Re:Dutch secret service 'also has access to information from...
by furyg3 on Thursday June 13, 2013 @07:43PM
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This is completely incorrect.
In most states it is not required to have ID on you. Most US citizens do not carry proof of citizenship (passport or birth certificate), and a Drivers License is not proof of citizenship.
US citizens travel abroad, and it would be illegal for the government to intercept communications between a US citizen and someone else, regardless of location of either party, regardless of the location of the communications intercept.
Furthermore, based on your logic, the government could intercept all emails where someone's passport was not scanned and attached...
In most states it is not required to have ID on you. Most US citizens do not carry proof of citizenship (passport or birth certificate), and a Drivers License is not proof of citizenship.
US citizens travel abroad, and it would be illegal for the government to intercept communications between a US citizen and someone else, regardless of location of either party, regardless of the location of the communications intercept.
Furthermore, based on your logic, the government could intercept all emails where someone's passport was not scanned and attached...