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ECHELON
Sign in to savethumb|right|upright|A radome at [[RAF Menwith Hill, a site with satellite uplink capabilities believed to be used by ECHELON]] thumb|right|RAF Menwith Hill, [[North Yorkshire, England]] thumb|right|Misawa Air Base Security Operations Center (MSOC), [[Aomori Prefecture, Japan]]
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- History and context
- Workings
- Examples of industrial espionage
- Organization
- Reporting and disclosures
- 1972–2000: Public disclosures
- 2000–2001: European Parliament investigation
- 2015: Confirmation in Snowden disclosures
- Intercept stations
- Concerns
- See also
- Bibliography
- Notes and references
- External links
thumb|right|upright|A radome at [[RAF Menwith Hill, a site with satellite uplink capabilities believed to be used by ECHELON]] thumb|right|RAF Menwith Hill, [[North Yorkshire, England]] thumb|right|Misawa Air Base Security Operations Center (MSOC), [[Aomori Prefecture, Japan]]
ECHELON, originally a secret government code name, is a surveillance program (signals intelligence/SIGINT collection and analysis network) operated by the five signatory states to the UKUSA Security Agreement: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the United States, also known as the Five Eyes.