That being said, UK/Canada/Aus/NZ are part of Echelon, no? so information could flow both ways. Of note - how the NSA spies on the Americans it's not supposed

That being said, UK/Canada/Aus/NZ are part of Echelon, no? so information could flow both ways. Of note - how the NSA spies on the Americans it's not supposed to: send the relevant info to UK/Aus/NZ/Canadian SIGINT assets and have them do it...