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STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK ListBot Sponsor   11 June 2001   Updated: 17:00 GMT co.uk com net org de uk.com uk.net eu.com org.uk sch.uk ltd.uk plc.uk gb.com gb.net uk.co br.com cn.com hu.com no.com qc.com sa.com se.com se.net us.com uy.com za.com   Click to Compare Prices US expands Echelon spying in UK By Kieren McCarthy Posted: 11/06/2001 at 12:22 GMT The US is to station hundreds more NSA staff in the UK's spying base in Menwith Hill, Yorkshire, the Sunday Times reported yesterday. Those involved are being transferred from Germany following the closure of its spying base in Bad Aibling in the south of the country. Germans had protested heavily about the US intercepting personal communications including emails, phone and data calls and so a secret deal was reached last year where the UK government agreed to let the operation move wholesale to England. The UK government had hoped the move would go unnoticed. The decision to allow yet more Americans to spy on European communications has angered civil rights campaigners and comes soon after the European parliament criticised the Echelon project. Its report advised people to encrypt their emails in a bid to restrict the States' prying on personal and commercially sensitive matters. Ironically, the MoD has just announced that it is "highly likely" to adopt Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) email encryption for sending documents over the Internet. They'll be using a customised version of Network Associates PGP Security, called PGP HMG (Her Majesty's Government). The decision to allow more US staff spy in the UK has also strengthened criticism against Tony Blair and the MoD for pandering to Washington. The NSA employees will arrive between March and September next year. There is still no official line on where the UK stands with regard to George W Bush's national missile defence (NMD) shield, and an MoD spokesman told the Sunday Times that additions to Menwith were not part of the NMD programme. The MoD always tells the truth of course. We have also been sent an interesting email from researcher Francisco Javier Bernal, who draws attention to various NSA patents on spying and filtering software. Here's a link to Mr Bernal's extensive work on Echelon with a multitude of links at the bottom. Related Links Mr Bernal's work Echelon FAQ European Parliament Temporary Committee on the Echelon Interception System - working paper Related Stories Echelon isn't a threat - but scramble your emails anyway Euro Parliament calls Echelon a paper tiger An Outlook worm to jam NSA's Echelon CIA patching Echelon shortcomings French Echelon report says Europe should lock out US snoops Euro Parliament to investigate Echelon Today's top stories   The Week's Headlines   Discuss in The Register Forum   Broadband e-business Hardware Roundup The Mac Channel Games Industry Channel Flannel BOFH 2K+1: Whole Shebang The Vulture Central Mailbag About The Register If you want daily updates on news, enter your email address below, then click the 'Join List' button. Powered by ListBot   Join the Reg SETI group   Join Reg Cancerbusters To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]