{
  "id": 33011,
  "title": "Extent of illegal surveillance by PSNI, MI5 shocked me",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/extent-of-illegal-surveillance-by-psni-mi5-shocked-me",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0802/1586136-psni-mi5-vincent-kearney/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Protecting sources is the bedrock of journalism. Those prepared to provide information, particularly of a sensitive nature, need to trust the person they are sharing it with, writes Vincent Kearney.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}