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		Although high technology stations such as Menwith Hill are primarily intended to monitor international communications, according to US experts their capability can be, and has been, turned inwards on domestic traffic.
		Menwith Hill, in particular, has been accused by a former employee of gross corruption and the monitoring of domestic calls.
		While working at Menwith Hill, Newsham is reported to have said that she was able to listen through earphones to telephone calls being monitored at the base.
	www.darkgovernment.com /echelon.html (2347 words)

	MENWITH HILL TOURS - What You'll Find There
		The main operational activity of Menwith Hill is the collection of signals intelligence from national and international communications systems for the USA.
		Menwith Hill was first established to intercept traditional radio signals, but this is now only a tiny part of its activities.
		Menwith Hill controls 56 satellites and a series of radomes, known as the RUNWAY running east and west across the south edge of Menwith, are believed to be involved in downloading information from the geosynchronous satellites known as VORTEX or MAGNUM and from larger, more advanced systems such as those known as ORION.
	www.outandoutnutter.co.uk /menwithhilltours/findthere.htm (744 words)

	Ground Truth: Menwith Hill Station Overseas Collection Site
		Menwith Hill Station, UK Menwith Hill in the UK is the principal NATO theater ground segment node for high altitude signals intelligence satellites.
		Menwith Hill was operated by ASA from 1958 until its turnover to NSA in June 1966.
		Menwith Hill Station is an extensive complex of domes, vertical masts and satellite dishes, as well as more than 4.9 acres of buildings.
	www.fas.org /irp/facility/menwith.htm (1570 words)

	MENWITH HILL INVESTIGATIONS - Paranormal Phenomena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Menwith Hill security police were contacted, they were extremely rude and put the phone down on us.
		Menwith Hill is to play a front line role in a "Star Wars" system to warn the Americans of ballistic missile launches anywhere on Earth.
		Construction of the two radomes at RAF Menwith Hill is due to begin in November 1999 and is scheduled for completion in February 2000.
	maxpages.com /mapit/MENWITH_HILL - !http://maxpages.com/mapit/MENWITH_HILL (3166 words)

	New Statesman - 1980 - America's big ear on Europe
		Menwith Hill Base covers 562 closely guarded acres of the Yorkshire Moors, festooned with a remarkable array of satellite-tracking aerials.
		Every aspect of Menwith Hill's operations is shrouded in secrecy, but we have been informed that it was identified during secret Congressional intelligence hearings as the larger of two centres for tapping telephone lines in Europe.
		The most striking feature of Menwith Hill, to the casual visitor, is the array of satellite communications aerials, tracking dishes and protective "radomes", which fill its skyline.
	www.newstatesman.com /199912060038 (955 words)

	Menwith Hill \| Today's issues \| Guardian Unlimited
		Menwith Hill, established more than 40 years ago, is frequently confused with RAF Fylingdales, a US early warning station in North Yorkshire.
		The Menwith Hill base alone can intercept an astonishing 2m signals per hour, as part of the Anglo-US intelligence-sharing operation known as Operation Echelon.
		The British government insists that nothing illegal or improper takes place at Menwith Hill, and that it is vital to national security.
	www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,516264,00.html (245 words)

	The Why Files website your portal to unexplained phenomenon. Discover the facts about UFOs and Alien Visitation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is likely that Menwith Hill will become the most important covert listening station in the world and also an integral component in the new Star wars Defense system.
		Of course for such corruption to succeed this has to be formally denied by the facility while all the time knowing such operations are going on, this her Majesty the Queen may have seen in operation in her remarks to the butler of the Princess of Wales.
		The conduct of Menwith Hill and what they have done to me in pursuit of covering up the activities of what is going on remain.
	www.thewhyfiles.net /echelon.htm (4835 words)

	menwith hill home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This website is designed to show what Menwith Hill looks like and the level of security it has as of 6th October 2002 (as security changes, the website will be updated).
		Menwith Hill is in the UK, situated off the A59 between Harrogate and Skipton.
		If you are looking for information on what Menwith Hill and the NSA are, go to the links pages.
	www.menwithhill.ukf.net (96 words)

	What is the US Spy Base doing at Menwith Hill, Yorkshire, England? - Looking Glass News
		Menwith Hill employs 1,200 US civilians and servicemen to work around the clock inside "hardened" buildings intercepting and analysing communications mainly from Europe, Russia and the Middle East.
		Among the most prolific questioners of the status and role of Menwith Hill was Bob Cryer, who was MP for Bradford South until his tragic death in 1994.
		Menwith is the largest regional signals intelligence station anywhere on earth and is fully involved in these plans.
	www.lookingglassnews.org /viewcommentary.php?storyid=69 (1699 words)

	menwith hill - the original big brother
		Menwith Hill is the worlds largest monitoring communications station and is situated just outside Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.
		Its official title is R.A.F Menwith Hill which is misleading since it is actually run by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
		The official cover story is that it is an all-civilian base and is a Department of Defence communications station, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) describing it as a "communications relay centre".
	www.daelnet.co.uk /features/menwithhill (294 words)

