(de-lurking - hello LiberationTech)
Zack Whittaker's piece conflates a report I co-authored for the European
Parliament about FISAAA, with his own analysis of PATRIOT which
unfortunately muddies the waters somewhat
If anyone wants to read the original report (and it's about FISAAA not
PATRIOT), it's here
<http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/studiesdownload.html?languageDocument=EN&file=79050>
(recommend sections 1.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.4, 5)
The gist is that :
- FISAAA 1881a was extended beyond PAA 2007 to cover Cloud computing
- (since 1978) "foreign intelligence information" includes purely
political surveillance, which has nothing (necessarily) to do with
national security or crime
- "foreign intelligence" <> "law enforcement"
- (especially since a FISCR decision in 2008) non-USPERS putting data
into US Clouds have zero protection from 4th Amendment
Some people who followed the "warrantless wiretapping" affair closely
seem to regard the above as mostly obvious (although there has been
essentially zero prior analysis of FISAAA from viewpoint of a
non-USPER), but the world media reaction the past few weeks shows that
this came as a surprise to most people.
Happy to field comments, but grateful if this relates to what's in the
report rather than the news coverage
Caspar Bowden
On 02/02/13 14:17, André Rebentisch wrote:
Zack Whittaker with rather astonishing views on international legal
cooperation:
http://www.zdnet.com/yes-u-s-authorities-can-spy-on-eu-cloud-data-heres-how-7000010653/
Yes, U.S. authorities can spy on EU cloud data. Here's how
Summary: EU citizens and businesses are warned against using the cloud
over the risk that U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies can
obtain your personal records. Here's how the U.S. can acquire your data,
even if you're based in the EU.
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