[AnAmericanAbroad]

I’m of the opinion that what Snowden is talking about is actually the continuation of ECHELON.

ECHELON is an old Cold War project, and once things like that get started, they tend to have an inertia of their own - they never really shut down, they just change the name as needed.

[Grampa Dave]

‘I’m of the opinion that what Snowden is talking about is actually the continuation of ECHELON.

ECHELON is an old Cold War project, and once things like that get started, they tend to have an inertia of their own - they never really shut down, they just change the name as needed.’

You may be correct. Which is why I posted this:

“Echelon was started during the Truman years and has probably evolved to what we are seeing and hearing.”

[usconservative]

I’m of the opinion that what Snowden is talking about is actually the continuation of ECHELON.

That's been my opinion as well (as I've expressed in my posts on this topic) and I believe several other Freepers have come around to that line of thinking as well.