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		Menwith Hill is run by the US National Security Agency (NSA), which monitors the world's communication for US intelligence.
		After being privately briefed in his chambers by BT's second solicitor, the judge said that it was immaterial if Menwith Hill was spying on British citizens and commercial communications and may have cost British companies in billions of dollars of lost sales.
		For more information about Menwith Hill, there are links and outlines at this unofficial MHS site.
	duncan.gn.apc.org /menwith.htm (851 words)

	ECHELON - The Menwith Hill Site - 1
		Menwith Hill’s ongoing expansion means it is now able to transmit and receive communications and photographic images from space.
		We will continue to protest against Menwith Hill’s lack of accountability; its promotion of the arms trade and war; its violation of local, national and international law; its abuse of democracy and civil liberties; and its crucial role in US plans to dominate earth and space with nuclear and military technology.
		Menwith Hill received an award for its part in "Desert Storm" during the Gulf War - a fact revealed in the in-house magazine "Station Break" which reported that the Chief of Station, William E. Kennedy, had collected a ’Director’s Unit Award’ for support to the ’Desert Shield/Desert Storm’ operation.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /ciencia/echelon07.htm (6260 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Menwith Hill: Centre of Star Wars storm
		Menwith Hill satellite station, in the Yorkshire Dales, would be central to any "Star Wars" defence system, and the resulting protests.
		Since it was built in the early 1950's, Menwith Hill, near the Yorkshire Dales, has attracted protestors.
		Menwith Hill is just a few miles from the Yorkshire town of Harrogate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/1310985.stm (562 words)

	Britain and Missile Defence
		RAF Menwith Hill is a spy base in Yorkshire, which is also expected to play a role in missile defence as a ground relay system for the Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) of US military satellites.
		The involvement of Fylingdales and Menwith Hill could make the UK a target for a state with which the US is engaged in hostilities.
		The involvement of Menwith Hill and Fylingdales may be only the beginning of British participation and cooperation with the US missile defence system.
	www.cnduk.org /pages/binfo/mdrole.html (625 words)

	AYUP! ONLINE MAGAZINE - MENWITH HILL
		This complex, known as RAF Menwith Hill, was rather different than the new early warning system over the moors at Fylingdales.
		Menwith Hill has an internal town centre with houses, shops, schools, a chapel and a sports centre.
		But European critics are insisting that Menwith Hill is just as capable of providing the NSA with invaluable information about contract tenders, oil prospecting or international trade deals.
	ayup.co.uk /shuttup/shuttup1-0.html (1024 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The "incursion at RAF Menwith Hill in July last year" was an anti-Star Wars protest by Greenpeace publicising the projected role of the base for the USA's Missile Defense System.
		The measures to improve the security of the base followed the incursion at RAF Menwith Hill in July last year and the increased threat of public protest activity, and the events of 11 September.
		At Menwith Hill the MoD Police are paid for by the US Government, but I am not sure of the arrangements at Fylingdales, which is run for the USA by the RAF.
	www.arnehansen.net /020223WoMenwith-Peacegroup.htm (1152 words)

	MTCP 1999
		Menwith Hill is a little piece of the USA in Britain, a listening post monitoring the telecommunications traffic of Europe.
		The role of Menwith Hill in a military context is undeniable, it won an award from the NSA as "Station of the Year" in 1991 for its role in the Gulf War.
		In February Lindis Percy, who has had an injuction since 1991 banning her from the area around Menwith Hill with the exception of two public footpaths, was arrested for removing one of these signs from the side of one of the footpaths.
	www.fnord.demon.co.uk /mt/third/third7.html (1700 words)

	CAAB
		To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether requests for visits to RAF Menwith Hill are determined by his Department; and what discussions take place with the US authorities before the response to individual requests is determined.
		Due to national security considerations, visits to RAF Menwith Hill are restricted to those with an official oversight function such as Government Ministers and the members of the all-party Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).
		Peaceful protesters detected at RAF Menwith Hill are dealt with by Ministry of Defence Police using their powers according to their statutory office of Constable.
	www.caabuk.plus.com /Parliament/writtenstatements.htm (797 words)

	Military Installation Guides 2.0
		Located in the Yorkshire Dales in England, U.K., RAF Menwith Hill is approximately 8 miles North West of Harrogate, 20 miles North of Bradford, and 222 miles North of London.
		The mission of RAF Menwith Hill, which is a U.S. Air Force installation, is to provide rapid radio relay and conduct communications research.
		The land occupied by RAF Menwith Hill was acquired by the British War Office in 1954, and was subsequently leased to the U.S. to build RAF Menwith Hill.
	benefits.military.com /misc/installations/Base_Content.jsp?id=4695 (2397 words)

