.............................................................. >From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.html From: "Mark A. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Echelon 'proved' Part two To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-UIDL: 15d8f1779a13366580522711bf5bf3e8 Status: U > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33891-2,00.html > > Echelon 'Proof' Discovered page 2 > 3:00 a.m. 26.Jan.2000 PST > > continued > "Echelon is a more limited program," he wrote on his site. > > Those limitations, he said, include restrictions imposed on collection > activities by the UK-U.S. allies regarding the citizens of those countries. > > "Thus, the [Naval instruction document] also specifies that one of the > responsibilities of the commander of the Sugar Grove site is to 'ensure > [that] the privacy of U.S. citizens are properly safeguarded pursuant to > the provisions of USSID 18." > > The agency's public affairs office did not respond to email seeking comment > on the findings. The office has consistently declined to comment on > Echelon-related developments. > > Last week, however, Michael Jacobs, deputy director for information systems > security at the NSA, bristled at the notion that his agency would spy on > U.S. citizens. Strict internal policies, he said, prevent the agency from > doing such a thing. > > "That is not our job," Jacobs said. "We take those restrictions very > seriously." > > Steven Aftergood, who edits the Secrecy & Government Bulletin Project on > Government Secrecy Federation and has been following the Echelon story, > accepts Richelson's findings and conclusions. > > "Is this reference to activation of Echelon units a reference to what we > have to come know and love as the Echelon network? I would say it appears > so," Aftergood said. "That's what Richelson is asserting and I buy it." > > So is it a big deal? > > "It's interesting because I don't know of any other official government > documents that make reference to Echelon by name," Aftergood said. "It's > certainly interesting from that point of view." > > But he, like Richelson himself, sees no smoking gun. > > "I don't think this document in itself raises any significant questions. > The fact that there is such a network with various stations around the > globe ... that's entirely non-controversial," Aftergood said. > > "It does not get into other aspects of the Echelon mythology such as its > use for domestic surveillance, economic espionage, or other questionable > activities. 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