Australia Spying On Its Own

Posted by timothy on Monday February 11, 2002 @09:42PM from the he-ain't-heavy-he's-big-brother dept.

AVIDLY INTERESTED writes: "Well well, the Australian government has been caught out spying on its own citizens, despite denying for years that they do this type of thing. This story at The Age shows that the Defence Signals Directorate listens to just about every bit of communications in Australia. The interesting thing about this story is the background to it. In this case the govt spied because they were trying to win an election, and needed evidence to demonise a ship that was docking in Australia carrying a bunch of refugees. National security be damned, this is echelon for political gain. Is it happening anywhere else?"

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History Lesson time? by WheelDweller · 2002-02-11 22:35 · Score: 0, Redundant

Uh...Australia started out as a penal colony, as I recall...an island of prisoners a'la Escape From New York.

Did anyone tell the government that this is no longer the case? :)

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"Happening anywhere else?" by Gangis · 2002-02-12 01:41 · Score: 0, Redundant

Hah, I wouldn't be surprised if the US did the same thing. The US is full of crooked and corrupt politicans.

Huh... someone's knocking at the door...

What the hell?! There's a whole fleet of NSA agents on my front lawn!

Oh shit... :P

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