	Semaphore: RAF MENWITH HILL
		The British Ministry of Defence describe Menwith Hill as a "communications relay centre." Until 1974, Menwith Hill's SIGINT specialty was the interception of International Leased Carrier signals, the communications links run by civil agencies -- the Post, Telegraph and Telephone ministries of eastern and western European countries.
		Initially, tapes containing data collected at Menwith Hill were returned via air to the United States for analysis.
		Menwith Hill had an important role as an interceptor of and a conduit for intelligence and command information in the Gulf war and the War on Iraq and its activities are likely to continue to expand as the US develops more space based war fighting systems.
	semaphore.blogs.com /semaphore/raf_menwith_hill (1060 words)

	the f-word - From Greenham to Menwith: The women’s peace campaign at Menwith Hill
		Some of those women turned their attention to Menwith Hill, the largest American military spy base in the world, in the middle of the North Yorkshire dales, seven miles from Harrogate.
		While the casualties rise in Iraq, Menwith Hill will be monitoring and translating telecommunications from the area, providing information on terrain and weather conditions, targets and military locations.
		We are calling on women to take direct action to stop the imperialist war mongers at Menwith Hill; an important strategic military base, no war could go ahead without Menwith; and peace cannot exist while it is there.
	www.thefword.org.uk /features/2003/09/from_greenham_to_menwith_the_womens_peace_campaign_at_menwith_hill (1146 words)

	Star Wars Protests Circle the Globe -Menwith Hill
		Menwith Hill is home to over 1,000 American National Security Agency personnel, primarily involved in the interception of international phone, fax, and e-mail communications, plus critical missile defense radars.
		She was released and informed the court by faxed letter of her intent to plead not guilty.
		Nonetheless, a warrant was issued when she failed to appear, but it was, curiously, not enforced for several days until the eve of the October 13 International Day of Protest Against Weapons in Space and a major demonstration at Menwith Hill.
	www.serve.com /nukeresister/nr125/125menwith.html (843 words)

	US Army Community and Family Support Center - Business Programs
		Not only did Menwith Hill's newest facility open on schedule but according to installation leadership, the Strike Zone was completed under budget.
		According to Menwith Hill’s MWR Chief Charles Gulden, the Strike Zone is a new food and beverage concept that is finding its way into U. Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities world-wide.
		Menwith Hill Station is located in Northern England in North Yorkshire, approximately 200 miles north of London
	www.armymwr.com /corporate/programs/business/concepts/menwithsz.asp (735 words)

	Menwith Hill's prisoner of conscience
		By Ann Treneman I set off to RAF Menwith Hill on a mission without realising that the place was not on the map.
		After all, Menwith Hill is one of the world's largest listening-stations.
		You drive over the crest of the hill and suddenly the horizon fills up with what appear to be giant tumours.
	www.chiark.greenend.org.uk /pipermail/ukcrypto/1999-May/004265.html (1184 words)

	What is the Menwith Hill US Spy Station?
		A recent report commissioned by the European Parliament has confirmed that Menwith Hill's role in monitoring UK communications for the NSA and pressure is being applied by British MEPs in the European Parliament to make Menwith Hill accountable See the page on Campaigning
		His final speech to the House, in an adjournment debate, was a succinct rendering of the questions at the heart of the campaign.
		Menwith's ongoing expansion will also enable it to transmit and receive communications and photographic images from space.
	www.euronet.nl /~rembert/echelon/mwh.htm (1643 words)

	ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network -- Patrick S. Poole
		In some cases, such as the NSA’s Menwith Hill station in England, surveillance is conducted against citizens on their own soil and with the full knowledge and cooperation of their government.
		Having received one of the first sophisticated IBM computers in the early 1960s, Menwith Hill was also used to sort through the voluminous unenciphered telex communications, which consisted of international messages, telegrams and telephone calls from the government, business and civilian sectors looking for anything of political, military or economic value.<20>
		One shocking revelation about Menwith Hill came to light in 1997 during the trial of two women peace campaigners appealing their convictions for trespassing at the facility.
	fly.hiwaay.net /~pspoole/echelon.html (8561 words)

	ECHELON - The Menwith Hill Site - 2
		On the grounds that the Women’s Peace Camp constituted a danger to the public by being a distraction to motorists using the A59 highway, and that the camp was an unlawful incursion onto land belonging to the Highways Authority.
		At that meeting Menwith Hill’s complaints against the camp were discussed, as were ideas on how to evict the peace camp without appearing to involve the station authorities.
		In 1999 Lindis Percy was found ’in contempt of court’ for being in breach of her permanent injunction at Menwith Hill and sent to prison for 9 months for continuing to pursue her actions against the byelaws.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /ciencia/echelon07a.htm (7360 words)

	earwig01 menwith hill, echelon, and Greenpeace
		Cunningly disguised as missiles and accompanied by the theme to Mission Impossible, over 100 Greenpeace activists invaded the U.S. spy base at Menwith Hill on two consecutive days in July, coinciding with the annual CAAB (Campaign for Accountability of American Bases) Independence Day rally.
		Menwith Hill has won awards for its work in intercepting the strategic communications of all sides in the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War.
		Frequent arrests for fence cutting, slogan painting inside the base, blockades and the constantly visible protest attracted much national and international media attention, and meant that eviction was inevitable.
	www.earwig.co.nz /menwith.html (943 words)

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