Report: Britain Has a Secret Middle East Web Surveillance Base

wiredmikey writes "Britain is running a secret Internet surveillance station in the Middle East, according to a recent report citing the latest leaked documents obtained by fugitive US security contractor Edward Snowden. The Independent newspaper said it was not disclosing the country where the base is located, but said the facility can intercept emails, telephone calls and web traffic for the United States and other intelligence agencies and taps into underwater fibre-optic cables in the region, the newspaper said. The Independent did not disclose how it obtained the details from the Snowden files."

When I'm so tired

[Arancaytar]

that I read "Secret Middle Earth Web Surveillance" and Slashdot becomes, for just a few moments, a bit cooler.

It's a James Bond movie

[jphamlore]

Obviously the station is on a fishing boat as in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only [wikipedia.org]

Re:Yes, and?

[Chrisq]

Why ?

Does the UK need to spy on the middle east ?

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Of course it does. We have a problem with Muslim terrorists as much as any other country