The British Police and intelligence services can bug anyone they like whenever they like, and they do.FEOS wrote:
The standards for other countries are different than in the US with regards to eavesdropping on one's own citizens...the bar is lower, IIRC. We have much more hoops to jump through over here and interagency dealings to deal with in order to make that happen (DoD to DoJ, for instance) than in the UK, I believe. It's been a while since I've worked with the Brits, so I don't remember exactly, but I do remember that they were amazed at how "difficult" it was to get a domestic wiretap, even WITH the PATRIOT Act in place.jord wrote:
Interesting.
So if I stated everything the uk does in monitoring people the us does would you debate that?
Its not the wildest conspiracy theory to be made here that intelligence agencies operate outside law.
The only time they need advance permission is if they later want to use any evidence gathered in court.
For the purpose of 'gathering information' they can do anything, no restrictions.
Fuck Israel