By通过 Andrew Sparrow 安德鲁斯帕罗

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) was passed in 2000 to regulate the way that public bodies such as the police and the security services carry out surveillance.该规例的调查权力法案（权力规范法）是于2000年通过规范的方式，公共机构，如警察和保安服务进行监视。 Originally only a handful of authorities were able to use RIPA but its scope has been expanded enormously and now there are at least 792 organisations using it, including hundreds of local councils.原来只有少数当局能够利用权力规范法，但其范围已大大扩大，现在至少有792团体使用，其中包括数百名地方议会。

This has generated dozens of complaints about anti-terrorism legislation being used to spy on, for example,这产生了几十个抱怨反恐怖主义法被用来侦察，例如， a nursery suspected of selling pot plants unlawfully 托儿所涉嫌贩卖非法盆栽 , ， a family suspected of lying about living in a school catchment area 一个家庭涉嫌撒谎住在一所学校集水区 , and ，并 paperboys suspected of not having the right paperwork paperboys涉嫌没有正确的文件 . 。

Now those campaigning against the abuse of RIPA have got a new ally – Lady Manningham-Buller, the former head of MI5.现在，这些活动对滥用权力规范法遇到了新的盟友-夫人曼宁厄姆-布勒，前军情五处负责人。 In印第安纳州 a speech in the 讲话中 House of Lords 英国上议院 yesterday, she said she was “astonished” when she found out how many organisations were getting access to RIPA powers.昨天，她说她是“惊讶”当她发现有多少团体获取权力规范法的权力。

When RIPA was introduced … I assumed wrongly that the activities authorised by that legislation would be confined to the intelligence and security agencies, the police, and Customs and Excise.当权力规范法介绍了...我以为错误的活动授权立法将仅限于情报和安全机构，警察和海关关长。 The legislation was drafted at the urgent request of the intelligence and security community so that its techniques would be compatible with the Human Rights Act when it came into force in 2000.立法起草的紧急要求，情报和安全社区，以便使其技术将符合人权法案时生效于2000年。 I can remember being astonished to read that organisations such as the Milk Marketing Board, and whatever the equivalent is for eggs, would have access to some of the techniques.我记得正在惊奇地读到，组织，如牛奶营销局，并不论相当于是鸡蛋，将有机会获得一些技术。 On the principle governing the use of intrusive techniques which invade people’s privacy, there should be clarity in the law as to what is permitted and they should be used only in cases where the threat justified them and their use was proportionate.论原则的使用侵入性的技术，侵犯人民的隐私权，应当明确的法律对什么是允许的，他们应该只用的情况下，合理的威胁他们和他们的使用是相称的。

Apparently she also raised a laugh when she told peers how to pronounce the acronym for the act.显然，她还提出了一个笑当她告诉同行如何发音缩写的行为。 “Those of us in the intelligence community call it ‘Ripper’, as in ‘Jack the’, and not ‘Reaper’, as in ‘the Grim’,” she said. “我们这些在情报界称之为'手' ，在'杰克' ，而不是'死神' ，在'严峻' ， ”她说。