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Hi Folks,
I am off to the Espionage Research Institute annual convention in Washington, DC this week and will be speaking on SDR (Software Defined Radio) as it applies to counterespionage and eavesdropping detection.
This is the one time each year when eavesdropping detection specialists from all over the world gather to trade knowledge and socialize. It should be fun and I will report “the latest” next week when I return.
In the meantime, entries into Kevin’s Security Scrapbook may be lean. Hang in there. It should be worth the wait. Have a cup of coffee.
Be seeing you,
Kevin
Turkey –
Erzincan’s chief public prosecutor confessed to having wiretapped, albeit accidently, the prime minister on Saturday during the “32. Gün” (32nd Day) debate program aired by private TV station Kanal D.
According to Erzincan Chief Public Prosecutor İlhan Cihaner, “Had I given the telephone conversations of the prime minister [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan] to the media, the political composition in Turkey would have changed, and heaven and earth would have moved here.” The program’s host, Mehmet Ali Birand, asked whether he “witnessed” the phone conversations of the prime minister. In response, Cihaner said, “Yes, you could say so.”
Cihaner was arrested earlier this year on charges of membership in a terrorist organization. (
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Turkey has more than its share of wiretapping intrigue. I have been to Turkey twice on business and love the country, its people, food and history. I have yet to understand the wiretapping intrigue. But it happens. This is just one more story. P.S. If you would like a copy of Turkish Sitcom I will sell you my copy at half price. If you want your own, click
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. (Trailer) “Kiss my Kabob.”
“Die Hard” director John McTiernan was sentenced to one year in prison Monday for lying about his association with a private investigator to illegally wiretap a movie producer.
In a stinging rebuke of the 59-year-old McTiernan, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer said he should receive a harsher sentence than the year recommended by prosecutors because he didn’t accept responsibility for his actions. “The defendant doesn’t think the law applies to him,” Fischer said.
Fischer also ordered McTiernan to pay a $100,000 fine and serve three years probation. He will remain free on bond pending an appeal.
McTiernan previously pleaded guilty to lying to an FBI agent in 2006 about the investigation of private investigator Anthony Pellicano. Pellicano was convicted in 2008 of wiretapping film producer Charles Roven for McTiernan and of bugging the phones of celebrities and others to get information for clients.
In April 2006, McTiernan told Fischer he hired Pellicano to wiretap Roven. (more)
Once in a while I can point to a news event which answers the question.
…A former Shirley Town Administrator Kyle Keady, 46… is alleged to have victimized an undetermined amount of people, but largely Town Hall officials and employees. Via secreted pen cameras, digital recorders and a baby monitor, Keady is charged with possessing hundreds, if not thousands, of audio, still images and video images of unwitting town officials and employees. Many images are reportedly of women in various stages of undress.
Keady led investigators to a baby monitor in the ceiling tiles above Town Accountant Bobbi Jo Coburn’s office – the extension cord running to his office where it ran down a wall covered by maps to be plugged into the wall.
A Sony digital recorder was discovered in a potted plant on the desk of Administrative Assistant Kathleen Rocco. But, causing the widest-spread grief,
battery operated pen cameras were apparently systematically placed in the ceiling vent, aimed downward, above the second stall in the public women’s room at Town Hall capturing any number of women, intended or otherwise.
The various digital medium used to warehouse the images were allegedly given up willingly by Keady upon request by State Police while investigators executed a search warrant on the second floor at 7 Keady Way – the Town Hall address on the roadway named in honor of Keady’s father Daniel, a longtime town official. Nine thumb drives were found on a single key ring in Keady’s pocket that he freely emptied, according to police reports.
Keady also allegedly granted police permission to search his vehicle and home. Nothing was found in his car but loads of pornography and seven boxes of digital recording devices were found at his home, along with another pen camera, several thumb drives and lurid, clandestinely attained Town Hall photos and videos. Keady also reportedly admitted to entering Rocco’s home and photographing a drawer full of her undergarments without her knowledge or permission. …Keady remains free on $2,500 cash bail posted in June. (more)
