Authorised telephone surveillance
- Title
- Authorised telephone surveillance
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 12 Mar 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:02:16
- Description
- Report on Parliamentary debate on new legislation following allegations of telephone tapping by MI5 of subjects who do not pose a threat to national security. With Commons speeches from Home Secretary Leon Brittan (outlining new legal framework for surveillance); Labour Party MP Harriet Harman; Labour MP Gerald Kaufman. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Gerald Kaufman; Harriet Harman; Leon Brittan
- Keywords
- Legislation; Parliamentary bills; State security; Civil and political rights; Intelligence service; Interception of communication
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