Is Earth watched by ECHELON ?

[rcgreen]

Archaeologists will still be reading the logs 10,000 years
from now, trying to discover if there was intelligent
life in our era.

[firestarter5]

King of CaveMen was right. Echelon, Magic Lantern, CyberKnight, Carnivore, some even say HARRP is included (which I doubt). E-mails are "apparently" scanned for certain key words such as "bomb" or "explosive". There was an e-mail circulated long ago which asked people to pass on to all the people in their contact list a phrase which contained a variety of key words which these snooping programs would key in on. It was hoped that if enough people did this, something like Echelon would "overload". I think these gov't tools would be put to better use if they could clear my Hotmail of Suzy and Sarah and their pet goat getting me out of debt and increasing my penis size while I watch Juicy Lucy on my free plasma tv.

[Syini666]

Now I can't confirm this, but from what I have heard Echelon is not even aimed at the american people, its used to intercept international data. The *possible* reason for this is rather interesting; its believe that we (the US) spy on other countries for their government, and the return the favor by keeping tabs on the American public for the US Gov. I know it sounds a bit paranoid, but if it was discovered, which would be more alarming to the people, than a forieng gov was monitoring us, or that our own government didnt trust the people and felt a need to monitor them heavily? It would seem like a logical method of covering the tracks made by a monitoring system to me.

[bugsthecat]

I read the exact same thing ,i believe the intention was to get around restrictions on spying on your own citizens although ,the patriot act and part2 of the patriot act seem to make it redundant for you all in the USA

[banananuts]

I think thats a great though and i was looking around on the internet and found a little information on the internet right here ------> http://www.privacy.org/archives/001000.html

[King of CaveMen]

Syini666 that makes a lot of sense when you put it in perspective like that.

I never really thought about it that way, but it does make a lot of sense.

[JayPee]

King of CaveMen was right. Echelon, Magic Lantern, CyberKnight, Carnivore, some even say HARRP is included (which I doubt). E-mails are "apparently" scanned for certain key words such as "bomb" or "explosive". There was an e-mail circulated long ago which asked people to pass on to all the people in their contact list a phrase which contained a variety of key words which these snooping programs would key in on. It was hoped that if enough people did this, something like Echelon would "overload". I think these gov't tools would be put to better use if they could clear my Hotmail of Suzy and Sarah and their pet goat getting me out of debt and increasing my penis size while I watch Juicy Lucy on my free plasma tv.

You obviously have not read anything in any of the links provided by others in this thread. admit it.

Now I can't confirm this, but from what I have heard Echelon is not even aimed at the american people, its used to intercept international data. The *possible* reason for this is rather interesting; its believe that we (the US) spy on other countries for their government, and the return the favor by keeping tabs on the American public for the US Gov. I know it sounds a bit paranoid, but if it was discovered, which would be more alarming to the people, than a forieng gov was monitoring us, or that our own government didnt trust the people and felt a need to monitor them heavily? It would seem like a logical method of covering the tracks made by a monitoring system to me.

When you say "WE" you should use it in the LOOSEST sence possible, otherwise you are associating yourself with "them". On some level in the government heirarchy I would not doubt neither their ability nor the fact that there is more than ample motivation for them to do this sort of thing. Especially with Bush and his Junta, the shadow government. But as far as getting them to admit it, HA! All you will get are lies, coverups, propaganda and more commercials. It would NEVER make the news (the way celebrities new hair styles would do), because the government control all forms of broadcasting.

On the higher levels of the government, it is more their scene to target the young minds of overseas nations with propaganda, to structure their beliefs in an attempt to control their minds.

[shtychkn]

jxrry59 That information is actually saved by the credit card company and cross referenced through the credit bureau. The NSA is a bit different.