| | --- Marshall Eubanks <tme@21rst-century.com> wrote: | > | > They must be referring to echelon. What's interesting | > is that ABC news is saying that they have echolon | > like capabilities in the Continental US. | > | > This is much rumoured but always denied and probably | > technically illegal. | | Hogwash. The US laws prevent only the US Agency from spying on it's | citizens. There is nothing that prevents the other Echelon partners (I | beleive they are Austrailia, Britian, and New Zealand) from doing the | spying and sharing the results. | | -Jim P. The US doesn't even bother with all of that; they directly monitor domestic communications of American citizens as a matter of routine. Sad, but true. I know this because I know someone who used to be involved with the project. He denies that it is called Echelon but he does not deny that it exists. John _______________________________________________________ http://inbox.excite.com