just came accross this article on eeye, thought you might find it interesting.
If you find Eeye security credible, then this quote from one of their articles says it all:
Echelon project not only monitors for the sake of government security, but sometimes will monitor for things that certain companies ask for. As the saying goes, if you have the money, anything is possible.
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Pa...S19991111.html
