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Snowden revealed intelligence sharing on Britain's GCHQ (its intelligence agency) intercepting phone and [[internet]] communications of foreign [[politician]]s attending two [[G-20]] meetings in [[London]] in 2009.

Snowden revealed intelligence sharing on Britain's GCHQ (its intelligence agency) intercepting phone and [[internet]] communications of foreign [[politician]]s attending two [[G-20]] meetings in [[London]] in 2009.

Snowden leaks top-secret procedures steps the NSA must take to target and collect data from [[/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act#702_queries_.28Title_VII.29|"non-US persons" and how it must minimize, or mask, data collected on US citizens]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/20/fisa-court-nsa-without-warrant</ref>

Snowden leaks top-secret procedures steps the NSA must take to target and collect data from [[Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act#702_queries_.28Title_VII.29|"non-US persons" and how it must minimize, or mask, data collected on US citizens]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/20/fisa-court-nsa-without-warrant</ref>

Snowden leaks how Britain's GCHQ taps fiber-optic cables to collect and store global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories, and calls, and then shares the data with the NSA through an "intelligence sharing agreement". Hence theoretically, there is no violation of an American citizen's [[4th Amendment]] protections against [[illegal]] searches since it is not the [[US government]] directly performing the illegal search.

Snowden leaks how Britain's GCHQ taps fiber-optic cables to collect and store global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories, and calls, and then shares the data with the NSA through an "intelligence sharing agreement". Hence theoretically, no violation of an American citizen's [[4th Amendment]] protections against [[illegal]] searches and seizure since the [[US government]] is doing the illegal search.

Snowden leaks reveal Britain's GCHQ and other European spy agencies work together to conduct mass surveillance. The files also make clear that GCHQ played a leading role in advising its European counterparts how to work around laws intended to restrict the surveillance power of intelligence agencies. ''The Guardian'' article reports,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden</ref>[[File:450px-Edward Snowden 2013-10-9 (1) (cropped).jpg|right|225px|thumb|[[Edward Snowden]] warned of such abuse played out in 2016 and 2017: an [[Executive branch]] with unlimited. unrestrained power to spy on investigative Committees of Congress, political opponents, and even the Supreme Court.]]

Snowden leaks reveal Britain's GCHQ and other European spy agencies work together to conduct mass surveillance. The files also make clear that GCHQ played a leading role in advising its European counterparts how to work around laws intended to restrict the surveillance power of intelligence agencies. ''The Guardian'' article reports,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden</ref>[[File:450px-Edward Snowden 2013-10-9 (1) (cropped).jpg|right|225px|thumb|[[Edward Snowden]] warned of such abuse played out in 2016 and 2017: an [[Executive branch]] with unlimited. unrestrained power to spy on investigative Committees of Congress, political opponents, and even the Supreme Court.]]