01178nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001800043653001600061653001700077653001700094653001400111653001200125653001400137653001700151100001500168245009600183300001000279490000700289520066400296       2013                            d  cNovember 201310adata mining10ahuman rights10aintelligence10aoversight10aprivacy10aprofiling10asurveillance1 aPeter Gill00aShould the Intelligence Agencies ‘Show More Leg’ or Have They Just Been Stripped Naked?  a11-280 v303 a<p>Newspapers started publishing US National Security Agency (NSA) files in June 2013, as a result of Edward Snowden’s declaration that he wanted to start a debate on the current drive for ‘total surveillance.’ Official comments in the UK have been tight-lipped and have barely got beyond the refrain that everything NSA’s sister agency, UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) does is legal and requires no further discussion. This article considers the major issues that have been raised concerning privacy, surveillance and the adequacy or otherwise of political control and oversight over intelligence agencies, particularly in the UK</p>