http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603782/Banksy-art-work-showing-government-agents-spying-phone-box-appears-Cheltenham-house-near-GCHQ.html
By Sam Creighton
Mail Online
13 April 2014
Mysterious street artist Banksy is thought to have unveiled his latest
creation, taking aim at the thorny issue of government surveillance.
The guerrilla graffiti artist is believed to be behind the image of three
trenchcoat clad agents eavesdropping on a telephone box that appeared in
Cheltenham in the early hours of this morning.
It is believed the city was chosen for the work because it is where GCHQ,
the centre of the UK's surveillance network, is based. The graffiti is on
the side of a house just three miles from the listening post.
Although the artist has not officially claimed the work, it is in his
characteristic style and carries a political message in line with his
previous pieces.
It comes in the wake of the storm over the leaked files from former U.S.
National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, which shed light on
the extent to which governments were listening in on citizens'
communications.
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