Lol, we're about 30 years late. Everything, all the bits, are slurped by the NSA. ECHELON started in 1970s with the big five brothers.

Here's some fun keywords to whet your whistles if you wanna:

Camp Williams Boundless Informant ICREACH MAINWAY DCSNet BULLRUN/Edgehill - NSA breaking encryption by intentionally weakening encryption schemes and stealing master keys.