (via cryptome)||[http://cryptome.org/jya/gchq-etf.htm HOW BRITAIN EAVESDROPPED ON DUBLIN]||[[GCHQ]] / [[GB]] / [[IE]]
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|16.07.1999||independent (via cryptome)||[http://cryptome.org/jya/gchq-etf.htm DUBLIN WANTS TO KNOW WHY UK SNOOPED]||[[GCHQ]] / [[GB]] / [[IE]]
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|04.12.1998||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/jya/ukg-insec.htm UK Government Information (In)Security Organisations]||[[GCHQ]] [[GB]]
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= Resources =

* http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Intercept_Modernisation

[[Category:Psychogeography]]