The Echelon Affair: The EP and the global interception system 1998 - 2002
During the second half of the 1990s press and media reports revealed the existence of the Echelon network. This system for intercepting private and economic communications was developed and managed by the states that had signed the UKUSA and was characterised by its powers and the range of communications targeted: surveillance was directed against not only military organisations and installations but also governments, international organisations and companies throughout the world. This study recounts the uncovering of the network, notably through the STOA investigations, questions by MEPs, debates in plenary, the setting up of a temporary committee and the final position adopted by the European Parliament. It also takes account of statements by researchers and journalists on the technical aspects and legal implications of the Echelon network. Finally, it considers the views of the political groups in the European Parliament and of the Commission and Council. Fifteen years after the events, The Echelon Affair draws on the European Parliament’s archives to describe and analyse a worldwide scandal which had an impact on the history of Parliament and which today is echoed in the revelations of Edward Snowden and Julian Assange and in other cases of spying on a grand scale.
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- Amerika
- betrekking van de Europese Unie
- concurrentie
- defensie
- economische geografie
- EU-instellingen en Europese overheid
- Europa
- EUROPESE UNIE
- GEOGRAFIE
- industriële spionage
- institutionele bevoegdheid (EU)
- interinstitutionele betrekkingen (EU)
- INTERNATIONALE BETREKKINGEN
- internationale concurrentie
- lidmaatschap van de Europese Unie
- ONDERNEMING EN CONCURRENTIE
- Opbouw van Europa
- parlement
- parlementaire commissie
- parlementaire procedure
- POLITIEK
- politieke geografie
- PRODUCTIE, TECHNOLOGIE EN ONDERZOEK
- RECHT
- rechten en vrijheden
- spionage
- technologie en technische voorschriften
- technologische evaluatie
- telefoon- en briefgeheim
- Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Verenigde Staten
- Werkzaamheden van het parlement