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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062900915.html
Greek phone tapping probe offers clues on culprits
By Alkman Granitsas
Reuters
Thursday, June 29, 2006; 9:59 AM
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 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.
The bugging stopped when Vodafone Greece discovered the software and
removed it, which officials said made it impossible to trace the taps.
The report urges authorities not to wait for the conclusion of
separate internal investigations at Vodafone Greece, a subsidiary of
the UK telephone giant <VOD.L>, and Ericsson <ERICb.ST>, whose
software was used for the wire taps.
"(ADAE) feels that its findings so far are sufficient to lead to the
solving of the phonetapping case," the report said.
The 83-page report, which was delivered to parliament on Wednesday,
highlights a variety of technical details that help pinpoint specific
events relating to the installation and activation of the phone taps.
These include two internal alarms at Vodafone that were set off just
three days prior to the start of the Olympic Games and which the
report suggest may have been linked to the installation of
modification of the bugging software.
The report also identifies several fixed and mobile phones that were
used to communicate with the wire tap system. But it does not
disclose specific names and telephone numbers, or otherwise point the
finger at who was behind the phonetaps.
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Greek phone tapping probe offers clues on culprits<br><br>
By Alkman Granitsas<br>
Reuters<br>
Thursday, June 29, 2006; 9:59 AM<br><br>
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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.<br><br>
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 Olympic Games.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
"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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
The bugging stopped when Vodafone Greece discovered the software and
removed it, which officials said made it impossible to trace the
taps.<br><br>
The report urges authorities not to wait for the conclusion of separate
internal investigations at Vodafone Greece, a subsidiary of the UK
telephone giant <VOD.L>, and Ericsson <ERICb.ST>, whose
software was used for the wire taps.<br><br>
"(ADAE) feels that its findings so far are sufficient to lead to the
solving of the phonetapping case," the report said.<br><br>
The 83-page report, which was delivered to parliament on Wednesday,
highlights a variety of technical details that help pinpoint specific
events relating to the installation and activation of the phone
taps.<br><br>
These include two internal alarms at Vodafone that were set off just
three days prior to the start of the Olympic Games and which the report
suggest may have been linked to the installation of modification of the
bugging software.<br><br>
The report also identifies several fixed and mobile phones that were used
to communicate with the wire tap system. But it does not disclose
specific names and telephone numbers, or otherwise point the finger at
who was behind the phonetaps.<br><br>
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Gloucester, MA 01930-8008<br>
Phone: (978) 546-3803<br>
Fax: (978) 546-9467<br>
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