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Originally Posted by Ustwo
They were only monitoring calls going to or from OUTSIDE the US.
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That remains to be seen. They were also monitoring supposed internationa e-mails. I have a bbc e-mail addy that ends co.uk, and yet I live in DC. So my e-mail can be monitored. Likewise, several companies in my business keep e-mail and web accounts based out of Micronesia because of the .fm tag. These happen to all be American media organizations who can now be monitored.
That's just a microcosm of a bigger problem, being that if I pick up a phone in my home and call Canada, the US government should have absolutely no right to listen in.
As far as whether they've monitored domestic-domestic conversations, they won't say exactly and we'll have to see what happens in the Specter hearing.