From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon Apr 29 2002 - 11:08:59 MDT
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 09:14 am, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Where the law comes into play on the domestic scene is that the only
> federal agency empowered to wire-tap within the territorial US is the
> FBI, since they are in charge of domestic counter-intelligence. The
> CIA/NSA/NRO/DIA/etc are all banned by post-Watergate/ABSCAM era laws
> against spying on American citizens within our borders. They are free to
> eavesdrop on anybody they want outside our borders, and require no court
> order to do so. This situation is reciprocated by the British.
>
> As a result, the British spy on American citizens for the US government,
> and the US govt spies on British citizens for the British government.
> Just part and parcel of the 'special relationship' we have between us.
>
> Together, we spy on everybody else.
This is true.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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