This comes as the former home secretary, David Blunkett, called for stronger oversight of the UK’s intelligence agencies and for the legal framework on mass surveillance to be updated frequently. “This country is not subject to mass surveillance,” May said during the hearing. “There is a lot written about this that is not accurate.” The inquiry was largely prompted by Edward Snowden’s leaked revelations concerning GCHQ internet surveillance, published by the Guardian. The committee questioning May heard evidence from the heads of the UK’s intelligence agencies earlier this year, and took evidence from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and...
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