āsuck data out of US Internet giantsā
They have my permission, if that means anything.
Good luck sucking out my dataā¦
Arenāt we still allowed to shoot brits if we find them poking around in our persons, papers, and effects?
Iām pretty sure they taught us that in ācivic creation myths for middle schoolersā back in the day.
The plan seems to be that the Brits will spy on us since we arenāt allowed to and we will spy on the Brits since they arenāt supposed to. Then, they can share their signals intelligence like good little allies and no laws get broken but both nations enjoy complete surveillance of their citizens.
I canāt decide if Iām too cynical or not cynical enough.
We have better spies than you have.
oh, I thought you meant us internet giants - like you and meā¦ mainly me.
This is a feature, not a bug. Iām kind of seeing some workaround where the US spies on Brits and gives their government the info, to avoid local legal protections (not that that really seems to be that big an issue) and their Government returns the favor.
the other intel agencies have been doing it that way for decadesā¦ why ruin a good thing? 
Yeah, Iām thinking we fought a war with Great Britain over this very thing.
The British are comingā¦again!
Youāre not assuming that theyāre doing it already, so Iām going to have to go with the latter.
Thatās no doubt thatās the way that all of the ā5 Eyesā countries are collaborating. That way NZās Prime Minister was able to bare faced lie on TV during the the last election when he was asked directly. Of course our GCSB isnāt spying on Kiwis. That would be against the law (we just have the US, UK, Oz and Canada to do it for them ā¦ ).
Please, please, please let it be true that there are laws still alowing the shooting of Brits in parts of the US. Iām thinking in one of the Carolinas, perhaps?
If there arenāt, Iām sure that a reciprocal agreement could be arranged and would be met with great enthusiasm ā¦ 
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