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