From: The Right Honourable Sir Paul Kennedy
The Interception of Communications
Commissioner
c/o 2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
24 October 2007
I enclose my first Annual Report on the discharge of my functions under the
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The Report covers my first nine months
in office from 11 April 2006 to 31 December 2006. It is, of course, for you to decide,
after consultation with me, how much of the report should be excluded from
publication on the grounds that it is prejudicial to national security, to the prevention
or detection of serious crime, to the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, or
the continued discharge of the functions of any public authority whose activities
include activities subject to my review (section 58(7) of the Act). Following the
practice of my predecessors, I have taken the course of writing the report in two parts,
the Confidential Annex containing those matters which in my view should not be
published. I hope that this is a convenient course.
Sir Paul Kennedy
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP
10 Downing Street
London SW1A 2AA
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