On Friday, Australian Federal police (AFP) commissioner Andrew Colvin admitted that an investigator had accessed the call logs of a journalist without getting a warrant first.*
The country's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act requires authorities to seek a journalist Information Warrant before accessing records. Colvin told reporters the breach was a result of "human error."*
"It should **t have occurred. The AFP takes it very seriously and we take full responsibility for a breach of the Act but I also want to say there was ** ill will or malice or bad intent by the ******rs involved who breached the Act," he said. Read more...