Forwarded from Dave Farbers' IP list: >From: Duncan Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Latest developments on international interception policy > >THE ENFOPOL AFFAIR > >INTERNATION COLLABORATION ON TAPPING : THE HIDDEN HAND OF ILETS > >30 APRIL 1999 > > >To : John Young (www.jya.com), uk-crypto, LACC, IP, others > > From : Duncan Campbell (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan) > >This note contains pointers to articles just published about the latest >developments in European Union communications interception policy, >including monitoring the Internet. The most important article identifies a >hitherto unknown FBI-founded organisation called ILETS, which has met in >secret for 6 years, and which has - unknown until now - led initiatives >around the world to build comprehensive interception systems into new >telecommunications systems. > >The full story about ILETS is published this week in Telepolis, the >European on-line magazine, at: >http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/enfo/6398/1.html > >And in German at: >http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/special/enfo/6396/1.html > >The news story is in English in the Guardian (UK) at: >http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/The_Paper/Weekly/Story/0,3605,45981,00.html > >And also in Telepolis: >http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/enfo/6397/1.html > >And in German at: >http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/special/enfo/6395/1.html > >The latter three reports describe how the latest version of the ENFOPOL >interception plan has just been leaked in London. It reveals that although >the name of the key document has been changed, European officials still >want to make tapping the Internet official European policy by the end of >May. They are pressing on, despite domestic opposition in Germany and >Austria and recent criticism by the European Parliament. > >The new document is called ENFOPOL 19. It was obtained this week by the >Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR). (The name ENFOPOL (Law >ENFOrcement/POLice matters) is the generic title given to documents on >these subjects by the European Commission.) > >FIPR has put the ENFOPOL 19 document online at: >http://www.fipr.org/polarch/index.html > >These articles bring up to date the story of secret co-operation on >interception between the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK (ie, >the UKUSA group), and the so-called "G5" group of EU nations (Germany, >France, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK). Outside, the EU Norway and >Hong Kong are members of ILETS. Within the EU, Austria, Belgium, >Luxembourg, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Eire, Denmark, Finland, Spain and >Portugal have participated in ILETS. > >This co-operation was first noticed in 1997, when the Statewatch group in >London found and publicised an EU resolution on interception that had been >adopted in January 1995, but which was not published until November 1996. > >Observers noted that the European 1995 policy bore an unmistakable >resemblance to US legislation, in particular the 1994 Communication >Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). Since then legislation passed >and/or proposed in Australia and other EU states has shown the same >similarities. > >The article about ILETS now reveals how this has happened, through a common >technical document called "IUR1.0" or "IUR95". > >An updated IUR, which made new demands for Internet interception, security >measures, automatic downloading of subscriber personal information (among >other measures) was drawn up in 1998. In September 1998, it was presented >to the EU's Police Co-operation Working group as "ENFOPOL 98". > >In November 1998, the German on-line magazine Telepolis obtained and >published ENFOPOL 98. The stories above describe how ENFOPOL 98 has >progressed since. > >The original ENFOPOL 98 story was reported in English in December 1998: >http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan/Enfopol_98_Obs.htm > >Telepolis has put the original (and scary) ENFOPOL 98 plan online at: >http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/enfo/6334/1.html > >And in German at: >http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/special/enfo/6326/1.html > >Erich Moechel and Armin Medosch have published English language accounts of >their scoop at: >http://www.telepolis.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/1667/1.html >http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/special/enfo/6329/1.html > >The original scoop (in German) is at: >http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/1663/1.html > > >1999 STOA REPORT ON GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS SURVEILLANCE AND ECHELON > >Further information about ILETS and communications interception will be >published in the near future by STOA, the Science and Technology Options >Assessment Office of the European Parliament. This is contained in a >detailed report I have written for STOA, "Interception Capabilities 2000" >(IC2000). > >The full title of the IC2000 report is "The state of the art in >Communications intelligence (Comint) of automated processing for >intelligence purposes of intercepted broadband multi-language leased or >common carrier systems, and its applicability to Comint targeting and >selection, including speech recognition". This is one of four reports >commissioned by STOA, concerning "The development of surveillance >technology and risk of abuse of economic information". The other three >studies cover legal, cryptographic and general issues. > >IC2000 provides a documentary account of new ECHELON sites, systems and >targets and an assessment of current Comint technology. > > >RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT > >* Further information would be welcome as to the extent to which the IUR >1995 and 1998 "requirements" have progressed into law in individual member >or related countries. > >* Among the issues currently being discussed in the ILETS group is >cross-border interception arrangements and agreements; interception of >Iridium and other satellite-based personal communications (mobile radio) >systems. > > >Duncan Campbell >IPTV, Edinburgh >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan
