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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. So? by garrett714 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Greek and U.S. officials in Greece apparently had their phones tapped for over a year before the 2004 Olympics.

    Mod me troll like I'm sure you troll mods will, but honestly who the hell cares about this? People are getting tapped constantly in the US and elsewhere, how is this story even remotely interesting to anybody but the person who posted it and the mod who let it through?

  2. Re:Why can't we have... by lawpoop · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Powers That Be really really *really* don't want private individuals to have private conversations. It would be too easy for them to organize their ouster.

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    Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
    -- Pablo Picasso
  3. Who fucking cares? by Sepodati · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you weren't doing anything wrong, then who cares if some dick listens to you calling your wife pet names. There are obivious security issues to be concerned about with the olympics. They should be able to monitor communications to find any wrongdoing/planning/bribing/etc...

    ---John Holmes...