Australian Defense Satellite Communications Station
Coordinates: 28 ° 41 ′ 42 ″ S , 114 ° 50 ′ 32 ″ E
The Australian Defense Satellite Communications Station ( ADSCS ), also known as Kojarena Station , is an Australian national security facility. It is located at Kojarena , 30 km east of Geraldton , Western Australia . It is part of the ECHELON network . Communications that take place via satellites are monitored.
According to British investigative journalist and surveillance expert Duncan Campbell, "Japanese diplomatic and commercial news, all kinds of news to and from North Korea and information about Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons developments are among the station's top targets."
In 2001 the European Parliament established that the Echelon network, to which the Geraldton station (ADSCS) also belongs, is used for eavesdropping on private and commercial communications.
The Sydney Morning Herald named Geraldton / Kojarena as one of four monitoring facilities in Australia alongside Pine Gap , Shoal Bay and HMAS Harman , which use XKeyscore software to collect data for the NSA .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Government, Department of Defense: Australia and United States Defense Satellite Communications Cooperation at Geraldton
- ↑ http://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/government_information/echelon.txt
- ↑ Duncan Campbell : Inside Echelon . In: telepolis . Heise online . July 24, 2000. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ European Parliament: Report on the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system) (2001/2098 (INI)) (see page 56, section Geraldton, Australia for the station itself, and on page 1 the title of the document for the type of determination)
- ↑ Philip Dorling: Edward Snowden reveals Australia's Links To Secret US Spy Program ( English ) In: The Sunday Morning Herald . July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved on August 2, 2013.