[privacy] Greek phone tapping probe offers clues on culprits

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060629/tc_nm/greece_tapping_dc_1

By Alkman Granitsas 26 minutes ago 

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek investigators looking into a phone tapping scandal
that rocked the government this year said they found enough evidence that
could lead to the culprits, according to a report seen by Reuters on
Thursday. 

 
In February, the government revealed a massive phone tapping operation that
eavesdropped on more than 100 politicians and ministers, including Prime
Minister Costas Karamanlis, for more than a year before and after the 2004
<http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Olympic+Games> Olympic Games.

No perpetrators have been identified but a probe by the state Communications
Privacy Protection Authority (ADAE) has focused its investigations on
Vodafone Greece, whose telephone network was used to shadow mobile
phonecalls of Greek leaders.

"The report includes enough information that could lead ... to the
eavesdroppers and those who conceived and put into place the entire
phonetapping plan," the report said.

The government went public with the case almost a year after it was informed
by Vodafone of the taps. The wire tapping took place from June 2004 until
March 2005 and mostly around the August 2004 Athens Olympics.

Calls were relayed to unknown destinations via four mobile phone antennas in
a central Athens area near the U.S. embassy, prompting media speculation
that U.S. intelligence agents were involved. The U.S. embassy in Athens has
declined to comment.

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