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Cellphone Wiretapping Spy Scandal Revealed in Greece

An AP newswire article by Nicholas Paphitis, via The Globe and Mail, reports that:

Mobile phones belonging to top Greek military and government officials — including the Prime Minister — and the U.S. embassy were tapped for nearly a year beginning in the weeks before the 2004 Olympic games, the government said Thursday.

It was not known who was responsible for the taps, which numbered about 100 and included Greek Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis and his wife, and the ministers of foreign affairs, defence, public order and justice. Most of Greece's top military and police officers were also targeted, as were foreign ministry officials and a U.S. embassy number. Also tapped were some journalists and human rights activists.

posted by Fergie @ 2/03/2006 06:43:00 AM