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It was another typical
month in the European
presses. The election
in Italy brought in a
new leader, Romano
Prodi, but the old
leader refuses to
leave as of this
writing. Berlusconi
has never been good at
exits. And this is
the most important
exit of his life.
Actors know that no
matter how good and
how long, at some
point you have to turn
to stage right and
face the curtain call.
This is natural. But
starstruck types don't
know how to do this,
so they refuse to
leave. We've all had
bad relationships like
this. Berlie, baby,
it's time, dude.
Gotta go. On the
bright side, you'll
have plenty of time
now to sun yourself!
In Greece,
conservative
Ekathimerini has
been following the
weird case of the
phone tapping scandal
involving the Prime
Minister, Costas
Karamanlis, and his
top cabinet members.
It seems that who ever
did the taping, it was
traced back to at or
near the American
Embassy. Was America
involved in this?
On top of this, the
phone company employee
who discovered this,
Costas Tsalikidis, was
found dead a few
months ago. Apparently
of suicide. His
bosses at Vodafone
claim not to know
anything about it, but
recently a mysterious
man has told Greek
authorities that
Tsalikidis was
murdered. Evidence is
forthcoming, he
further claims. The
White House denies
that were responsible,
but one wonders. With
domestic more
prevalent now in our
own country, what's a
little eavesdropping
in Greece? Is the
entire world becoming
one giant CIA
outpost?
What is going on?
Something odd about
this phone scandal
that won't go away.
The thought that we
Americans would
actually possibly spy
on an ally just, well,
it's weird. I'm not
the conspiratorial
type (am I?!), but
jeemenie, it's plain
wrong. Here's my
idealism kicking in,
so forgive. But
perhaps it's just
naiveté on my part.
Maybe this
eavesdropping has been
going on for a while.
I know some time ago
Norway had been the
recipient of CIA
wiretapping. So it's
not that unusual.
This scandal won't
reach the level of the
Danish cartoon
imbroglio, but
somewhere deeper in
the sinews of
inter-national
relations, it stinks.
More on that in
future. Stay tuned.
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