Court Allowed NSA To Spy On All But 4 Countries 242
mrspoonsi (2955715) writes A court permitted the NSA to collect information about governments in 193 countries and foreign institutions like the World Bank, according to a secret document the Washington Post published Monday. The certification issued by a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 2010 shows the NSA has the authority to "intercept through U.S. companies not just the communications of its overseas targets, but any communications about its targets as well," according to the Post's report. Only four countries in the world — Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — were exempt from the agreement, due to existing no-spying agreements that the Post highlights in this document about the group of countries, known as "Five Eyes" with the U.S.
Re:Agreement?? (Score:5, Funny)
The only country that matters... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Uh... Yeah? (Score:4, Funny)
Sure most countries spy... But not anywhere near the level NSA does it at... I have never heard of other countries that put bugs in UN offices of other countries etc...
Known incidents of countries spying on the UN:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... [wikipedia.org]
Also, using diplomats for regular spying is just evil...
Re:Uh... Yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
Um...WHAT?
Yeah, I know. That sentence blew my mind! How can something you do for your job not be okay!? It's impossible!