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We trust our spies. But we shouldn’t trust this bill

The Investigatory Powers Bill is troubling, not because of the powers it grants, but because of the lack of restrictions on how they’re used

14 November 2015

9:00 AM

14 November 2015

9:00 AM

Were David Cameron in any way adept at spin, it would be tempting to think that the publication of the Investigatory Powers Bill had been deliberately timed so as to coincide with the opening of Spectre, the new James Bond film. The debate over the bill has turned into a question of whether we trust our spies, which by and large we do.

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