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| | Wired News: Eavesdropping on Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | "Frankly, the only people who have any doubt about the existence of Echelon are in the United States," said Glyn Ford, a British member of the European Parliament and a director of Scientific and Technical Options Assessment, or STOA, a technology advisory committee to the parliament. |
 | | Poole and Ford have their work cut out for them: Neither Britain nor the United States will admit that Echelon even exists. |
 | | While the EU is aware that Echelon may be a useful tool for tracking down global terrorists, drug barons, and international criminals, Ford said the parliament is concerned that the system may also be used for espionage, spying on peaceful nations, or gaining unfair economic advantage over non-member nations. |
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