-
12 May 2000 - Written Answer to
Question by Norman Baker MP.
-
"The Morning Star", April 10,
2001, reports that Lockheed Martin (who are developing the
Space Based Infra Red System for the US Star Wars programme)
are accused of defrauding the Pentagon of $60 m.
-
From: "The Unsinkable Aircraft
Carrier" by Duncan Campbell, pub Michael Joseph, London
1984.
-
"Phone Tappers and the Security
State" by Duncan Campbell, pp 54-55, New Statesman, 1981
-
See "BT condemned for listing
cables to US sigint station", by Duncan Campbell, 4 Sept
1997 at
www.gn.apc.org/duncan/menwith.htm and also Questions by
Max Madden MP and Bob Cryer MP in House of Commons - Hansard
for 18, 20 Nov 1991 and 16 Jun and 9 Jul 1992.
-
"The Unsinkable Aircraft
Carrier" by Duncan Campbell, pub Michael Joseph, London
1984.
-
See "Phone Tappers and the
Security State" by Duncan Campbell, pp 54-55, New Statesman,
1981
-
In "The Hill" broadcast by
Channel 4 as part of the "Dispatches" documentary series,
October 1993.
-
"Interception Capabilities 2000
- The state of the art in Communications Intelligence (COMINT)
of automated processing for intelligence purposes of
intercepted broadband multi-language leased or common
carrier systems, and its applicability to COMINT targeting
and selection, including speech recognition" by Duncan
Campbell -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/ic2000/ic2000.htm.
-
"Space collection", in The US
Intelligence Community (fourth edition), Jeffrey Richelson,
Westview, Boulder, Colorado, 1999.
-
Duncan Campbell, evidence given
to York Crown Court for the appeal of Helen John and Anne
Lee, 5 September, 1997.
-
See: the international campaign
against Echelon Global System: EchelonWatch -
www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.html.
-
"They've got it taped -
Somebody's listening" by Duncan Campbell, New Statesman
article of 12 August 1988 -
www.gn.apc.org/duncan/echelon-dc.htm.
-
"Secret Power" by Nicky Hager -
www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sp/sp_c2.htm - see also"Exposing
the Global Surveillance System" by Nicky Hager in
CovertAction Quarterly - on the discovery of the Echelon
Dictionary, used at Menwith Hill -
http://caq.com/CAQ/CAQ59GlobalSnoop.html.
-
The European Parliament STOA
report "An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control" -
6 January 1998 can be found at:
http://mprofaca.cronet.com/atpc2.html.
-
"The spy in your server", by
Duncan Campbell, Guardian Online, 10 August 2000,
www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,352394,00.html.
-
Ibid.
-
Bob Cryer's final speech to the
House of Commons:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/bobcryer.htm.
-
"Echelon was my baby", interview
with Ekstra Bladet, 21 Dec 1999, can be found on
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon1.htm.
-
"The new space invaders", 21 Feb
2000, see:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspce/articles/echelon6.htm and
"Thatcher linked to spy orders on ministers" press report
from 24th February 2000 -
http://www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/ford.htm
-
"60 Minutes on Echelon -
Transcript" - 27 Feb 2000, see:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon9.htm.
-
"Global spy network revealed,
Listening in to your phone calls and reading your emails",
by Andrew Bomford, 2 Nov 1999, see:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon0.htm.
-
"Critics Questioning NSA Reading
Habits - Politicians Ask if Agency Sweeps In Private Data" -
by Vernon Loeb, Washington Post Staff Writer, 13 Nov 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon4.htm.
-
"Loud and Clear - The most
secret of secret agencies operates under outdated laws" by
James Bamford, 14 Nov 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echel2.htm.
-
"New Technology for the NSA" by
Suelette Dreyfus, The Independent (UK), 15 Nov 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echel.htm.
-
See: "Intelligence Bill Targets
NSA, Echelon Upgrades" by Daniel Verton, 20 Nov 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon.htm.
