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"Mel" |
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27 Feb 2004 01:53:34 PM |
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UN bugging scandal widens |
Hey, quit bugging me!!!
"At his monthly news conference, Mr Blair insisted the UK security services
acted in accordance with domestic and international law and in their
country's best interests. "
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
yeah, right.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3492146.stm
UN bugging scandal widens
Butler says his negotiations on Iraq were secretly monitored
The former UN chief weapons inspector in Iraq, Richard Butler, says his
phone calls at the United Nations were bugged during his tenure from 1997 to
1999.
He told Australian radio at least four UN Security Council members monitored
his calls, and he would leave the UN building if taking a confidential call.
ABC Radio cited Australian intelligence sources as saying Hans Blix, the
last weapons inspector, was also bugged.
Ex-UK minister Clare Short says the UK bugged UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan.
"Of course I was (bugged)," Richard Butler told ABC radio.
"I was well aware of it. How did I know? Because those who did it would come
to me and show me the recordings that they had made on others to help me do
my job disarming Iraq."
Mr Butler said he was bugged by the Americans, British, French and Russians.
"I knew it from other sources," he said. "I was utterly confident that I was
bugged by at least four permanent members of the Security Council."
Hit back
He said that if he needed to make a private call to his contacts, he would
leave the UN building in New York and either go to a busy cafe or walk in
Central Park.
Meanwhile ABC reporter Andrew Fowler said he had been told by Australian
intelligence contacts that Hans Blix - the UN's most recent weapons
inspector in Iraq - was also tapped.
"That's what I'm told, specifically each time he entered Iraq, his phone was
targeted and recorded and the transcripts were then made available to the
United States, Australia, Canada, the UK and also New Zealand," he said.
The United Nations has already said that any bugging of UN offices would be
illegal and should end immediately.
The organisation was responding to claims on Thursday by the former UK
cabinet minister Clare Short that British intelligence monitored calls by UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
On Friday, Ms Short hit back after UK Prime Minister Tony Blair branded the
claims "deeply irresponsible".
She denied putting the UK or its security services at risk by her
revelations, and accused the prime minister of using "pompous" distraction
tactics.
At his monthly news conference, Mr Blair insisted the UK security services
acted in accordance with domestic and international law and in their
country's best interests.
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| User: "Bob Dog" |
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| Title: Re: UN bugging scandal widens |
27 Feb 2004 11:54:57 PM |
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"Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote in message news:<kaou30lobu94n7lr1a2345tkq2cq1v688n@4ax.com>...
Hey, quit bugging me!!!
"At his monthly news conference, Mr Blair insisted the UK security services
acted in accordance with domestic and international law and in their
country's best interests. "
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
yeah, right.
"Would the president lie to you?" - Richard M. Nixon
In 1600, it was legal to kill witches. In 1800, it was
legal to own blacks in the US. In 1940, it was legal to
kill jews in Germany. In the 1970s, it was legal for the
CIA to kill people in "unfriendly" countries. Today it
is legal for the US government to arrest you without trial
and violate your rights based on suspicions.
Legal doesn't mean ethical, something Shrub and his lapdog
would like us to forget. No matter how they rationalize
it, their behaviour is criminal.
Bob Dog
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