Topic: SECURITY - on December 4, 2013 at 3:10:00 PM CET
MPs ask MI5 boss to justify claim that NSA leaks endangered national security
A committee of MPs challenged the existing system of oversight for the security services by asking the head of MI5 to justify his claims that the Guardian has endangered national security by publishing leaks from the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
In an unprecedented step, Keith Vaz, the chairman of the home affairs select committee, announced that spy chief Andrew Parker had been summoned to give evidence in public to the Commons committee next week.
theguardian.com It's outrageous to accuse the Guardian of aiding terrorism by publishing Snowden's revelations Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger appears before MPs – live coverage Guardian will not be intimidated over NSA leaks, Alan Rusbridger tells MPs
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