Snowden claimed that the UK's surveillance operations were a lot more severe than the US, basically due to a much weaker oversight framework. The US might have

Snowden claimed that the UK's surveillance operations were a lot more severe than the US, basically due to a much weaker oversight framework. The US might have a secret court with secret judges but all it takes for surveillance to be signed off on in the UK is the signature of a minister in the currently governing party.