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 |
|
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|
VORTEX
|
| RUNWAY |
|
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| SILKWORTH |
|
Ground Processing Systems |
|
| VORTEX |
|
|
CHALET |
MERCURY
|
| MERCURY |
-1987 |
|
VORTEX |
|
| RHYOLITE |
|
|
|
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| ARGUS |
|
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| SIRE |
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Documents from Parlamantery Investigations
German Parliament Investigation
EU-Investigation
| 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) |
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Web Resources
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