Colson shrugged. "They bug those when they want to. Gitmo and all that. You’ve got to understand, there’s how you were always told things were done, fair play and boundaries and all that, and there’s how they actually were, and then there’s now. Thirty years ago there was maybe a bit of to and fro about breaking the rules. Now it’s just normal. If our lot want to know something they’re not allowed to, they ask the Yanks nicely. When the Yanks want to spy on their own, which they mustn’t ever at all, they call GCHQ for a favour, see? And since they pretty much bankroll the place, well, we make resources available, don’t we? But you need to get your head round this: if you’re having a conversation in the clear, it’s being overheard."