-
"They Spy on Ordinary People"
interview with Duncan Campbell by Bo Elkjær and Kenan
Seeberg, 21 Dec 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon3.htm.
-
European Parliament STOA report
"An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control" - 6th
January 1998 - see:
http://cryptome.org/stoa-atpc.htm.
-
"The state of the art in
Communications Intelligence (COMINT) … " by Duncan Campbell
-
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/ic2000/ic2000.htm.
-
See: "France attacks Britain
over Echelon" by Richard Barry and Will Knight, 13 Oct 2000
-
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon3.htm and
"France blasts Britain over Echelon" 15 Oct 2000 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon6.htm.
-
See "EU assembly set to launch
"spy" system inquiry" by Yves Clarisse, 27 March 2000 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon10.htm
and "EU Commission and EU Council to be questioned on
Echelon spy system", 28 March 2000 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon11.htm.
-
See: "Info update on right to
privacy within the European Union" - 22 June 2000 (6 items)
-
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/euro.htm.
-
"German MEP files complaints
against 'Echelon'", by Rick Perera, 19 Oct 2000 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon8.htm.
-
"Echelon: Spying Chain's Cover
Blown" by Alan Perrott, Independent, 7 June 2001 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon20.htm.
-
A copy of the draft (780 kB PDF
file), dated 18 May 2001, is posted at:
www.fas.org/irp/program/process/prechelon_en.pdf.
-
See: "Worldwide spying network
revealed" by Stuart Millar, Richard Norton-Taylor and Ian
Black, The Guardian - 26 May 2001 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon19.htm.
-
"Echelon: Spying Chain's Cover
Blown" by Alan Perrott, Independent, 7 June 2001 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon20.htm.
-
"ECHELON Violates Human Rights
Treaties", From: Nizkor Int. Human Rights Team, Derechos
Human Rights, Serpaj Europe - 10 June 2001 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon22.htm.
-
Posted at:
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/ech/7747/1.html.
-
Posted at:
www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/ech/7752/1.html.
-
Posted at:
www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/ech/7748/1.html.
-
"US Steps Up Commercial Spying,
Washington gives companies an advantage in information", by
Robert Windrem, 7 May 2000 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/spying.htm.
-
Ibid.
-
"The new Cold War: How America
spies on us for its oldest friend - the Dollar" by Duncan
Campbell and Paul Lashmar, The Independent on Sunday - 2
July 2000,
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/echelon12.htm.
-
Ibid.
-
Ibid.
-
Ibid.
-
See also "From Data Tapping to
Missile Tracking - Star Wars Strikes Back" by Duncan
Campbell, The Guardian, 2 December 1998 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/swars.htm.
-
"Former CIA Director Says US
Economic Spying Targets "European Bribery" by Duncan
Campbell, 12 March 2000,
www/gn/apc/org/cndyorks/yspace/articles/bribery.htm.
-
"US secret agents work at
Microsoft: French intelligence", Sydney Morning Herald 18
Feb 2000 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/msoft.htm.
-
"From Data Tapping to Missile
Tracking - Star Wars Strikes Back" by Duncan Campbell, The
Guardian, 3 Dec 1998 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/swars.htm.
-
See
www.caab.org.uk, and
"Constructing SBIRS at Menwith in pictures" -
http://www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/sbirs.htm.
-
See: "US Bases in this country
are being used to protect America, not Britain - They're not
defending our realm" Comment & Analysis by Richard
Norton-Taylor, the Guardian,18 November 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/articles/writ2.htm and "The
Secret of Menwith Hill", Channel 4 News, by Justin Rowlatt,
Broadcast, 7 Dec, 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/channel4.htm.
-
See for example "US builds 'son
of star wars' at RAF base" by Jonathon Carr-Brown -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/writ3.htm, and
"You thought the nuclear arms race was over? Think again",
The Independent on Sunday 21 Nov 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/writ4.htm.
