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Revealed: How the UK Spied On Its G20 Allies At London Summits

Posted by timothy on from the free-latte-sirs-and-madams? dept.

Writing "Wow, this is going to really set the cat amongst the pigeons once this gets around," an anonymous reader links to a story at The Guardian about some good old fashioned friendly interception, and the slide-show version of what went on at recent G20 summits in London: "Foreign politicians' calls and emails intercepted by UK intelligence; Delegates tricked into using fake internet cafes; GCHQ analysts sent logs of phone calls round the clock; Documents are latest revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden."

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  1. Re:Convenient partners by readingaccount · · Score: 3, Funny

    but it's what's done in the Intelligence business and I d

    I apologize for the abrupt end to my sentence. Either I forgot to finish what I was typing or the NSA intercepted it and removed impor

  2. Re:Seems fishy by cold+fjord · · Score: 3, Funny

    I really don't think you quite get how that day would work. "Senator, PRISM has discovered an email of you admitting to having a gay lover in college...

    You apparently have no familiarity with American culture. Homosexuality was once, "The love that dare not speak its name." Now it's, "The love that won't shut up." There have been a number of legislators that have been "out." It doesn't seem to have hurt their careers. They would probably take it as free publicity.

    It would almost certainly lead to a real smack down of the NSA were such a thing to happen.

    --
    much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
  3. Re:Seems fishy by Worthless_Comments · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've only squished three puppies. That makes it okay, right?