MI5 Concedes it Unlawfully Obtained Journalist's Phone Data

Keir Starmer orders investigation into MI5 over false evidence

It will look at why the security service gave false evidence to three courts about conversations with BBC News.

MI5 Admits It ‘Unlawfully’ Obtained Data From Ex-BBC Journalist

MI5 has admitted it “unlawfully” obtained the communications data of a former BBC journalist in Northern Ireland, a tribunal has heard. The “unprecedented” concessions relating to Vincent Kearney came in a letter to the BBC and Mr Kearney ahead of an Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) hearing in London. The tribunal has been examining claims that investigative reporters in Northern Ireland were subjected to unlawful covert intelligence by the p…

MI5 admits illegally collecting data from BBC journalist’s phone

Vincent Kearney was the corporation’s Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent when he was the victim of unlawful surveillance

Durham Police officers were sent journalist's 'unlawfully' obtained communications

MI5 admitted it “unlawfully” obtained the communications data of a journalist in Northern Ireland, with Durham Constabulary also being sent the…

MI5 admits it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from ex-BBC journalist

Vincent Kearney complained to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.

Northern Ireland: MI5 broke human rights law by accessing BBC journalist’s phone records

MI5 breached the human rights of Northern Ireland journalist Vincent Kearney by accessing his telecommunications records in 2006 and 2009. Confirmation of the breach by the Security Service of Article 8 and Article 10 of the Human Rights Act came at a hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which is investigating concerns that police and the security service unlawfully accessed the telephone records of BBC journalists.