U.S bemoans spies, uses Echelon to Corporate Spy

The Russians Are Coming

The FBI is concerned about Moscow's growing number of spies. What secrets are they looking for?

By TIMOTHY J. BURGER AND BRIAN BENNETT

Time Magazine Jan 05

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These countries are only responding to the U.S Economic spy network, I should add.

The Echelon system is known in the spy world as a tool for the U.S. government to be able to undermine global economic rivals by using the sophisticated code-breaking, network snooping and interception. And then passing on the secrets to U.S. corporations. They may also use it to track terrorists, when they have spare time.

Echelon info bbc.com