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Where was Echelon mentioned in the Ghost in the Shell series? I see it
mentioned in various wikis, but I can't recall ever seeing it mentioned. Want
to read the context it's mentioned in for myself.

  * <http://ghostintheshell.wikia.com/wiki/Echelon>

Anime transcripts doesn't seem to yield anything about it being mentioned in
the anime.


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Where was Echelon mentioned in the Ghost in the Shell series?


It's related to " _Big Brother_ " in _Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone
Complex_. From [a Japanese list of terms used in
_GitS_](http://anime.geocities.jp/koukaku2029/yougo/),

> **Big Brother**
>
> Nickname of satellite-ring communication interception network. A
> communication interception network that American Empire's National
> Reconnaissance Office is proud of, which intercepts any communication
> circuit, including internet, wireless, telephone, etc. The amount of
> incoming communication data freezes operator androids and makes the
> terminals within 1km radius go down even if Public Security Section 9's
> facility is used. "[ _Big
> Brother_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_\(Nineteen_Eighty-
> Four\))" was introduced in a novel [_Nineteen Eighty-
> Four_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four), and it's a
> secret code for an surveillance system called "[
> _ECHELON_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON)".

**but the word " _Echelon_ " itself is only mentioned in its movie
counterpart, _Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man_**.
From [a Japanese site comparing the anime and its movie
counterpart](http://www.kyo-kan.net/archives/2005/08/stand_alone_com_3.html),

> Also, the term " _Echelon_ " \- a satellite-ring communication interception
> network - was spoken by Aramaki. It makes it easier to understand what "
> _Big Brother_ " is about.


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