Going 'below the waterline': the paradoxical regulation of secret surveillance in the UK
Keenan, B.
(2015).
Going 'below the waterline': the paradoxical regulation of secret surveillance in the UK.
(LSE Law Policy Briefing Series 9).
London School of Economics and Political Science.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal recently found that government surveillance was unlawful, marking the first time that the secretive court has ever ruled against the UK’s Intelligence Services. Yet the Tribunal also held that the unlawful situation had been remedied by the Tribunal’s decision; a paradoxical and unprecedented result that says much about the difficulties of effectively regulating secret activity
| Item Type | Report (Technical Report) |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2015 The Author |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Law School |
| Date Deposited | 20 Oct 2015 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/64056 |
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