Mission Statement
The
primary goal of Jam Echelon Day 2001 is to raise public awareness of
the existence of Echelon and stimulate scrutiny of the world's government
agencies that operate it.
We
are offering substantial resources for people to educate themselves
about Echelon and what it is capable of. This is an educational campaign
sponsored by concerned netizens that value personal privacy and firmly believe
that everyone has a right to privacy without government intrusion.
The 2001 "Jam Echelon" campaign has kept the name of it's 1999 predecessor both to honor a great idea and to state an ideal. We acknowledge that the current level of technology being utilized by the Echelon group far exceeds our ability to actually impact it in this manner. We do not intend, nor do we encourage attempting to overload Echelon's surveillance systems with spam.
In
the past, different organizations and individuals have sent out mass
emailings using "keywords" designed to trigger Echelon's filters.
In reality,
it is unknown if this tactic actually jammed up Echelon's systems but it is
likely that this would only produce an abundance of Echelon related spam and
be counter productive. It is our opinion that more can be accomplished by
sending people to one of the Jam Echelon mirrors for information.
Our recommendation for action on October 21st is for you to email everyone on your personal mailing list informing them of the existence of Echelon. Then, direct them to one of the "Jam Echelon" sites for further information. Include some of the "keywords" in your email; it can't hurt. Who knows? We might get lucky.
An informed populace is an empowered populace.