ACLU's Campaign Against Echelon And Carnivore For Privacy Rights

Echelon, the international spy network allegedly set up to listen in on civilians' electronic communications, will get some of its most public exposure to date this weekend, when a prominent U.S. civil rights group runs a full-page advertisement in the New . . . Echelon, the international spy network allegedly set up to listen in on civilians' electronic communications, will get some of its most public exposure to date this weekend, when a prominent U.S. civil rights group runs a full-page advertisement in the New York Times Magazine and the New Yorker.

The advertisement, placed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is designed to raise public awareness of Echelon, as well as the FBI Internet wiretap system called Carnivore, with the aim of forcing the U.S. government to protect individuals' rights to privacy. Carnivore was renamed DCS1000 by the FBI.

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