Posted on 06/10/2013 5:55:12 PM PDT by rickmichaels
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government on Monday declined to say whether it was using data gathered by a secret U.S. government eavesdropping program, but confirmed its own secret signals intelligence agency was monitoring foreign phone and internet traffic.
(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...
And thus they give the lie to their claim that the primary goal is national security. One does not blithely acquiesce to comprehensive foreign spying on the affairs of one's country by foreign powers if national security is one's primary concern or goal. One does that to remain in power because one views one's own population as a threat. There can be no other reason.
I guess that Carly Rae Jepsen song “Call Me, Maybe” had another meaning, eh?
How could you possibly suggest that after reading what I wrote?
"But the Patriot Act does not afford the federal government unfettered access to the metadata or content of strictly domestic communications -- unless there is a warrant, issued with probable cause, for specific names and phone numbers. "
The idea that they are getting the info from companies is not the case, the Telcoms are merely the pipeline for the Gov't to collect the water.
You accused me of "approving" of their copying the contents.
I did no such thing.
You're being contentious.
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