Secret plan to prevent disclosure at trials-UK

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Mike Frost (former Canadian spy) Speaking Tour of Aotearoa

16 to 29 October, 2001 [delve]

How the plotters slipped US net

Spy networks failed to detect email and satellite conversations used to plot the attack on the US - and now America wants to know what went wrong, reports Duncan Campbell [delve]

God bless Big Brother

US law enforcement officials are taking advantage of the war on terrorism to get everything they ever wanted. By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski [delve]

See the list of Echelon 'filter' words

If enough people put this collection of words in the signature of each email sent would the Echelon system crash?  See the list of words here - [delve]

Echelon draft report - Euro Parliament

The May 4 draft report was prepared immediately before a delegation from the European Parliament arrived in Washington seeking meetings with U.S. intelligence officials. The delegation, which was rebuffed by the CIA, NSA and other agencies, had sought to present its concerns over the reportedly systematic interception (under the loose and inaccurate rubric "Echelon") of private communications for economic espionage purposes. The draft report, which will be published in final form next month, traces the evolution of the Echelon controversy and the authors' understanding of the issue. Analysis has revealed that the system cannot be nearly as extensive as some sections of the media have assumed. [delve]

GCSB Bill Comes With PR Snowjob

This month the Government finally introduced its long foreshadowed Bill to give legal existence to the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), our old friends who run the Waihopai spybase, and who have had no legislative basis at all since they sprang out of thin air, fully formed, in 1977 [delve]

Nicky Hager AddressesThe Echelon Committee

The first question then which I want to discuss with you in detail is the question of what in this highly secretive subject your committee can reasonably believe and what you should doubt, that central issue when you are studying a highly secretive thing. [delve]

Foreign countries are using the bases

The NZ security intelligence service confirmed that foreign countries are using the bases [delve]

ILETS

ILETS was founded by the FBI in 1993 and is comprised of: the US, Canada, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong (it is not known if Hong Kong is still particitpating) plus the 15 EU states. More detailed reports [delve]

Canada's intelligence service report on antiglobalisation

Canada's intelligence service report on antiglobalisation [delve]

check out how vulnerable your computer is to outsiders

You can check out how vulnerable your computer is to outsiders at http://grc.com/default.htm and at http://www.ewatch.com/ [delve]

Duncan Campbell’s benchmark article on Echelon

German translation of Duncan Campbell’s benchmark article on Echelon [delve]

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (RIP) will be presented to the British Commons [delve]

Condor

Pulling back the veil on Condor [delve]

Carnivore

FBI system Codenamed "Carnivore", similar to the one to be installed in Britain by MI5 under the Government's "e-snooping" Bill [delve]

French investigation of Kiwi spy base

French judge to investigate Kiwi spy base [delve]

Accusations of divided loyalties

Britain became liable to renewed accusations of divided loyalties [delve]

Government Spy Agency Watchdog complete waste of time

Government Spy Agency Watchdog "complete waste of time and taxpayers' money [delve]

investigation into the US-led Echelon

France, backed by MEPs from most states, has launched an unprecedented investigation into the US-led Echelon intelligence operation [delve]

SIS and GCSB received funding boosts

The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) and the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) both received funding boosts [delve]

European Parliament to vote on the Echelon spying system

The European Parliament will afterall vote on an inquiry committee on the Echelon spying system in July [delve]

ISP's required to spy on customers

The UK government is to require internet service providers to have "hardwire" links to the new computer facility so that messages can be traced across the internet [delve]

Police admit liability

Police admit liability for search. [delve]

David Small

Dr. David Small investigated for 15 years [delve]

SIS Break-in At Aziz Choudry's Home

April 17th. Second Court Case Arising From SIS Break-in At Aziz Choudry's Home [delve]

Economic risks arising from the potential vulnerability

The perception of economic risks arising from the potential vulnerability of electronic commercial media to interception. Survey of opinions of experts. May ’99 EU document. [delve]

SIS act

SIS act (1996) [delve]

Duncan Campbell report

Read the Duncan Campbell report [delve]

Echelon: A completely uncontrolled and illegal spying system

"Echelon, a completely uncontrolled and illegal spying system run by the USA, the UK and several other countries, poses a clear threat to civil liberties and the EU economy," [delve]

Sweeping the universe

Lt. Gen. Hayden said it was a myth that his agency was "sweeping the universe" to pick up private communications. Boston Globe article. [delve]

Britain is trying to stifle a European Union debate

Britain is trying to stifle a European Union debate about its involvement in a US-led economic espionage network by warning its partners that their own secrets could be exposed. [delve]

Britain under pressure to reveal extent of involvement

Britain came under unprecedented pressure from its European partners yesterday to reveal the extent of its involvement in a US-led spying network [delve]

Deputy PM should resign from Parliamentary Security Committe

The opposition says that the Deputy PM should resign from the Parliamentary Security Committee. [delve]

Shipley accused of revealing state secrets

Former Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley accused of revealing state secrets collected by intelligence services. [delve]

Waihopai electronic interception station

The Green Party is calling for the government to rethink its commitment to the Waihopai electronic interception station in light of developments in the European Parliament. [delve]

U.S. monitors communications in Europe for economic bribery

Former Central Intelligence Agency Director James Woolsey confirmed that the U.S. monitors communications in Europe for economic bribery activity Read the full transcript of the James Woolsey interview [delve]

Mitrokhin files on New Zealand

There are whole Mitrokhin files on New Zealand. [delve]

"Information from Waihopai not used for commercial purpose"

The Prime Minister told the House last Wednesday that she had received "assurances from intelligence partners" (that is, those in Echelon) that information from Waihopai is not used for commercial purposes. [delve]

Outrage and concern around Europe over Echelon

Echelon system has kicked up genuine outrage and concern around Europe that is unlikely to die down anytime soon. [delve]

Aotearoa Peace Movement on Echelon

Aotearoa Peace Movement on Echelon [delve]

EPIC

Electronic Privacy Information Center [delve]

US Council for Civil Liberties Union

US Council for Civil Liberties Union, Echelon-Watch [delve]

Massive media interest in the Echelon electronic spy network

Over the past two weeks there has been massive media interest, particularly in Europe, around allegations that the Echelon electronic spy network, of which New Zealand's Waihopai station is a part, is engaged in commercial espionage. [delve]

Spy-network Echelon

Do you think the spread of the spy-network Echelon is alarming? [delve]

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