Echelon fact or fiction.

The NSA has a global spy system called Echelon. I think that the know how and hardware is there for it. The only question is money. The question I have is why is congress upset with Bush over NSA wire-tap's. Most members of congress should know about Echelon and that It has been around since 1945. I think that if you believe in Echelon then the cries against NSA wire-tapping is just politics. I think that Echelon is a fact and that it is a well known secret in Washington!