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Watched by MI5
MI5 and police spent years going through a journalist鈥檚 phone records, trying to expose his confidential sources. Julian O鈥橬eill investigates how the unlawful snooping was exposed.
MI5 and police spent years snooping through the phone records of journalist Vincent Kearney, trying to find out who was giving him sensitive information. After those security services admitted the surveillance was unlawful and paid damages, Julian O鈥橬eill investigates what they were up to, why they were in breach of the law and, crucially, why this case of state agencies spying on a journalist may not be an isolated example.
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Fri 31 Jul 2026
21:45
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