GCHQ
Usually concerned with top secret matters affecting national security, Britain’s eavesdropping spy agency GCHQ was also on the lookout for leaks of a yet-to-be-published Harry...
Britain to build cyber attack forces to tackle IS, hackers
By Michael Holden British spies are building elite cyber offensive forces to strike at Islamic State fighters, hackers and hostile powers, finance minister George Osborne...
Britain to hire 1,900 more spies to defend against Islamic State militants
By Kylie MacLellan Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to defend against...
UK to boost intelligence staff to disrupt terror plots – Osborne
Britain’s security agencies will receive a significant boost to staff numbers as part of a multi-pronged effort to stave off threats from terrorist plotters, finance...
UK spies not reading everyone’s emails but need to be more open-lawmakers
By Michael Holden British spies, accused of undertaking mass, unfettered surveillance of the public’s communications, are not breaking the law nor reading everyone’s emails but...
UK tribunal says intelligence-sharing with US was unlawful
By Estelle Shirbon A British tribunal ruled on Friday that some aspects of intelligence-sharing between security agencies in Britain and the United States were unlawful...
Snowden documents show UK spies stored journalists’ emails – report
Britain’s GCHQ eavesdropping agency stored emails from journalists working for several large media organisations, according to documents released by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward...
The right to be forgotten: a debate that’s not going away
By Poly Pantelides CYPRUS, darling of sun seekers and beach goers, is also home to major spying facilities jointly funded by the UK and the...
British lawmakers to quiz Snowden leaks newspaper editor
By Stephen Addison British lawmakers will question the editor of the Guardian newspaper next month over publishing intelligence files from U.S. spy agency contractor Edward...