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Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the oh-well-if-you-have-already-been-doing-it dept.

paulraps writes "Sweden is close to implementing new surveillance legislation that will include the monitoring of emails, telephone calls and keyword searches using advanced pattern analysis. The objective is to detect 'threats such as terrorism, IT attacks or the spread of weapons of mass destruction' but the proposals have divided the country. In a misguided attempt to put people at ease, the government admitted that Sweden has been tapping its citizens' phones for decades anyway."

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  3. Sweden, an excellent target by andersh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just being Christian and democratic is enough for Islamist terrorists to attack. Besides what do they know about Sweden? Bin Laden has already ordered attacks on Norway for some reason - but Denmark has troops in Iraq. Go figure? Anyway - Sweden has thousands upon thousands of Muslim immigrants from Somalia and Iraq. Two somalis with Swedish passports were just arrested in Somalia fighting for the Islamists (Islamic Courts). Who are they going to attack next? Lots of infidels in Sweden they can attack at will.