Friday, June 05, 2015

Australia mass surveillance 'among most aggressive'

Australia conducts one of the world's most aggressive mass surveillance programmes, US journalist Glenn Greenwald has said.

Mr Greenwald was one of the reporters who broke the 2013 story on internet surveillance by the UK and US.

He told broadcaster ABC that Australia was "probably the country that has got away with things the most" following those revelations.

But he said "we intend to change" that, implying there could be further leaks.

Mr Greenwald was speaking on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Lateline programme on Thursday night via videolink from Rio de Janeiro. Full story...

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