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Australia's top-secret satellite spy agency has been given sweeping new powers to report on Australians to the Federal Government. New rules governing the work of the Defence Signals Directorate were quietly introduced during last year's election campaign by the outgoing defence minister, Peter Reith. The old rules explicitly prohibited the deliberate interception of communications between Australians in Australia - but the new rules, and the legislation under which they are made, do not. Further, the new rules allow the DSD to report to the Government on Australians if their activities affect national security, foreign relations and even the country's economic wellbeing. Previously, DSD was only allowed to report on Australians where their activities involved threats to a person's safety or involvement in serious crime. MORE http://sydney.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=11267&group=webcast This wont be a huge shock to christopher Boyce I'd imagine...
