Sinn Fein 'bug' auction reaches $4,500

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Fri May-27-05 09:21 AM
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Sinn Fein 'bug' auction reaches $4,500

Bidding on a bugging device allegedly found hidden in the floorboards of Sinn Fein's Belfast office has reached $4,500 in an auction, the party has claimed.

Part of the bugging device which was being sold on eBay
The device was originally put up for sale on online auction site eBay but the company removed it because it said it contravened its rules.

Described on the site as an "MI5 British spy device", it was being sold, accompanied by a framed, handwritten letter from party president Gerry Adams.

The letter said MI5 had admitted bugging the Sinn Fein office.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4578965.stm

SO...not a cockroach story as first suspected...

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