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It's been reported elsewhere that the NSA may uses GCHQ to spy on Americans, as a deliberate run around the fourth amendment. I guess, funding GCHQ makes that

• swombat 13y ago
  Of course, it's perfectly fine to circumvent a foundational privacy law of your country by paying a foreign spy agency to do it on your behalf. What could possibly be ethically dubious about that?
  • lutze 13y ago
    Look at it from the other way too. A foreign agency is secretly funnelling money into an institution that's supposed to be looking after my (as a UK citizen) interests. I think it's well past time this incestuous charade was exposed.
• ihsw 13y ago
  These allegations have been widely reported since the start of the Snowden leaks two months ago and both General Alexander and DNI Clapper have both claimed that they don't "run around" the Fourth Amendment in this fashion. It's interesting to see the USG contradictions and hypocrisy coming to light in this fashion, especially since their lies are increasingly egregious and continuous. There is an image[1] of their operations that is especially interesting, and one can interpret it in multiple ways. For example the colors likely represent intelligence reciprocity, but it could also be construed to identify allies and enemies. Since America is yellow then it could represent weak intelligence gathering effectiveness, and it stands to reason that allies likely spy on Americans for us. I wonder how much legal liability that opens up for them? Perhaps they're leery of spying on Americans. [1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Boundless-heatmap-large-001.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Boundless...