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[FYI] ECHELON = UKUSACH?



[Ob man Schmidt-Enboom hier trauen kann? Er ist ja als Verfasser 
eines BND-Buches bekannt. Ob es serioeser als U.U. ist, weiss ich 
nicht --AHH]

http://jya.com/ch-echelon.htm

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9 February 1999. Thanks to TAP.
Source: http://www.sonntagszeitung.ch/sz05/s7-1848.HTM 

English translation by Babelfish/JYA. Original German follows. 



SonntagsZeitung, 8 February 1999 

Swiss intelligence service denies participation in US espionage
project 

BERNE - Secret service experts assume that Switzerland with its
satellite reconnaissance system will participate in the global US
monitor Echelon. Berne denies it categorically. 

For German secret service expert Erich Schmidt Eenboom it is clear:
"With this system Switzerland commits itself to Echelon." Echelon is
an espionage project of the USA, a part of its presumed annual budget
of 26 billion dollar. With eavesdropping stations around the world,
similarly the superpower as well as allies plan an increase of
satellite-based communication monitors in Switzerland. 

[...]

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