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− | * Echelon has | + | * Echelon has been used as the name of a worldwide COMINT computer network used by the [[NSA]] |
+ | * Echelon has been called "Project 415" by Lockheed Space and Missiles Corporation who installed / operated parts of the system | ||
+ | * The stations are run and operated mostly by US INSCOM but also by the partners of the [[UKUSA Agreement]] | ||
= Stations = | = Stations = | ||
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− | |Name||Location||Status||Coverage and Capabilities | + | |Name||Location||Operator||Status||Coverage and Capabilities |
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− | |[[MENWITH HILL STATION|Menwith Hill]]||Menwith Hill ([[GB]])||Active|| | + | |[[MENWITH HILL STATION|Menwith Hill]]||Menwith Hill, Yorkshire ([[GB|UK]])||Royal Airforce (RAF) [[GB]]||Active||SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception |
|- | |- | ||
− | |[[BAD AIBLING STATION|Bad Aibling]]||Bad Aibling ([[DE]])||Active|| | + | |[[BAD AIBLING STATION|Bad Aibling]]||Bad Aibling ([[DE]])||US INSCOM ([[US]])||Active||SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[DARMSTADT GRIESHEIM STATION|Darmstadt Griesheim]]||Darmstadt ([[DE]])||US INSCOM ([[US]])||Active|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | |[[ | + | |[[TEUFELSBERG STATION|Field Station Berlin Teufelsberg]]||Berlin ([[DE]])||US INSCOM ([[US]])||Closed||- |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[MISAWA AIR BASE STATION|Misawa Air Base]]||Misawa ([[JP]])||PACAF ([[US]])||Active|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | |Pine Gap||Pine Gap ([[AU]])||Active|| | + | |[[ACROTIRI STATION|Acrotiri]]||Acrotiri ([[CY]])||Royal Airforce (RAF) ([[GB|UK]])||Active|| |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Guantánamo Bay||Guantanamo Bay ([[CU]])|| ||Active|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Pine Gap (AU)]]||Pine Gap ([[AU]])|| ||Active||SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception | ||
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− | |Codename||Usage Period|| | + | |Codename||Usage Period||Description||Previous Codename used||Successor Codename used |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[ECHELON]]|| ||Network of SIGINT Capabilities||[[PROJECT415]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[CHALET]]||10.07.1978 - 29.06.1979 || SIGINT Satellite Type || - ||[[VORTEX]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[VORTEX]]|| 30.06.1979 - || SIGINT Satellite Type|| [[CHALET]]||[[MERCURY]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[MERCURY]]||-1987|| SIGINT Satellite Type ||[[VORTEX]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |[[ | + | |[[MOONPENNY]]|| ||satellite communications monitoring|| - ||[[SPRINKLER]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[SPRINKLER]]|| ||collection processing (CP)||[[MOONPENNY]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | |RUNWAY|| || || || | + | |[[RUNWAY]]|| ||control network for [[VORTEX]]|| || |
|- | |- | ||
− | |SILKWORTH|| ||Ground Processing | + | |[[SILKWORTH]]|| ||Ground Collection & Processing System @[[MENWITH HILL STATION]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[SIRE]]|| ||Processing system|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[RHYOLITE]]|| || || || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[STEEPLEBUSH]]||since 1984||Control Center @[[MENWITH HILL STATION]]|| || |
|- | |- | ||
− | |ARGUS|| || || || | + | |[[STEEPLEBUSH II]]||since 1993||Control Center @[[MENWITH HILL STATION]]|| || |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[ARGUS]]|| || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[SIRE]]|| || || || | ||
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* 28.09.2001: [http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/brd/2001/D801+01.pdf Bundesrat Drucksache 801/01 vom 28.09.2001 - Unterrichtung durch das Europäische Parlament: Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu der Existenz eines globalen Abhörsystems für private und wirtschaftliche Kommunikation (Abhörsystem Echelon)] | * 28.09.2001: [http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/brd/2001/D801+01.pdf Bundesrat Drucksache 801/01 vom 28.09.2001 - Unterrichtung durch das Europäische Parlament: Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu der Existenz eines globalen Abhörsystems für private und wirtschaftliche Kommunikation (Abhörsystem Echelon)] | ||
− | == | + | == European Parliaments Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System == |
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− | = Articles | + | = Articles = |
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+ | == 201X == | ||
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|Date||Source||Titel||Tags | |Date||Source||Titel||Tags | ||
