FC: British MI5 foils plot to bug Prince William

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:00:54 -0500
To: declan () well com
From: e cummings <bernies () netaxs com>
Subject: MI5 foils plot to bug Prince William

declan,

your politech readers may find this interesting...

-bernieS
"CALEA's first casualty"


> MI5 foils plot to bug Prince William
>
> http://www.excite.co.uk/news/story/UKOnlineReportTopNews/IIMFFH37839_2001-01-30_01-36-29_B522220
>
>
> PRINCE WILLIAM BUGGING PLOT FOILED
>
> http://www1.sky.com/news/uk/story13.htm
>
>
> MI5 foils plot to bug Prince William
>
> http://www.excite.co.uk/news/story/UKOnlineReportTopNews/IIMFFH37839_2001-01-30_01-36-29_B522220
>
> 30/01/01 01:36
>
>   LONDON (Reuters) - Intelligence officers have uncovered a plot to bug
> Prince William at his Scottish university, newspapers reported.
> MI5 officers discovered electronic surveillance equipment during sweeps in
> the university town of St Andrews, the papers said.
>
> Unnamed intelligence sources were quoted as saying the equipment was set to
> tap into the prince's telephone calls and e-mails. It was programmed with
> word recognition triggers which would be activated when the prince was using
> the telephone or computer.

[...]
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> PRINCE WILLIAM BUGGING PLOT FOILED
> http://www1.sky.com/news/uk/story13.htm
>
>
> MI5 has reportedly seized electronic bugging equipment intended to monitor
> Prince William when he attends university this autumn.
>
> The claim comes amid growing concern over his security and privacy during
> his studies at St Andrews.
>
> The prince, who will be studying History of Art, was believed to have been
> targeted by devices that would have allowed snoopers to monitor his phone
> calls, e-mails and internet use.

[...]




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