UK parliamentary report calls for more oversight of intelligence agencies

May 11, 2014

A Home Affairs Committee report published Friday sharply criticizes the current system of oversight into and legal accountability of the UK’s intelligence gathering agencies. The report says the lack of oversight reflects badly on the agencies’ accountability and on parliament itself.

“We do not believe the current system of oversight is effective,” the committee’s report says. “The scrutiny of the work of the security and intelligence agencies should be not the exclusive preserve of the Intelligence and Security Committee.”

While the committee accepts the need to limit access to documents of a classified nature, it insists it should be granted powers to take oral evidence from the heads of the security services, including MI5, MI6 and the UK version of the NSA, GCHQ.

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