Germany has directly challenged British ministers over GCHQ's reported programme of the mass monitoring of global phone and internet traffic. Justice minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger has to written Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Home Secretary Theresa May questioning the legal basis for the programme code-named Project Tempora, The Guardian reported. She warned the UK ministers that she intends to raise the issue at next month's meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers in Brussels. Her concerns were said to have been reinforced by a phone call from the justice ministry in Berlin to Ursula Brennan, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice. The move reflects...
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