Australia places advert for spies

Australia places advert for spies

SYDNEY (AFP): A contractor for Australia's most secretive and
high-tech espionage organization has placed a newspaper advert
seeking 40 operatives to spy on regional neighbors.

Weekend newspapers carried an advert placed by Defense Signals
Directorate (DSD) contractor British Aerospace Australia for
technicians with expertise in Asia/Pacific languages.

DSD monitors phone, electronic and satellite communications in
Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It also listens to international
phone traffic into and out of Australia.

"Suitably qualified linguists and communications operators to
fill full-time, part-time and casual contract positions," the
advert said. "DSD is an Australian government organization
responsible for the collection, analysis and distribution of
foreign signals intelligence in support of the government and
defense forces."