Subject:  More on ECHELON... (guru)..
Date:     Mon, 28 Feb 2000 061839 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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......Here is an AP story about ECHELON....

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*** NSA defends eavesdropping policy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Reacting to a spate of charges, a low-profile U.S.
government spy agency is defending to Congress controversial
information-gathering that allegedly includes eavesdropping on
ordinary Americans. The National Security Agency mailed a letter to
all members of Congress last week that says: "We want to assure you
that the NSA's activities are conducted in accordance with the
highest constitutional, legal and ethical standards, and in
compliance with statutes and regulations designed to protect the
privacy rights of U.S. persons." The letter, was signed by Kenneth A.
Heath, the NSA's chief of staff for legislative affairs. It noted
that the CBS's "60 Minutes" was airing a report Sunday that
criticizes the agency's activities. The NSA is less well known by the
American public than other U.S. spy agencies, such as the CIA. A joke
in the intelligence community was that NSA was so secret that its
initials stood for "No Such Agency." In the CBS broadcast, a former
Canadian intelligence agent said NSA cooperates with Canada, Great
Britain, Australia and New Zealand to run a satellite listening
operation. The eavesdropping operation, known as Echelon, allegedly
monitors phone calls, e-mails and faxes in order to sift out useful
information about foreign governments, drug trafficking and
terrorism. In addition, the European Parliament in a report last week
accused the U.S. of using Echelon for commercial spying - a kind of
industrial espionage - to help American companies win contracts over
European competitors. ### 


Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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