rickfarang Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 This is an quote taken from a short article in today's Bangkok post, titled: "Allies warned government of attacks". "Our ally countries , including the United States of America, have tapped the phone conversations between former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and red-shirt leaders." It seems the person being quoted might have weakened the government's hand just a little by letting this bit of information out of the bag. The fugitive ex-PM has been tipped off that he had better find a more secure means of holding confidential discussion. It reminds me of a government announcement last week, when somebody called a press conference and said (I paraphrase)"We studied the possibilities for two days straight, and have determined that the red shirt protesters can put a strangle hold on the cities if they block intersections A, B, and C." And then less than 24 hours later, the red shirts announced "We plan to hold rallies at intersections A, B, and C." Back to tapping international phone calls: Those of us who are paranoid about such things going on. I hope none of us is involved in anything that politicians are too interested in, but I think this recent admission proves that the truly paranoid have something to be paranoid about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 I hate to nitpick, but the Post could really use a few English speaking editors. It's hard to read serious news there in this language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Ooooh, you nitpicker you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The Post laid off about 1/3d of its native speaker subeditors nearly two years ago. Looks like they may have canned the rest these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 isn't it written by the 'yellow' entirely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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