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SLUG: 2-300903 E-U Spying (S-O)
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DATE=3/19/2003 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE= EU / SPYING (S-O) NUMBER=2-300903 BYLINE= DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=LUXEMBOURG CONTENT= INTRO: Officials in Brussels say telephone tapping systems have been found on the phone lines of several countries at the European Union headquarters. The discovery was made before an E-U summit scheduled for Thursday. Douglas Bakshian is monitoring the situation from Luxembourg. TEXT: E-U spokesman Dominique-George Marro says the devices were found at the E-U Council building. The spokesman says devices were discovered on the telephone lines during a regular security check a few days ago, but only a small number of lines are affected. The E-U says the phones of the French and German delegations were tapped, and the British delegation says it was also tapped. Other reports said the bugging system was apparently put in place through a switchboard to monitor telephone lines to rooms used by delegations inside the building. The E-U spokesman said an investigation has been launched and there is no immediate indication who is behind the bugging. Leaders of the 15 E-U nations are to hold a summit in the same building Thursday and Friday. (SIGNED) NEB/DB/AWP/RAE/KBK |
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