I'm sure the Ozmates would never be involved in such a thing...
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Subject: IPS: Spy Scandal Mars Wahid's Planned Australia Visit
EAST TIMOR: Spy Scandal Mars Wahid's Planned Australia Visit By Sonny Inbaraj
04/25/2000 Inter Press Service
DARWIN, Australia, Apr. 25 (IPS) -- A spying incident involving an Australian soldier serving with the United Nations in East Timor has scuttled Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's planned visit to Australia next month.
Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab told a news conference in Jakarta yesterday that Wahid, who was planning to visit Australia in May to repair bilateral ties, may postpone the trip for two months or even cancel it outright.
He said Wahid took into consideration the recent incident involving an Australian soldier who was ordered out of East Timor over a spying operation in Indonesian West Timor which embarrassed Australia and prompted a high-level apology from the United Nations to Indonesia...
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Australia drawn into spy scandal
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday, February 25, 2000
By GEOFF KITNEY, Herald Correspondent, in Berlin
Australia is being drawn into a row between the United States and its European allies over claims that an American-controlled Cold War electronic spying network is being used for commercial espionage against European governments and companies.
The French Government claims the network - which includes a ground station in Australia - is being used by the US, Britain and their "Anglo-Saxon" partners to eavesdrop on the Europeans, picking up commercially sensitive information.
A Defence Department spokesman in Canberra said they were aware of the debate but the department did not comment on matters of national security and intelligence...
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We do appreciate Australia's significant contributions to U.S. intelligence collection efforts and will continue to enjoy the "Joint Defence Space Research" facilities at Pine Gap for a long time to come.