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The Listening
In ascolto
2006 · Film · 105 min
Directed by Giacomo Martelli
Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
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An interesting movie on the topic, filmed before everything blew up, The Listening (2006) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Listening_(film)
A 2006 Italian movie, "In ascolto" ( The Listening ) [1] [2] [3] presents a much more realistic plot.
[1] The Listening (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Listening_(film)
[2] NYT Review
http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/351999/The-Listening/overview
[3] Trailer - The Listening (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlVK906Xzr8
I know it's only movies and TV but these were still interesting to watch on all things data retention and surveillance state and are related to the topic:
The Listening - 2006 (specifically on Echelon) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427461/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlVK906Xzr8
The Conversation (1974) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrhRsZ56b4g
The Lives of Others (2006) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others
Spying on the Home Front (PBS, 2007) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/
The Enemy Within (PBS, 2006) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/enemywithin/
The Wire, Season 1 (HBO, 2002) Brazil (1985) Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)