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A couple more eyebrow-raising tidbits:

"One key innovation has been GCHQ's ability to tap into and store huge volumes of data drawn from fibre-optic cables for up to 30 days so that it can be sifted and analysed. That operation, codenamed Tempora, has been running for some 18 months."

"UK officials could also claim GCHQ "produces larger amounts of metadata than NSA"."



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