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− | |01. | + | |20150803||firstlook.org/theintercept||[https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/03/life-unmasking-british-eavesdroppers/ GCHQ and me: My Life unmasking British Eavesdroppers]||[[GCHQ]] / [[ECHELON]] |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20130718||globalresearch.ca||[http://www.globalresearch.ca/documents-show-undersea-cable-firms-provide-surveillance-access-to-us-secret-state/5343173 Documents Show Undersea Cable Firms Provide Surveillance Access to US Secret State]||[[TELSTRA]] / [[PCCW]] / [[ECHELON]] / [[IVY BELLS]] / [[AT&T]] / [[NSA]] / [[XKEYSCORE]] / [[NUCLEON]] / [[PINWALE]] / [[MAINWAY]] / [[MARINA]] / [[LEVEL 3]] / [[TEMPORA]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20130629||privacysurgeon.org||[http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/former-nsa-contractor-warns-of-murky-interception-arrangements/ Former NSA contractor warns of “murky” interception arrangements]||[[NSA]] / [[DE]] / [[FI]] / [[GB]] / [[DK]] / [[NL]] / [[FR]] / [[ES]] / [[IT]] / [[US]] / [[CA]] / [[AU]] / [[NZ]] / [[ECHELON]] / [[BND]] / [[CESID]] / [[OPERATION DELIKATESSE]] / [[TR]] / [[MIT]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |01.03.2012||guardian.co.uk||[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/01/menwith-hill-eavesdropping-base-expansion Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion]||[[GB]] [[ECHELON]] / [[MENWITH HILL STATION]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 200X == | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Date||Source||Title||Tags | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |21.12.2005||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/sigint-hr-dc.htm Signals intelligence and human rights: the ECHELON report]||[[NSA]] / [[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20040322||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/17/17024/1.html Bleibt das Echelon-Lauschsystem Deutschland erhalten?]||[[ECHELON]] / [[Bad Aibling Station (DE)]] / [[INSCOM Griesheim (DE)]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2002||Daniel S. Poole||[http://gapsworld.com/Documents/Echelon%20-%20America's%20Secret%20Global%20Surveillance%20Network.pdf Free Congress Report: ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20011026||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/9/9937/1.html Lauschposten in Bad Aibling bleibt bestehen]||[[Bad Aibling Station (DE)]] / [[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20010905||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/9/9472/1.html Europa-Parlament verabschiedet Echelon-Bericht - USA verfolgen neue Geheimdienstpolitik]||[[ECHELON]] / [[US]] / [[EU]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20010628||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/7/7980/1.html Mit Echelon gegen ETA? Möglicherweise suchen USA nach einer Rechtfertigung des Lauschsystems in Europa]||[[ES]] / [[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20010511||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/spionagesystem-echelon-eu-parlamentarier-in-washington-brueskiert-a-133187.html Spionagesystem "Echelon": EU-Parlamentarier in Washington brüskiert]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |20010511||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/eu-us-crashtest-ueber-echelon-ein-diplomatischer-vergeltungsschlag-a-133323.html EU-US Crashtest über "Echelon": Ein diplomatischer Vergeltungsschlag?]||[[ECHELON]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |20010420||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/7/7428/1.html Das globale Abhör-Puzzle - Gerhard Schmid über Arbeitsweise und Erkenntnisse des Echelon-Ausschusses des Europaparlaments]||[[ECHELON]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | || | + | |25.07.2000||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/6/6929/1.html Duncan Campbell: Inside Echelon - The history, structure und function of the global surveillance system known as Echelon]||[[ECHELON]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | || | + | |09.06.2000||Duncan Campbell for the Electronic Privacy Center (EPIC)||[http://cryptome.org/sigint-hr-dc.htm Signals intelligence and human rights: The Echelon Report]||[[ECHELON]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | ||US/english wikipedia||[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON Echelon (Signals Intelligence)]||- | + | |05.05.2000||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-ie.htm PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK]||[[GCHQ]] / [[IE]] / [[ECHELON]] |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20000428||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/netzdepesche-warum-die-cia-nie-offensiv-spielt-a-74382.html Netzdepesche: Warum die CIA "nie" offensiv spielt]||[[ECHELON]] / [[NSA]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20000418||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/netzdepesche-bundesregierung-sieht-echelon-gelassen-a-73164.html Netzdepesche: Bundesregierung sieht Echelon gelassen]||[[ECHELON]] / [[DE]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20000417||telepolis.de||[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/6/6748/1.html Bundesregierung bestätigt Existenz von Echelon]||[[ECHELON]] / [[DE]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20000331||spiegel.de||[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/grosse-ohren-echelon-spionage-unter-freunden-a-71135.html Große Ohren: Echelon - Spionage unter Freunden]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |30.01.2000||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-fi.htm USA Spys Economic Information of EU-Countries: Electronic spying system breaks encryption programs.]