2001 EU Parliament Report: Echelon Global Private and Commercial Communications Interception System [0] 10.5.1. Strategic industrial espionage by the intel

2001 EU Parliament Report: Echelon Global Private and Commercial Communications Interception System [0] 10.5.1. Strategic industrial espionage by the intelligence services After the end of the Cold War, intelligence service capacity was released and it can now be used in other areas. The United States readily admits that some of its intelligence service's activities also concern industry. This includes, for example,, monitoring of the observance of economic sanctions, compliance with rules on the supply of weapons and dual-use goods, developments on commodities markets and events on the international financial markets. The rapporteur's findings are that the US services are not alone in their involvement in these spheres, nor is there any serious criticism of this. Before our enternal Innenminister accuses me of naive anti-americanism, let me also point out section 2.5 and 3.3.3. [0] http://cryptome.org/echelon-ep.htm#2 http://cryptome.org/echelon-ep.htm#2