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  • proper noun an international SIGINT network to monitor and gather intelligence from satellite trunk communications

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Examples

  • Look Echelon is like a police road block: its random and no warrant is required to stop and search a vehicle.

    Think Progress » The Echelon Myth 2005

  • Also, during the Clinton administration there was a program called Echelon, which is the NSA scooping up all the electronic communications in the country.

    CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2005 2005

  • The CIA has created a new and improved top secret unit known as Echelon 8 (E-8).

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The CIA has created a new and improved top secret unit known as Echelon 8

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Duncan Campbell’s Scientific and Technical Options Assessment (STOA) April 2000 report to the European Union entitled Interception Capabilities 2000 states that those governments implicated in Echelon routinely monitor commercial communications.

    Friends don’t spy on friends 2009

  • More U.S. Gran Fondos are being planned, and a company called Echelon Gran Fondo is in the planning stages for a Gran Fondo next summer that will include New York City and parts of Connecticut.

    Italian-Style Bike Race Winds 100 Miles Reed Albergotti 2011

  • A director who would be more than willing to open up the treasure trove of secrets formerly known as Echelon.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • A director who would be more than willing to open up the treasure trove of secrets formerly known as Echelon.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • A director who would be more than willing to open up the treasure trove of secrets formerly known as Echelon.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • But, despite occasional rows, the eavesdropping network, sometimes referred to as Echelon, has expanded.

    Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence 2010

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