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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."

8 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Who's on first? by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "I didn't spy, YOU did!"

    "No I didn't, YOU did!"

    "Well, okay, but I didn't spy on Bob."

    Bob: "Oh yes you did!"

    "Shit. Okay. we all fucking spied."

    "yip"

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    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:Who's on first? by Joining+Yet+Again · · Score: 5, Insightful

      In case you didn't remember what that whole American Revolution was about, the US was supposed to be better. It was supposed to be about not having a bunch of unaccountable rulers and their lackeys monitoring and controlling society.

      Snowden's revelations confirm that the Old World is as bad as expected, and that the New World is just as bad as the Old.

  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:Mod this troll too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You guys just don't get it. You're the very thing you claim to despise: The government comes and squishes free speech because it's unpopular... but then here you are, doing the same damn thing. The government isn't suppressing us: WE are suppressing us. We're plugging our ears and singing "Glory Glory Hallelujah."

    You have the right to free speech, you don't have the right to force anyone to listen to it. You got downmoded, this isn't jackbooted thugs stepping on your throat. This is the collective public saying they think you're a moron and have no interest in listening to the drivel coming out of you. The paranoid schizophrenic hobo shouting on the street corner about the CIA using woodpeckers to control the russians has the right to say his nonsense. That doesn't mean I have to listen to it.

  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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  6. Re:Please shoot this man. by Kell+Bengal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Enlighten me: exactly what demands did Snowden make? The man is an idealist - nobody will disagree - but it is ridiculous to label him a terrorist for whistle-blowing things the government is doing. If what your government is doing terrifies you, I'd argue the problem is with your government, not the whistle-blower.

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