[MilCom] UN INTERCEPTS

[Skywatch]

Hi Steve,

I think that the UN are forbiddne to encrypt their radios as that would 
cast suspicion on an agnecy that is _supposed_ to be global and impartial. 
IF they really are up front and only relaying the truth, why would they 
need to encrypt?

Similarly some NATO duties cary a similar onus to prove that every nation 
is eual in the eyes of the treaty countries...

Skywatch





At 09:46 19/04/2003 -0500, Steve Douglass wrote:
>Last night on the ABC Nightly News they showed a cache of Iraqi 
>Intelligence Agency documents found hidden away in an abandoned stairwell 
>of an apartment complex detailing the interception and eavesdropping 
>done  on UN weapons inspectors radios. There were hundreds of logs and 
>transcripts  listing what was being overheard and what frequencies the UN 
>Inspectors were operating on. Frequencies listed were in the 410 to 418 
>MHz range.
>
>What I found interesting is that it seemed from the relative ease the 
>Iraqis had in listening in on the UN inspectors that no frequency hopping 
>or encryption was being used. A translator read some excerpts from the 
>detailed intercepts and they showed a list of what was said on what 
>frequency so it was pretty clear the interceptions were made in the clear 
>in standard simplex and duplex frequency modes.
>
>There was also a document detailing cell-phone interceptions. No wonder 
>the Iraqis had no problem out-witting the inspectors!
>
>I wonder what they use to listen in with? Bearcats? Winradios?  Tin cans?
>
>
>-Steve Douglass
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