ECHELON
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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
2010 - 2019
| Date | Source | Titel | Tags |
| 01.03.2012 | guardian.co.uk | Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion | GB ECHELON / MENWITH HILL STATION |
2000 - 2009
| Date | Source | Title | Tags |
| 21.12.2005 | cryptome.org | Signals intelligence and human rights: the ECHELON report | NSA / ECHELON |
| 2002 | Daniel S. Poole | Free Congress Report: ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network | ECHELON |
| 20010511 | spiegel.de | Spionagesystem "Echelon": EU-Parlamentarier in Washington brüskiert | ECHELON |
| 25.07.2000 | telepolis.de | 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) | Signals intelligence and human rights: The Echelon Report | ECHELON |
| 05.05.2000 | cryptome.org | PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK | GCHQ / IE / ECHELON |
| 20000428 | spiegel.de | Netzdepesche: Warum die CIA "nie" offensiv spielt | ECHELON / NSA |
| 30.01.2000 | cryptome.org | USA Spys Economic Information of EU-Countries: Electronic spying system breaks encryption programs. | GCHQ / ECHELON / EU |
1990 - 1999
| 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 |
| 01.02.1997 | Nicky Hager | Exposing the Global Surveillance System | ECHELON |
1980 - 1989
| Date | Source | Title | Tags |
| 12.08.1988 | Duncan Campbell | ECHELON | |
| 199805 | heise.de | Abhör-Dschungel: Geheimdienste lesen ungeniert mit -- Grundrechte werden abgebaut | DE / NSA / ECHELON / GCHQ / BND |
| 29.04.1989 | cryptome.org | Jeffrey T. Richelson: The U.S. Intelligence Community | US / SIGINT |
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
