Armed Guards Deployed For The First Time To Protect Britain's GCHQ Spy Agency

Armed police at GCHQ. Gloucestershire Echo

Daily Mail: Armed police patrol GCHQ for the first time amid heightened fears of a 'lone wolf' terror attack after Copenhagen atrocity

* Ministry of Defence armed officers now outside GCHQ in Cheltenham 24/7
* Terror threat level at 'severe' and MI5 say 'only matter of time' until attack
* Not clear if GCHQ's decision is based on plot to target the listening station
* Britain preparing for 'lone wolf' attack after extremist murders in Denmark

WNU Editor: I thought that armed guards were always deployed .... so this is a surprise.

More News On Armed Guards Being Deployed For The First Time To Protect Britain's GCHQ Spy Agency

Britain's GCHQ spy agency deploys armed guards for first time -- Reuters
Armed police to patrol GCHQ full time -- ITV
Armed police put on guard outside GCHQ in response to terror threat -- The Telegraph
GCHQ deploys armed police to counter terror threat at Cheltenham site -- RT
Exclusive: Armed Ministry of Defence Police go on patrol at GCHQ in Cheltenham -- Gloucestershire Echo

Edward Snowden Leaks: Britain`s GCHQ Stores Journalists’ Emails And Data

The Guardian: GCHQ captured emails of journalists from top international media

• Snowden files reveal emails of BBC, NY Times and more
• Agency includes investigative journalists on ‘threat’ list
• Editors call on Cameron to act against snooping on media

WNU Editor: What makes me surprised by these revelations is the complete lack of outrage from the U.S. journalist community. Even though this intelligence scooping operation was being done in Britain by their own intelligence agency .... U.S. journalists were also swept in by this surveillance/intelligence operation .... and on a massive scale. Are they afraid that there is an Obama White House tie-in ... or is there something else in play .... or do they care?

More News On Britain`s GCHQ Storing Journalists’ Emails And Data

British spy agency GCHQ labeled journalists an information security risk somewhere between terrorists and hackers in new Edward Snowden documents -- New York Post
Snowden documents show UK spies stored journalists' emails - report -- Reuters
Edward Snowden files reveal GCHQ scooped up journalist e-mails -- Washington Post
British spies nabbed journalists’ emails -- The Hill
‘Dangerous as terrorists’: Snowden leaks reveal GCHQ stores journalists’ data -- RT
British intelligence agency 'spied' on journalists -- Deutsche Welle
British intelligence captured emails from the New York Times, The Guardian, Reuters and more -- UPI
UK spy agency kept media emails: report -- The Australian
GCHQ intercepted emails from the BBC, New York Times, Guardian and others -- Mashable

British Court: UK Mass Surveillance Laws Do Not Breach Human Rights

Satellite dishes at a GCHQ outpost in Cornwall, near where transatlantic fibre-optic cables come ashore. Snowden revealed that GCHQ taps such cables and shares vast quantities of personal information with the NSA. Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters

UK Mass Surveillance Laws Do Not Breach Human Rights, Tribunal Rules -- The Guardian

Rights groups brought case against GCHQ after Snowden revelations on extent of electronic surveillance in UK and US

Britain’s legal regime governing mass surveillance of the internet by intelligence agencies does not violate human rights, a tribunal has ruled.

But the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) said it had identified one area where it has concerns about the adequacy of legal safeguards.

The tribunal will decide whether the human rights groups that brought the case have had their communications intercepted unlawfully in the past and whether any interception discovered was proportionate. The judgment said: “We have left open for further argument the question as to whether prior hereto there has been such a breach.”

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GCHQ does not breach human rights, judges rule -- BBC
Spying techniques exposed by Snowden not unlawful: UK watchdog -- Reuters
GCHQ mass surveillance now lawful -- Press Association
UK Panel OKs Surveillance Practices -- AP
U.K. Judges Rule in Favor of Government Spying Program -- WSJ
GCHQ surveillance programme legal 'in principle' -- Wired.co.uk
GCHQ spying ‘doesn’t breach human rights’ – UK tribunal -- RT
Amnesty Int’l Slams UK Tribunal Decision on Government Surveillance -- Sputnik

Britain's New Spy Chief Says Some U.S. Hi-Tech Firms Are Aiding Terrorism (Update)

Top UK Spy: Twitter, Facebook Are Jihadi 'Command And Control Networks' -- CSM

Robert Hannigan called on US Internet giants to do more to help fight the militants using their networks to recruit new members abroad. The companies' cooperation has dropped off since Edward Snowden's intelligence leaks became public.

