U.S. law firm ensnared in NSA surveillance: NYT report

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"(Reuters) - An unnamed U.S. law firm was caught up in the global surveillance of the National Security Agency (NSA) and its overseas partners in Australia, according to a newspaper report on Saturday.
A top secret document obtained by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden shows the firm was monitored while representing a foreign government in trade disputes with the United States, according to The New York Times."

Spying on the lawyers for someone involved in a trade dispute.

Have you ever heard of the phrase "Industrial Espionage" ? It doesn't just cover stealing commercial secrets. Peeking at your opponents hand during trade negotiations is also part of the package.

Apparently , as far as NSA is concerned , winning contracts for american corperations is all part of the fight against terrorism. Isn't that interesting ?

I wonder if anyone (Any non-US person or organization) will be willing to hire a US Law Firm for ... anything , after this ? Knowing that you might as well be turning over everything you say to whatever US firm or government branch you're dealing with so they can spy on you ?

Every action has a reaction. You use US Corperations as the minions of NSA , and you start using NSA and it's minions for Industrial Espionage , they're going to stop doing business with you. They're going to find some other place to cut a deal with, because of Plato.

Who's Plato ?

An ancient Philosopher reputed to be able to talk anyone into anything. Until people decided the solution to that problem was to simply not talk with him anymore, and not have any dealings with him anymore. If you can't get a fair deal , you'll settle for no deal , kind of thing. You'll just go somewhere else.