UK Terror Bust Caught With Wiretapping

1cebird writes "In an AP story entitled Brothers Emerge As Focus of Plot Probe, British sources reveal that the UK -> US plane-bombing plot was uncovered by a UK wiretap. So it looks like they are getting results with their wiretapping program. Will this make governments and citizens more comfortable with the idea?"

Re:Illegal spying: Britain and U.S. governments

[Xtravar]

Duh. Native Americans did not have the technology to kill arabs.

However, I'm sure that in a different universe, there are Islamic extremists who are suicide bombing canoes and tipis, and deerskin pouches being checked for explosive glass beads. Also, intercontinental ballistic arrowheads (ICBAs) aimed at Baghdad and a hell of a lot of turban trophies with scalp attached...