Brad Dolan wrote: | Long-distance telecommunications carriers have been in bed with | governments since Samuel F. B. Morse strung a line into DC. Only | a modest amount of cynicism is required to think that there are | "wiretap" hooks in the carriers' systems. When an MCI merges | with a Britsh Telecom, who gets the benefit of the hooks? Nothing changes. The NSA & GCHQ liason officers will continue to cooperate in bypassing the other countries laws for the mutual benefit of the agencies. BMCI will continue to tap and be tapped at the whim of either government. Adam -- "Every year the Republicans campaign like Libertarians, and then go to Washington and spend like Democrats." Vote Harry Browne for President. http://www.harrybrowne96.org