By James Doleman

The head of the government watchdog on the interception of communications has announced he will investigate how often British police have obtained journalists’ phone records without a warrant.

The acting commissioner for the interception of communications, Sir Paul Kennedy, issued a statement saying: “I fully understand and share the concerns raised about the protection of journalistic sources so as to enable a free press.”

Kennedy announced he would be writing to all UK chief constables to find out how often they had used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to access reporters’ telephone records and would report his Read full story ›

Source: The Drum