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In London and Paris, intelligence overseers in uproar over government investment security plans

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Parliaments in both countries are seeking to control their governments' investment security policies by setting up new parliamentary delegations. These bodies have a direct impact on issues relating to intelligence oversight.

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Julian Lewis, the combative Conservative intelligence overseer seeking further oversight

The veteran MP and chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee Julian Lewis was not necessarily destined to become the guardian of the unit's capabilities. Behind the committee's complaints of a lack of communication from the intelligence services and government lurks a battle with much higher stakes: who will be in charge of overseeing the new Investment Security Unit and Counter Disinformation Unit.

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British Conservative MP Julian Lewis, head of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).

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