Echelon- U.S Spy network

             Thesis Statement: Credible reports suggest that the United States is part of a massive global electronic surveillance system known as Echelon.
             Introduction: Many of us believe that we live in a country that allows us our right to privacy.
             A. 5 nations are involved in intercepting communications around the globe.
             1. The 5 nations are Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and chiefly the United States, (U.S.).
             2. Echelon is top secret and its existence has never been admitted by the U.S
             1. E-Mails, Phone calls and faxes are intercepted and scanned by super computers and sifted for specific intelligence.
             2. Echelon can also hack into computers and the files of any computer linked to a communication device such as the internet
             3. The U.S. can use this system to target organizations and individuals for political or economical gain.
             A. There are networks of satellite that are stealing information and sending it down to information scanning stations spread over the 5 nations.
             1. The Supercomputers scan through the data looking for key words that raise security flags in the system.
             2. The computers then distribute the pertinent intelligence to the different agencies of government.
             B. The main agency in charge is the National Security Administration, (N.S.A.), of the U.S.
             1. The N.S.A. is supposed to use the information to guard our country against terrorism or other types of threats against the nation.
             2. The N.S.A operates without the oversight of congress or the courts.
             III. Allegations have surfaced about the misuse of this system.
             A. Former employees associated with the system have now come forward and cited that it was used for purposes not connected with national security.
             1. An officer with the joint intelligence committee resigned his position after claiming he was put in charge of monitoring foreign companies for economic gain
             2. The former head of the Central Intelligence Agency said the...

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