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FC: Swiss Senate approves 40M francs for Echelonesque spy stations
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 15:11:44 -0500
********* A pass with babelfish says in part: As the "daily indicator" reported on 20 November, large receiving antennas are toward the information stream to be directed, those between mobile telephones, fax devices and computers over satellite be exchanged in the context of this Hightech project in a military system in home-shrank and in the Swisscom ground station in Leuk VS. With most modern electronics the enormous data stream is to be searched for given attraction words. Which sounds traitorous, is to be registered automatically and be analysed by forty additional specialists. Pierre Alain Gentil wanted to know [...] who is to exactly hear the international telephone and fax traffic for which purpose - and who will control this. He asked also, who will archive the registered information and who has everything on it access. ******** From: "Manuel Schmitt" <mgschmitt () hotmail com> To: <info () epic org> Cc: <declan () well com> Subject: Swiss Senate debates Echelon-like investment, hints at Echelon participation Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:00:22 -0800 : : : : http://www.tages-anzeiger.ch/991208/96131.HTM Sorry, in German Manuel Schmitt Diskussionslos hat der Ständerat rund 40 Millionen Franken für Horchstationen des Nachrichtendienstes bewilligt. Nur einer stellte höflich Fragen. Without debate, the (Swiss) Senate approves a credit of 40 Mio. Francs for listening stations for the intelligence service. Only one (Senator) asks polite questions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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