[FedCom] Re Fact Or Fiction?

[gary]

We had the British spy on Kofi Annan, since it was illegal for the US to 
do so.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3488548.stm

Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:

>Bingo! This is exactly what I was told by those in the UK.	
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>From: R. Rankin <rankin at ku.edu>
>To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [FedCom] Re Fact Or Fiction?
>Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004 12:26 PM
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>>1. Fort Meade (NSA) is forbidden by law to conduct monitoring ops against
>>US locations and US citizens.
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>NSA has had an arrangement with its British counterpart, GCHQ, (along with
>perhaps the RCMP Security Service) to do the monitoring work in this country.
>We reciprocate in Britain and then the two organizations swap information.
>Presto, the law is circumvented.
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