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Phone tapping of Campaigners

mayo | miscellaneous | news report

Wednesday March 28, 2007 20:14

by ted - s2sn

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shell to sea

i read with great disquiet yesterday’s report in The Connaught Telegraph of possible phone tapping of those involved in the campaign against the Corrib gas project. It appears from the report that I might be one of those whose phone has been tapped.

If this is true then this raises matters of great concern. On what basis are decisions made to access phone records or to tap phone conversations? Is it not envisaged in the relevant legislation that there should be, in order to justify such interceptions, good grounds to suspect criminal activity? I for one have never been involved in criminal activity of any kind. My efforts in the Corrib gas campaign have been exclusively centred on using political and legal means to redress the problem.

In addition, it would be a grave matter if my work telephone at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has been tapped, as this would infringe not only my personal privacy but also the fundamental principle of academic freedom. Furthermore, has my telephone been tapped subsequent to the announcing of my intention to seek a seat in Seanad Eireann in the NUI constituency?

I welcome the efforts of Dr Jerry Cowley to pursue this matter and I look forward to immediate clarification from the Minister for Justice on the issue

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Comments (33 of 33)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Suspicion	JM	Thu Mar 29, 2007 00:53
2	paranoia	all phones	Thu Mar 29, 2007 08:56
3	odd!	cagey b!	Thu Mar 29, 2007 09:32
4	Phone tapping in Ireland and latest EU directives mandating it	T	Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:27
5	Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You!	Ciaron	Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:33
6	and there	EYE Spy	Thu Mar 29, 2007 13:23
7	TACTICAL ERROR	Seamus O'Bond	Sun Apr 01, 2007 21:24
8	PR	cynic	Sun Apr 01, 2007 21:31
9	"Matter of grave concern"	GUBU	Mon Apr 02, 2007 06:35
10	One of the real smart things.	me	Mon Apr 02, 2007 09:12
11	Sheer Paranoia	Hannibal Lector	Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:59
12	Phones	Pyrus	Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:57
13	email	hotmail	Mon Apr 02, 2007 15:47
14	How important is the Shell to Sea campaign?	WD40	Mon Apr 02, 2007 16:00
15	Aware	me	Mon Apr 02, 2007 17:33
16	Me	Hannibal	Mon Apr 02, 2007 17:48
17	Smart Dust	Chekov	Mon Apr 02, 2007 18:00
18	hannibal	me	Mon Apr 02, 2007 18:02
19	me	Hannibal	Mon Apr 02, 2007 18:12
20	silly	funny	Mon Apr 02, 2007 20:47
21	funny chekov hannibal	me	Mon Apr 02, 2007 21:20
22	To Me you little shit	Jungle Man	Mon Apr 02, 2007 21:36
23	Statue	JM	Mon Apr 02, 2007 22:09
24	me:	Chekov	Tue Apr 03, 2007 02:32
25	Phone tapping? No problem, use personal end-to-end encryption	WireStripper	Wed Apr 04, 2007 15:13
26	You are not paranoid or just observent	Undercover brother	Thu Jun 21, 2007 00:06
27	Just in case	Observer	Thu Jun 21, 2007 21:19
28	Not very observant	Sean Doherty	Fri Jun 22, 2007 07:14
29	What's more	Aragon	Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:35
30	clickety click	clicker	Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:37
31	only the naive would say "not tapped" - only the prejudiced would say "tapped by who".	diogenes diodes	Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:51
32	I told you so	foxbravo995	Wed Jun 01, 2011 13:21
33	par for the course	opus diablos	Wed Jun 01, 2011 13:36

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