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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Hypocritical France vastly expands its spying system
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Hypocritical France vastly expands its spying system
http://j.mp/1hTZSws (New York Times)
"For all their indignation last summer, when the scope of the United
States' mass data collection began to be made public, the French are
hardly innocents in the realm of electronic surveillance. Within days
of the reports about the National Security Agency's activities, it was
revealed that French intelligence services operated a similar system,
with similarly minimal oversight. And last week, with little public
debate, the legislature approved a law that critics feared would
markedly expand electronic surveillance of French residents and
businesses. The provision, quietly passed as part of a routine
military spending bill, defines the conditions under which
intelligence agencies may gain access to or record telephone
conversations, emails, Internet activity, personal location data and
other electronic communications. The law provides for no judicial
oversight and allows electronic surveillance for a broad range of
purposes ..."
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Like I've been saying since day one. All the countries pointing their
fingers at the U.S. -- Hypocrites all.
--Lauren--
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