The US Government collect information on European corporations and passes it on to US companies. This includes espionage. Interesting article. As much as I'd like to think that spying doesn't happen, it's going to happen as a necessary consequence of competition. There is no global government, only anarchy: strong encyption is the only answer.
I'd also like to think that governments shouldn't help corporations like this. The type of companies being helped are strong enough to operate on their own. If they're not then best not have them around. I don't like to see government this involved in the markets; they should only decide on health and safety issues, things like that.
However: the author of the article is Duncan Campbell, an investigative journalist who wrote the original report that triggered this investigation. That's a conflict of interest right there.
The US Government collect information on European corporations and passes it on to US companies. This includes espionage. Interesting article. As much as I'd like to think that spying doesn't happen, it's going to happen as a necessary consequence of competition. There is no global government, only anarchy: strong encyption is the only answer.
I'd also like to think that governments shouldn't help corporations like this. The type of companies being helped are strong enough to operate on their own. If they're not then best not have them around. I don't like to see government this involved in the markets; they should only decide on health and safety issues, things like that.
However: the author of the article is Duncan Campbell, an investigative journalist who wrote the original report that triggered this investigation. That's a conflict of interest right there.