By通過 Andrew Sparrow 安德魯斯帕羅

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.該規例的調查權力法案（權力規範法）是於2000年通過規範的方式，公共機構，如警察和保安服務進行監視。 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.原來只有少數當局能夠利用權力規範法，但其範圍已大大擴大，現在至少有792團體使用，其中包括數百名地方議會。

This has generated dozens of complaints about anti-terrorism legislation being used to spy on, for example,這產生了幾十個抱怨反恐怖主義法被用來偵察，例如， a nursery suspected of selling pot plants unlawfully 托兒所涉嫌販賣非法盆栽 , ， a family suspected of lying about living in a school catchment area 一個家庭涉嫌撒謊住在一所學校集水區 , and ，並 paperboys suspected of not having the right paperwork paperboys涉嫌沒有正確的文件 . 。

Now those campaigning against the abuse of RIPA have got a new ally – Lady Manningham-Buller, the former head of MI5.現在，這些活動對濫用權力規範法遇到了新的盟友-夫人曼寧厄姆-布勒，前軍情五處負責人。 In印第安納州 a speech in the 講話中 House of Lords 英國上議院 yesterday, she said she was “astonished” when she found out how many organisations were getting access to RIPA powers.昨天，她說她是“驚訝”當她發現有多少團體獲取權力規範法的權力。

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.當權力規範法介紹了...我以為錯誤的活動授權立法將僅限於情報和安全機構，警察和海關關長。 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.立法起草的緊急要求，情報和安全社區，以便使其技術將符合人權法案時生效於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.我記得正在驚奇地讀到，組織，如牛奶營銷局，並不論相當於是雞蛋，將有機會獲得一些技術。 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.論原則的使用侵入性的技術，侵犯人民的隱私權，應當明確的法律對什麼是允許的，他們應該只用的情況下，合理的威脅他們和他們的使用是相稱的。

Apparently she also raised a laugh when she told peers how to pronounce the acronym for the act.顯然，她還提出了一個笑當她告訴同行如何發音縮寫的行為。 “Those of us in the intelligence community call it ‘Ripper’, as in ‘Jack the’, and not ‘Reaper’, as in ‘the Grim’,” she said. “我們這些在情報界稱之為'手' ，在'傑克' ，而不是'死神' ，在'嚴峻' ， ”她說。