European disquiet over how the US's PRISM snooping campaign has affected citizens on this side of the Atlantic is growing, despite repeated attempts from some officials to draw a line under the affair.
According to the leaked documents about the US National Security Agency (NSA), officials at the UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) spy centre received 197 intelligence reports from the PRISM system in the past year.
But William Hague, the foreign secretary told Parliament that GCHQ and the British intelligence agencies operated within the rule of law.
“To intercept the content of any individual’s communications in the UK requires a warrant signed personally by me, the home secretary, or by another secretary of state,” said Hague. “This is no casual process. Every decision is based on extensive legal and policy advice. Warrants are legally required to be necessary, proportionate and carefully targeted, and we judge them on that basis.”
But members of the European Parliament are also concerned that the US has overstepped the mark with its systematic cyber snooping campaign.
Note EU-Digest: unfortunately so far little action on the part of the European Parliament or national European Governments
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