Echelon committee suspicions grow

The Echelon committee delegation set up by the European Parliament travelled to Washington last week with the objective of allowing the US to respond to the numerous allegations made about the Echelon system.\nHowever, five different US institutions cancelled the meetings at the very last minute. They all sent faxes nearly at the same time with very similar wordings, which gave the committee an impression they just did not want to meet. \n“The fact that they cancelled the meetings has increas...