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The US government does not allow 128k encryption on the claims that mafias will use it. Also the US has Carnivore to monitor all internal traffic.

I agree that the US government takes liberties and I am not defending their policies. The rights of US citizens have been further eroded after the tragic events of September the 11th. 'Carnivore' violates the US Constitution, the current fears over more al Qaeda terrorism allow its existence to be justified.

You make Russia always out to be the bad guy, try focusing on your so called "free" West.

Now why would I think Russia is the bad guy? Perhaps because it continues to sell weapons systems and nuclear technology to China, North Korea and Iran, countries which are dedicated enemies of democracy.

As for the Brits "holding" the emails, do you really believe that they are not scanned?

They may be, but if they are then the British government has violated the law. Unlike in Russia, our government has some respect for the rule of law.

Just like all that digital video collected is instantly destroyed if a crime isn't seen....way to tempting to too many powers.

How much do you think it would cost to keep millions of hours of video of innocent behaviour, for any significant length of time? Let alone to have someone watch all of it and make notes on the movements of law abiding civilians. Only a totalitarian country like China, or maybe Russia, would go to all that trouble and expense.

First of all, it is not a point of keeping movements of innocent people or to keep video recorded...being digital it is a lot cheaper to keep recorded then you'd think...especially on the giant tape reel recorders. What you look for is black mailable material of specific persons....much easier to do.

As for selling weapon systems, got news for you, England sells to more then a few questionable regimes...granted compared to US or Russian equipment, English equipment is pretty much second class these days....but: Jordan? A country that initiated several wars and tried to exterminate a large portion of its own population...Egypt?...yeah, Britian is quite guilty in that department too, all the countries are. Just because you don't consider who you sell to as a threat, doesn't mean someone else doesn't. Russia wanted Saudi Arabia bombed...but to England and America it was a friendly nation...a friendly nation that sponsers half the terrorist/jihad groups in the world and is now reported as trying to purchase large quantities of WMD....so much for friendly.