[107422] in Cypherpunks
Echelon Targeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (scoops)
Wed Jan 13 18:42:41 1999
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:10:19 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: scoops <scoops@quiknet.com>
Reply-To: scoops <scoops@quiknet.com>
Does anyone know how many (as a percentage) targets for investigation are
selected using Echelon processed data, as opposed to that percentage of
targets that are selected prior to Echelon data processing? Is the primary
area of interest military, goverment, industry, civilians?
My hunch/hope is that it is rare that someone becomes a target for
investigation based on routine Echelon processing. I think it is much more
likely that a target or target group is pre-selected and then Echelon goes
to work.
I suppose another way to ask the question is -- was Echelon designed to
ferret out new targets as its primary mission or as a secondary tool for
follow-on tracking and investigation after a target has been selected?
