Going to be sick. . .

[catscradle]

The Observer (UK) - Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war

Secret document details American plan to bug phones and emails of key Security Council members

The United States is conducting a secret 'dirty tricks' campaign against UN Security Council delegations in New York as part of its battle to win votes in favour of war against Iraq.

Common Dreams (US) - Media Dodging U.N. Surveillance Story

"As part of its battle to win votes in favor of war against Iraq," the London-based Observer reported on March 2, the U.S. government developed an "aggressive surveillance operation, which involves interception of the home and office telephones and the e-mails of U.N. delegates." The smoking gun was "a memorandum written by a top official at the National Security Agency -- the U.S. body which intercepts communications around the world -- and circulated to both senior agents in his organization and to a friendly foreign intelligence agency."

Democracy Now - Amy Goodman on CNN's "Talk Back Live" 3/4/03

The big untold story that is infuriating these countries is that a National Security Agency, top secret memo, has surfaced in a British newspaper. "The Observer, " that shows that the National Security Agency, even more secret than the CIA and much larger, is eavesdropping on, is tapping the home phones and offices, as well as intercepting the faxes of these countries on the U.N. Security Council so that they can sway the vote and get a sense of what these diplomats are talking about. The U.S. is engaging in espionage against these members of the U.N. Security Council.