> "Also, the next time an NSA spokesman tries to sugarcoat this issue, let's get someone, anyone, to ask why the GCHQ (in the U.K.) is allowed to spy on Americans and then simply pass that along to U.S. intelligence. U.S. spooks think they are being clever by doing it this way."
What evidence is there that this is going on? and on what scale? If it is standard operation then the whole 'not spying on our own citizens' would seem to be a hollow truth in all countries that partake in such intelligence exchange.
I.e. the spying is simply done by a partner country, otherwise no difference.
> "Also, the next time an NSA spokesman tries to sugarcoat this issue, let's get someone, anyone, to ask why the GCHQ (in the U.K.) is allowed to spy on Americans and then simply pass that along to U.S. intelligence. U.S. spooks think they are being clever by doing it this way."
What evidence is there that this is going on? and on what scale? If it is standard operation then the whole 'not spying on our own citizens' would seem to be a hollow truth in all countries that partake in such intelligence exchange.
I.e. the spying is simply done by a partner country, otherwise no difference.