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MPs' communications 'not protected', tribunal rules | |
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MPs have no special protection from having their communications intercepted by UK intelligence agencies, a tribunal has ruled. | MPs have no special protection from having their communications intercepted by UK intelligence agencies, a tribunal has ruled. |
Green MP Caroline Lucas and Baroness Jenny Jones argued a long-standing doctrine protecting MPs' was being breached. | |
But the Investigatory Powers Tribunal said it offered no bar to the incidental collection of MPs' data. | |
It said the "Wilson Doctrine" only applied to specific targeting of MPs. |