Ah, there in the land of the free EU. Check out ECHELON<http://cryptome.org/echelon-ep-fin.htm> . John On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:16 PM, <cblists@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So Obama has been reading my e-mail and listening to my telephone calls > all these years - I must say it's not a very great surprise to have nagging > suspicions confirmed. > > Nevertheless: in spite of all the important information garnered from the > contents of those messages and calls - not even notes of condolence when I > have lost loved ones, or a postcard of congratulation for my 60th birthday. > > I call that downright rude. > > Chris Bruce, > waving a tiny (not American) flag for > life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, > in Kiel, Germany > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.**html<http://www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html> > -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 jlm@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wordworks.jp/