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Yes, all spy agencies tend to use "technically legal" stuff like that to operate around what the law intended to stop them from doing. This is why it's so crit
by mtgx 10y ago
Yes, all spy agencies tend to use "technically legal" stuff like that to operate around what the law intended to stop them from doing.
This is why it's so critical to have an oversight committee with deep knowledge of everything that's going on within the agency, regular audits, and a willingness to actually act as supervisors in favor of the law - NOT the agency.
That should be their job. Unfortunately, virtually all such committees tend to act more as cheerleaders for the spy agencies than actual supervisors meant to hold the agencies accountable.
- dmix 10y agoAnd in the unlikely scenario where Germany or one of the five eyes do get proper controls then they can always just lean on the US, who most definitely wont be getting controls anytime soon as both presidential candidates want more intel gathering (greatly expanding collection is Hillary's primary security strategy). They can just stop storing the data locally and call up the NSA whenever they need anything they can't collect legally themselves.