> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,496820,00.html
> Stuart Millar, Richard Norton-Taylor and Ian Black
> Saturday May 26, 2001
> The Guardian
>
> MEPs confirm eavesdropping by Echelon electronic network.
>
> For years it has been the subject of bitter controversy, its
existence
> repeatedly claimed but never officially acknowledged. At last, the
> leaked draft of a report to be published next week by the European
> parliament removes any lingering doubt: Echelon, a shadowy, US-led
> worldwide electronic spying network, is a reality.
>
> Echelon is part of an Anglo-Saxon club set up by secret treaty in
> 1947, whereby the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand,
divided
> the world between them to share the product of global eavesdropping.
> Agencies from the five countries exchange intercepts using
> supercomputers to identify key words.
>
> The intercepts are picked up by ground stations, including the US
base
> at Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire, and GCHQ's listening post at
> Morwenstow in Cornwall.
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Looks like the EU gave the Federation of American Scientists a
preliminary copy...
< http://fas.org/irp/program/process/europarl_draft.pdf >
Ian