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'No excuse for ditching legality and our privacy'

Liberty's Shami Chakrabarti said threats from crime and terrorism were real, but were no excuse for ditching legality and privacy, and turning everyone into a suspect.

In a personal film for This Week, she looks at the debate on privacy and GCHQ monitoring private conversations messages and online chats.

She looked at claims from new GCHQ boss Robert Hannigan about the privacy of UK citizens when online.

Watch the full version on iPlayer for the debate that followed with Michael Portillo, Diane Abbott and Andrew Neil.

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