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An eavesdropping network led by the United States spans the planet. The system, known as Echelon, allows the US and its allies to intercept the private phone calls and e-mails of civilians and governments around the world. We start out at Menwith Hill in England's Yorkshire moors, a secret eavesdropping station covered in mysterious, gargantuan golf balls; the narrative then moves quickly to other spy stations, traveling all the way to the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. As Keefe chases down the truth of contemporary surveillance by intelligence agencies, he unearths reams of little-known information and takes us on a journey through a bizarre and shadowy world.