Echelon Chronology
Duncan Campbell
01.06.2001
Key steps in the development of Echelon from 1964 to May 2001
| Year | Development |
| 1964 | International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium formed to launch civil communications satellites (comsats) |
| 1967 | First comsat interception station planned at Morwenstow, Cornwall, England |
| 1970 | First comsat interception station in operation at Morwenstow |
| 1971 | Second comsat interception station in operation at Yakima, Washington, USA |
| 1981 | Echelon II database in operation at Menwith Hill, Yorkshire, England; expansion of Echelon system planned |
| 1982 | Ladylove comsat interception station in operation at Misawa, Honshu, Japan |
| 1985 | Canadian comsat interception station in operation at Leitrim, Ontario, Canada |
| 1986 | Global expansion of Echelon system planned by UKUSA treaty partners |
| 1988 | Existence of Echelon interception system revealed for the first time in British magazine New Statesman |
| 1989-91 | New comsat interception stations start operation in Australia and New Zealand |
| 1996 | New Zealand researcher Nicky Hager publishes “Secret Power”, describing the Echelon system |
| 1998 | European Parliament publishes report on the “Technology of Political Control”, mentioning the findings of “Secret Power” |
| May 1998 | Documents released to the National Security Archive in Washington confirm the existence of Echelon satellite interception stations, run by the U.S. military |
| March 1999 | Martin Brady, director of the Australian signals intelligence organisation DSD, confirms that Australia takes part in UKUSA intelligence sharing system |
| May 1999 | European Parliament published “Interception Capabilities 2000” (IC2000) report describing Echelon and other parts of the global interception system |
| February 2000 | IC2000 report presented to European Parliament March 2000 Former CIA director James Woolsey confirms that U.S. intelligence uses interception systems and keyword searches to monitor European businesses |
| July 2000 | European Parliament vote to set up temporary committee on the “Echelon interception system” |
| October 2000 | French Assemblee Nationale publishes report on Echelon and affirms that “Echelon exists” |
| December 2000 | Echelon Committee of European Parliament commissions further studies (IC2001) on the use of interception systems |
| January 2001 | Dutch Parliament report on Echelon affirms that “Echelon exists” |
| February 2001 | EU official Desmond Perkins tells the Echelon Committee that he gave samples of EU codes to NSA for testing, adding “the Americans read everything” |
| April 2001 | New Zealand author Nicky Hager gives evidence to Echelon committee |
| 14 May 2001 | US government cancels all meetings with the Echelon Committee during their visit to Washington “at the last minute”. |
| 23 May 2001 | Draft final report of Echelon Committee leaked and published |
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