NSA spied directly on Britons
2013-11-20 20:43:13.838739+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data:
A separate draft memo, marked top-secret and dated from 2005, reveals a proposed NSA procedure for spying on the citizens of the UK and other Five-Eyes nations, even where the partner government has explicitly denied the US permission to do so. The memo makes clear that partner countries must not be informed about this surveillance, or even the procedure itself.
Seems pretty likely that the NSA is using the GCHQ or other intelligence agencies to get around similar legal restrictions on them spying on U.S. citizens (where they're not just doing that anyway).