Players/The Crown Corporation

Crown Intelligence — Royal Prerogative to Five Eyes

From Emanations of the Crown to Global Surveillance Dominance

MI5/MI6/GCHQ operated for decades without statutory existence — acting purely as emanations of the Crown under Royal Prerogative. Security Service Act 1989 and Intelligence Services Act 1994 put them on statutory footing, but Section 7 authorizations still immunize overseas criminal liability.

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