--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: clips@philodox.com Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:23:26 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips@philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] British 'spy rock' a multi-million dollar miracle of technology: FSB Reply-To: rah@philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces@philodox.com <http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/26/060126184917.lbjuug8z.html> BREITBART.COM - British 'spy rock' a multi-million dollar miracle of technology: FSB Jan 26 1:55 PM US/Eastern Russia's intelligence agency described the communications device disguised as a rock allegedly used by British spies in Moscow as a "miracle of technology" worth tens of millions of pounds. "It's a piece of space-age technology, a machine that can withstand a fall from from nine floors up and prolonged submersion in water," said Sergei Ignachenko, spokesman for the FSB agency, as he showed off the object to the media. On Monday, the FSB accused four British diplomats of involvement in a spy ring in which agents allegedly passed secrets through the device, located in a Moscow park and the subject of a programme broadcast by a state-run television channel. "According to our experts, this rock, this miracle of technology, costs several tens of millions of dollars," the spokesman said. He said FSB agents were systematically searching the capital to locate similar devices they believed British agents had planted. He added that the device shown to the media was found six weeks after an alleged British spy removed another one. On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the exposure of the alleged British spy ring justified a hotly debated new law on the financing of non-governmental organisations in Russia. Putin's critics have accused Russia's intelligence services of using the spy scandal as a way of putting pressure on NGOs but supporters of the legislation say foreign spy agencies often use non-governmental groups for intelligence-gathering. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips@philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'