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Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, UK - Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP

Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, UK - Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP

The Interview vor 13 Jahren

Is the security state a potential threat to those it's supposed to protect?

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Thanks to Edward Snowden, America's cyber-spy turned leaker, we
now know US intelligence agencies backed by the British secretly
monitor electronic communications all over the world. In Britain,
Snowden's revelations have prompted a ferocious argument between
self-styled defenders of liberty and pillars of the security
establishment. Hardtalk speaks to Sir Malcolm Rifkind, chairman
of the UK parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee. Is
the security state a potential threat to those it's supposed to
protect?

Picture: Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images