[IP] NSA wiretaps lead to arrests of terror suspects

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

[First time I have seen in writing that NSA actually monitors email (and 
VOIP) djf (not surprised at all) djf]


From today's Globe and Mail:

Wiretaps led to arrests of terror suspects

By COLIN FREEZE AND ALAN FREEMAN

OTTAWA and LONDON -- The tapping of e-mails and overseas phone calls by a
host of Western spy agencies led to the arrests last week of terrorism
suspects in Canada and Britain, including an Ottawa man who had been under
scrutiny for at least four weeks.
The RCMP and Scotland Yard launched separate operations after an alarming
e-mail was picked up by a U.S. intelligence agency in February, sources
said.
The U.S. National Security Agency, which electronically monitors millions of
conversations daily, reportedly picked through the chatter to find a message
sent from Pakistan to England.
According to the Sunday Times and The Guardian in Britain, several
intercepted communications showed links between suspected senior al-Qaeda
figures in Pakistan and an alleged bomb plot thwarted last week in Britain .
. .

[Full story at: http://tinyurl.com/2ratd]  

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