-Caveat Lector- http://jya.com/ilets-dc2.htm <A HREF="http://jya.com/ilets-dc2.htm">The Enfopol Affair: International Collaboration </A> ----- 30 April 1999 See Duncan Campbell's report yesterday: http://jya.com/ilets-dc.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE ENFOPOL AFFAIR INTERNATION COLLABORATION ON TAPPING : THE HIDDEN HAND OF ILETS 30 APRIL 1999 To : John Young (WWW.JYA.COM), lists, and 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.ht ml 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 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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