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Point is intelligence based in Europe is still under legal control, NSA is not. If there is big issue in future, you can summon European intelligence at court.
by neokya 11y ago
Point is intelligence based in Europe is still under legal control, NSA is not.
If there is big issue in future, you can summon European intelligence at court.
- bmelton 11y agoYou're not wrong, but with Five Eyes, the OP's point still stands strong as ever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes In practice, there's little advantage to living in Europe, being spied on by the NSA who then sends that data to European intelligence agencies.
- the_mitsuhiko 11y agoGCHQ's operation legality has been put under question more than once.
- neokya 11y agoThat hasn't happened in past does not mean it won't happen in future.
- mercurial 11y agoConsidering that France recently voted a law to make retroactively legal existing practices, I'd say this legal control is most often a farce (and it's not like the new law introduces strong judicial supervision, either).