The United States and Britain are negotiating plans that would allow UK authorities to issue warrants to American telecommunication companies
The United States and Britain are
negotiating plans that would allow
UK authorities to issue warrants to
American telecommunication companies demanding data from
suspects in criminal and national
security cases.
A US official confirmed that the US is in talks
with Britain regarding a plan that would allow
British officials to issue wiretap warrants
to American telecommunication companies. Such
documents would give officials access to data
such as archived emails and interceptions of live
communications.
US, UK Discuss Bolstering Information
Sharing on Security Threats
An official said the measure is necessary
to combat organized crime and terror plots
orchestrated at the international level.
“These communications are happening with the
speed of light, and law enforcement agencies
need to keep pace with these communications,”
said one official who spoke with the
Washington Post on condition of anonymity
because he was not authorized to speak publicly
about the negotiations.
The move also would give US authorities access
to similar data stored in the UK.
“Such an agreement would ensure US access
to data stored in the United Kingdom in support
of law enforcement, terrorism, and other
transnational threat investigations and support
our partners’ ability to investigate serious crime,
as well as terrorism and other transnational
threats on a reciprocal basis,” said the official.
The move would not give British officials access
to data on American citizens.
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