Japan Refused To Help NSA Tap Asia's Internet

An anonymous reader writes "The NSA sought the Japanese government's cooperation to wiretap fiber-optic cables carrying phone and data across the Asia-Pacific region but the request was rejected. The NSA wanted to intercept personal information including Internet activity and phone calls passing through Japan from Asia including China. The Japanese government refused because it was illegal and would need to involve a massive number of private sector workers. Article 35 of the Japanese Constitution protects against illegal search and seizure."

Comments

Re:WTF

[theshowmecanuck]

Well, when they pull the kind of crap they have been pulling, insisting on fear mongering and intruding on everyone via the NSA, going counter to their own constitution with what should be illegal wire taps, groping men, women, and children at airports in the name of security... well then they really are behaving like a bunch of cunts.