Bugging palace's telephone?

Bugging palace's telephone?

From Rakyat Merdeka

Is it true that the presidential palace, which is the symbol
of the state's sovereignty, can easily be bugged?

As reported in a Jakarta-based media, the telephones in the
house of coordinating minister of political and security affairs
and the presidential palace have been bugged by an outside agent.
If this is true, this means that our sovereignty has been
trampled upon by foreign powers.

Meanwhile, Dr. A.C. Manullang, an intelligence officer, has
declared that the bugging devices were installed by Israeli
intelligence agents. It is not clear whether Manullang has any
solid facts to back his statement.

Manullang's statement may prompt the hunting down of Israeli
agents while in fact, anyone can bug telephones and anyone's
phone can be bugged.

A few years ago, there was a sensational stir about an
intercepted telephone conversation between former president B.J.
Habibie and former attorney general A.M. Ghalib. A similar
sensationalistic reaction has again come about in connection with
the bugging of telephones by some foreign power in the
presidential palace and in the house of the coordinating minister
of political and security affairs.

In this context, what is important is that the so-called
analysts must have accurate knowledge and solid facts about the
subject of their public statements.

FASTIKA ARMAN

Bogor, West Java