[MilCom] UN INTERCEPTS

[Steve Douglass]

  If  UN inspectors are forbidden from encryption when doing weapons 
inspections,  how could they possibly have had any chance of success 
when the Iraqis .. just by listening in.. would know their every move 
in advance?  How could they ever hold surprise inspections at places 
where  they suspected the  Iraqis were hiding WMD?  Sounds like a 
process that was doomed from the start.  No wonder the Bush admin. 
had no hopes that the UN could do their job effectively.

-Steve



>Hi Steve,
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>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?
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>Similarly some NATO duties cary a similar onus to prove that every 
>nation is eual in the eyes of the treaty countries...
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>Skywatch
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>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.
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>>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.
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>>There was also a document detailing cell-phone interceptions. No 
>>wonder the Iraqis had no problem out-witting the inspectors!
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>>I wonder what they use to listen in with? Bearcats? Winradios?  Tin cans?
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>>-Steve Douglass
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