> whose fiber optic lines were tapped by UK intelligence to avoid NSA laws against spying on americans
Who did you work for? This appears to be a 180deg misunderstanding of the 5 Eyes agreement. GCHQ is not allowed to spy on Americans.
Who did you work for? This appears to be a 180deg misunderstanding of the 5 Eyes agreement. GCHQ is not allowed to spy on Americans.
"In partnership with the British agency known as Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, the N.S.A. has apparently taken advantage of the vast amounts of data stored in and traveling among global data centers, which run all modern online computing, according to a report Wednesday by The Washington Post. N.S.A. collection activities abroad face fewer legal restrictions and less oversight than its actions in the United States."
Note there's a fair amount of speculation on the specific details of how and what data is collected and shared.
> "pushed back against the notion that it was collecting abroad to “get around” legal limits imposed by domestic surveillance laws"
https://www.zdnet.com/article/thatcher-ordered-echelon-surve... > Ex-spy Mike Frost told the CBS 60 Minutes programme that Thatcher had ordered surveillance on two cabinet colleagues according to excerpts released on Thursday. The allegation comes in the same week that a European Parliament report said Echelon, a surveillance system run by the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, was used for industrial espionage.
I can't recall the details - Ill have to go look it up again, but apparently Israel gets more data than any of the others, IIRC.
When someone says something about mysterious unseen evil activities and Israel it raises my conspiracy theory detector to yellow alert
Since when do spy agencies avoid doing things just because they're "not allowed" to do them? An activity being disallowed only means that they'll avoid telling people that they're doing it.