Report: UK gathered secret intelligence via NSA operation
The UK's electronic eavesdropping and security agency, GCHQ, has been secretly gathering intelligence from the world's biggest internet companies through a covertly run operation set up by America's top spy agency, the British Guardian reported.
Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal that GCHQ has had access to the system since at least June 2010. The US-run program, called Prism, would appear to allow GCHQ to circumvent the formal legal process required to seek personal material such as emails, photos and videos from an internet company based outside the UK. (Ynet)
