Photo: RAF Menwith Hill, a large site in the United Kingdom, supposedly part of ECHELON and the UK-USA Security Agreement. Photo from AnswersDetails Of Secret US-UK 'Spying Pact' Released -- BBC
A previously top secret intelligence-sharing agreement between Britain and America is being released to the public for the first time.
Until a few years ago, even the existence of the agreement was not acknowledged by the two governments.
Signed in 1946, it remains the basis for the sharing of intercepted communications between the countries.
Some of the material shared on the Soviet Union in the 1940s is also being released by the National Archives.
Read more ....
My Comment: I suspect the agreement has evolved from listening to the former Soviet Union .... to now listening to what the rest of the world is saying.