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FYI

eine interessante Meldung über ECHELON aus 
Erich Möchels Quintessenz.

Gruss

Rigo


q/depesche wrote:
> 
> q/depesche 98.10.1/2
> updating   98.9.30/1
> 
> Up/date: Wired ueber Echelon
> 
> In der  EU-Kommission steht im Oktober eine neue
> Untersuchung über das globale Abhörsystem an, die
> Republikaner werden es zur gleichen Zeit im US-Kongress zur
> Sprache bringen. Auch wenn die Echelon/betreiber
> US/UK/AU/NZ/ sämtliche Anfragen grundsätzlich ignorieren,
> steht nach zahlreichen Berichten in angesehenen Medien wie
> der NY-Times der letzten Zeit fest, dass Echelon ganz in den
> Bereich "Science" & gar nicht unter "Fiction" einzuordnen
> ist.
> 
> DISCLAIMER: Die Berichterstattung der q/depesche zum Komplex
> Echelon beruht zu einem guten Teil auf Sachkenntnis &
> Recherchearbeit von Kid Moechel, der bereits in den frühen
> 90er Jahren über Echelon publiziert hat.
> Kid M. ist u.a. Autor des Sachbuchs "Der geheime Krieg der
> Agenten" (Hamburg 1997).
> 
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> by Niall McKay, niall@wired.com
> If the European Parliament has its way, the lid is about to
> come off what is reputedly one of the most powerful,
> secretive, and extensive spy networks in history -- if, in
> fact, it really exists.
> 
> In October, Europe's governing body will commission a full
> report into the workings of Echelon, a global network of
> highly sensitive listening posts operated in part by
> America's most clandestine intelligence organization, the
> National Security Agency [ http://www.nsa.gov:8080/ ].
> 
> "Frankly, the only people who have any doubt about the
> existence of Echelon are in the United States," said Glyn
> Ford [ http://www.glynford.com/ ], a British member of the
> European Parliament and a director of Scientific and
> Technical Options Assessment, or STOA
> http://www.europarl.eu.int/dg4/stoa/en/default.htm ], a
> technology advisory committee to the parliament.
> 
> Echelon is reportedly able to intercept, record, and
> translate any electronic communication -- telephone, data,
> cellular, fax, email, telex -- sent anywhere in the world.
> The parliamentary report will focus on concerns that the
> system has expanded and is now zeroed in on the secrets of
> European companies and elected officials.
> 
> The parliament is alarmed at reports of Echelon's impressive
> capabilities, and during a debate on 19 September the
> European Union called for  accountability
> 
> http://www.europarl.eu.int/dg3/sdp/pointses/en/p980914s.htm#6
> ...
> Across the Atlantic, Patrick Poole, deputy director for the
> Free Congress Foundation, a conservative Washington think
> tank, is preparing a report on Echelon to present to
> Republican members of Congress. "I believe it's time we
> start to bring this matter to our elected officials," he
> said.
> ...
> Over the years, enough information has leaked to suggest
> that the spy network is more than science fiction. Echelon
> came to the attention of the EU Parliament following a
> report commissioned by STOA last year.
> ...
> According to the STOA report and stories in The New York
> Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Guardian, Echelon
> consists of a network of listening posts, antenna fields,
> and radar stations. The system is backed by computers that
> use language translation, speech recognition, and keyword
> searching to automatically sift through telephone, email,
> fax, and telex traffic.
> 
> The system is principally operated by the NSA and the GCHQ,
> but reportedly also relies on cooperation with "signals
> intelligence" operations in other countries, including the
> Communications Security Establishment of Canada
> http://www.cse.dnd.ca/ ], Australia's Defense Signals
> Directorate, and New Zealand's Government Communications
> Security Bureau.
> ...
> Each agency reportedly maintains a glossary of keywords. If
> Echelon intercepts a transmission containing a word or
> phrase contained in the glossary -- bomb, for example -- the
> full conversation, email, or fax is recorded and shared
> among the agencies.
> 
> "Echelon intercepts Internet traffic at the transport layer,
> such as the TCP/IP layer, so the system doesn't care too
> much what it is or where it came from," said Pike. "For
> analog traffic, such as telephone conversations, it uses
> automatic voice-recognition technology to scan the
> conversations."
> ...
> A 1993 BBC documentary about NSA's Menwith Hill facility in
> England revealed that peace protestors had broken into the
> installation and stolen part of this glossary, known as "the
> Dictionary." The documentary alleged that Menwith Hill -- a
> sprawling installation covering 560 acres and employing more
> than 1,200 people -- was Echelon's nerve center.
> 
> Further evidence emerged last year, when British Telecom
> told a court that it provides high-bandwidth
> telecommunications into the Menwith Hill facility and from
> the facility to the United States, using a transatlantic
> fiber-optic network.
> 
> full story
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/15295.
> html
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