Durham Police and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) made “repeated and entirely unjustified” attempts to put two journalists under surveillance without seeking judicial authorization, a court was told. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) heard on Wednesday that Durham Constabulary and the PSNI engaged in a “covert strategy” to identify confidential informant that provided a leaked document used in documentary film that exposed collusion between the PSNI and a paramilitary group. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested by Durham Police...