On 24 Sep 2001, at 17:49, Robert wrote:
Cal. Penal Code ' 631, 632 (Deering 1999): It is a crime in California to intercept or eavesdrop upon any confidential communication, including a telephone call or wire communication, without the consent of all parties.
It is not a crime for an agency of another country to eavesdrop on you as long as they are physically located outside the U.S. Similarly, it is not illegal for a US agency to intercept messages in another country, as long as they do it from outside the that country.
You're on crack. The anti-eavsdropping laws don't have exemptions for agents of foreign governments, the suggestion is absurd.
This is how (if it really does exist) the Echelon network works. Agencies in Canada, England, Australia etc. intercept messages in the U.S. and then pass on the intelligence to their U.S. counterparts. This information sharing by-passes legal jurisdictional limits.
Except that it doesn't. It's not a violation of US law for US agents to spy on people in Australia, but it's almost certainly a violation of Australian law. Similarly, it's probably not a violation of Australian law for Australian agents to eavsdrop on people in California, but it's clearly a violation of California law. George
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