From: The Right Honourable Sir Paul Kennedy
The Interception of Communications
Commissioner
c/o 2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
13 July 2009
I enclose my third Annual Report on the discharge of my functions under the
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The Report covers the period 1 January
2008 to 31 December 2008. 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 to 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containing those matters which in my view should not be published.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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