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The ECHELON system is not designed to eavesdrop on a particular individual's e-mail or fax link. Rather, the system works by indiscriminately intercepting very large quantities of communications and using computers to identify and extract messages of interest from the mass of unwanted ones. A chain of secret interception facilities has been established around the world to tap into all the major components of the international telecommunications networks. Some monitor communications satellites, others land-based communications networks, and others radio communications. ECHELON links together all these facilities, providing the US and its allies with the ability to intercept a large proportion of the communications on the planet.With the exponential growth of fiber optic and wireless networks, the mass of data which can be "mined" for "actionable intelligence," covering everything from eavesdropping on official enemies to blanket surveillance of dissidents is now part of the landscape: no more visible to the average citizen than ornamental shrubbery surrounding a strip mall.
Comment: So, with France leading the way, the EU has quietly created a secret police force that will be accountable to no one but SITCEN, its new intelligence agency.
The name Brice Hortefeux rings a bell. Apparently he is good at creating secret police forces:
Big Agri-Business, Big Pharma, Arms Trafficking, Suicide Cults and MIVILUDES - The Truth Behind France's Cult-Hunting Policies Exposed Monsieur Hortefeux is also very good at getting things done in secret: Having cut their teeth among the ranks of special forces in Afghanistan and the Balkans, it's unlikely that this 'new riot' squad is being drafted in to do grunt work on the streets. No, Europe's elites might have much craftier work in mind for them...
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