ECHELON mentioned twice on R4

[Quentin Campbell]

For those of you who monitor references to ECHELON in the media you might
note that the "Today" program on BBC Radio 4 this morning took two
pot-shots at ECHELON.

The first at about 06:15 reported a French judicial(?) enquiry into the
role of ECHELON (and of Britain being used) as a tool for economic
espionage against France. The reporter was the BBC correspondent in Paris,
James Kumerasamy (sp?). Ironically it was the French attempts to bribe
Saudi officials in 1994 that the Americans allegedly intercepted and
reported to the Saudi government, scuppering the Airbus deal in favour of
American plane makers.

The second report was at 06:45 and consisted of an interview with Jean
Lambert, an MEP(?), and from what I caught of it dealt with the European
Parliament's investigation into ECHELON.

No doubt there will be more detail on the BBC web site.

Quentin
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