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Edward Snowden surveillance powers ruled unlawful
- avmich 8y ago> The judgement said: "While there is no evidence to suggest that the intelligence services are abusing their powers - on the contrary, the [then British watchdog] observed that the selection procedure was carefully and conscientiously undertaken by analysts, the court is not persuaded that the safeguards governing selection of bearers [internet cables] for interception and the selection of intercepted material for examination are sufficiently robust to provide adequate guarantees against abuse. It's unclear what - and why - are criteria for sufficiency and adequacy.
- teraflop 8y agoIf UK court decisions are anything like the ones from the US Supreme Court, it's a fairly safe bet that the actual judgment is a lengthy document that explains those criteria. I wouldn't judge the thoroughness of the decision itself from a few out-of-context snippets.
- da_chicken 8y agoJournalists are also notorious for overstating and misinterpreting court rulings, to the extent that when actual monumental decisions are made it's often difficult to tell as journalists treat them the same as the extremely narrow and largely circumstantial rulings. It's almost always worth it to find the published opinion and to read that. The language is not that bad.
- fermigier 8y ago"Edward Snowden surveillance powers ruled unlawful" ? Shouldn't the title be instead "UK surveillance powers ruled unlawful" ?
- devoply 8y agoI for one want Snowden to immediately stop using his unlawful surveillance powers!
- cantrevealname 8y agoNot only the title -- the article is horribly muddled. Just look at these two lines: The court ruled agencies had violated rights as there were no proper safeguards. The court crucially said bulk interception was legitimate... Apparent contradiction. Further down the page I saw what the reporter was trying to say... maybe. I think it's more likely that he muddled everything and we should wait for better clearer reporting (or read the original court decisions).
- da_chicken 8y agoYeah, it turns out editors are actually pretty important to publishing. QA is important.
- annadane 8y agoCould you not have a better title, jesus christ
- SomeHacker44 8y agoI am not sure substituting Jesus Christ for Edward Snowden would achieve your intended result. </s>
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- yardie 8y agoI think you a comma. And this post's title is just awful.
- dublinben 8y agoDuplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17977799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17977799