At 10:05 PM 2/27/04 -0800, Sarad AV wrote:

They must be doing it all time.It now just turned out as a diplomatic issue.

Yep. When a govt is caught, its a diplomatic issue. When a tech is caught, its death, prison, or prison followed by a trade for similar. Unless the tech is recognized "embassy staff" in which case he merely has to pack his bags pronto. Does Annan/UN have its own counterintel group? Are they 0wn3d by the US? Not that some of the better bugs can be found by a sweep. Anyone remember the bursting bug in the wall-trim-that-prevents-chair-damage, in some US State Dept room? Of *course* the phones are tapped at the CO, and yes a SecPhone would work, *except* for the room bugs, no lasers (too finicky) needed. As is Annan's (et al) limo and apartment. Hell, all the luxury cars have microphones to adjust the radio volume anyway; sometimes for noise cancellation. And the On-Star mic has been used to bug folks too, from the On-Star office. Isn't remote control great? A trojan on wheels. Well, the original trojan probably had wheels too. PS: the solution for a laser-bugger to a speaker in your double-glazed window is to find the recording of the music used as cover, and subtract. Takes a little longer but there's a machine in Ft. Meade that does this real fast. Getting the phase right is the hardest part. The secretary will disavow any knowledge, of course.