ECHELON

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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 -

Other Material