Justice minister Naomi Long stalls on Alliance Party demands for 'full public inquiry' into PSNI surveillance of journalists

Justice minister Naomi Long stalls on Alliance Party demands for 'full public inquiry' into PSNI surveillance of journalists

​Stormont’s justice minister has said it would be “premature to comment” on whether she will accept demands from within her own party for a public inquiry into the PSNI’s handling of journalists’ data.

PSNI appoints legal counsel to report on police conduct after McCullough surveillance review - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

The PSNI has commissioned a senior lawyer to review whether there was any misconduct by police officers following an independent review that found police unlawfully monitored journalists’ phone data, but found no ‘widespread and systemic’ surveillance. Jon Boutcher, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, told the Northern Ireland Policing Board that he had appointed an “eminent” legal counsel, John Beggs KC, to review a 200 p…