Spies targeted 20 VIPs in ‘unjustified’ surveillance operations
British security services spied on high-profile figures in operations that were not justified, according to previously top secret information released on the second day of a court hearing on surveillance powers.
The revelations show that between 2009 and 2013, three spies conducted searches into VIPs that were “not operationally justifiable.”
The disclosed report found another 17 searches, carried out by five intelligence operatives, “may not have been operationally justifiable.”
Civil liberties campaign group Privacy International said it is a matter of “serious concern” that the unidentified high-profile persons were not notified of the surveillance.
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