Saturday, October 19, 2013

RARE - Politico Admits to Phone Tapping & Butt Bugging

Zambia - Zambian President Admits to Spying on Fellow Officials
 
During his 2011 election campaign, the current president of Zambia, Michael Sata rose to popularity by playing on anti-Chinese sentiment and the anger of laborers over poor standards at the many large Chinese-run mines in Zambia... According to Global Voices, he tapped the phone of his foreign minister and also planted a bug underneath a chair in the office of the leader of Barotseland region, whose citizens want to secede from Zambia. (more)