Rep. Bob Barr, the reactionary Congressman from Georgia, John Birch
Society poster boy, ex-CIA analyst, is gonna have a hearing on Echelon!?
I also see that, there is a project, part of the Free Congress Foundation
of Christian far right loon, Paul Weyrich, who has links to the fascist,
Tradition, Family and Property group that had a role in overthrowing Allende
(cf. The Battle Of Chile), has issud a report on Echelon, and is in
coalition with the Washington, D.C. office of the ACLU, on anti-Echelon
organizing. To oppose echelon, is all to the good, but with allies like
these?!
Michael Pugliese
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From: Bob Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 2:09 PM
Subject: Echelon info on-line
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> Echelon is an international system, led by US intelligence,
> to monitor world-wide telephone, fax, email and electronic
> communications. Here is where you can get more info......
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> http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.html
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> Echelonwatch Highlights
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> Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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> From around the world:
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> The European Parliament held hearings on ECHELON the week of
> February 22, 2000.
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> * For more on this event, click here.
> * A report on ECHELON was presented at this meeting, entitled
> "Intelligence Capabilities 2000". This report was written by Duncan
> Campbell, and is one of a series of reports on the "Development of
> surveillance technology and risk of abuse of economic information".
> o HTML format
> o PDF format
> * For press coverage of this event as well as other developments, click
> here.
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> An uproar in France has arisen over ECHELON. To read more about the
> controversy, click here.
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> European Parliament "An Appraisal of Technologies of Political
> Control" Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA)
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> From the United States:
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> The U.S. government has issued a report detailing the "Legal
> Standards for the Intelligence Community in Conducting Electronic
> Surveillance". To read this report, click here.
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> The television news magazine 60 Minutes aired a segment about
> ECHELON on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000. For more information, click here.
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> The U.S. House Government Reform and Oversight Committee will soon
> hold hearings on Echelon.
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> * The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has issued a letter calling
> for further Congressional inquiries into the workings of this global
> surveillance system. To read this letter, click here.
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> * To see a press release on this subject from Representative Bob Barr,
> click here.
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> * Take Action! Urge your member of Congress to investigate Echelon.
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> To see Rep. Barr's remarks about this website, click here.
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> Bob Olsen, Toronto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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