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GCHQ: our Intelligence and Security mission in the Internet age

The Daily Telegraph newspaper, used to be seen as a Tory leaning newspaper, but recently,it seems to have become a Labour government / Whitehall bureaucracy official mouthpiece. As such,it seems to be the only mainstream media publication which carries a denial of the report by The Sunday Times and The Register, regarding the internet snooping capability upgrade investment supposedly being made at the Government Communications Head Quarters GCHQ, electronic communications spying agency.

That story was sparked off by the job advertisement which mentioned the Mastering The Internet programme, as part of the Interception Modernisation Programme

See:

• The Register: Jacqui's secret plan to 'Master the Internet'

• The Sunday Times: Jacqui Smith's secret plan to carry on snooping
  

The Daily Telegraph report of the denial by the secretive GCHQ, published is without a named journalist's byline.

GCHQ - the Government's secret electronic eavesdropping agency - has denied that it was pressing ahead with plans to monitor all internet use and telephone calls in the UK.

Last Updated: 10:16PM BST 03 May 2009

However, there is actually and official GCHQ Press Release on their website:

GCHQ: our Intelligence and Security mission in the Internet age

Full post as published by Spy Blog on May 03, 2009 (boomark / email).