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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was included in a top-secret list of six non-U.S. political parties worldwide that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) received official permission to covertly spy upon, according to the latest trove of data released to the media by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The BJP, Indian government and a host of other foreign entities were included within the surveillance list of the NSA authorised by the FISA Court in 2010 and per U.S. law this certification was required annually for the Agency to continue such surveillance every successive year.



It s not clear whether the FISA Court similarly authorised the NSA to spy on the BJP and Indian government in the years following 2010.

According to documents that Mr. Snowden published via the Washington Poston Monday, the U.S.’ shadowy Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court gave the NSA “broad leeway” in conducting surveillance upon not only these six political parties but also a list of 193 foreign governments – including India – and only four countries were off-limits under this programme.

The Post reported that Washington has long adhered to broad “no-spying arrangements” with only the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a group known collectively with the U.S. the “Five Eyes.”

Yet the classified 2010 legal certification given to the NSA by the FISA court suggests the Agency received “a far more elastic authority than previously known,” one that reportedly allowed it to intercept through U.S. companies not just the communications of its overseas targets but any communications about those targets too.

NSA officials reportedly declined to comment on the certification or acknowledge its authenticity, but "stressed the constraints placed on foreign intelligence-gathering," including requirements set for the Agency by the President, the Director of National Intelligence and various departments through the National Intelligence Priorities Framework, the Post said.

The documents further revealed that the FISA court authorised the NSA to snoop on the Internet and telephone communications of the World Bank, United Nations, OPEC, and the European Union.

The other five political parties that the NSA had authority to spy upon were Amal of Lebanon, with links to Hezbollah; the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator of Venezuela, with links to FARC; the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; the Egyptian National Salvation Front; and the Pakistan People’s Party.

In a comment to the Post, Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said, “These documents show both the potential scope of the government’s surveillance activities and the exceedingly modest role the court plays in overseeing them.”

BJP among six foreign parties authorised for NSA surveillance - The Hindu
 
The Post reported that Washington has long adhered to broad “no-spying arrangements” with only the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a group known collectively with the U.S. the “Five Eyes.”


Told you so! If you look at any map, the location of these countries reveal no mere accident. it was planned long ago by the elite of these nations. White ppl ensured a place in the future by looking after security needs and safety well into the future. All five countries described as the Five Eyes are all of Anglo Saxon stock. Goes to show you there is a hell of lot more than you'll find in your mere textbooks that are by the way for the most part written in direction by stnadardizing instituiton in these countries, unless you sutdy completely in your native nation but that's not guaranteed.




Now, how come Congress was overlooked? Easy. Congress has been in cahoots with these foriegn powers for a long, long time. The British when they left, made sure they planted their moles and rats in India to keep them in the loop.
 
The Post reported that Washington has long adhered to broad “no-spying arrangements” with only the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a group known collectively with the U.S. the “Five Eyes.”

Told you so! If you look at any map, the location of these countries reveal no mere accident. it was planned long ago by the elite of these nations. White ppl ensured a place in the future by looking after security needs and safety well into the future. All five countries described as the Five Eyes are all of Anglo Saxon stock. Goes to show you there is a hell of lot more than you'll find in your mere textbooks that are by the way for the most part written in direction by stnadardizing instituiton in these countries, unless you sutdy completely in your native nation but that's not guaranteed.




Now, how come Congress was overlooked? Easy. Congress has been in cahoots with these foriegn powers for a long, long time. The British when they left, made sure they planted their moles and rats in India to keep them in the loop.
Actually congress was in their list. If you read the second para of the article, it says

The BJP, Indian government and a host of other foreign entities were included within the surveillance list of the NSA

Indian gov at that time was UPA lead.
 
Actually congress was in their list. If you read the second para of the article, it says



Indian gov at that time was UPA lead.



Of course, but Im referring to Sonia and Rahul. I'll never forget whan a US state department official visited Sonia not MMS back around 2004 or 2005.
 
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