MI5 has secretly been collecting vast amounts of data about UK phone calls to search for terrorist connections, the BBC has learned. The programme has been running for 10 years under a law described as “vague” by the government’s terror watchdog. It emerged as Home Secretary Theresa May unveiled a draft bill governing online spying by the authorities. It would mean the internet activity of everyone in Britain had to be stored for a year by service providers.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC