of intercepted communications about Lonrho to Mrs. Thatcher's office.
P9
Intelligence is not just neutral information; it can be powerful and
dangerous. Intelligence gathering and military force are two sides of
the same coin. Both are used by countries and groups within countries to
advance their interests, often at the expense of others. To influence or
defeat an opponent, knowledge can be more useful than military force.
The type of intelligence described in this book, signals intelligence
(SIGINT), is the largest, most secret and most expensive source of secret
intelligence in the world today.
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Like the British examples, and Mike Frost's Canadian examples, these stories
will only be the tip of the iceberg.
There is no evidence of a UKUSA code of ethics or a tradition of respect
for Parliament or civil liberties in their home countries.
The opposite seems to be true: that anything goes as long as you do not
get caught. Secrecy not only permits but encourages questionable operations.
Three observations need to be made about the immense spying capability
provided by the ECHELON system.
The first is that the magnitude of the global network is a product of
decades of intense Cold War activity. Yet with the end of the Cold War
it has not been demobilized and budgets have not been sig
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