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Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping

Patrick Radden Keefe investigates global electronic surveillance through the history and operations of the intelligence network known as Echelon. He follows the agencies, listening stations, political disputes, and reporting that brought the system into public view. The book asks whether collecting vast quantities of communications produces useful intelligence and examines the consequences of secrecy and surveillance for individual privacy and democratic oversight.

by Patrick Radden Keefe