ECHELON Research Resources

From: http://home.hiwaay.net/~pspoole/echres.html  

Be sure to read my report, ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network delivered to all members of Congress in November 1998. (Published in hard copy by the Free Congress Foundation)

Note: I'm not responsible for broken links. If there's something I've missed, email me with the appropriate information and links. Also, while this site is comprehensive, it is by no means exhaustive. I'll update it as time permits. (Last updated May 29, 2000)

INDEX
News Articles
Serialized News Coverage
Official and Unofficial SIGINT agency web sites
Relevant Books
European Parliament STOA Reports
Governmental/European Parliament Debate
Non-English News Articles
Additional News Articles (that couldn't fit into the table below)
 

Be sure to visit these other ECHELON related sites:
Duncan Campbell
John Young's Cryptome site (for daily updates)
Javier Bernal's ECHELON Info Page
Yahoo! ECHELON Listings
About.com Civil Liberties ECHELON page
ECHELON Watch (ACLU)
Paul Wolf's ECHELON links
 

News Articles

Serialized News Coverage

Nexus Magazine
by Patrick S. Poole (NOTE: While I authored these articles, these links are to an unauthorized site. I would disagree with most of the other information found on this site - PP)
PART ONE: THE NSA's GLOBAL SPYING NETWORK (Aug/Sept 1999)
PART TWO: THE NSA's GLOBAL SPYING NETWORK (Oct/Nov 1999)
 

La Monde Diplomatique (January 1999)
English Table of Contents
PHILIPPE RIVIÈRE, How the United States spies on us all (articles require registration)
Patrick S. Poole, Most discreet intelligence agency
Patrick S. Poole, Lifting the Veil
American spy satellites currently in use
 

NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands) has run an entire series of articles regarding ECHELON and the continuing EU debate, and features an index page of all their relevant ECHELON articles: (I'm not aware of any English translations of these articles - PP)
'Spionagenet Echelon luistert illegaal af' (24 februari 2000)
'Geen economisch of industrieel doelwit' (24 februari 2000)
Rapport over NSA: Internetgebruikers bespioneerd (2 juni 1999)
Debat over achterdeur in Windows ter spionage (8 september 1999)
Europees Parlement: Akkoord aftappen VS en EU (17 oktober 1998)
Europarlement keurt afluisteren door VS af (16 oktober 1998)
Ben Van Der Velden, Rapport over spionage zeer in trek (20 februari 1998)
Marie-José Klaver,  De opmars van wereldwijde controle (7 februari 1998)
De Echelon-methode (6 februari 1998)
Geschokte reacties op aftappen VS (6 februari 1998)
Marie-José Klaver, 'Geheime dienst VS luistert Europa af' (5 februari 1998)
 

Ekstra Bladet (Denmark) continues to publish stories regarding ECHELON by Bo Elkjaer and Kenan Seeberg. (Note: Since I don't read Danish, some of the Danish articles aren't linked. Not all Danish articles appear on the English webpage. Refer to the Table of Contents pages in both English and Danish for links to all their articles - PP)
The English versions of the EB articles first appeared on the Cryptome site:
http://cryptome.org/echelon-baby.htm
http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk.htm
http://cryptome.org/sigint-dk.htm
http://cryptome.org/echelon-dk2.htm
http://cryptome.org/echelon-red.htm
http://cryptome.org/echelon-eb2.htm

German Spies: ECHELON Exists (March 31, 2000)
EU Demands ECHELON Investigation (March 29, 2000)
We Spied on Companies and Heads of State (March 23, 2000)
Greenpeace Singled Out as Surveillance Target (March 23, 2000)
We Listened In on Amnesty International and the EU (March 21, 2000)
Is There a Spy on the Line? (March 21, 2000)
ECHELON Singles Out the Red Cross (March 8, 2000)
Key to the Whole World (March 4, 2000)
NSA Expands its Capabilities
ECHELON Was My Baby (November 17, 1999) (Danish)
I Sold My Life to Big Brother (November 18, 1999) (Danish)
US Congressman: Investigate ECHELON (December 10, 1999) (Danish)
Your Government is Being Monitored (Danish)
Where the Spies are Listening (September 18, 1999) (Danish)
The Danish Link to the Global Spy Network (ND) (Danish)
They Spy on Ordinary People (September 18, 1999) (Danish)
Rearming Denmark (September 17, 1999) (Danish)
Minister of Defense: Many are Monitoring Us (December 9, 1999) (Danish)
Minister Admits: Denmark in Global Surveillance Ring (September 27, 1999) (Danish)
Politicians Overlooked Spy Connections (September 21, 1999) (Danish)
Ex-Agent: ECHELON Threatens Your Registers (November 26, 1999) (Danish)
ECHELON: Hitler Would Have Loved It at Cryptome (November 22, 1999) (Danish)
The Mastermind Behind the EU Surveillance Plans at Cryptome (October 5, 1999) (Danish)
Tele Danmark in a Club with ECHELON Spies at Cryptome (September 26, 1999) (Danish)
 

La Monde continues to run an extensive series on ECHELON. They are maintaining an index page.

