Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Other Countries' Illegal Surveillance Problems


Lebanon - Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat accused Minister of Telecommunications Jebran Bassil of illegally allowing bugging of communications. Jumblat, in an article published by the PSP's weekly al-Anbaa on Tuesday, said Bassil is hosting a colonel from the General Security Directorate at the ministry where he runs a network of employees "specialized in bugging calls." (more)