I AGREE WITH CHUCK, WE AGENTS ARE NOT STUPID. I HAD TO "WADE" THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE Q's POSTS BEFORE. WE WERE TOLD THAT ESCHELON DID NOT EXIST, AND NOW ITS ON THE PLANE KIDNAPPED BY THE CHICOMS. I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR THE NSA OR ANY OTHER NWO HACKS WHO WANT TO SPY ON US ALL.
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Major Intelligence Coup for China

Charles R. Smith

Monday, April 2, 2001

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Airplane Part of NSA Echelon System

The U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries aircraft captured by China is

reported to be part of the National Security Agency

"Echelon" system. Each Aries aircraft is so expensive

that only 12 such planes are in the entire U.S. Navy

inventory.

Aries aircraft are equipped with giant onboard

computers to sort and retransmit the data directly via

secure link to NSA headquarters located at Ft. Meade,

Md. The highly modified EP-3 Aries aircraft are also

equipped with high-powered infrared video cameras to

photograph various targets.

Each Aries is designed to provide fleet and theater

commanders worldwide with near-real-time

tactical-signals intelligence. The Aries is packed with

sensitive receivers and high-gain dish antennas. The

captured EP-3 reportedly was on a mission to obtain a

wide range of electronic emissions from deep inside

Chinese territory.

The normal crew complement is 24: seven officers and

17 enlisted aircrew consists of three pilots, one

navigator, three tactical evaluators, and one flight

engineer. The remainder of the crew is composed of

equipment operators, technicians and mechanics.

The Navy Aries aircraft are also frequently repainted

with other squadron insignia, including tail numbers and

cartoonlike characters, in an effort to disguise them as

the more typical P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft. The

covert paint jobs are performed at an NSA contract

facility located outside Dallas-Fort Worth.

Bush Policy Called Insane

According to one Asia expert, the electronic intelligence

flights off the Chinese coast are part of a deliberate

effort by the Bush administration to draw a sharp

Chinese response.
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