Big Brother IS Watching, Listening and Reading EVERYTHING

Quite some time ago during a conversation with a friend we got to talking about the internet and how wonderful it was to be able to communicate so quickly. This soon lead to a lengthy chin wag about Big Brother A.K.A. Echelon.

I Googled just the word echelon. The returned result was an unbelievable 5, 690, 000. Not all are about the Big Brother Echelon, never the less I found a river of information which has been a very educational journey for me.

Did you know Echelon:

• Is the biggest global spy system?
• Is so secretive that there is no way of knowing if it is violating your privacy?
• Involves a net work between the creator, US National Security Agency (NSA), Government Communications Head Quarters of England (GCHQ), Communications Security Establishment of Canada (CSE), Australian Defence Security Directorate (DSD) and General Communications Security Bureau of New Zealand (GCSB)?
• And its existence is denied by the British and Americans?
• Could be responsible for murder?
• Is the reason YOU have no secrets?
• Has trigger words which can cause you no end of problems and it's looking like going back to using pigeons for better and more open communication?

Here are a few more places to visit and learn more about Echelon:

• http://jya.com/echelon.htm
• http://www.ncoic.com/echelon.htm
• http://www.raven1.net/echelon.htm
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/14/019r-111499-idx.html
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/14/this_is_how_we_know/
• http://mediafilter.org/caq/echelon/
• http://www.greaterthings.com/Word-Number/Organizations/Echelon/
• http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/hotdocs.htm
• http://www.hermetic.ch/crypto/echelon/echelon.htm
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/02/24/60minutes/main164651.shtml
• http://www.actionamerica.org/echelon/index.html