UK Terror Bust Caught With Wiretapping 203
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?"
False (Score:4, Informative)
http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/08/legal-
I found a link to a video of the show: (Score:3, Informative)
During the show Brian Ross of ABC said both governments break the laws of the other, and share the information.
They've been doing that for years, showing zero respect for the law and for the lawmakers. One of the things they have been doing is killing Arabs to increase oil profits.
Re:Next? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Illegal spying: Britain and U.S. governments (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Illegal spying: Britain and U.S. governments (Score:5, Informative)
Tripoli is no more the Middle East than is Rome or Berlin. Arab does not equal Middle East. Arab includes much of North Africa, including areas rather west of Portugal, once included most of Iberia and much of west Africa (hence Swahili). Arab does not include Iran.
KFG
Read the article before approving, Hemos (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Are we watching a sublte PR campaign? (Score:3, Informative)
Misleading (Score:4, Informative)
"The original information about the plan came from the Muslim community in Britain, according to a British intelligence official."
"The tip was from a person who had been concerned about the activities of an acquaintance after the July 7, 2005, terror attacks in London, the official said."