FW: Top Secret Document Reveals U.S. Spying on U.N. Delegates

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Oggetto: Top Secret Document Reveals U.S. Spying on U.N. Delegates

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         PM Monday, March 3, 2003

         Top Secret Document
         Reveals U.S. Spying on U.N. Delegates

    This afternoon, White House spokesperson Ari Fleischer refused to
comment on questions about a story broken by the Observer newspaper in
London. On Sunday the paper published an article headlined "Revealed: U.S.
Dirty Tricks to Win Vote on Iraq War."

    The Observer reported that it has obtained a top secret U.S. National
Security Agency memo outlining the surveillance of both office and home
communications of UN delegates from Security Council member countries.

    The high-priority memo was from Frank Koza, chief of staff in the
"Regional Targets" section of the NSA, on January 31 -- shortly before
Colin Powell's presentation to the Security Council.

    The NSA document states that the Agency "is mounting a surge
particularly directed at the UN Security Council (UNSC) members" for
"insights as to how" members are "reacting to the on-going [Iraq] debate."
It cited "policies" and "negotiating positions" that member states "may be
considering," as well as "alliances," "dependencies" and "the whole gamut
of information that could give U.S. policymakers an edge in obtaining
results favorable to U.S. goals or to head off surprises."

    The memo specifically addressed "efforts against UNSC members Angola,
Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guinea, as well as extra focus on Pakistan UN
matters." It also emphasized paying "attention to existing non-UNSC member
UN-related and domestic comms [communications] for anything useful related
to the UNSC deliberations..."

    The Observer article is available at:
http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,905936,00.html

    The NSA document is available at:
http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,905954,00.html

    The following are available for interviews:

MARTIN BRIGHT, martin.bright@observer.co.uk
One of the authors of the Observer article, Bright said today: "Clearly
someone within the NSA or another friendly agency is unhappy. Otherwise,
this memo would not have been leaked."

JAMES PAUL, james.paul@globalpolicy.org, http://www.globalpolicy.org
Director of the Global Policy Forum, which monitors the UN, Paul said
today: "People expected such activity goes on, but this new information
will add to the resentment against the U.S. government."

EMMA ETUK, emida1@yahoo.com, http://www.emida1.com
Author of "Listen Africans: Freedom Is Under Fire!," Etuk said today: "The
U.S. government says it's for democracy, but if you want democracy, you
don't use subterfuge and intimidation."

WAYNE MADSEN, wmadsen777@aol.com, http://www.epic.org,
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9908/vest_madsen.php
A former communications security specialist for the National Security
Agency, Madsen is currently a senior fellow at the Electronic Privacy and
Information Center.

For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167


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