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by mercurialshark 2546 days ago
That's factually incorrect. The United States has the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits the US from providing information or resources to American companies obtained from intelligence collection activities.

See Why We Spy on Our Allies R. James Woolsey, a Washington lawyer and a former Director of Central Intelligence.

http://cryptome.org/echelon-cia2.htm?utm_medium=referral&utm...