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The NSA Abroad: The UK Base That Makes US Targeted Killing Possible
The NSA Abroad: The UK Base That Makes US Targeted Killing Possible
Newly revealed documents leaked by Edward Snowden and reported by The Intercept detail the inner workings of the NSA's largest overseas base
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/06/nsa-abroad-uk-base-makes-us-targeted-killing-possible
By: Lauren McCauley
Date: 2016-09-06
In a damning exposé published Monday, The Intercept reporter Ryan Gallagher dives into the inner workings of National Security Agency's (NSA) largest overseas spying base, the U.K.'s Menwith Hill Station, and reveals concrete evidence that the British government is complicit in the United States' targeted killing program.
Citing top-secret documents obtained from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Gallagher reports, “The files reveal for the first time how the NSA has used the British base to aid 'a significant number of capture-kill operations' across the Middle East and North Africa, fueled by powerful eavesdropping technology.”
And given the British government's repeated assertion that activities at Menwith Hill “have always been, and continue to be” carried out with its “knowledge and consent,” the findings are all the more damning.
The National Security Agency's largest overseas spying base, Menwith Hill. (Photo: Trevor Paglen via The Intercept)
Source: http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-nsa-abroad-uk-base-that-makes-us.html