In the latest warning from European officials concerned with online recruiting of fighters for extremist groups like Islamic State, the new director of Britain’s surveillance agency said social media have become “the command and control networks of choice for terrorists.” He also said that US-based technology companies must work more closely with security and law enforcement agencies worldwide.

GCHQ director Robert Hannigan’s comments highlight the tension between government intelligence and Internet privacy more than a year after US contractor Edward Snowden leaked evidence of US and British government surveillance.

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Facebook and Twitter Are ‘Command-and-Control Networks’ for Terrorists -- Time
UK spy chief says Web is command center for terror -- AP
GCHQ chief accuses US tech giants of becoming terrorists' 'networks of choice' -- The Guardian
British Intelligence Official Says U.S. Tech Companies Offer Terrorists ‘Networks of Choice’ -- NYT
British spy chief demands more access to Twitter, Facebook to thwart attacks -- Reuters
Britain's Spy Chief Says US Tech Firms Aid Terrorism -- The Telegraph
UK spy chief says big tech firms must help combat terror -- CNN
British spy chief: tech firms are terrorist targets -- UPI
Tech groups aid terror, says UK spy chief -- Financial Times
GCHQ Chief Says Social Media Aids Terrorists -- SKY News
Social media websites aid terrorism, claims GCHQ chief -- HITC Tech
British spy chief: Tech firms aiding terrorism -- The Hill
GCHQ's Robert Hannigan says tech firms 'in denial' on extremism -- BBC
Internet firms ‘in denial’ over terror role, warns GCHQ -- Channel 4
GCHQ chief: Tech firms 'in denial about online terrorism' -- ITV News
Web firms 'in denial' on terrorism -- Daily Mail/Press Association
Tech companies 'in denial' over use by extremists: senior UK spy -- AFP
GCHQ, terrorists, and the internet: What are the issues? -- BBC
Spy Chiefs Launch Operation Social Media -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
How terrorists are using social media -- The Telegraph

My Comment: This is a big story that is finally getting the media attention that it deserves.

Update: This is very revealing .... Isis and Jihadi Terrorists 'Post 90 Tweets Every Minute' to Spread Propaganda -- IBTimes

Britain's New Spy Chief Says Some U.S. Hi-Tech Firms Are Aiding Terrorism

Robert Hannigan (right) took on the role of director of GCHQ (left) last month after a distinguished career as a senior diplomat Photo: Crown copyright

Britain's Spy Chief Says US Tech Firms Aid Terrorism -- The Telegraph

New GCHQ director Richard Hannigan accuses some Silicon Valley companies of becoming 'the command and control networks of choice' for terrorists

Technology giants such as Facebook and Twitter have become "the command and control networks of choice" for terrorists and criminals but are "in denial" about the scale of the problem, the new head of GCHQ has said.

Robert Hannigan said that Isil terrorists in Syria and Iraq have "embraced the web" and are using it to intimidate people and inspire "would-be jihadis" from all over the World to join them.

He urged the companies to work more closely with the security services, arguing that it is time for them to confront "some uncomfortable truths" and that privacy is not an "absolute right".

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More News On Britain's New Spy Chief Saying That Some U.S. Tech Firms Are Aiding Terrorism

Tech groups aid terror, says UK spy chief -- Financial Times
GCHQ Chief Says Social Media Aids Terrorists -- SKY News
Social media websites aid terrorism, claims GCHQ chief -- HITC Tech
British spy chief: Tech firms aiding terrorism -- The Hill
Internet firms ‘in denial’ over terror role, warns GCHQ -- Channel 4
GCHQ chief: Tech firms 'in denial about online terrorism' -- ITV News
Web firms 'in denial' on terrorism -- Daily Mail/Press Association
Change at the top for Britain's spies -- BBC