Since the ACLU is against Echelon, I am for it
The ACLU admins this site:
http://www.echelonwatch.org/
the Free Congress Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center,
Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties (UK) and the Omega Foundation.
Echelon is perhaps the most powerful intelligence gathering organization in the world. Several credible reports suggest that this global electronic communications surveillance system presents an extreme threat to the privacy of people all over the world. According to these reports, ECHELON attempts to capture staggering volumes of satellite, microwave, cellular and fiber-optic traffic, including communications to and from North America. This vast quantity of voice and data communications are then processed through sophisticated filtering technologies.
This massive surveillance system apparently operates with little oversight. Moreover, the agencies that purportedly run ECHELON have provided few details as to the legal guidelines for the project. Because of this, there is no way of knowing if ECHELON is being used illegally to spy on private citizens.
This site is designed to encourage public discussion of this potential threat to civil liberties, and to urge the governments of the world to protect our rights.
Here is the Unofficial Tempest Site
http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/tempest.html
Since I do not break the law and do not harbor ill feelings towards our country or government I have no problems here. I became very interested in this stuff after reading Puzzle Palace in Junior High, which is mentioned on the Tempest site. Though it has been some time since I have researched this stuff.
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