17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
There might be at least one good reason for NOT going overseas on that first leg. The NSA's charter restricts it to international operations. By making that first leg a foreign one, you've made your transmission, the one with your address visible, fair game for them.
In theory, yes. But I've heard rumors from Canadian Bell people that their American counterparts routinely call them up to ask that they "throw switches" that they cannot legally throw themselves. That, plus well documented history, is enough for me to always assume that they *don't* follow the rules. Phil