Re: [Full-disclosure] Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove

[Byron Sonne <blsonne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> just willing to hear your views on what are the rules to check/tackle
> such issues in other foreign countries???

Well, one of the tricks these bastards play with Echelon is how they get 
around the typical illegality of spying on people in their own country. 
For instance, I'm from Canada, and our spy agencies are not allowed to 
spy on people inside our own country (technically). It's much the same 
in the USA, probably worse, as we're both pissing away our privacy.

So anyways, what they do is agree to help each other out by spying on 
each other's citizens, then sharing the information. So, the UK will spy 
on Australian and American citizens, Canada will spy on US and US on 
Canadian citizens, Australia on UK and such, etc. That way they're not 
breaking the letter of the law. Twisted, huh?

Perhaps your country has similar agreements with neighbouring countries.

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