||[[GCHQ]] / [[ECHELON]] / [[EU]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20000126||wired.com||[http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/01/33891 Echelon 'Proof' Discovered]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 199X == | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Date||Source||Title||Tags | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |27.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk2.htm HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED IT]||[[ECHELON]] / [[SIGINT]] / [[DK]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |26.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/sigint-dk.htm HÆKKERUP: MANY ARE MONITORING US]||[[ECHELON]] / [[SIGINT]] / [[DK]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |23.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk.htm NEW EXPOSURE ON ECHELON - Sigint/Surveillance/Denmark]||[[ECHELON]] / [[SIGINT]] / [[DK]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |21.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-baby.htm INTERVIEW: ECHELON WAS MY BABY - Sigint/surveillance/Denmark]||[[ECHELON]] / [[SIGINT]] / [[DK]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |31.05.1999||businessweek||[http://truthfrequencynews.com/?p=18467 THEY’RE LISTENING TO YOUR CALLS: Echelon monitors phones, E-mail, and radio signals]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |19980812||New Statesman||[http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan/echelon-dc.htm Somebody's listening]||[[US]] [[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |199805||heise.de||[http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Abhoer-Dschungel-286194.html Abhör-Dschungel: Geheimdienste lesen ungeniert mit -- Grundrechte werden abgebaut]||[[DE]] / [[NSA]] / [[ECHELON]] / [[GCHQ]] / [[BND]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |29.04.1998||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/jya/usic08.htm Jeffrey T. Richelson: The U.S. Intelligence Community]||[[US]] / [[SIGINT]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |01.02.1997||Nicky Hager||[http://www.nickyhager.info/exposing-the-global-surveillance-system/ Exposing the Global Surveillance System]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 198X == | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Date||Source||Title||Tags | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |19880812||Duncan Campbell||[http://cryptome.org/jya/echelon-dc.htm Somebody´s listening]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 197X == | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Date||Source||Title||Tags | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |19720802||Ramparts||[http://cryptome.org/jya/nsa-elint.htm U.S. Electronic Espionage: A Memoir ]||[[ECHELON]] / [[NSA]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | = Other Web Resources = | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Source||Title||Tags | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |bibliotecapleyades.net||[http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_echelon.htm#menu La Red Echelon]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |FAS||[http://www.fas.org/irp/program/process/echelon.htm FAS Collection on ECHELON]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Telepolis||[http://www.heise.de/tp/special/ech/1.html Telepolis Themenseite (Sammlung) zu Echelon] (german)|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties||[http://www.cyber-rights.org/interception/echelon/ Echelon Watch Pages]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |US/english wikipedia||[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON Echelon (Signals Intelligence)]||- | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Kai Raven||[http://hp.kairaven.de/miniwahr/echelon-index.html ECHELON: Das globale Abhörnetzwerk] (german)|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |character-education.us||[http://www.character-education.us/echelon.htm Echelon Project - NSA Defense Intelligence]|| | ||
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* [[media:echelon-folie.jpg|Globales elektronisches Aufklärungssystem Echelon]] - Graphical Overview made by the Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Baden-Württemberg, DE GOV | * [[media:echelon-folie.jpg|Globales elektronisches Aufklärungssystem Echelon]] - Graphical Overview made by the Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Baden-Württemberg, DE GOV | ||
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+ | [[Category:NSA programs]] |
Latest revision as of 19:09, 6 October 2016
Management Summary
- Echelon has been used as the name of a worldwide COMINT computer network used by the NSA
- Echelon has been called "Project 415" by Lockheed Space and Missiles Corporation who installed / operated parts of the system
- The stations are run and operated mostly by US INSCOM but also by the partners of the UKUSA Agreement
