Please point out this is the Royal Army not the US Army. In Britain the government can do this completely within its powers,
“In Britain the government can do this completely within its powers,”
Snowden exposed the practice of Britain spying on US citizens and the US spying on British citizens.
One click of the mouse and the “local” data is swapped.
That preserves everybody’s deniability.
“We didn’t spy on you. Promise.”
Do you think the Cia Fbi Doj Googleplex did the exact same thing here?