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The report (Echelon) is available at:
http://www.cyber-rights.org/interception/stoa/ic2kreport.htm
Mervin
Gwenael Gautier wrote:
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> Correct indeed. Amazing what friends can do to each other. This is also
> used to monitor European businesses. Ever wondered why some
> transantlantic deals blowed up for no reason???
> But poor guys. They must also read all our shit... billions of it.
> What is to be done? Keep talking out loud, and open our mouth to say
> things out loud, especially those that go against official truth...
> Nobody can stop free minds. They are the ones living in their own
> prisons.
>
> Gwenn
>
> James Taylor wrote:
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> > On Sunday February 27, 2000 CBS 60 Minutes aired a segment detailing
> > the NSA (National Security Agency's highly secret intelligence
> > gathering system, Echelon (code word for an automated global
> > interception and relay system). The system was shown to be able to
> > scan a large portion of telephone conversations and is believed to
> > intercept over 90% of all internet e-mail transmissions. Read About
> > How Your Privacy is Being Unknowlingly Violated Each and Every
> > Dayhttp://www.time.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,27293,00.htmlhttp://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.htmlhttp://jya.com/crypto.htmhttp://jya.com/nsa-elint.htm When
> > the NSA (who has come under increased government scrutiny over its
> > invasive practices) learned that 60 Minutes would air the program,
> > they submitted the following letter to
> > Congress:http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2000/02/nsalet.html In the
> > letter, the NSA states that they would be happy to help quell the
> > fears of US citizens that their privacy is violated by offering to
> > send them detailed information on NSA actions in accordance with the
> > Freedom of Information Act. A highly knowledgable citizen followed the
> > legal procedures to acquire these details.The run-around and denial of
> > that information is contained in this
> > link.http://jya.com/nsa-foia-req.htm#appeal Be aware.
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