Reply to post: But we had naively hoped that they were spying on the enemies of the country,

Brit spooks slammed over 'gentlemen's agreement' with telcos to get mass comms data

John Smith 19 Gold badge
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But we had naively hoped that they were spying on the enemies of the country,

Don't be stupid.

The real enemy of such organizations is not their counterparts in other countries.

It's the subjects of their own country.

All the terrorism/drug trafficking/paedophila is self serving bu***hit.

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