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Tory MP Dominic Raab defends Guardian against MI5 criticism
Source: The Guardian
Tory MP Dominic Raab defends Guardian against MI5 criticism
Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent
theguardian.com, Thursday 31 October 2013 16.04 GMT
A Conservative MP and former Foreign Office lawyer has criticised the MI5 director general, Andrew Parker, for suggesting that the Guardian's reporting of the NSA files was a "gift" to terrorists.
Dominic Raab said that the files leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden had highlighted the "reach" of British and American intelligence agencies and had not disclosed interception techniques or sources.
Speaking in a parliamentary debate on surveillance at Westminster Hall on Thursday, Raab also asked why nobody from the Guardian had been charged or arrested after Theresa May suggested that lives have been put at risk by the disclosure.
"Either UK law enforcement is surprisingly slow, given these assertions that have been made, or national security is being used as a fig leaf to muzzle disclosures," he told MPs.
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Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent
theguardian.com, Thursday 31 October 2013 16.04 GMT
A Conservative MP and former Foreign Office lawyer has criticised the MI5 director general, Andrew Parker, for suggesting that the Guardian's reporting of the NSA files was a "gift" to terrorists.
Dominic Raab said that the files leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden had highlighted the "reach" of British and American intelligence agencies and had not disclosed interception techniques or sources.
Speaking in a parliamentary debate on surveillance at Westminster Hall on Thursday, Raab also asked why nobody from the Guardian had been charged or arrested after Theresa May suggested that lives have been put at risk by the disclosure.
"Either UK law enforcement is surprisingly slow, given these assertions that have been made, or national security is being used as a fig leaf to muzzle disclosures," he told MPs.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/oct/31/tory-dominic-raab-defends-guardian-mi5-nsa-gchq
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