-
More details on SBIRS at the
Federation of American Scientists web site -
www.fas.org/spp/military/program/warning/sbir.htm or the
SBIRS home page -
http://www.losangeles.af.mil/SMC/MT/sbirs.htm.
-
See:
www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/speeches.htm.
-
"Uncle Sam's Eavesdroppers" by
Richard Sadler, a film for BBC North's Close Up North, was
broadcast in the north of England on 3 December on BBC2, see
also: "From Data Tapping to Missile Tracking - Star Wars
Strikes Back" by Duncan Campbell, The Guardian 3 Dec 1998 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/swars.htm.
-
See CAAB Newsletter No. 15, Nov
2000 -
www.gn.apc.org/caab/newsletters/cab15inf.htm#sbirs.
-
For up to date information see
CAAB Newsletters and web-site -
wwwcaab.org.uk.
-
See:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/acryer.htm.
-
See: "Secret Target - Son of
Star Wars Puts Yorkshire in Front Line" By Helen Hutchison,
Yorkshire Evening Post, 2 Feb 2001 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/starget.htm.
-
More details on this issue from
the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
Space -
www.space4peace.org.
-
Christine Dean - a founder
member of OPAG - holds very interesting and comprehensive
archives of the protest at MHS up to the demise of OPAG in
1992/3.
-
Details of the Women's Peace
Camp are taken from articles supplied by Anne Lee, some of
which are posted on the internet at
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpc/wpcmhs.htm.
-
The camp was evicted on August
18th 1999 - see press release of 14 July 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/eviction.htm.
-
Regular gatherings are organized
by the Women's Campaign - see
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpc/wpcmhs.htm.
-
Ibid.
-
Minister for Armed Forces (Mr
Soames) in a written answer to a question put by Max Madden
MP, House of Commons Hansard, 13 May 1996.
-
The full Judgment can be viewed
at:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/judge/barry.htm.
-
Full Judgment at:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/judge/woolf.htm.
-
Full Judgment at:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/judge/crabt1.htm.
-
See "Rifkind bans disclosures on
spy base" by Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 13 March,
1995 - the Certificate can be viewed at:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/judge/rifkind.htm.
-
See also "The Unsinkable
Aircraft Carrier" by Duncan Campbell, pub Michael Joseph,
London 1984.
-
Full Judgment at:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/crabt.htm.
-
See:
www.gn.apc.org/duncan/menwith.htm.
-
Full Judgment at
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/buxton-collins.htm.
-
See: "Cleared - but now
Convicted", Yorkshire, Evening Post 23 Jan 1999 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/fmhs/wpc/wpcinfo.htm#news6 and
other items on
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpc/wpcmhs.htm.
-
Full Judgment at:
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/judge/carnwath.htm.
-
In a letter of 9 March to Anne
Lee - for a copy see
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpc/wpcps.htm.
-
See CAAB Newsletter 16 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/newsletters/cab16.htm.
-
See also: "Peer backs right to
stage flag protests", Eastern Daily Press, 22 May 2001 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/articles/miller.htm and
"Fighting apathy can land you in a show trial" by David
Hare, Daily Telegraph, 22 May 2001 -
www.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/showtrial.htm.
-
See
www.menwithhill.com.
-
See
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/Newsletters/CAAB8INF.HTM#bigb
-
See report and more pictures at
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/m4report.htm.
-
For details see CAAB newsletters
or web-site
www.caab.org,uk.
-
See report on 4 July 2000
demonstration at
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/articles/july400.htm.
-
See report on
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/m4/report.htm.
-
See reports on
www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/gnoct7.htm.
-
See press release at
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/disalarmed.htm.
-
See "Peace Campaigners Fight to
Save Flowers", Yorkshire Evening Post 25 July 1998 and
"Duo's struggle for base orchids", Yorkshire Evening Post,
August 17 2000 - at
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpc/yep17800.htm.
-
See
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpc/orchids.htm.
-
See article at
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpc/wa22600.htm.
