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Subject: MoD patrols stop 2100 people at US phone tap site
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MoD patrols stop 2100 people at US phone tap site
IAN BRUCE, Defence CorrespondentJune 26 2006
Armed Ministry of Defence police have stopped more than 2100 civilians and=
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body-searched 941 in the last five years to help protect the secrets of=20
America's main phone-tapping and surveillance site on British soil, The Her=
ald can=20
reveal.
The American government has also paid more than =A31.7m to the MoD since 20=
03=20
to fund security patrols on the approach roads to the Menwith Hill facility=
in=20
north Yorkshire because it cannot legally deploy its own armed troops outsi=
de=20
the perimeter of what is still officially an RAF base.
The MoD has admitted both the stop-and-search and funding figures in answer=
s=20
to private parliamentary questions.
The Menwith Hill site, on moorland eight miles from Harrogate, is the bigge=
st=20
American intelligence-gathering centre outside the US. The bulk of its staf=
f=20
are 1200 employees of the US National Security Agency plus a handful of=20
British military intelligence personnel and analysis and liaison teams from=
the UK=20
government's GCHQ monitoring centre outside Cheltenham.
Its job is to scan telephone, fax, e-mail and microwave communications=20
throughout Europe, including diplomatic signals from embassies and commerci=
ally=20
sensitive exchanges between major companies.
One intelligence source said: "Menwith Hill deals with hundreds of millions=
=20
of communications and signals packages a day. These are filtered through ba=
nks=20
of computers pre-programmed with a list of key words which allows analysts =
to=20
home in on items of interest.
"Siting the base on British soil allows the NSA to neatly circumvent US hum=
an=20
rights legal restrictions which might hamper domestic or foreign=20
intelligence-gathering.=20
"This has become ever more important since September 11. Why risk judicial=
=20
refusal for a wire-tap on a terrorist suspect in New York or Miami when you=
can=20
eavesdrop on him from North Yorkshire without anyone back home knowing or=
=20
being able to interfere?
"Because it can hide behind the official though patently false cover of bei=
ng=20
an RAF facility, it lies outside US jurisdiction.
"It also suits Whitehall to turn a blind eye, given the levels and quantity=
=20
of shared intelligence plucked from the ether. Menwith Hill works very clos=
ely=20
with GCHQ and its outstations in Cyprus and elsewhere round the globe. Betw=
een=20
them, they've got a very big ear to the sky."
Menwith Hill could theoretically tap into 250,000 domestic telephone lines=
=20
simultaneously within the UK and is linked directly to the Hunter's Stone P=
ost=20
Office Tower, the pivotal point for more than a million miles of British=20
microwave connections.
It is also the key reception and analysis site for the Echelon electronic=
=20
surveillance system, a worldwide satellite-based intelligence-gathering net=
work=20
whose findings are shared between the US, the UK, Canadian, Australian and =
New=20
Zealand intelligence services.
Echelon monitors every signal passing through the world's communications'=
=20
satellites and has 120 satellites of its own to capture other microwave=20
communications, including all known mobile telephone and pager systems.=20
The NSA, America's largest and most secretive intelligence agency, lists=20
Menwith Hill as "Field Station 83".
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stopped more than 2100 civilians and body-searched 941 in the last five yea=
rs to help protect the secrets of America's main phone-tapping and surveill=
ance site on British soil, The Herald can reveal.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3Db=
odyMargin>The American government has also paid more than =A31.7m to the Mo=
D since 2003 to fund security patrols on the approach roads to the Menwith =
Hill facility in north Yorkshire because it cannot legally deploy its own a=
rmed troops outside the perimeter of what is still officially an RAF base.<=
/SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>The MoD has admitted both the stop-and-s=
earch and funding figures in answers to private parliamentary questions.</S=
PAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>The Menwith Hill site, on moorland eight m=
iles from Harrogate, is the biggest American intelligence-gathering centre =
outside the US. The bulk of its staff are 1200 employees of the US National=
Security Agency plus a handful of British military intelligence personnel =
and analysis and liaison teams from the UK government's GCHQ monitoring cen=
tre outside Cheltenham.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>Its job is to sc=
an telephone, fax, e-mail and microwave communications throughout Europe, i=
ncluding diplomatic signals from embassies and commercially sensitive excha=
nges between major companies.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>One intell=
igence source said: "Menwith Hill deals with hundreds of millions of commun=
ications and signals packages a day. These are filtered through banks of co=
mputers pre-programmed with a list of key words which allows analysts to ho=
me in on items of interest.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>"Siting the =
base on British soil allows the NSA to neatly circumvent US human rights le=
gal restrictions which might hamper domestic or foreign intelligence-gather=
ing. </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>"This has become ever more importa=
nt since September 11. Why risk judicial refusal for a wire-tap on a terror=
ist suspect in New York or Miami when you can eavesdrop on him from North Y=
orkshire without anyone back home knowing or being able to interfere?</SPAN=
><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>"Because it can hide behind the official thou=
gh patently false cover of being an RAF facility, it lies outside US jurisd=
iction.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>"It also suits Whitehall to turn=
a blind eye, given the levels and quantity of shared intelligence plucked =
from the ether. Menwith Hill works very closely with GCHQ and its outstatio=
ns in Cyprus and elsewhere round the globe. Between them, they've got a ver=
y big ear to the sky."</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>Menwith Hill coul=
d theoretically tap into 250,000 domestic telephone lines simultaneously wi=
thin the UK and is linked directly to the Hunter's Stone Post Office Tower,=
the pivotal point for more than a million miles of British microwave conne=
ctions.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>It is also the key reception and=
analysis site for the Echelon electronic surveillance system, a worldwide =
satellite-based intelligence-gathering network whose findings are shared be=
tween the US, the UK, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand intelligence ser=
vices.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>Echelon monitors every signal pas=
sing through the world's communications' satellites and has 120 satellites =
of its own to capture other microwave communications, including all known m=
obile telephone and pager systems. </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3DbodyMargin>The =
NSA, America's largest and most secretive intelligence agency, lists Menwit=
h Hill as "Field Station 83".</SPAN></DIV>
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