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Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:23:26 -0500
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Subject: [Clips] British 'spy rock' a multi-million dollar miracle of
technology: FSB
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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/26/060126184917.lbjuug8z.html
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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.
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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'
