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Australia Spied On Indonesian President

Posted by timothy on from the hey-neighbor dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "Australia tracked calls by Indonesia's president, documents leaked by defence contractor Edward Snowden reveal. The nation's top spy agency the Australian Signals Directorate tracked phone calls made and received on the mobile phone of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for 15 days in August 2009, and also tracked his wife and inner political circle. Indonesia was Australia's nearest and most important regional neighbour."

5 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Who's on first? by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

    "Your winnings, Sir..."

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  2. Re: Please shoot this man. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please shoot the man that wrote this comment. Now, I don't claim to agree or disagree with him, but he very clearly needs to die. Again I claim no pro or con to his argument, but he has done considerable damage to this website and needs to be shot

  3. "Was"? by macraig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indonesia was Australia's nearest and most important regional neighbour.

    So has Australia swallowed it whole like a fratboy scarfing a goldfish and I just missed the news?

  4. Re:they're still neighbors by Opportunist · · Score: 1, Funny

    Unless Indonesia moves in a huff, of course.

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  5. Re:Nearest neighbour by SirAdelaide · · Score: 5, Funny

    That far north the kangaroos don't work properly. They tend to climb trees and then fall out instead of the usual behaviour of offering bouncy rides.

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