The legislation will include not only the expected snooper's charter, enabling the tracking of everyone's web and social media use, but also moves to strengthen the security services' warranted powers for the bulk interception of the content of communications.
He said that the government was committed to securing the maximum number of convictions in terrorism and serious crime cases: "The experience of other countries is that the use of evidence gathered through interception may help to achieve that.
It states: "The home secretary asks me to confirm the information conveyed to you orally … that you will arrange for the interception of telephone communications between Fort Belvedere and Buckingham Palace on the one hand and the continent of Europe on the other".
Illegal interception of the content of a message breaks your secrecy.
Last year, the government was mired in difficulty when it tried to pass a communications bill that became known as the "snoopers' charter", and would have allowed the bulk interception and storage of UK voice calls and internet traffic.
The discovery of a rogue spook at GCHQ is certainly the most eye-catching revelation in the latest report by the interception of communications commissioner.
He's introducing the bulk interception of our emails and the only feeling it seems to have provoked from the public is mild arousal.
Sigint Short for "signals intelligence", or information gathered through the interception of signals between people or computers.
