http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100006_13/07/2006_72023
Wiretap names emerge
ADAE gives MPs details of people linked to phone tapping as EYP
remains silent
The watchdog investigating the recent phone-tapping scandal yesterday
handed to a parliamentary committee the names of the people who allegedly
called the mobile phones which were used to snoop on the prime minister
and members of his Cabinet during the Athens Olympics.
The Communications Privacy Protection Authority (ADAE) gave the
parliamentary ethics and transparency committee, which is also
investigating the matter, the details of the 82 phones which were used to
call the 14 �shadow phones� in the eavesdropping process.
The names of some of the owners of these 82 phones were passed to the
committee. ADAE was not able to establish who all the owners
were.
Meanwhile, Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras informed the panel of
MPs that he would give them details of a separate investigation into the
wiretaps by the National Intelligence Agency (EYP).
In a letter to the deputies, Polydoras justified his decision by saying
that EYP needed to maintain secrecy. The minister added that the
parliamentary committee had not been officially registered as having
investigative powers and, therefore, there was no legal requirement for
EYP to supply the information.
Opposition MPs on the panel may now ask for it to take on an
investigative nature.
ADAE submitted a report to Parliament two weeks ago in which it suggested
that some employees of the Vodafone and Ericsson mobile phone companies
helped set up the phone-tapping system.
The watchdog yesterday also gave MPs the names of the Vodafone employees
who had access to the company�s software, which was used to activate the
spy system and the communications centers from which it
operated.
Sources said that after communicating with party leaders, the head of the
parliamentary committee Anastassis Karamarios decided not to make public
the details that ADAE handed over.
The MPs are to meet again on Saturday in a session that will take place
behind closed doors, sources said.
Meanwhile, in its annual report, ADAE claimed that the police had
breached rules which prevent officers from using CCTV cameras installed
for the Athens Olympics for anything other than monitoring traffic. The
watchdog suggested that the cameras were being used to monitor
people.
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