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ECHELON
ONLINE SURVEILLENCE
ECHELON intercept station at Menwith Hill, England.

Rumors have abounded for several years of a massive system designed to intercept virtually all email and fax traffic in the world and subject it to automated analysis, despite laws in many nations (including this one) barring such activity. The laws were circumvented by a mutual pact among [...]