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If the five eyes already have information sharing agreements, doesn't it mean that based on a tip from an NSA agent, a GCHQ agent (or Canadian, Australian, NZ..
by lstamour 13y ago
If the five eyes already have information sharing agreements, doesn't it mean that based on a tip from an NSA agent, a GCHQ agent (or Canadian, Australian, NZ...) could investigate, and then the contents of that investigation could be seen by the NSA under the sharing agreement? And it's okay because it's not your data they're looking at, but the report on the data? Probably wrong here, but it sounds just weasel-wordy enough to pass muster.
- mpyne 13y agoI would imagine that, at best, a "report" (originated from abroad, mind) would still get you at best something similar to parallel construction: Nothing really useful other than a specific tip to start a real investigation on a specific person, which would require a warrant you can't yet get from FISC due to lack of admissible evidence of probable cause. Either way it's a very dangerous legal ground to walk on. Whatever else we can say for NSA, they've been listening to their lawyers this time.