The linked article only provides the highlights. A more in-depth article is here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/aug/01/gchq-spy-agency-nsa

The linked article only provides the highlights. A more in-depth article is here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/aug/01/gchq-spy-agency-nsa-edward-snowden#part-one http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/aug/01/gch... As well as discussing the funding and various projects in more detail, it also sheds some light on what life is like for the rank-and-file. It is a world of decoding and cake sales, programming and pub quizzes. Nobody at Cheltenham is particularly well paid, compared to the private sector at least – a junior analyst might earn £25,000. "We can offer a fantastic mission but we can’t compete with [private sector] salaries," one briefing note lamented. There are protocols on the clearing of desks at the end of the day, with particularly sensitive documents being locked in special cupboards, the keys to which are then stored in other reinforced –lockers which can only be opened by following a set of complex instructions.