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Britain\u2019s security and intelligence agencies used not to exist, officially. Now, you can download documents discussing MI5 officers’ failures to fill out electronic forms. On 3 May, someone new to the approval process for accessing bulk personal datasets reported that it was being over-ridden<\/a>. One imagines he or she was unpopular with colleagues; hats off, nevertheless, for protecting both the privacy of the largely innocent people on those databases and MI5\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n

The detail in the documents released by Privacy International from its tribunal case against the agencies is remarkable, but they have not received vast amounts of coverage – thanks to Computer Weekly for commissioning me to write about them, this month and in June<\/a>. Edward Snowden\u2019s leaked documents are sexier.<\/p>\n

But I reckon the tribunal documents<\/a> are a superior source. They are up-to-date and legally approved by senior officers at the agencies \u2013 it would be a foolish civil servant who lied in a witness statement. The agencies are trying to win their case, so are providing all the detail they think is needed to achieve that.<\/p>\n

They are not an independent assessment (unlike David Anderson’s new report<\/a>), but long, dull legal documents like these are also the ideal place to disclose interesting information, on the basis that hardly anyone will read them.<\/p>\n

For all these reasons, they are worth reading.<\/p>\n

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