Police surveillance operation to unmask journalistic source ruled unlawful | Daily Mail Online

A covert surveillance operation authorised by a Northern Ireland police chief in a bid to unmask a journalistic source was unlawful, a tribunal has ruled.The Investigatory Powers Tribunal quashed the decision made by former Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Sir George Hamilton, to approve the Directed Surveillance Authorisation (DSA) in an investigation into the leaking of a confidential document that appeared in a documentary on a Troubles massacre.The tribunal, chaired by Lor