-------------->snip>----------------Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 17:42:44 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CAS: OT: Wired: Europe is Listening To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: BRENDA JINKINS 383-4248 For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. www.wired.com 12/2/98 Europe Is Listening by Niall McKay 5:10 p.m. 2.Dec.98.PST The European Union is quietly getting ready to approve legislation that will allow the police to eavesdrop both on Internet conversations and Iridium satellite telephone calls without obtaining court authorization. The legislation is part of a much wider memorandum of understanding between the EU, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Norway, a nonmember European nation. That agreement allows authorities to conduct telecom surveillance across international borders, according to a Europol document leaked to members of the European Parliament. If approved, it would permit real-time, remote monitoring of email, as well as of calls placed on satellite telephone networks such as those maintained by Iridium and Globalstar. Unlike most laws in Europe, the agreement will allow law enforcement to listen in without a court order. Ironically, in September, the European Parliament called for accountability of Echelon, the US National Security Agency's spying network that is reportedly able to intercept, record, and translate any electronic communication -- telephone, data, cellular, fax, email, or telex. ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put: unsubscribe cas
What happened to practicing what you preach?
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