For decades it was called a conspiracy. Governments denied it's existence. A global surveillance program by the 5 eyes? Edward Snowden blew the doors open on it's reality but several before him worked diligently to expose it. It has led us right to where we are now with mass surveillance. It's not a conspiracy anymore!
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Show Notes:
https://www.giac.org/paper/gsec/2277/history-players-stakes-echelon-monitoring-technologies-global-surveillance/103924
https://theintercept.com/2015/08/03/life-unmasking-british-eavesdroppers/
https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/03/uncovering-echelon-the-top-secret-nsa-program-that-has-been-watching-you-your-entire-life/
https://cryptome.org/jya/echelon-dc.htm
https://theintercept.com/2015/08/03/17-years-reporter-exposed-echelon-finds-vindication-snowden-archive/
https://irp.fas.org/program/process/rapport_echelon_en.pdf
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/nothing-to-see-here-canada-says-of-five-eyes-alliance-despite-absence-from-sub-deal-1.5588072
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2189964-sid-article-nsa.html