11-16-2015, 03:09 PM
(11-16-2015, 03:01 PM)shaun.lawson Wrote: Well... the day before Diana died, I went to a football match with a mate. On the way back, his car broke down, and he phoned his parents to let them know.
For some reason - I have no idea what, because it was a total non-sequitur - the IRA came up during the conversation. Whereupon, seconds later, he turned white. He could hear strange noises over the line. He gave me his phone to check... and I could hear them too.
Of course, that was actually only as it should've been. This was a year before Omagh, 7 months before the Good Friday Agreement, so the IRA were still a threat to the British state. It's natural that intelligence operatives would have ways of tapping the line if certain keywords are used. Was still quite chilling though.
I call bullshit.