-- On 24 Sep 2001, at 15:33, georgemw@speakeasy.net wrote:
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.
Cypherpunks are not the first to take advantage of jurisdictional arbitrage. The Australian spys have the American spys perform their illegal-in-Australia acts for them, and the American spys have the Australian spys perform their illegal-in-America acts for them. I predict you will have some difficulty extraditing an Australian spy for spying on people in California. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG d9TKvFOQiI6PfLbS5xssrICxKXFaqIp0GfM4uOxF 4YAqO55jeOI2PxqvqPyfaf3wcZlopIZoxG7JqD+hN