I would like to point out that--whether this contains any degree of
truth or not--our discussion of it becomes part of the information war
that is in progress. This is a time to temper our remarks with reason
and objectivity. We are, after all, an "open discussion" forum with
publicly accessible archives.

Ann Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Communication
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA 31907

http://comm.colstate.edu/rosenthal
http://www.americancomm.org

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by
moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for..."
-Thornton Wilder


-----Original Message-----
From: Cloaks-and-Daggers Open Discussion of Intelligence (Academic)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve
Fulton
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: NSA bugging the Security Council.

Newsflash!  Apparently the US is using the NSA to bug the Security
Council!

The article:

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,905899,00.html

John Young of Cryptome's reaction (or over-reaction, but always
creatively
done)

http://cryptome.org/koza-eyeball.htm

While personally I don't find this kind of news surprising in the least,
the timing is embarrassing.   It does bring to question their
source.  Forgive me for hardly-informed speculation, but hasn't the
Observer been connected to either the British IC or Foreign Office in
the
past?  Especially considering the actual e-mail was leaked.  Conversely,
it
could be a contemporary Zimmerman letter.

Thoughts?

-- Steve Fulton.