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They can even be authorised to "acquire communications about the target that are not to or from the target".
One paragraph mentions that the agency "seeks to acquire communications about the target that are not to or from the target".
This includes communications which Americans send to those under surveillance a cohort likely to have exploded in size after the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) of 2008 gave spooks broad freedom to monitor non-citizens abroad.The FAA states that spies may not "intentionally acquire" communications wholly between Americans.
Sir Paul, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, said: "I have written to all chief constables and directed them to provide me with full details of all investigations that have used Ripa powers to acquire communications data to identify journalistic sources.
"Today I have written to all chief constables and directed them under section 58 (1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) to provide me with full details of all investigations that have used Ripa powers to acquire communications data to identify journalistic sources.
The news about Lavabit came on the same day as a story by Charlie Savage, in the Times, in which he followed up on an awkwardly phrased passage in a document supposedly about all the very strict constraints on the N.S.A. when it comes to reading the contents of Americans' e-mails — a reference to "cases where NSA seeks to acquire communications about the target that are not to or from the target".
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But Walsh not only confirmed that the FBI can perform the searches itself, she said the bureau does not tally how many communications searches for Americans' data it performs - and apparently mingles these international communications involving Americans with more traditional forms of legally acquired communications, confounding an accounting.
A new criminal offence of "wilfully or recklessly acquiring communications data", carrying a maximum two-year prison sentence, is being created with the aim of discouraging access abuse of these ICRs.
Under the Hollings bill, companies in which foreign governments own a stake of 25percentt or more would not be allowed to acquire United States communications companies.
Under current American policy, foreign companies are allowed to acquire American communications companies if the buyer is based in a country that is a member of the W.T.O.
But as the American Civil Liberties Union pointed out, "The procedures contemplate not only that the N.S.A. will acquire Americans' communications but that it will retain them and possibly disseminate them to other U.S. government agencies and foreign governments".
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