Furthermore, many observers expressed alarm with Woolsey's apparent assertion that isolated incidents of bribery could justify the wholesale interception of the world's communications. Most of what is known comes from whistleblowers and classified documents. These alleged violations include secret surveillance of political organizations, such as Amnesty International. As reported in the Washington Post, the NSA admitted that they possessed files on the Princess, partly composed of intercepted phone conversations. What is even more disquieting is that, if these allegations are proven to be true, the NSA and its compatriot organizations may have circumvented countless laws in numerous countries.
Many nations have laws in place to prevent such invasions of privacy.
For example, it is rumored that nations would not use their own agents to spy on their own citizens, but assign the task to agents from other countries.