Uh... Why Were We Spying on Princess Diana?

[MannyGoldstein]

I'm reading from a number of sources that the Clinton Administration was very actively spying on Princess Diana. Seems bizarre on the face of it - any thoughts on why this might have been?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I guess b/c Britain wanted to spy on her, but didn't want it traced

to Buckingham Place and asked the CIA to keep tabs on her.

[Ezlivin]

2. Probably the Dodi Al-Fayed connection

We don't trust those olive-skinned foreigners with our white women.

:sarcasm:

[Captain Hilts]

3. Her anti-mine activities. I still don't 'get' that at all. nt

[Treclo]

18. Anti-mine?

But that is a good thing, right? To be against land mines?

[alarimer]

21. But the US is not against land mines

We won't sign the treaty banning land mines.

[Captain Hilts]

23. We're against it so we can maintain the minefield between North and South Korea. nt

[WinkyDink]

4. Because the British authorities asked us to, so they could claim they were not?

[shance]

5. "We" weren't as citizens. The CIA was engaging in the eavesdropping.

The CIA has been called the:

Capitalist/Corporatist
Invisible
Army

[originalpckelly]

6. ECHELON, but they thought the Royalty was exempt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

The words "secret service" mean "intelligence service" in The Queen's English, not the "Secret Service" as it does in America.

They probably mean it was the NSA spying on her.

[China_cat]

12. After the divorce

Diana was no longer considered part of the 'Royalty'.

[wakeme2008]

13. Right and Clinton probably did not know

:shrug:

[originalpckelly]

16. We easily forget that Clinton was a DLCer...

this program is technically not illegal under US law. In fact FISA allows it completely.

We can spy on anyone we choose, but they can also spy on us.

[liberal N proud]

7. Terra - No wait, that was before there was terraist

Gee, I don't know!

[undeterred]

8. Clinton was interested in her?

I have no friggin clue.

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[JacksonWest]

9. I assume we spy on everybody

why is this coming to light now? Why would they make this information public?

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

17. It's part of Lord Stevens inquiry which is due to be published on Thursday

As is the case with all these things, some of the contents were leaked in advance (in this case to the Observer newspaper).

[JacksonWest]

20. Ahhh.

Laziness on my part. It's amazing how the death of Princess Diana was a news story for a few days here-at least in my mind. But the Brits-it's one of the biggest things to have happened in their lifetime. very similar to JFK. I can never get my head around their fixation on royalty-or the preservation of royalty. To each their own.

[Crankie Avalon]

10. Because she was one of those fuzzy peacenik-type celebrities.

Trying to use one's celebrity to help poor people is often considered a political act by the entrenched and powerful and is regarded as an invitation for them to begin spying on such famous people.

[HereSince1628]

15. I think the US spies on ALL people in position of national power

Having the ability to blackmail a movement or an entire nation country is a big asset in geopoliticks if you can get it.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

14. I'm surprised

that this comes as a big surprise to anyone. I imagine all powerful people are on the list of CIA surveillance. And Princess Diana had power for a number of reasons.

[dogday]

19. They are trying too hard to

explain everything to everyone's satisfaction.... Did this not happen in 1997? Almost 10 years later they are still trying to clear the record.... I don't believe any of it... That is just me, what can I say? :shrug:

[Imagevision]

22. we should ask Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck, maybe they know?

[Freddie Stubbs]

24. It was probably a favor to Lyndon Larouche

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2005-44%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=%22lyndon+larouche%22+%22royal+family%22

[unc70]

25. Dodi's uncle is Adnan Khashoggi, the arms dealer n/t