the buried lede in all these stories is that cooperation agreements mean Canadians can spy on US citizens (but are only ever asked about Canadians, & Canadian pols only talk about protections for their citizens), US can spy on Canadians (but are only asked about US, & US pols only talk about protections for their citizens), etc., etc.--esp. for UK, NZ, and Aus-- & share the info as they like. and "not spy on their own citizens" and (kind of) tell the truth when they say it. or a half-truth that makes them feel better and appears to comply with letter of the law.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <na...@nadim.cc> wrote: > Some news in Canada similar to the NSA revelations in the US: > > Defence Minister Peter MacKay approved a secret electronic eavesdropping > program that scours global telephone records and Internet data trails – > including those of Canadians – for patterns of suspicious activity. > > Mr. MacKay signed a ministerial directive formally renewing the > government’s “metadata” surveillance program on Nov. 21, 2011, according to > records obtained by The Globe and Mail. The program had been placed on a > lengthy hiatus, according to the documents, after a federal watchdog agency > raised concerns that it could lead to warrantless surveillance of Canadians. > > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/data-collection-program-got-green-light-from-mackay-in-2011/article12444909/ > > NK > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- David Golumbia dgolum...@gmail.com
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