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by stordoff
3038 days ago
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FWIW, I am not claiming the law to be right or just, but it _is_ the law as it currently stands. Also, prior to 1994, GCHQ operated entirely outside of the law (hence the Act's wording "There shall continue to be [GCHQ]"; for a long time, the existence of the agency wasn't even publicly acknowledged), so in some ways it is a step towards respecting the rule of law. Also, strictly speaking, the King is above the law - the Monarch is the source of all law, and even Parliament acts through that power in its activities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen-in-Parliament |
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