Difference between revisions of "ECHELON"
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Revision as of 07:54, 17 July 2011
Organizatorial Facts
Echelon is also called "Project 415"
Stations
| Name | Location | Status | Coverage and Capabilities |
| Menwith Hill | Menwith Hill (GB) | Active | |
| Bad Aibling | Bad Aibling (DE) | Active | |
| Misawa Air Base | Misawa Air Base (JP) | Active | |
| Acrotiri | Acrotiri (CY) | Active | |
| Guantánamo Bay | Guantanamo Bay (CU) | Active | |
| Pine Gap | Pine Gap (AU) | Active |
Codenames Used
| Codename | Usage Period | Project Description | Previous Codename used | Successor Codename used | |
| ECHELON | PROJECT415 | ||||
| CHALET | VORTEX | ||||
| RUNWAY | |||||
| SILKWORTH | Ground Processing Systems | ||||
| VORTEX | CHALET | MERCURY | |||
| MERCURY | -1987 | VORTEX | |||
| RHYOLITE | |||||
| ARGUS | |||||
| SIRE |
Documents from Parlamantery Investigations
German Parliament Investigation
EU-Investigation
| Date | Titel | Author/Organization | Comment |
| 11.07.2001 | [Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception systm)] | European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System, Rapporteur: Gerhard Schmid |
Web Resources
| Date | Titel | Author/Organisation | Comment |
| 01.02.1997 | Exposing the Global Surveillance System | Nicky Hager | |
| 12.08.1988 | Somebody´s listening | Duncan Campbell | |
| 09.06.2000 | Signals intelligence and human rights: The Echelon Report | Duncan Campbell for the Electronic Privacy Center (EPIC) | |
| Echelon (Signals Intelligence) | US/english wikipedia | - |
