European Parliament 29 November 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-3401/02 by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Council. Total Information Awareness.

3. To what extent will this expand eavesdropping capabilities over those of the US-directed ‘Echelon’ system which have existed for much longer? 4. What are the implications of this for present-day privacy protection and mail service inviolability, which has been recognised for more than a century and a half in democratic states based on the rule of law? 5.