The U.S. - U.K. Agreement That Permitted The NSA To Spy On Millions Of Britains

US And UK Struck Secret Deal To Allow NSA To 'Unmask' Britons' Personal Data -- The Guardian

• 2007 deal allows NSA to store previously restricted material
• UK citizens not suspected of wrongdoing caught up in dragnet
• Separate draft memo proposes US spying on 'Five-Eyes' allies

The phone, internet and email records of UK citizens not suspected of any wrongdoing have been analysed and stored by America's National Security Agency under a secret deal that was approved by British intelligence officials, according to documents from the whistleblower Edward Snowden.

In the first explicit confirmation that UK citizens have been caught up in US mass surveillance programs, an NSA memo describes how in 2007 an agreement was reached that allowed the agency to "unmask" and hold on to personal data about Britons that had previously been off limits.

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US and UK struck secret deal to collect innocent Britons' personal data -- The Telegraph
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Tony Blair's Labour government 'allowed U.S. to analyse internet and email details of millions of Britons' -- Daily Mail
Report: U.S., U.K. spy agencies collaborated to gather data on Britons -- UPI
US can access Britons' personal data under secret deal: Report -- Times of India/AFP
Latest Snowden revelation: NSA analyzed and retained personal information of unwitting UK citizens -- RT
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