[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Echelon vexes German officials, international news r

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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International English-language coverage of Echelon this week:
http://www.ftmarketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC4458285-7A87-4A2F
-8DB2-066D952536BE%7D
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/internet/2001/05/item20010530101016
_1.htm http://news.ninemsn.com.au/sci_tech/story_13707.asp
http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,9890,00.html?
http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/getitem?date=30May2001&object=0529295481
&type=html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19306.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/world/newsid_654000/654394.stm

Politech archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=echelon

-Declan

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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 03:12:12 +0200
From: Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Organization: http://www.fogis.de
To: declan@well.com
CC: Steve Wright <Steve.Wright@good.co.uk>
Subject: US Army closes ECHELON Station in Germany
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Declan,

this might be of interest for Politech readers. There is rising anger
in Germany after the draft report of the Echelon committee of the
European Parliament was published. Especially the Green Party in the
German Government, but as well lots of people from other parties don´t
like the whole thing at all. On the other hand, as far as I remember,
the station to close was snooping on the U.K. since the end of the
cold war - so maybe this was meant to be nice to the Brits so they
will be nice to the U.S. and don´t give in to the demands of their
European partners, that is: Be European! No Comment so far from the
German government.

Ralf

http://www.vulcan.belvoir.army.mil/bas_to_close.asp

US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
INSCOM POC: Shirley Startzman, (703) 706-1283

Bad Aibling Station to close

FORT BELVOIR, VA. May 31, 2001 - The U.S. Forces stationed at Bad
Aibling Station (BAS), Germany, will be consolidated and realigned
according to an announcement today. The Department of Defense made the
decision at the request of the Director of the National Security
Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (NSA/CSS). Current operations
at the U.S. Government facility at Bad Aibling will cease on Sept. 30,
2002, with return of the facility to the German Government to be
completed by fiscal year 2003. The U.S. personnel currently stationed
at BAS will gradually be reassigned to other operational units. Bad
Aibling Station is an integral part of the Department of Defense
communications network and provides support to U.S. and allied
interests. There has been a U.S. presence in Bad Aibling since 1947.
The U.S. Army took command of the station in 1952. In 1971, the
station became a predominately civilian operation managed by NSA. In
1972, its name was changed to the current Bad Aibling Station. In
1994, BAS management was transferred from NSA to the U.S. Army
Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Bad Aibling Station is
located in the village of Mietraching and is approximately two miles
from the center of the town of Bad Aibling, Germany. Bad Aibling is a
Bavarian resort town located about 35 miles southeast of Munich.




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