Re: [privacy] US vs EU

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:41:10 EDT, Dude VanWinkle said:

> tactic to try and get ours to stop doing so. While British law may
> grant MI? the rights to snoop on citizens, it most certainly doesnt
> grant the US intelligence the same rights.

At least until the populace gets an election and throws him out, doesn't
British law *really* grant US intelligence whatever rights Tony Blair is told
to give it by Bush (on orders from whoever is steering the boat, I suspect
Cheney ;)

(And yes, in the US it's the same thing - *realistically*, Bush can do whatever
he wants, until either the Supreme Court or Congress decide to rein him in, or
the populace takes action...)

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