Philippine phone company discovers alleged wiretap near former President Aquino's home...
Repairmen working near the home of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino found a tape recorder and alleged wiretapping device on her line in a telephone switching box, Philippine officials said Thursday.
Aquino, 74, a political icon who restored democracy in the Philippines after leading a 1986 "people power" revolt with mass protests, said she had suspected her phone was bugged "ever since the martial law" period in the 1970s.
"I've been through the worst times before," she told reporters. "All of us in the opposition then were almost sure our phones were bugged. Even when I was president, there was some wiretapping also."
She did not say who she thought might be wiretapping her phone. (more)
