Difference between revisions of "ECHELON"
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| − | |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]] | + | |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]] |
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| − | |21.12.2005||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/sigint-hr-dc.htm Signals intelligence and human rights: the ECHELON report]||[[NSA-US]] [[ECHELON]] | + | |21.12.2005||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/sigint-hr-dc.htm Signals intelligence and human rights: the ECHELON report]||[[NSA-US]] / [[ECHELON]] |
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| − | |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]|| | + | |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]] |
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|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]] | |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]] | ||
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| − | |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]|| | + | |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]] |
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|05.05.2000||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-ie.htm PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK]||[[GCHQ]] / [[IE]] / [[ECHELON]] | |05.05.2000||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-ie.htm PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK]||[[GCHQ]] / [[IE]] / [[ECHELON]] | ||
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| − | |27.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk2.htm HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED IT]||[[ECHELON]] [[SIGINT]] [[DK]] | + | |27.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk2.htm HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED IT]||[[ECHELON]] / [[SIGINT]] / [[DK]] |
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| − | |26.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/sigint-dk.htm HÆKKERUP: MANY ARE MONITORING US]||[[ECHELON]] [[SIGINT]] [[DK]] | + | |26.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/sigint-dk.htm HÆKKERUP: MANY ARE MONITORING US]||[[ECHELON]] / [[SIGINT]] / [[DK]] |
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| − | |23.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk.htm NEW EXPOSURE ON ECHELON - Sigint/Surveillance/Denmark]||[[ECHELON]] [[SIGINT]] [[DK]] | + | |23.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk.htm NEW EXPOSURE ON ECHELON - Sigint/Surveillance/Denmark]||[[ECHELON]] / [[SIGINT]] / [[DK]] |
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| − | |21.12.1999||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/echelon-baby.htm INTERVIEW: ECHELON WAS MY BABY - 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]] |
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|31.05.1999||businessweek||[http://truthfrequencynews.com/?p=18467 THEY’RE LISTENING TO YOUR CALLS: Echelon monitors phones, E-mail, and radio signals]||[[ECHELON]] | |31.05.1999||businessweek||[http://truthfrequencynews.com/?p=18467 THEY’RE LISTENING TO YOUR CALLS: Echelon monitors phones, E-mail, and radio signals]||[[ECHELON]] | ||
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| − | |12.08.1988||Duncan Campbell||[http://duncan.gn.apc.org/echelon-dc.htm Somebody´s listening]| | + | |12.08.1988||Duncan Campbell||[http://duncan.gn.apc.org/echelon-dc.htm Somebody´s listening]|[[ECHELON]] |
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| − | |01.02.1997||Nicky Hager||[http://www.nickyhager.info/exposing-the-global-surveillance-system/ Exposing the Global Surveillance System]|| | + | |01.02.1997||Nicky Hager||[http://www.nickyhager.info/exposing-the-global-surveillance-system/ Exposing the Global Surveillance System]||[[ECHELON]] |
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| − | |29.04.1989||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/jya/usic08.htm Jeffrey T. Richelson: The U.S. Intelligence Community]||[[US]] [[SIGINT]] | + | |29.04.1989||cryptome.org||[http://cryptome.org/jya/usic08.htm Jeffrey T. Richelson: The U.S. Intelligence Community]||[[US]] / [[SIGINT]] |
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Revision as of 07:23, 22 July 2012
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 | 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
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
