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Jerry2 on April 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: N.S.A Halts Collection of Americans’ Emails About ...

>The rumor that they spy on each other and share that data is not substantiated in any leaks and specifically goes against one of the main planks, making it an especially strange rumor.

Huh? GCHQ has been spying on Americans for a long time. Here's the latest example: [0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spie...

lern_too_spel on April 28, 2017 [–]

They were spying on Russians.

"The alleged conversations were picked up by chance as part of routine surveillance of Russian intelligence assets."

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