-
See
www.gn.apc.org/yorkscnd/yspace/articles/radarprotests.htm.
-
See BBC report and press
releases by Menwith Hill Women's Peace Campaign and Trident
Ploughshares "Harsh Prison Sentence for Blair Opposition
Candidate" at
www.gn.apc.org/yorkscnd/news/articles/helenjohn.htm.
-
Ibid.
-
See report at
www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/reports/gn01.htm.
-
For details of the conference,
including papers presented, see
www.peacevision.org.uk.
-
More details on SBIRS at the
Federation of American Scientists web site -
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/warning/sbir.htm
-
“US ‘negation’ policy in space
raises concerns abroad” by Loring Wirbel, EETimes, May 22,
2003
-
Reported in “Space is the
Ultimate High Ground” by A.J. Boser, Air Force News, June 4
2003
-
For more information on this see
the web-site of Federation of American Scientists -
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/operate/ds/signals.htm#N_9_
- accessed July 1 2003
-
“The Justice Game", Geoffrey
Robertson, Chapter 5, Chatto and Windus, London, 1998. The
MHS in-house magazine “Station Break” reported that the
Chief of Station at the time, William E. Kennedy, had
collected a ‘Director’s Unit Award’ for support to the
‘Desert Shield/Desert Storm’ operation.
-
"Invasion Tip," Aviation Week &
Space Technology, 6 August 1990, page 15.
-
Gertz, Bill, "US Breathes Easier
as it Spots Iraq's Jamming Gear," The Washington Times, 9
October 1990, page A8.
-
Smith, Jeffrey, "Iraqis Learning
to Use Captured US Missiles," The Washington Post, 21
October 1990, page A1, A28
-
Gertz, Bill, "Russian Voices
Directing Iraqis," The Washington Times, 13 February 1991,
page 1.
-
"Scud Launch Procedures May Hold
Key to Defeat of Mobile Missiles," Aerospace Daily, 28
January 1991, page 149-150.
-
"The Battle Damage Assessment
Challenge," Aviation Week & Space Technology, 4 February
1991, page 9.
-
Mossberg, Walter, "US Aides
Await Bomb Damage Report In Considering Early Ground
Offensive," The Wall Street Journal, 4 February 1991, page
A12.
-
Moore, Molly, "Bombing Damage
Hard to Assess," The Washington Post, 7 February 1991, page
A21
-
Gertz, Bill, "Soviets Giving Aid
to Iraqis, US Says," The Washington Times, 4 February 1991
-
Tyler, Patrick, "US Strength in
Gulf May Rise by 100,000," The Washington Post, 26 October
1990, page A1, A32. The source of this information is not
disclosed, but signals intelligence satellites are used to
collect just this type of information - it is not clear what
other intelligence source could do this.
-
Barry, John, "What Really
Happened," Newsweek, 25 February 1991, page 20.
-
Gordon, Michael, "US Calls
Target a Command Center," The New York Times, 14 February
1991, page 17.
-
"Washington Wire," The Wall
Street Journal, 15 February 1991, page 1.
-
Cody, Edward, "Allied Test Joint
Land, Sea, Air Assaults," The Washington Post, 17 February
1991, page A29, A30.
-
Mathews, Tom, et al,"The Secret
History of the War," Newsweek, 18 March 1991, page 28-39
-
“Australia’s Secret War”, by
Philip Dorling, The Diplomat, Oct-Nov 2002
-
As reported in The Daily Times,
March 4, 2003
-
As reported in the Colorado
Springs Gazette, 13 April 2003
-
As reported in the Santa Barbara
News of 23 April 2003
-
“Without space, we’re back to
World War II”, by Nora Wallace, Santa Barbara News, 23 April
2003
-
For information on future
actions & events contact:
Yorkshire CND - +44 (0)1274-730795 -
www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk;
CAAB - +44 (0)1943-466405 -
www.caab.org.uk and/or
The Women's Peace Campaign -+44 (0)1943-466825 -
www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpcmhs.htm.