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		nwh on July 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Snowden releases information about Australian Inte... No, I thought that Australia was independent enough that we wouldn't be ferrying our data to the United States. It's a reasonably enough assumption.

DanBC on July 8, 2013 [–]

People on HN have been mentioning ECHELON and five eyes. ECHELON is a system from the 90s, and involved Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, and the US.

mpyne on July 8, 2013 | [–]

Five Eyes itself dates back literally to the last World War as well.

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