Sir John Mitting, heading public inquiry into undercover policing in UK, also criticised for several delaysA public inquiry examining undercover policing is refusing to publish a list of more than 1,000 political groups that have been spied on since 1968. UK political groups spied on by undercover police – the list Read moreMore than 120 political groups that were spied on by undercover officers have been identified so far. It suggested that the police spies overwhelmingly monitored leftwing and progressive groups that challenged the status quo, with only three far-right groups infiltrated. Gerry Facenna, QC for the victims of the surveillance, said the inquiry should publish a database of the groups spied on and then publicise it to alert people that they could have been monitored. Mitting said there were a large number of “one-off” mentions of political groups in the intelligence reports that were not infiltrated by the spies.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 17:46 UTC