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27th November 1999 Archive

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  • ECHELON, NSA spooks face Congress scrutiny

    The wages of sin: legislative oversight

    Conspiracy paranoiacs rejoice: the controversial spy operation known as ECHELON, reportedly run by the US National Security Agency (NSA), is going under the microscope when Congress returns from the holidays. In a double blow to the spook agency's sense of immunity, Congress has drafted a bill requiring it to account for itself …

    Business 27 Nov 1999, 09:11

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