Edward Snowden causes fury for attack on Britain's new surveillance bill Defence contractor wanted for treason for leaking spy agency documents David Cameron claims new laws necessary because of Snowden's leaks Comes amid concern of new bomb making threats from Al Qaeda<\/p>\n
By Ian Drury <\/p>\n
Published: 18:09 EST, 13 July 2014 | Updated: 18:09 EST, 13 July 2014 <\/p>\n
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden has attacked Britain's new anti-terror legislation <\/p>\n
Fugitive CIA worker Edward Snowden caused fury last night by attacking Britain for introducing emergency legislation to foil terrorist plots. <\/p>\n
His critics said the new surveillance Bill was being pushed through Parliament today largely because of his treachery in leaking Britains spy secrets. <\/p>\n
Snowden, who has become one of the worlds most wanted men, said the measures to allow the security services and police to monitor the publics phone, email and internet records defied belief. <\/p>\n
He is wanted for treason after stealing classified documents from the US National Security Agency.<\/p>\n
The defence contractor, a computer specialist at an intelligence centre in Hawaii, leaked highly damaging revelations of attempts by state spy agencies including Britains GCHQ and MI5 to monitor citizens private information. <\/p>\n
After he revealed how intelligence agents had access to data compiled by the likes of Google and Yahoo, some of the internet giants under pressure from civil liberties groups became reluctant to co-operate with the Government and say they may withhold crucial intelligence. <\/p>\n
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