[Raven] WSJ-Europe: NSA Defends Listening Post

["chefren" <chefren@pi.net>]

Today in the Wall Street Journal Europe, p29


  NSA Defends Listening Post 

  U.S. Agency Chief Says Rigid Controls Privacy 

[Hey, where have we heard that before, The Netherlands?]

  Echelon System and 'Urban Myths' of Universal
  Eavesdropping 

  WASHINGTON

  Under attack from privacy advocates in the U.S. and
  Europe, the director of the National Security Agency
  said that his agency snoops on Americans only under
  rigid controls and never engages in foreign economic
  espionage for U.S. corporations. 

[Again, nothing new, precisely what happens in The 
Netherlands...]

  ..
  ..

[Little too much skipped, for example about they urban 
legend that litterally everything is scanned recorded by 
NSA.]

  ..
  ..

  NSA intercepts are a key ingredient in U.S. effords to
  spy on drugs runners and terrorists, and the agency's
  eavesdropping proved crucial during the Kosovo conflict
  last year as well as during the intense U.S.
  counterterrorist campaign in December. 

= =

Nothing new and nothing different except tapping is also 
used in courts in The Netherlands. So not only for 
intelligence and national interest but also for law-
enforcement.

+++chefren






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