FC: Echelon vexes German officials, international news roundup

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

International English-language coverage of Echelon this week:
http://www.ftmarketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC4458285-7A87-4A2F-8DB2-066D952536BE%7D
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/internet/2001/05/item20010530101016_1.htm
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/sci_tech/story_13707.asp
http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,9890,00.html?
http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/getitem?date=30May2001&object=0529295481&type=html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19306.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/world/newsid_654000/654394.stm

Politech archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=echelon

-Declan

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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 03:12:12 +0200
From: Ralf Bendrath <bendrath () zedat fu-berlin de>
Organization: http://www.fogis.de
To: declan () well com
CC: Steve Wright <Steve.Wright () good co uk>
Subject: US Army closes ECHELON Station in Germany
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Declan,

this might be of interest for Politech readers. There is rising anger in 
Germany
after the draft report of the Echelon committee of the European Parliament was
published. Especially the Green Party in the German Government, but as well 
lots
of people from other parties don´t like the whole thing at all. On the other
hand, as far as I remember, the station to close was snooping on the U.K. since
the end of the cold war - so maybe this was meant to be nice to the Brits so
they will be nice to the U.S. and don´t give in to the demands of their 
European
partners, that is: Be European! No Comment so far from the German government.

Ralf

http://www.vulcan.belvoir.army.mil/bas_to_close.asp

US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
INSCOM POC: Shirley Startzman, (703) 706-1283

Bad Aibling Station to close

FORT BELVOIR, VA. May 31, 2001 - The U.S. Forces stationed at Bad Aibling
Station (BAS), Germany, will be consolidated and realigned according to an
announcement today. The Department of Defense made the decision at the request
of the Director of the National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
(NSA/CSS).
Current operations at the U.S. Government facility at Bad Aibling will cease on
Sept. 30, 2002, with return of the facility to the German Government to be
completed by fiscal year 2003.
The U.S. personnel currently stationed at BAS will gradually be reassigned to
other operational units. Bad Aibling Station is an integral part of the
Department of Defense communications network and provides support to U.S. and
allied interests. There has been a U.S. presence in Bad Aibling since 1947. The
U.S. Army took command of the station in 1952. In 1971, the station became a
predominately civilian operation managed by NSA. In 1972, its name was changed
to the current Bad Aibling Station. In 1994, BAS management was transferred 
from
NSA to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Bad Aibling
Station is located in the village of Mietraching and is approximately two miles
from the center of the town of Bad Aibling, Germany. Bad Aibling is a Bavarian
resort town located about 35 miles southeast of Munich.




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