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| MI5 boss warns of technology terror risk | |
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| Advances in technology are allowing terrorists to communicate "out of the reach of authorities" the head of MI5, Andrew Parker has told the BBC. | |
| In the first live interview by a serving MI5 boss he told Today that security services could potentially no longer obtain crucial information. | |
| He said internet companies had an "ethical responsibility" to alert agencies to potential threats. | |
| But MI5 was not about "browsing the lives" of the public, he added. | |
| Ministers are currently preparing legislation on the powers for carrying out electronic surveillance. | Ministers are currently preparing legislation on the powers for carrying out electronic surveillance. |
| But Mr Parker said what should be included in new legislation was a matter "for parliament to decide". | But Mr Parker said what should be included in new legislation was a matter "for parliament to decide". |
| "It is completely for ministers to propose, and parliament to decide. It's a fundamental point about what MI5 is. It's for us to follow what's set by parliament, and that's what we do." | "It is completely for ministers to propose, and parliament to decide. It's a fundamental point about what MI5 is. It's for us to follow what's set by parliament, and that's what we do." |
| He said online data encryption was creating a situation where the police and intelligence agencies "can no longer obtain under proper legal warrant the communication of people they believe to be terrorists". | He said online data encryption was creating a situation where the police and intelligence agencies "can no longer obtain under proper legal warrant the communication of people they believe to be terrorists". |
| He said it was a "very serious" issue adding: "It's in nobody's interests that terrorists should be able to plot and communicate out of the reach of authorities." | He said it was a "very serious" issue adding: "It's in nobody's interests that terrorists should be able to plot and communicate out of the reach of authorities." |
| When asked about the fact that the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby were known to the intelligence services Mr Parker said: "There cannot be a guarantee that we will find and stop everything. That's not possible. | When asked about the fact that the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby were known to the intelligence services Mr Parker said: "There cannot be a guarantee that we will find and stop everything. That's not possible. |
| "If we do our jobs well, we will know who most of the people are who potentially offer a threat to this country." | "If we do our jobs well, we will know who most of the people are who potentially offer a threat to this country." |
| But he said: "We can't monitor them all the time." | But he said: "We can't monitor them all the time." |
| MI5 had to "make choices" about where to put resources, and make sure they were "focused where the sharpest threat is", he said. | MI5 had to "make choices" about where to put resources, and make sure they were "focused where the sharpest threat is", he said. |
| He also rejected the suggestion that security service tactics can lead to radicalisation in some targets and played down fears about extremists entering Europe among the thousands of refugees from Syria. |