Two politicians have launched a legal action to challenge the government’s ability to spy on parliamentarians.The pair allege that GCHQ is violating a long-established rule that bans intelligence agencies from eavesdropping on MPs and peers. They say their communications are likely to have been intercepted by GCHQ, which gathers and stores data on millions of people “on a blanket basis”.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/04/greens-legal-challenge-gchq-surveillance