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MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay £20,000 to journalist Vincent Kearney after illegally accessing his phone records in a secret surveillance campaign targeting his confidential sources. The case, heard at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, marks the first time MI5 has been forced to compensate a journalist for such violations. Kearney, a BBC reporter covering policing for 18 years, was monitored through multiple covert operations between 2006 and 2014, including the creation of a detailed dossier on him and his family. While call content wasn’t accessed, the intrusive methods and disproportionate authorizations breached privacy laws, sparking a landmark ruling on press freedom and state surveillance.

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