La sainte alliance de l'espionnage Jacques Isnard (March 29, 2000)
Duncan Campbell, l'homme qui a sorti Echelon de l'ombre Nicolas Bourcier (February 25, 2000)
Les Etats-Unis se defendent d'utiliser le reseu d'espionnage Echelon a des fins industrielles Patrice de Beer (February 24, 2000)
L'Etat, destinataire des renseignements...et diffuseur Jacques Isnard (February 24, 2000)
Interrogations en France et en Belgique
Une alliance secrete entre la NSA et la CIA Jacques Isnard (February 22, 2000)
Le Royaume-Uni au coeur du dispositif en Europe Jacques Isnard (February 22, 2000)
Des documents americains confirment l'existence d'Echelon Jacques Isnard (February 22, 2000)
Comment les Etats-Unis espionnent l'Europe Laurent Zecchini (February 22, 2000)
Enercon, espionnee puis accusee de plagiat, n'installera pas ses eoliennes au TexasNicolas Bourcier (February 22, 2000)
L'espionnage s'adapte aux nouvelles technologies Michel Alberganti and Herve Morin (February 22, 2000)
La France mise sur la cryptologie pour se proteger Hugues Henique (February 22, 2000)
Comment semer la zizanie a Washington, avec un AK-47 et un peu de cocaine Jacques Isnard (November 22, 1999)
Internet: cybermanif contre les grandes oreilles Nicolas Bourcier (October 23, 1999)
 

Radio France Internationale, (February 25, 2000) Philippe Couve and Gilles Raillard, Echelon : les services secrets anglo-saxons se font tirer les grandes oreilles (links to several different articles)

Diane Alden has recently authored a series of articles, Spies Like Us, related to ECHELON for EtherZone.

The Black World (February 1, 2000)
Spooks and Money Talks (February 11, 2000)
S.L.E.E.P.: Spies, Lies, ECHELON, Economics and People (March 1, 2000)
 

Official and Unofficial SIGINT agency web sites
 

Relevant Books

Mark Urban, UK Eyes Alpha: The Inside Story of British Intelligence (London: Faber and Faber, 1996).

Excerpts: Chapter 5 - Zircon

Nicky Hager, Secret Power: New Zealand’s Role in the International Spy Network, (Nelson, New Zealand: Craig Potton Publishing, 1996)

Mike Frost and Michel Graton, Spyworld: How C.S.E. Spies on Canadians and the World (Toronto:
Seal/McClelland-Bantam, 1995)

Jeffrey T. Richelson, The U.S. Intelligence Community (New York, Ballinger, 1989)

Excerpts: Chapter 8 - Signals Intelligence Chaper 12 - Exchange and Liaison Arrangements

William Burrows, Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security (New York: Random House, 1987)

Excerpt: Chapter 8 - Foreign Bases: A Net Spread Wide

Desmond Ball and Jeffrey Richelson, The Ties That Bind: Intelligence Cooperation Between the UKUSA Countries, (Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1985)

James Bamford, The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization, (New York: Penguin Books, 1983)

Excerpts: Chapter 8 - Partners Chapter 9 - CompetitionChapter 10 - Abyss

European Parliament STOA Reports

Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of Abuse of Economic Information (an
appraisal of technologies of political control)

Volume 1/5 (in pdf) (in html at Cryptome) Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of Abuse of Economic Information

Volume 2/5 (in pdf) (in html at IPTV site) 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, by Duncan Campbell

Volume 3/5 (in pdf) (in html at Cryptome) Encryption and cryptosystems in electronic surveillance: a survey of the technology assessment issues, by Dr. Franck Leprévost

Volume 4/5 (in pdf) (in html at Cryptome) The legality of the interception of electronic communications: A concise survey of the principal legal issues and instruments under international, European and national law, by Prof. Chris Elliott

Volume 5/5 (in pdf) (in html at Cryptome) The perception of economic risks arising from the potential vulnerability of electronic commercial media to interception: Survey of opinions of experts, by Nikos Bogonikolos:

Steven Wright, An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control
Original Report (January 1998)

Interim Report (September 1998)
English
German
Spanish
French
 

Governmental/European Parliament Debate

European Parliament, September 14, 1998 (also see these minutes with the EP resolution at Cryptome).
Switzerland, June 15, 1998
Australia, May 7, 1997
Canada, May 2, 1995
 

