First Echelon Source

[Brian Randell]

Hi:

On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:03:00 +0000, Robin Galbraith 
<robin@robinsg.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <a04310101b4dd66bbdf2b@[128.240.148.36]>, Brian Randell
><Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk> writes
>snip
>>Was I naive in having assumed that the story carried yesterday, by
>>Reuters I understand, that "It is reported a Canadian agent spied on
>>at least two cabinet ministers using the Echelon surveillance network
>>during Margaret Thatcher's premiership" would be on BBC Radio 4, and
>>headline news in all the UK national papers,  this morning? (I
>>certainly heard nothing on the radio, and found nothing in the
>>Guardian.)
>
>It was quite well reported on television yesterday (both in live
>programmes and on teletext) together with conjectures on the identity of
>the 2/3 and rather bizarre suggestions as to how Echelon surveillance
>worked on them.
>
>>
>>And would it be equally naive to assume that there will be little or
>>no mainstream coverage here in the UK on Monday of tomorrow's CBS
>>programme?
>
>That remains to be seen ;0)

No prizes offered, but has *anybody* seen *anything* about last 
week's story "Maggie got the US to bug her cabinet ministers" (an 
obvious headline to grace a front page), or about whatever was 
revealed in the CBS programme on Monday, in *any* of the national UK 
papers?

I have been checking the Guardian and/or the Independent fairly 
carefully each day and have seen nothing (though I confess I didn't 
check the small ads :-).

I thought there were quite enough members of the "media" on this 
mailing list to guarantee such a front page headline - how naive! 
(The extent of my naivete is perhaps indicated by the fact that only 
two UKCRYPTO subscribers responded to my earlier message.)

And I for one missed the television and teletext reports that Robin 
refers to. (Are any of these on the Web?)

cheers

Brian Randell

(aka Disillusioned of Newcastle)


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