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Echelon: Proof of its existence

...for revealing detailed information about high bandwidth cables that were fitted at Menwith Hill, the UKUSA alliance monitoring base in Yorkshire. BT admitted it had... Read more

29 June, 2000 by Duncan Campbell and Richard Barry

News Burst: NSA reveals digital phone tap system

...out of two military bases in Europe: Bad Ailing in Germany and Menwith Hill in the UK. Full story to follow Read more

15 November, 1999 by Will Knight

Echelon: How it works

How does the covert arm of the intelligence services work? How does Echelon listen to and see what its targets are doing? Read more

29 June, 2000 by Rupert Goodwins

Echelon fears could force new laws for America

Concerns that US intelligence agencies spy on ordinary American citizens could cause Nixon-era protections to be strengthened for the Internet age Read more

29 June, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...but it's not clear how good Ofcom's connections are with Menwith Hill. I can foresee a return to the days of funkspiel, the... Read more

8 April, 2004

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...but it's not clear how good Ofcom's connections are with Menwith Hill. I can foresee a return to the days of funkspiel, the... Read more

8 April, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

How to spot Echelon listening stations

...behalf of the British GCHQ intelligence service. One such installation is RAF Menwith Hill, which is owned by the UK Ministry of Defence, and made... Read more

29 May, 2001 by Matt Loney

European Parliament urges open source protection against Echelon

A major investigation into the communications spy network says European business and individuals should encrypt all emails - and open source software could hold the key. Read more

24 May, 2001 by Matt Loney

Echelon: The French fight back

French companies and individuals take their grievances to court, as Americans try to justify covert surveillance activities as a necessary protective measure against European commercial bribery habits Read more

29 June, 2000 by Richard Barry

Echelon: The evidence

We are in danger of sleep walking into a state of being permanently watched -- from CCTV in every high street, to email intercepts. At the top of the surveillance food chain is Echelon. ZDNet has been watching the watchers Read more

29 June, 2000 by Richard Barry

Echelon: World under watch, an introduction

Investigative journalist, Duncan Campbell, first brought attention to Echelon through a Dispatches documentary on Channel 4. Here he introduces a major ZDNet investigation into the new, automated, desktop snooping Read more

29 June, 2000 by Duncan Campbell

NSA patent reveals global monitoring technology

...out of two military bases in Europe; Bad Ailing in Germany and Menwith Hill in the UK. Patent number 5,937,422 describes the NSA... Read more

16 November, 1999 by Will Knight

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...in Maryland [the headquarters of the NSA] via the crucial hub of Menwith Hill in the North Yorkshire moors of the United Kingdom.".And that... Read more

6 June, 1998

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...in Maryland [the headquarters of the NSA] via the crucial hub of Menwith Hill in the North Yorkshire moors of the United Kingdom.".And that... Read more

6 June, 1998 by Rupert Goodwins

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BrownieBoy

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