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UNITED KINGDOM
Intel Environment
| Military Alliance | |
| Interior Intelligence Services | |
| Exterior Intelligence Services | [Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)] |
| Military Intelligence Services | |
| SIGINT/COMINT Alliances |
Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment
| Type | Name | Ownership | Main Office | URL | Notes |
Transnational Cables and Connections
| Type | Name | Ownership | Connecting Operator Point A | Connection Operator Point B | URL/Notes |
SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators
| Name | Location | Operator | Status | Capabilities |
| Menwith Hill (ECHELON) | Menwith Hill, Harrogate | UK/USA (RSOC) | Active | Intelsat Europe till West-Asia |
| Belfast (Victoria Square) | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| Brora, Scotland | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| GCHQ | Cheltenham (Government Communications Headquarters) | NSA liaison is present. | Active | |
| Chicksands | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| Culm Head | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| Digby | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| Hawklaw, Scotland | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| Irton Moor | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| Molesworth | UK/USA | Active | ||
| Morwenstow | UK/USA | Active | ||
| Westminster, London | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
| (Palmer Street) | ? | |||
| Yemen | ? | |||
| Socotra Island | (planned) |
Privacy Related Legislation
LI Legislation
SIGINT/COMINT Legal Grounds
Vendor Appearance
Events / Situations / Articles
| Date | Source | Title | Tags |
| 18.04.2010 | Guardian | No 10 Downing Street bugged by MI5, claims historian / Bugs placed in the cabinet room by Harold Macmillan in 1963 and not removed until 1977 | |
| 11.07.2009 | Wikileaks | UK phone hacking scandal: The News of the World didn't go far enough | murdoch voicemail |
| 17.12.2006 | The Independent | Police: we were bugged in effort to halt BAe Saudi arms inquiry | |
| 10.12.2006 | the guardian | US bugged Diana's phone on night of death crash | |
| 11.06.2001 | The Register | US expands Echelon spying in UK | echelon privacy sigint nsa |
| 16.05.2001 | The register | Eurocops want seven-year retention of all phone, Net traffic | sigint privacy lawful interception europol |
