United States will spy on Aid Organization

August 23, 2007

The US government will go even further in their war against terror. Now they will screen personnel from aid organization that receives support from the US Agency for International Development – USAID.

Washington Post reports that the organization will have to leave detailed information about the key employees phone numbers, birth dates and social security number, this indicated that they will use phone surveillance and Internet control to find persons associated with terror groups.

Many large organization have been criticizing the proposal, saying that they are working with their own controls to identify persons with connections to terror groups and this is a problem with the persons integrity with the US idea of “Guilty until innocence proven”.

Approximately 2 000 key persons in the organizations are affected when the plan will become effective on August 27.

References
Article in Washington Post
Article in Dagens Nyheter (Swedish only)