Courts and bug product

Nicholas Bohm ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:57:42 +0000


Roland Perry wrote:
> In article <47B6E19B.3090304@zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother 
> <zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> writes
>>>  You think the end result of snooping with FS warrants is normally a 
>>> court case?
>>
>> I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but no, I don't.
> 
> If FS warrants are only used for spying on spies, and spies are deported 
> rather than tried, then even if the evidence could be used in court, 
> there aren't ever any trials.

Spies with diplomatic immunity are sent home, but their sources and 
their non-immune collaborators are tried, and intercept material might 
well be relevant.

Nicholas
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