Non-English News Articles

Germany/Austria

Von Ralf E. Kruger, "ECHELON" entgeht nichts, April 29, 1998
Florian Rötzer, Technologien zur politischen Kontrolle, Telepolis, February 5, 1998
Der US-Geheimdienst hört in Europa alles mit, Die Presse online, February 9, 1998
Entwicklungen in der Überwachungstechnologie, Presseschau, March 1998
US-Geheimdienst fängt europaweit EMails ab, Heise Online,  January 9, 1998
Technologien zur politischen Kontrolle, Thema des Monats, March 1998
Edmund E. Lindau, Das Echelon-System (Stafetten-System)
Florian Rötzer, Der Große Bruder hört mit, Telepolis, February 12, 1998
Ivo Skoric, Schuldig bis zur Feststellung der Unschuld, Telepolis, February 12, 1998
Splitter, January 21, 1998

The Netherlands

Rembert Oldenboom runs his own ECHELON reference site from the Netherlands.
Digitale zakkenvullers zullen de planeet besturen, De Telegraaf, 28 februari 1998
De parlementaire controle zal me jeuken, De Groene Amsterdammer, 25 februari 1998
Aart Brouwer, Amerika luistert mee, De Groene Amsterdammer, 18 februari 1998
De aftappraktijk, De Groene Amsterdammer, 18 februari 1998 (Review of Nicky Hager's Secret Power)
US-geheime dienst onderschept in heel europa E-mails, c't, January 9, 1998

France

Fabrice Rousselot, Nous Sommes Tous Sur Ecoutes!, n.d.
Marco Campagna, Un système de surveillance mondial, les Cahiers de Télévision, juin 1998
Le big brother mondial: le réseau Echelon, May 16, 1998
Jean-Sébastien Marsan, Big Brother Ukusa vous espionne, Mémento, Le mercredi 8 avril 1998

Norway

Storebror hører deg, Stavanger Aftenblad, 27. april 1998
Gisle Hannemyr, Fantastiske fortellinger om teknologi, Aftenposten, 18. mars 1998
Gunnar Kagge and Lise Merete Olaussen, Amerikansk etterretning overvåker europeere, Aftenposten, 8. februar 1998

Italy

La Repubblica, Echelon, segreti e spie in Rete
Claudio Gatti, Eavesdropping on the whole world, Il Mondo, March 20 and 27, 1998 (in English)
Claudio Gatti, Licenza Di Spiare, Il Mondo, March 13, 1998 pp. 11-20
Nicky Hager, ECHELON: Sottoposti al sistema di sorveglianza globale (Italian translation of his CAQ article).

Spain

Estados Unidos reconoce la existencia de una red de espionaje electrónico en Europa, Rebelión Internacional, 7 de febrero de 1998

Mexico

Investigará parlamento europeo red estadunidense de espionaje mundial, Nuestro Mundo, 23 de Abril de 1998

Latvia

Vygintas Krasauskas, "Echelon": nejaugi tai - tiesa?, Naujoji Komunikacija, n.d.

Sweden

AFA of Stockholm, Är vi avlyssnade?
Avslöjanden på Nya Zealand rullade upp historien, Internet Nyheter, December 17, 1997

Greece

Proini, July 1, 1998

Korea

Internet Hankyoreh, May 12, 1998

Argentina

Más informacion sobre la red de espionaje "Echelon", Noticias Intercom, 9 & 16 7 de febrero de 1998

Portugal

Espionagem planetária?: Silêncio do Governo não é inocente, Avante!, Nº 1274 - 30.Abril.98
Rita Hasse Ferreira, Sistema da Guerra Fria serve agora interesses economicos: O mundo sob escuta, Publico, 23 de Abril de 1998.

Brazil

Carlos Alberto Teixeira, Será o Big Brother?, O Globo, March 30, 1998
Privacidade em comunicações eletrônicas é a mais pura ilusão, O Globo, March 30, 1998 (Review of Secret Power)

Finland

Helsingin Sanomat, May 11, 1998
 

Additional News Articles (that couldn't fit into the table above)

One News (New Zealand) (December 28, 1999) Calls for Inquiry into Spy Bases (Video Report in RM)
The New Yorker (December 6, 1999) Seymour Hersh (at Cryptome) The Intelligence Gap
CBNNews (December 14, 1999) Erin Zimmerman and Dale Hurd Surveillance Society: Exposing ECHELON
CBNNews (December 16, 1999) Erin Zimmerman and Dale Hurd Surveillance Society: A Spy's Story
Insight Magazine (December 13, 1999) Rep. Bob Barr Is the US Spy Shop Listening to Your Call?
Newsweek (December 13, 1999) Gregory Vistica and Evan Thomas Hard of Hearing
CNN (December 6, 1999) Daniel Verton NSA Spying on Americans, Lawsuit Claims
New York Times (December 5, 1999) James Risen A Top-Secret Agency Comes Under Scrutiny and May Have to Adjust
New York Post (October 21, 1999) Rod Dreher Is Big Brother Reading Your Email?
TechWeb (September 3, 1999) Duncan Campbell NSA Builds Security Access Into Windows
CNN (September 3, 1999) Crypto Expert: Microsoft Products Leave Door Open to NSA
 

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