ECHELON (Earth-8765)

ECHELON, also known as Five Eyes (FVEY) is a surveillance program operated by the United States with the aid of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Overview
Under the control of the National Security Agency (NSA), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), ECHELON's task is the interception and inspection of content such as telephone calls, fax, email, and other data of global traffic through the use of communication bearers, such as satellite transmission, public switched telephone networks and microwave links, making them being virtually everywhere at any given time.

History
In 2007, Simon Ross, a reporter of The Guardian, asked about BLACKBRIAR Project over his unsecured cell phone, leading the BLACKBRIAR code to be flagged by ECHELON's system and then relayed to Noah Vosen and his team in New York City.