Fwd: 12-03-99 - ACLU Action Update: "ECHELON"

["Me Uh, K." <pram512@yahoo.com>]

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So the ALCU sent this to a friend of mine, and I
couldn't help but pass it along here.

One thing you've got to apprecaite about the ACLU is
the amount of action they take.  (if I were a braver
me, I'd put action in "quotations," but I'm afraid of
the ACLU)

--- Bastard the Infamous and International Darling of
Media wrote:
> From: "Bastard the Infamous and International
> Darling of Media" <SNIP>
> To: pram512@yahoo.com
> Subject: Fwd: 12-03-99 - ACLU Action Update:
> "ECHELON"
> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 11:50:41 PST
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Precedence: bulk
> >
> >Is the U.S. Government Spying on You?
> >
> >TO: ACLU Action Network
> >FR: Jared Feuer, ACLU Internet Organizer
> >DT: December 3, 1999
> >
> >Is the secret National Security Agency, working
> with its counterpart
> >agencies in England, Canada, Australia and New
> Zealand, eavesdropping on
> >private communications from around the world?
> Credible reports suggest that
> >a global electronic surveillance system -- known by
> the code name of
> >"ECHELON" -- is indeed capturing satellite,
> microwave, cellular and
> >fiber-optic communications worldwide.
> >
> >Over the past few months, the U.S. House of
> Representatives has been
> >investigating ECHELON and related activities. As
> part of these
> >investigations, the House Select Committee on
> Intelligence requested
> >documents from the National Security Agency (NSA)
> regarding its operating
> >standards for intelligence systems like ECHELON
> that may intercept
> >communications of Americans. In a surprising move,
> NSA officials invoked
> >attorney-client privilege and refused to disclose
> the documents. This
> >action drew the ire of several members of Congress,
> including the
> >committee's chairman, Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL).
> >
> >TAKE ACTION!
> >
> >Many observers, from the ACLU to conservative Rep.
> Bob Barr (R-GA), are
> >calling Congress to conduct further inquiries into
> the workings of this
> >global surveillance system.   You can read more
> about ECHELON and send a
> >letter to Congress supporting further
> investigations into its activities at
> >our action alert:
> >
> >http://www.aclu.org/action/echelon106.html
> >
> >In addition, the ACLU has launched a special
> website detailing the possible
> >threats of ECHELON and other research on the
> program.  The website can be
> >found at:
> >
> >http://www.echelonwatch.org
> >

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