from Wikileaks...
"In a dramatic turn of events, it has been revealed that a wiretap was issued on several protesters of the Mohawk tribe in Canada who were protesting poverty. The news story was leaked yesterday on Wikileaks in part because of a media ban on the subject.
According to the discussion page prosecutors were trying to ban the entire story from the media, but ultimately failed to do so...
In short, the law enforcement in charge of keeping the situation calm ordered a wiretap on the protesters without a court order. It's unlikely that the public will treat this aspect lightly because it puts into serious question just how far law enforcement is willing to go. In a country where privacy is of greater concern then in other countries, one might expect some form of outrage at some point in the near future." (more)
Wikileaks.org and "malignant activism" (Security Scrapbook, 2/17/03) are old alert topics for my security director clients. Today's leak is a good example of these warnings. Organizational attacks like these can be mitigated if an information security program - which includes counterespionage elements - is in place. ~ Kevin
