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Well you do have the UKUSA signals intelligence agreement, from 1943 which is apparently still in force which would  allow both governments and intelligence services to bypass the legal restrictions placed on them. Neither government or intelligence service is meant to spy on their own people. but under this exchange of intelligence, both governments could simply spy on each others populations and pass the information over.

Perhaps the change in the rules signal that President Bush no longer trusts British intelligence?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Dec 9th, 2006 at 07:58:17 PM EST
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<head explodes>

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Dec 9th, 2006 at 08:09:06 PM EST
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and there was me thinking you paranoid enough to already consider something like this.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Dec 9th, 2006 at 08:35:20 PM EST
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