'Curbs on wrongful spying lacking'

Watchdog lacks power to probe errors, lawmakers say, but amendments defeated

The commissioner who will oversee the authorisation of covert surveillance operations does not have enough power to investigate if a person has been unlawfully bugged, legislators pressing to amend parts of the covert surveillance bill insisted on the third day of debate on the measure.

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