UK police to get powers to check public's web browsing history

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MI5 has secretly been collecting vast amounts of data about UK phone calls to search for terrorist connections.
The programme has been running for 10 years under a law described as "vague" by the government's terror watchdog.
It emerged as Home Secretary Theresa May unveiled a draft bill governing spying on communications by the authorities.
If it becomes law, the internet activity of everyone in Britain will be held for a year by service providers.

"It also revealed that the UK security services have been allowed to collect large amounts of data on phone calls "to identify subjects of interest within the UK and overseas"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34729139

and perhaps pass that information onto the newspapers. Perhaps Dave was employing Andy Coulson for tips on how to be a greasy sneaky oily bassard all that time. He now has it down to a fine art.