Echelon Furor Ends in a Whimper: “In the end, a year of hard work boils down to this: Echelon exists and the

Europeans don’t like it, but there isn’t much they can do except wring their hands in impotent fury as the

Americans continue spying on whomever they please.” Wired [via Progressive Review] And here’s a Wired news collection, Privacy Matters.