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GCHQ 'Spied On Foreign Officials And Politicians' At 2009 G20 Summit In London

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File photo dated 23/01/04 of the Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) on the west of Cheltenham as the Government's secret electronic eavesdropping agency issued a rare public statement to deny it is pressing ahead with plans to monitor all internet use and telephone calls in the UK. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo Issue date: Monday May 4, 2009. The organisation said that a reported 1 billion 'snooping' project at GCHQ's hi-tech complex at Cheltenham was simply intended to enable the organisati
File photo dated 23/01/04 of the Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) on the west of Cheltenham as the Government's secret electronic eavesdropping agency issued a rare public statement to deny it is pressing ahead with plans to monitor all internet use and telephone calls in the UK. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo Issue date: Monday May 4, 2009. The organisation said that a reported 1 billion 'snooping' project at GCHQ's hi-tech complex at Cheltenham was simply intended to enable the organisati
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GCHQ intercepted the calls and emails of foreign officials attending the 2009 G20 summit in London, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

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