Blair Gave US Permission To Spy on Millions Of UK Citizens

Spying on innocent British citizens by US intelligence was allowed by Tony Blair’s government - and still goes on - UK Politics - UK - The Independent:

"The documents reveal that in 2004 the UK allowed the US to store and target any UK landline numbers of people linked to a suspected person. In 2007 this was expanded to include mobiles, faxes, email and IP addresses. The deal meant that British citizens could be spied on even if they only had a tangential link with a terrorist suspect. US intelligence uses a practice called “contact chaining” – gathering data not just on surveillance target, but that of their friends and their friends, too. There is no evidence that the practice has been discontinued."