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Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

I guess that the precursor of the proposal is the organ with exactly the same name in the United States, which was activated only after the Snowden events, when information was not just put in the public domain but became controversial and raised issues in Washington. The danger is that the body becomes toothless, does not have investigatory powers and cannot pre-empt a future Snowden. It seems to me that the most important aspect of that is the investigatory powers, not the rest.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
589 c1360 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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