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10 July 2000. Thanks to CM.
Revealed: 30 more nations with spy stations
By Duncan Campbell and Paul Lashmar
The Independent
9 July 2000
Members of the top-level European inquiry into Britain's electronic spying activities will soon have to investigate themselves. The Independent on Sunday has uncovered evidence showing the world is covered with illegal listening stations, many of them maintained by Britain's European trade partners.
The United States and Britain have been roundly attacked for their joint global spy system Echelon which, intelligence experts say, has been used to intercept satellite phone calls and e-mails to obtain commercial as well as military secrets. Last week the European Parliament voted to appoint a 36-man commission to investigate Echelon.
But an investigation by the IoS reveals at least 30 other nations are running their own eavesdropping systems capable of commercial espionage, including many of the countries quickest to question Britain's loyalty.
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