GCHQ Question
Duncan Frissell
76630.3577 at CompuServe.COM
Tue May 18 13:30:57 PDT 1993
>>>What does GCHQ stand for, and what does it do? Is it similar to the
NSA?<<
(Feyd Eli)
The Royal Signals Establishment at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
is known as General Communications Head Quarters (GCHQ). It is also
called 'Cheltenham' after its location. It performs many of the same
sigint jobs as the NSA.
There was a controversy a few years ago when the US wanted Maggie to
outlaw (socialist) union membership by the Civil Service employees at
GCHQ because the Regan administration considered it a security risk.
Duncan
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