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You should only contact us from a telephone outside of
the potentially compromised location! DO NOT call
from your office or home; use your cell telephone only
from a discreet location. |
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Where to look for electronic bugs |
We are often asked "How long will it take to do a
sweep?" It depends on many variables. The type of
structure; the proximity of the rooms; the number of
rooms; the type and number of telephones and other
factors. "Sweeps" of government facilities may take
days because of the complexities and utilization of
"exotic" devices available to government entities.
There are non-professional countermeasures
technicians who, when sweeping commercial
facilities, walk around the rooms with a little
black box with flashing red lights and an
oscillating signal and --- with a straight face ---
tell you that the room is "clean".
Peter Wright, a retired Senior British Intelligence
Officer, describes in his book "Spycatcher" how, in
1956, he assisted in "Operation Dew Worm" conducted
by the Counterespionage Department of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The Soviet Embassy
in Ottawa had been destroyed by fire and was in the
process of rebuilding when the RCMP decided to use
wired microphones to bug the Embassy. When
skillfully installed, they are almost impossible to
detect.
Soon after, the Soviets re-occupied the Embassy. The
RCMP heard sounds coming from the microphones.
Later, they suspected the telltale sounds of a
Soviet Technical Surveillance Countermeasure (TSCM)
team in operation. This was confirmed when the
Soviets were heard tapping at the walls for signs of
hollowness and the running of metal detectors across
the ceilings.
For twenty days, the Soviets "swept" the rooms
containing the microphones as if they knew that the
rooms had been "bugged". However, they found neither
the microphones nor the installed hard wires.
Eight years later, a Soviet TSCM team returned and
went directly to the rooms "bugged" and, within an
hour, had located all the microphones and hard wire.
They searched only the six rooms where the
microphones had been planted. Mr. Wright concluded:
"They must have known where to look!" Knowing where
to look, what to look for, and using the proper
equipment is the key. Within the commercial area,
where electronic eavesdropping is most prevalent,
the technician who works alone and uses one or two
pieces of equipment, and is in and out in an hour is
not doing his job!
On the other hand, the technician who spends his
time looking for sophisticated devices costing
hundreds of thousands of dollars and utilized by
government against government is wasting the
client’s time and money. |
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