Sunday, February 08, 2004

Brit Us espionage against the UN.. Posted here Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 11:27:02 AM     More difficulties for Blair/Bush Britain spied on UN allies over war vote Security Council members 'illegally targeted' by GCHQ after plea from US security agency Martin Bright and Peter Beaumont Sunday February 8, 2004 The Observer Britain helped America to conduct a secret and potentially illegal spying operation at the United Nations in the run-up to the Iraq war, The Observer can reveal. The operation, which targeted at least one permanent member of the UN Security Council, was almost certainly in breach of the Vienna conventions on diplomatic relations, which strictly outlaw espionage at the UN missions in New York. ********