"Globalisation has transformed our economies and our working practices. It is... A political and security phenomenon. We are all internationalists now whether we like it or not...We are witnessing the beginnings of a new doctrine of international community"

"... the international Echelon spy system, whose existence was acknowledged by officials in 2000, is capable of "hoovering up" millions of phone calls, faxes and emails a minute. The system's super-powerful voice recognition capability enables it to filter billions of international communications for whatever key words or word patterns are programmed in."