Spain to reform secret services after NSO spying scandal

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Spain will "strengthen judicial control" over secret services, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says. The scandal broke in April when it emerged that Spanish intelligence services tapped the phones of Catalan separatist leaders. The affair has sparked a crisis between Sanchez's minority government and the Catalan separatist party ERC.

1 month ago·Madrid, Spain

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Spain vows legal reforms in wake of spying allegations

The Spanish government will tighten judicial control over the country’s intelligence agency

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Spain vows legal reforms in wake of spying allegations

The Spanish government will tighten judicial control over the country’s intelligence agency, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Thursday, weeks after the agency admitted it had spied on several pro-independence supporters in the region of Catalonia with judicial authorization.

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Spain to reform secret services after spying scandal

Phones of Catalan separatist leaders, as well as those of PM and ministers, had been tapped by Spanish intelligence services, affecting fragile coalition; new law will replace 1968 one from Franco’s dictatorship.

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Spain vows legal reforms in wake of spying allegations

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government will tighten judicial control over the country’s intelligence agency. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the announcement Thursday, weeks after the agency admitted it had spied on several pro-independence supporters in Catalonia with judicial authorization. The country’s National Intelligence Centre has been under fire since April, after the digital rights group Citizen Lab alleged that the phones of more than…

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