CSE is the Canadian contact for a much wider system of spy network called UKUSA. America's most powerful, but less well known, spy agency, NSA (National Security Agency) runs this network. Also called Echelon, it is a weapon from the days of cold war now redirected towards other targets such as Greenpeace etc. If anyone wants to read a real nice article on this network, hop on to this URL: This article is from the New York based newspaper Village Voice. Amandeep