-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:55:03 -0500 From: Brenda C. Jinkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OT: Just for Fun [Send with some of the key words spaced out like below, and don't use too many and don't bunch them up. What I did was cut and paste the original message and intersperse with other sentences containing a few of the words.] Ring their chimes.... <G> ==================================================== So what about the militia threat that the FBI is worried about? About 1/2 the militia is FBI already. If the suspicions of Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.), the American Civil Liberties Union and cyber-libertarian "hacktivists" are correct, your fax or e-mail containing those words will have been intercepted by a sophisticated official electronic monitoring system called "Echelon." Echelon is a supersecret global surveillance network, run by the U.S. National Security Agency, in conjunction with the governments of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Echelon is said to intercept and sift through countless electronic transmissions daily, filtering out those with particular "keywords" that could signal a security threat. The purloined posts are later analyzed. If Delta Force really was at Waco and firing at the Davidians, how will we ever know? The public will never know if they succeed, but crashing Echelon is not really the point. The protest is meant to raise public awareness about the threat to privacy and civil liberties purportedly posed by the security network, which sounds like something out of the movie "Enemy of the State." Although the NSA will neither confirm nor deny Echelon's existence, too much information has leaked out (through official statements and partially declassified government documents) or has been uncovered by journalists and investigators to allow for plausible deniability. The thing is--Waco is like Ruby Ridge, the cover-up is huge. "My concern is that they are sweeping far too broadly," Barr tells me. "I believe that the rights of American citizens are being infringed. "The danger is that we have no privacy whatsoever. Whenever you pick up an instrument of communication, you run the risk of the government listening in to you." That claim is too far out for Steve Aftergood, who runs the Federation of American Scientists' government-secrecy research project. However overblown he considers the claims of Echelon alarmists, Aftergood supports Barr's call for hearings to establish oversight. And I would suspect the secret FBI teams (if there are any) in any outbreak of anthrax. ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om