"I would need more sources to decide who may be right here." Dale, there are lots of sources for ECHELON...Here are a few....since 1996 at least.
ECHELON: fas.org
fly.hiwaay.net
ECHELON Research Resources
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Codename: Echelon
cybercitycafe.com
A report to the European parliament states:
" Within Europe, all email, telephone and fax communications are routinely intercepted by the United States National Security Agency, transferring all target information from the European mainland ... to [The headquarter of NSA] ... a global surveillance system that stretches around the world to form a targeting system on all of the key Intelsat satellites used to convey most of the world's satellite phone calls, internet, email, faxes and telexes. ...unlike many of the electronic spy systems developed during the cold war, ECHELON is designed for primarily non-military targets: governments, organisations and businesses in virtually every country... Five nations share the results with the US as the senior partner ... Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia are very much acting as subordinate information servicers "
An article in the mailinglist ukcrypto, suggests there is a link between this interception capacity and the pressure for data recovery. That thought is also suggested in a Swedish newspaper; "Storebror vill avlyssna", Dagen Nyheter, 9 Jan 1997
This is also in expressed in a Congressional record, July 15, 1998
" Mr. Craig; ... Export restrictions on encryption products assist the Intelligence Community in its signals intelligence mission. By collecting and analyzing signals intelligence, U.S. intelligence agencies seek to understand the policies, intentions, and plans of foreign state"
Lots More at link above including " Web-articles in chronological order"
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