DoD News Briefing Tuesday, April 21, 1998 - 1:45 p.m. (EDT) Briefer: Captain Mike Doubleday, USN, DASD (PA) Q: Can you comment about a report recently to the European parliament concerning the development these last years of U.S. and British eavesdropping system called Echelon. A: I'm sorry to say I have absolutely nothing on that.