Stations
Name | Location | Operator | Status | Coverage and Capabilities |
Menwith Hill | Menwith Hill, Yorkshire (UK) | Royal Airforce (RAF) GB | Active | SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception |
Bad Aibling | Bad Aibling (DE) | US INSCOM (US) | Active | SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception |
Darmstadt Griesheim | Darmstadt (DE) | US INSCOM (US) | Active | |
Field Station Berlin Teufelsberg | Berlin (DE) | US INSCOM (US) | Closed | - |
Misawa Air Base | Misawa (JP) | PACAF (US) | Active | |
Acrotiri | Acrotiri (CY) | Royal Airforce (RAF) (UK) | Active | |
Guantánamo Bay | Guantanamo Bay (CU) | Active | ||
Pine Gap (AU) | Pine Gap (AU) | Active | SIGINT Satelite Signals Reception |
Codenames Used
Codename | Usage Period | Description | Previous Codename used | Successor Codename used |
ECHELON | Network of SIGINT Capabilities | PROJECT415 | ||
CHALET | 10.07.1978 - 29.06.1979 | SIGINT Satellite Type | - | VORTEX |
VORTEX | 30.06.1979 - | SIGINT Satellite Type | CHALET | MERCURY |
MERCURY | -1987 | SIGINT Satellite Type | VORTEX | |
MOONPENNY | satellite communications monitoring | - | SPRINKLER | |
SPRINKLER | collection processing (CP) | MOONPENNY | ||
RUNWAY | control network for VORTEX | |||
SILKWORTH | Ground Collection & Processing System @MENWITH HILL STATION | |||
SIRE | Processing system | |||
RHYOLITE | ||||
STEEPLEBUSH | since 1984 | Control Center @MENWITH HILL STATION | ||
STEEPLEBUSH II | since 1993 | Control Center @MENWITH HILL STATION | ||
ARGUS | ||||
SIRE |
Documents from Parlamantery Investigations
German Parliament Investigation
European Parliaments Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System
Date | Source | Titel | Tags |
11.07.2001 | European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System, Rapporteur: Gerhard Schmid | Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system) | |
22.03.2001 | European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System | Working papers, meeting 22. March 2001 (19.2 Mb) | |
22.01.2001 | European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System | Working papers, meeting 22. January 2001 (11.6 Mb) | |
28.11.2000 | European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System | Working papers, meeting 28. November 2000 (8.9 Mb) | |
22.11.2000 | European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System | Working papers, meeting 22. November 2000 (5.5 Mb) | |
20.11.2000 | European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System | Working papers, meeting 20. November 2000 (13 Mb) |
Articles
201X
Date | Source | Titel | Tags |
20150803 | firstlook.org/theintercept | GCHQ and me: My Life unmasking British Eavesdroppers | GCHQ / ECHELON |
20130718 | globalresearch.ca | Documents Show Undersea Cable Firms Provide Surveillance Access to US Secret State | TELSTRA / PCCW / ECHELON / IVY BELLS / AT&T / NSA / XKEYSCORE / NUCLEON / PINWALE / MAINWAY / MARINA / LEVEL 3 / TEMPORA |
20130629 | privacysurgeon.org | Former NSA contractor warns of “murky” interception arrangements | NSA / DE / FI / GB / DK / NL / FR / ES / IT / US / CA / AU / NZ / ECHELON / BND / CESID / OPERATION DELIKATESSE / TR / MIT |
01.03.2012 | guardian.co.uk | Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion | GB ECHELON / MENWITH HILL STATION |
200X
199X
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
27.12.1999 | cryptome.org | HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED IT | ECHELON / SIGINT / DK |
26.12.1999 | cryptome.org | HÆKKERUP: MANY ARE MONITORING US | ECHELON / SIGINT / DK |
23.12.1999 | cryptome.org | NEW EXPOSURE ON ECHELON - Sigint/Surveillance/Denmark | ECHELON / SIGINT / DK |
21.12.1999 | cryptome.org | INTERVIEW: ECHELON WAS MY BABY - Sigint/surveillance/Denmark | ECHELON / SIGINT / DK |
31.05.1999 | businessweek | THEY’RE LISTENING TO YOUR CALLS: Echelon monitors phones, E-mail, and radio signals | ECHELON |
19980812 | New Statesman | Somebody's listening | US ECHELON |
199805 | heise.de | Abhör-Dschungel: Geheimdienste lesen ungeniert mit -- Grundrechte werden abgebaut | DE / NSA / ECHELON / GCHQ / BND |
29.04.1998 | cryptome.org | Jeffrey T. Richelson: The U.S. Intelligence Community | US / SIGINT |
01.02.1997 | Nicky Hager | Exposing the Global Surveillance System | ECHELON |
198X
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
19880812 | Duncan Campbell | Somebody´s listening | ECHELON |
197X
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
19720802 | Ramparts | U.S. Electronic Espionage: A Memoir | ECHELON / NSA |
Other Web Resources
Source | Title | Tags |
bibliotecapleyades.net | La Red Echelon | ECHELON |
FAS | FAS Collection on ECHELON | ECHELON |
Telepolis | Telepolis Themenseite (Sammlung) zu Echelon (german) | |
Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties | Echelon Watch Pages | |
US/english wikipedia | Echelon (Signals Intelligence) | - |
Kai Raven | ECHELON: Das globale Abhörnetzwerk (german) | |
character-education.us | Echelon Project - NSA Defense Intelligence |
Other Material
- Globales elektronisches Aufklärungssystem Echelon - Graphical Overview made by the Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Baden-Württemberg, DE GOV