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I think there's one more for y'all
MichaelP
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London Telegraph Connected Magazine Tuesday 16 December 1997
Issue 936
Cooking up a charter for snooping
Spies like US
Britain is bound to the national security interests of other nations.
In 1947 the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand signed a national security pact
known as the United Kingdom - United States (UKUSA) agreement. Its
intention was to seal an intelligence bond in which a common national
security objective was created.
Disclosures to the US Congress reveal some of the functions of the
agreements. Under the terms of the five nations carved up the Earth
into five spheres of influence, and each country was assigned
particular targets. (Britain was responsible for intercepting the
Chinese).
The UKUSA Agreement standardised terminology, code words, intercept
handling procedures, arrangements for cooperation, sharing of
information, and access to facilities.
One important component of the agreement was the exchange of data and
personnel. The link means that NSA operatives from Fort Meade could
work from Menwith Hill to intercept local communications without
either nation having to formally approve or disclose the interception.
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