Even the mainstream media here (Denmark) is reporting on how we are being watched. Denmark joined the Echelon project in 1947 in a direct agreement with the USA/UK like so many other "projects" such as wars, research, ect. ect. Its loosely said that the Echelon systems picks up and records over 3 billion messages in Denmark alone (meaning every action done on the information super highway) i cant remember if its per day or year. But anyhow we arent free thats for sure. The media reported further that we now have over 350.000 surveillance cameras in this little country with a population of 5,5 mill. That brings us to the secondd most surveilled country in the world only beaten by the UK.

Wanna see just how bad it is check out the map and the other infor provided on the link here.

https://www.privacyinternational.org/article/leading-surveillance-s...

INVESTIGATE ECHELON

US congressman to Ekstra Bladet: The constitutions of both the US and Denmark have come under fire.

BY: BO ELKJÆR AND KENAN SEEBERG

Washington DC - Ekstra Bladet

Bob Barr is a Republican and considers himself to be a true American. There is a replica of the Statue of Liberty as tall as a person standing in his office - right next to the Stars and Stripes. Outside the statesman-like offices, the flag of Georgia waves in the breeze - an image of the southern state he represents in the Congress. Barr is an old-fashioned conservative who believes that fair is fair and the law must be obeyed. Which explains why Echelon makes his blood boil.

"We're talking about infringement of privacy, and even of the very Constitution itself, which I fear is being heavily violated by a system like Echelon. Our administration of justice act is also endangered. Spying on American citizens across a wide front is out of line. The law simply forbids it, and I'm afraid that that is exactly what is happening."

FORMER CIA AGENT

Echelon is an American based system. How do you feel about the fact that the USA spies on its allies and their citizens?

"I don't like it. And it is also out of line to use these systems to evade the law. We suspect that the involved countries are gathering information about other countries after which they exchange this collected information. It's nothing but a way to evade the law."

Bob Barr knows something about the work of the secret agencies, since the congressman is himself a former CIA agent. In his own words, he mainly worked on legal issues. The CIA is one of the intelligence agencies that cooperates closely with the NSA in areas like Echelon.

"We simply must find out what the NSA is doing with these global surveillance systems. Whether it takes open or closed hearings or in the way in which the NSA prepares some of its reports. But as a representative of the people, we politicians must be able to assure the people that all these initiatives are obeying the law. And I really hope that the NSA will not exploit American law to keep silent."

"The population has a right to know what is going on, particularly when we have a powerful suspicion that monitoring is not only directed at specific targets, but also at common citizens, companies and so on."

Isn't it reasonable for an intelligence agency to keep these things secret?

"Yes, of course. They can't reveal everything. And we must make sure, especially in the field of conventional surveillance, that they can carry out their work satisfactorily. But we must also keep an eye on them. Ever since the Watergate Scandal, we have kept a closer eye on the intelligence agencies, and this has actually functioned quite well. But we haven't been told anything about the case you are working on. Therefore, we need to be fully informed."