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Greek, U.S. Officials Tapped For Years

Posted by Zonk on from the privacy-is-not-a-right dept.

Bruce Schneier posts on a story being reported in the Seattle Intelligencer. Greek and U.S. officials in Greece apparently had their phones tapped for over a year before the 2004 Olympics. From the article: "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, defense, 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." Schneier gives a bit of technical background on how the tapping was accomplished.

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  1. Geek phones tapped? by tlay · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did anybody else think that the article was
    "Geek U.S. Officials Tapped For Years"?

    I dunno...maybe that's just because I was on \. I was thinking that.

    -TLAY

    1. Re:Geek phones tapped? by scheme · · Score: 3, Funny
      Did anybody else think that the article was "Geek U.S. Officials Tapped For Years"?

      I seriously doubt geek anythings but especially geek government officials would be getting tapped on a regular basis.

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      "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it
  2. We know who did it by slapout · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on. You know it was just the Olympic Committee making sure no one violated their trademark on the term "Olympics". Because you know they have to protect the term "Olympics" so that know one else can make money off the word "Olympics". If these officials where caught using the term Olympics they could be in big trouble with the Olympic Committee. Hold on, someone's knocking on my door.....

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  3. Oh! by Guppy06 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wiretaps!

    "Stop poking me. Stop poking me. Stop poking me. Seriously, stop poking me."

  4. Re:First rule of phone tapping: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Sincerely, CIA Field Chief -REDACTED-

    Man that guy gets around, I (don't) see him everywhere.