article_snippet.sent: The Home Secretary said new legislation was urgently needed to update the powers of MI5 and GCHQ, and repair the damage done by the US traitor Edward Snowden.
article_snippet.sent: The legislation lapses next year.
article_snippet.sent: The anti-terror law due to expire next year is the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act, passed as emergency legislation in 2014.
article_snippet.sent: The anti-terror law due to expire next year gives security officials access to a treasure trove of communications data collected and stored by mobile phone and internet companies.
highlights_snippet.sent: Said new legislation is urgently needed to update  