PSNI ran secret unit to monitor journalists’ and lawyers’ phones, claims former senior officer | Computer Weekly - June 2024

Northern Irish police set up a clandestine unit to monitor the phones of journalists and lawyers, a former Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) assistant chief constable has claimed.

Alan McQuillan, who left the PSNI in 2023, claims a unit in the PSNI used a dedicated laptop to access the phone communications data of hundreds of lawyers and journalist.

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