Duck! Here comes the sky again. Jack
--- Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Read below: > > On Jan 10, 2006, at 4:44 PM, E.R.N. Reed wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Uh, there's no spy camera in my house. Checked just this morning. > > >> And the only time I ever caught my neighbor spying on me was when > > >> I went skinny dipping in the pool. > >> Paul > >> > > > > Same here, except for the pool part, since I don't have one. > > > > > >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- > >> From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>> On Jan 10, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Tom C wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> In that case why not put spy cameras in everyone's homes so the > > >>>> government can watch? Prevent the uncommitted crime from > >>>> occurring. > >>>> > >>>> Encourage public schools to pry into personal matters. > >>>> Encourage school children to tell when their parents' personal > > >>>> views differ from those popularly accepted. Encourage neighbor > > >>>> to spy upon neighbor. > >>>> > >>>> I don't know about you, but that's not where I want to live. > >>>> > >>> We're already living there, I'm afraid. > >>> > >>> Bob > > > Source: Raiders News Service > > http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story299.htm > > January 08, 2006 > > > The NSA Spy Engine: Echelon > > By Jason Leopold > t r u t h o u t - Investigative Report > > A clandestine National Security Agency spy program code-named > Echelon was likely responsible for tapping into the emails, > telephone calls and facsimiles of thousands of average American > citizens over the past four years in its effort to identify > people suspected of communicating with al-Qaeda terrorists, > according to half-a-dozen current and former intelligence > officials from the NSA and FBI. > > The existence of the program has been known for some time. > Echelon was developed in the 1970s primarily as an American- > British intelligence sharing system to monitor foreigners - > specifically, during the Cold War, to catch Soviet spies. But > sources said the spyware, operated by satellite, is the means by > which the NSA eavesdropped on Americans when President Bush > secretly authorized the agency to do so in 2002. > > Another top-secret program code-named Tempest, also operated by > satellite, is capable of reading computer monitors, cash > registers and automatic teller machines from as far away as a > half-mile and is being used to keep a close eye on an untold > number of American citizens, the sources said, pointing to a > little known declassified document that sheds light on the > program. > > Echelon has been shrouded in secrecy for years. A special report > prepared by the European Parliament in the late 1990s disclosed > explosive details about the covert program when it alleged that > Echelon was being used to spy on two foreign defense contractors > - the European companies Airbus Industrie and Thomson-CSF - as > well as sifting through private emails, industrial files and > cell phones of foreigners. > > The program is part of a multinational spy effort that includes > intelligence agencies in Canada, Britain, New Zealand and > Australia, also known as the Echelon Alliance, which is > responsible for monitoring different parts of the world. > > The NSA has never publicly admitted that Echelon exists, but the > program has been identified in declassified government > documents. Republican and Democratic lawmakers have long > criticized the program and have, in the past, engaged in fierce > debate with the intelligence community over Echelon because of > the ease with which it can spy on Americans without any > oversight from the federal government. > > Mike Frost, who spent 20 years as a spy for the CSE, the > Canadian equivalent of the National Security Agency, told the > news program 60 Minutes in February 2000 how Echelon routinely > eavesdrops on many average people at any given moment and how, > depending on what you say either in an email or over the > telephone, you could end up on an NSA watch list. > > "While I was at CSE, a classic example: A lady had been to a > school play the night before, and her son was in the school play > and she thought he did a -- a lousy job. Next morning, she was > talking on the telephone to her friend, and she said to her > friend something like this, 'Oh, Danny really bombed last > night,' just like that," Frost said. "The computer spit that > conversation out. The analyst that was looking at it was not too > sure about what the conversation was referring to, so erring on > the side of caution, he listed that lady and her phone number in > the database as a possible terrorist." > > Ironically, during the first Bush administration, a woman named > Margaret Newsham, who worked for Lockheed Martin and was > stationed at the NSA's Menwith Hill listening post in Yorkshire, > England, told Congressional investigators that she had firsthand > knowledge that the NSA was illegally spying on American > citizens. > > While a Congressional committee did look into Newsham's > allegations, it never published a report. However, a British > investigative reporter named Duncan Campbell got hold of some > committee documents and discovered that Newsham was telling the > truth. One of the documents described a program called "Echelon" > that would monitor and analyze "civilian communications into the > 21st century." > > As of 2000, sources said, the NSA had Echelon listening posts > located in: Menwith Hill, Britain; Morwenstow, Britain; Bad > Aibling, Germany; Geraldton Station, Australia; Shoal Bay, > Australia; Waihopai, New Zealand; Leitrim, Canada; Misawa, > Japan; Yakima Firing Center, Seattle; Sugar Grove, Virginia. > > A January 1, 2001, story in the magazine Popular Mechanics > disclosed details of how Echelon works. > > "The electronic signals that Echelon satellites and listening > posts capture are separated into two streams, depending upon > whether the communications are sent with or without encryption," > the magazine reported. "Scrambled signals are converted into > their original language, and then, along with selected "clear" > messages, are checked by a piece of software called Dictionary. > There are actually several localized "dictionaries." The UK > version, for example, is packed with names and slang used by the > Irish Republican Army. Messages with trigger words are > dispatched to their respective agencies." > > Electronic signals are captured and analyzed through a series of > supercomputers known as dictionaries, which are programmed to > search through each communication for targeted addresses, words, > phrases, and sometimes individual voices. The communication is > then sent to the National Security Agency for review. Some of > the more common sample key words that the NSA flags are: > terrorism, plutonium, bomb, militia, gun, explosives, Iran, > Iraq, sources said. > > Because Echelon can easily spy on Americans without any > oversight or detection, and because Echelon covers such a wide > spectrum of communication, many current and former NSA officials > said that it's likely the agency used its satellites to target > Americans, Mark Levin, a former chief of staff to Edwin Meese > during the Reagan administration, wrote last month in a blog > post on the National Review Online. > > "Under the ECHELON program, the NSA and certain foreign > intelligence agencies throw an extremely wide net over virtually > all electronic communications world-wide. There are no warrants. > No probable cause requirements. No FISA court. And information > is intercepted that is communicated solely between US citizens > within the US, which may not be the purpose of the program but, > nonetheless, is a consequence of the program." > > --- > > Jason Leopold spent two years covering California's electricity > crisis as Los Angeles bureau chief of Dow Jones Newswires. Jason > has spent the last year cultivating sources close to the CIA > leak investigation, and is a regular contributer to truthout > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
