I responded to the first post because it seemed to imply that some new Bush-Administration horror was being revealed, which would be nonsense. It is important to recognize how much of Bush-Administration policy is old hat and nothing special as u.s. policies go.
Carrol
"farmelantj at juno.com" wrote:
>
> As I recall, there was a scandal some years
> ago, when it was revealed that one of the
> British spy agencies (perhaps MI5) had
> spied on Harold Wilson back when he
> was PM in the 1960s.
>
> I am sure that someone in Blair's
> position would assume as a matter
> of course that they would be targeted
> by espionage agencies, both foreign
> and domestic.
>
> Jim Farmelant
>
> -- "James Heartfield" <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On the other hand, here's what one jaded Briton thought of Blair's being
> spied on, from the Times website:
> "Taste of his own medicine. Tony Blair helped create a surveillance state
> for every one else, so at least he knows how it feels.
> Dave, Scunthorpe"
>
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