Government black boxes will 'collect every email'

[Roland Perry]

In article <20081105221619.papk9ufqo0o4sgo8@webmail01.purplecloud.com>, 
signup@bealoid.co.uk writes
>> "it is not their intention to introduce monitoring or storage equipment
>> that will check or hold the content of emails or phonecalls on the
>> traffic"
>
>Hasn't that equipment already been introduced, with ECHELON?  The 
>statement makes no mention of "no intention to upgrade monitoring . . ."

Echelon, if it ever existed, does not involve equipment installed at UK 
ISPs.
-- 
Roland Perry