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Undocumented Reg. User
Looks about time to drop this in here again:
"If you made a phone call today or sent an e-mail to a friend, there's a good chance what you said or wrote was captured and screened by the country's largest intelligence agency. The top-secret Global Surveillance Network is called Echelon, and it's run by the National Security Agency and four English-speaking allies: Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand."
Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes, February 27, 2000. And nary a peep of outrage the next day.
Transcript of 60 Minutes on Echelon
"If you made a phone call today or sent an e-mail to a friend, there's a good chance what you said or wrote was captured and screened by the country's largest intelligence agency. The top-secret Global Surveillance Network is called Echelon, and it's run by the National Security Agency and four English-speaking allies: Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand."
Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes, February 27, 2000. And nary a peep of outrage the next day.
Transcript of 60 Minutes on Echelon