1977 - S. Korea - The foreign ministry delivers a letter of protest to Washington
over the wiretapping of the office of President Park Chung-hee by the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The agency was investigating an
allegation that a South Korean lobbyist paid bribes of up to US$1
million to high-level U.S. politicians at the behest of the South Korean
president, who did not get along with his U.S. counterpart, Jimmy
Carter. more
Friday, June 26, 2020
This Month in Wiretapping History
1977 - S. Korea - The foreign ministry delivers a letter of protest to Washington
over the wiretapping of the office of President Park Chung-hee by the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The agency was investigating an
allegation that a South Korean lobbyist paid bribes of up to US$1
million to high-level U.S. politicians at the behest of the South Korean
president, who did not get along with his U.S. counterpart, Jimmy
Carter. more
