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UK: National Crime Agency director general: UK snooping powers are too weak - Exclusive: Crime agency boss says he needs to persuade public to reduce digital freedoms

10 October 2014

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"The NCA boss said Snowden’s leaks, principally to the Guardian, were a betrayal. He said he thought the concerns about excessive government invasion of privacy and secret mass surveillance programmes were legitimate. But he thought once the need for greater surveillance was explained, the public would understand."

See the article: National Crime Agency director general: UK snooping powers are too weak - Exclusive: Crime agency boss says he needs to persuade public to reduce digital freedoms (Guardian, link)

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