Project Echelon: Big Brother IS Watching!!!
GunnyG
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"Echelon is perhaps the most powerful intelligence
> gathering network in the
> world. But it is still very much a black box, which
> apparently operates
> without the oversight of Congress or the courts."
>
> -- Barry Steinhardt, ACLU
> Associate Director
>
> Is the secret National Security Agency, working with
> its counterpart
> agencies in England, Canada, Australia and New
> Zealand, eavesdropping on
> private communications from around the world?
> Credible reports suggest
> that
> a global electronic surveillance system -- known by
> the code name of
> "ECHELON" -- is indeed capturing satellite,
> microwave, cellular and
> fiber-optic communications worldwide.
>
> Over the past few months, the U.S. House of
> Representatives has been
> investigating ECHELON and related activities. As
> part of these
> investigations, the House Select Committee on
> Intelligence requested
> documents from the National Security Agency (NSA)
> regarding its operating
> standards for intelligence systems like ECHELON that
> may intercept
> communications of Americans. In a surprising move,
> NSA officials invoked
> attorney-client privilege and refused to disclose
> the documents. This
> action drew the ire of several members of Congress,
> including the
> committee's chairman, Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL).
>
> TAKE ACTION!
>
> Many observers are calling Congress to conduct
> further inquiries into the
> workings of this global surveillance system. You can
> read more about
> ECHELON and send a letter to Congress supporting
> further investigations
> into its activities from our action alert*:
>
> http://www.aclu.org/action/echelon106.html
>
> In addition, the ACLU has launched a special website
> detailing the
> possible
> threats of ECHELON and other research on the
> program. The website can be
> found at*:
>
> http://www.echelonwatch.org
>
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