bradblog.com — "Two whistleblowers — one in Italy, one in Greece — uncovered a secret bugging system installed in cell phones around the world. Both met with untimely ends. The resultant scandals have received little press in the United States, despite the profound implications for American critics of the Bush administration."
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off2arubaAug 28, 2006
" I speculated incautiously in a BBC interview on possible scenarios for the March 9, 2005 suicide of Vodafone network manager Kostas Tsalikidis. The text of his final e-mail to his co-workers before he was found hanging was the message of someone who was not coming back. An outsider could not have counterfeited his specialized knowledge of Vodafone technical issues. The rigorously technical language is remarkable for a farewell -- this was a clinical gesture of loyalty to an electronic network, without a single nod to the social ties that dominates ordinary lives. He bought the rope himself.In June 2006, Greece's famous counterterrorism prosecutor Giannis Diotis reached the logical conclusion that Tsalikidis had committed suicide for reasons directly connected with the eavesdropping. His report did not reveal who installed the software and what role Tsalikidis might have played."You people watch too many movies. He killed himself.
chase001Aug 28, 2006
Probably because we have no media. The news has been canceled. We now have infotainment with Branjelina, Jon Benet and the Bird Flu.
pooryorickAug 28, 2006
We can't permit evesdropping of any kind, even if it were to save lives. The invitation to abuse is too great, but also, it chills communication. You're less likely to blow the whistle if you think your anonymity is compromised by talking over the phone, say, to a reporter.
elkosAug 29, 2006
Who knows... maybe we allready knew that the US was listening.Well for some people this was a "Good Thing" cause it gave the greeks the oportunity to say: "You were eavedroping guys, so we don't trust you so much. We can't buy another bunch of F-16C/Dblock52s this time, sorry. It's not that we are cheap. No! It's a luck of trust guys. Make us trust you, you know the color of trust: "green with dead presindents on it""
elkosAug 29, 2006
...but soon enough US will start messing with it's own self.And this mess is not a mess we want to mess with cause we will get messed up!
web_weaselAug 29, 2006
They can be out to get you if you're not paranoid too. So does it really matter?
tehnicoAug 29, 2006
"Notice how when there's a *real* conspiracy, someone really does end up dead?"Is that why Osama is still alive?
ashole71Aug 30, 2006
Maybe his Reuters is different than the one in the US.
bullyjackSep 2, 2006
oops
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