The government, police and security services. I never mentioned any 'nefarious schemes' so you appear to have filled that in yourself. My guess is that GCHQ an

The government, police and security services. I never mentioned any 'nefarious schemes' so you appear to have filled that in yourself. My guess is that GCHQ and others have demanded more powers (some of which to cover stuff that they already did but they knew was illegal all along)