For further information about the EU Temporary Committee on Echelon, visit the Echelon Watch pages of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) at http://www.cyber-rights.org/interception/echelon/

The pages include information about the details of the Temporary Committee which has 36 members and the schedule of the committee which will meet 7 times between July-September 2000.

Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) pages will be updated regularly to provide further information about the activities of the Temporary Committee.

Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) welcomed such an inquiry at a European Union level and stated that: "The EU inquiry is timely and hopefully the Committee will conclude what we all knew for some time - that the Echelon systems do exist. I hope to see the EU taking action against the use of unaccountable surveillance systems such as Echelon and a policy at the EU level is needed to protect the interests of EU citizens and business."

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