On 24 Sep 2001, at 17:49, Robert wrote:
> > Cal. Penal Code ' 631, 632 (Deering 1999): It is a crime
> > in California to intercept or eavesdrop upon any
> > confidential communication, including a telephone call or
> > wire communication, without the consent of all parties.
> >
>
> It is not a crime for an agency of another country to eavesdrop on you as
> long as they are physically located outside the U.S. Similarly, it is not
> illegal for a US agency to intercept messages in another country, as long as
> they do it from outside the that country.
>
You're on crack. The anti-eavsdropping laws don't have
exemptions for agents of foreign governments, the suggestion is
absurd.
> This is how (if it really does exist) the Echelon network works. Agencies in
> Canada, England, Australia etc. intercept messages in the U.S. and then pass
> on the intelligence to their U.S. counterparts. This information sharing
> by-passes legal jurisdictional limits.
Except that it doesn't. It's not a violation of US law for US agents
to spy on people in Australia, but it's almost certainly a violation
of Australian law. Similarly, it's probably not a violation of
Australian law for Australian agents to eavsdrop on people in
California, but it's clearly a violation of California law.
George
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