----- Original Message ----- From: Hartmut Gehrke-Tschudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: STOP NATO! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 6:59 AM Subject: [STOPNATO] European Parliament Committee on ECHELON STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG ----- Forwarded message from q/depesche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: "q/depesche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:11:51 +0200 Subject: EU-Parlament: ECHELON Termin 4. Mai X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] q/depesche 00.4.21/ (... German introduction left out...) The European Parliament will meet on May 4th and is expected to ratify proposals to modify international law to deal with international telecommunications espionage, and to set up a temporary special committee to further investigate the Echelon controversy. The proposals, collectively known as the Echelon resolution, drafted by Graham Watson MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, assert that international spying on communications should be identified as a breach of fundamental human rights. The motion for debate in May argues that all future interceptions must "have a legal basis, be in the public interest and be strictly limited to the achievement of the intended objective . . . Any form of systematic interception cannot be regarded as consistent with that principle, even if the intended aim is to fight against international crime." It also bluntly asks that "any Member State operating such a system should cease to use it" except for proper purposes of internationally agreed sharing of information to fight serious crime or terrorism. If passed, only strictly military and defence matters would be covered under the "national security" exemption to the treaties joining Europe's nations. The exact scope for the committee of enquiry will be settled at a meeting of high level parliamentarians shortly afterwards. Political groupings within the Parliament have wrangled over what sort of committee should be appointed, and the investigative powers it should be granted. For more on the European Parliament Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs: http://www.europarl.eu.int/committees/en/default.htm -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- COMMENTS mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE http://www.quintessenz.at OR mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] body: subscribe UNSUBSCRIBE mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] body: leave -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -- Hartmut Gehrke-Tschudi BRD ** "Sie beklagen sich stndig ber Protektionismus, sind aber ** ** dauernd von Bodyguards umgeben..."/"They complain a lot on ** ** Protectionism but they are always rounded by bodyguards..."** ** " http://elpais.es/p/d/20000419/opinion/roto.htm ** ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement: Workstation with Monitor under $800! So, you just heard that you need to add how many new workstations by the end of next week? Check out the bundle below. It includes everything you need to get everyone up and running quickly. http://www.listbot.com/links/cdw5
