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MI5 ordered to pay damages over surveillance of journalist’s phone

MI5 ordered to pay damages over surveillance of journalist’s phone

MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have been ordered to pay £20,000 in damages to a journalist after illegally obtaining his phone records – believed to be the first time MI5 has been directed to compensate a journalist. The ruling was handed down by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London on […]

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