A federal judge has dismissed Jewel v. NSA, a case from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on behalf of AT&T customers challenging the National Security Agency's mass surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans' phone calls and emails.

"This ruling robs innocent telecom customers of their privacy rights without due process of law. Setting limits on Executive power is one of the most important elements of America's system of government
, and judicial oversight is a critical part of ...
This is not a good sign. Echelon monitors millions of non americans by the way, in Europe too.

It's above top secret, the only people who've ever officially recognized it is the Australian senate, I believe.(someone may want to correct me there).

EFF Plans Appeal of Jewel v. NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Case | Electronic Frontier Foundation