The transcript of the Australian Channel 9's "Sunday" program "Big Brother is listening" has been made available on their web site, acknowledging Australian participation in Echelon and the UKUSA alliance. A general outline is available at http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sun_cover.asp?id=817: In this Sunday investigation, Australia's spy-chiefs acknowledge for the first time this country's role in an international spying alliance that is monitoring the overseas phone, fax and email messages of every Australian - indeed, everyone on the planet. [...] In an unprecedented statement to the Sunday program, the director of Australia's Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), Martin Brady, reveals what spying the DSD allows on Australian citizens and companies. DSD also officially acknowledges for the first time that it is a signatory of the hitherto secret UK-USA alliance, that endorses cooperation with counterpart intelligence organisations in the United Kingdom, the US, Canada and New Zealand. A full transcript is at http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sun_covtrans.asp?id=818. Peter.
