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Echelon fears could force new laws for America
News As more information surfaces about Echelon, a secret US program to extensively monitor foreign communications, policy analysts and legislators have become increasingly worried that such operations have been frequently used to place Americans under...
[June 29, 2000, 11:08]
Echelon: Is anyone bothered?
News Like France, Germany is concerned that Echelon bases are being used to monitor her business dealings. ZDNet: Various enquiries about Echelon have been made within the Bundestag (German Parliament). ZDNet: The Echelon worldwide surveillance system...
[June 30, 2000, 15:25]
Echelon: The evidence
News But in a legal case that will reach the courts sometime after the judiciary holidays in September, French companies and nationals will accuse America's National Security Agency (NSA) of using Echelon to unfairly win business deals for American...
[June 29, 2000, 11:10]
Echelon: Europe quietly strengthens surveillance
News Last February, he joined a panel of experts and contributed to an organised public hearing about the Echelon dossier in front of the European Parliament. At a time when revelations regarding Echelon can't help but shed light on the risks of...
[June 29, 2000, 11:10]
Echelon: The French fight back
News A legal battle that threatens to blow the lid on the covert surveillance network Echelon will reach the courts by autumn according to the lawyer leading the assault on America's National Security Agency (NSA).
[June 29, 2000, 11:13]
Echelon: Proof of its existence
News Proof that the Echelon system was still operating was found in US government documents in 1998 and 1999. US intelligence specialist Dr Jeff Richelson, of the National Security Archive, Washington DC, used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a...
[June 29, 2000, 11:07]
Echelon: Surveillance techniques
News ZDNet:How long have you known about Echelon? What reasons lie behind the secrecy surrounding Echelon? What kind of costs are associated with Echelon's activities? Go to the TalkBack forum to tell us what you know and think about Echelon.
[June 30, 2000, 10:30]
Echelon: Government spying breeds business distrust
News European computer security experts disclose that, just as more concrete information about the activities of satellite spying system Echelon begins to emerge with reports to the European Union, businesses outside Britain are asking for increased...
[June 30, 2000, 10:38]
Echelon: World under watch, an introduction
News Echelon intercepts and processes international communications via passing communications satellites. The world's Echelon sites The Echelon network was developed in the late 1960s. Go to the TalkBack forum to tell us what you know and think about...
[June 29, 2000, 10:40]
Echelon Instant Action patch (non-Pentium, non-AMD)
Downloads This patch for Echelon is for any non-Pentium or non-AMD computers. It fixes the Instant Action bug.
[October 23, 2003, 15:00]
Thatcher ordered Echelon surveillance when PM
News It is reported a Canadian agent spied on at least two cabinet ministers using the Echelon surveillance network during Margaret Thatcher's premiership, according to revelations on US TV this week. The allegation comes in the same week that a...
[February 25, 2000, 10:07]
Frenchelon - France has nothing to envy in Echelon
News France has its very own Echelon, located within the Paris region and equipped with semantic analysis engines that sort out the information". This is what a DST (French equivalent of MI6) officer told journalists in 1998 following the first...
[June 30, 2000, 9:30]
Echelon: Sigint under the spotlight
News Proof that Echelon exists: According to the station's history, an "Echelon training department" was established in 1990. Since then, Echelon has come under the international spotlight. Echelon was first revealed in 1988.
[June 30, 2000, 9:35]
Echelon: How it works
News They are, however, detectable from space, and Echelon makes use of a wide variety of monitoring satellites -- you'll see references to such names as Ferret, Trumpet, Vortex and so on, but these aren't the names by which they're currently known.
[June 29, 2000, 11:09]
Europe weighs Echelon threat
News The European Parliament is evaluating the possible dangers of Echelon, a rumoured US-sponsored global surveillance network, according to a report from ZDNet France. Seven French deputies are reportedly on a fact-finding mission about Echelon, which...
[March 23, 2000, 15:15]
Jam Echelon Day a 'rousing' success, says organiser
News An international day of protest designed to jam the US-led communications spy system Echelon was a "rousing" success according to its organisers, who claim that the cyber-demonstration helped to raise public awareness about the surveillance system.
[October 24, 2001, 17:15]
How to spot Echelon listening stations
News In its draft report into the Echelon communications interception network, the European Parliament provided a guide to identifying Echelon listening stations. Most Echelon stations are, according to rapporteur Gerhard Schmid, operated by the US...
[May 29, 2001, 16:12]
European Parliament urges open source protection against Echelon
News The European Parliament is suggesting that individuals and business routinely encrypt all emails to help protect them from eavesdropping by Echelon, the communications spy network. In its draft report into Echelon, the European Parliament says that...
[May 24, 2001, 20:20]
Privacy activists blast Echelon
News Echelon, the international spy network allegedly set up to listen in on civilians' electronic communications, will get some of its most public exposure to date this weekend, when a prominent US civil rights group runs a full-page advertisement in...
[April 12, 2001, 14:44]
A Year Ago: Europe weighs Echelon threat
News The European Parliament is evaluating the possible dangers of Echelon, a rumoured US-sponsored global surveillance network, according to a report from ZDNet France. Seven French deputies are reportedly on a fact-finding mission about Echelon, which...
[March 23, 2001, 6:01]
