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The country's top telecommunications companies have both distanced themselves from any involvement in the illegal wiretapping of their customers' phones.

State-controlled Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) would not comment in detail about the wiretapping of phones belonging to Members of Parliament, private citizens and President George Maxwell Richards by the Strategic Intelligence Agency (SIA) but the company is willing to co-operate in any investigation into the matter.

The wiretapping disclosure was made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in Parliament last Friday and on Sunday, she said further that so far-reaching was the unit's influence, that TSTT and privately owned Digicel were "commanded" to open their facilities to the (SIA) for its wiretapping operations.

"Do you remember there was a time in Trinidad when people used to say use a Digicel phone, don't use a TSTT phone? ... They were right."

She said "the facilities there (at TSTT) were being utilised, but TSTT was commanded so to do and I'm told that thereafter, that Digicel also was commanded ... to allow their facilities to be used" by the SIA.

Mobile telecoms provider Digicel insisted yesterday it has never spied on its phone customers.

"In light of the reports in the media on the issue of wiretapping, Digicel would like to reassure its customers that Digicel never monitored its customers' accounts or is aware of any details emerging from the surveillance of such by the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA). In addition, Digicel does not have the capacity to carry out these actions," a statement from the company said.

"Further, the equipment used for national surveillance was purchased and is therefore owned by the Ministry of National Security. Digicel has had no control or insights into who has been monitored."

The company added: "Further, the equipment used for national surveillance was purchased and is therefore owned and operated by the Ministry of National Security. Digicel has had no control or insight into who has been monitored. Digicel was also assured that the equipment would be used solely for investigating issues of national security and our compliance was therefore in keeping with our licence to operate."

TSTT said yesterday it will co-operate with the authorities on any investigations into wire-tapping.

The company said in a statement: "Following recent disclosures on the issue of wire-tapping and the decision of the Government to engage the office of the DPP to consider further enquiries, TSTT wishes to decline from making any public comment on the matter at this time. The public can be assured, however, that the company will fully co-operate with the relevant authorities on any investigations into the matter."

Lisa Agard, executive vice president, Mobile Services and vice president, Legal, at TSTT told the media yesterday at an event hosted by her company that she believed an investigation into the wiretapping issue will clear the air on TSTT's involvement.

"I am absolutely certain that any investigation will completely exonerate all telecommunication service providers in the country, not just TSTT. The matter is under investigation and we are not prepared to make any comment at this time," Agard said at the launch of a handsfree phone campaign at the Marriott Hotel in Port of Spain.

CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES! This wiretapping thing is serious shit! i am really disappointed in the previous government HOW THEY USED IT TO THEIR UPPER HAND AND ANIT EVEN F$%%^$^ THINK ABOUT USIN IT TO ERADICATE CRIME..YOU KNOW HOW MANY LEADS WE COULD OF USED THIS FOR ON SUSPECTS AND CRIMINALS TO HELP WITH KIDNAPPING AND STUFF. THEY DOES ALWAYS SAY WHO CHEATS DOES EVENTUALLY LOOSE !
 
I don't know much about the country affairs because i'm not home but what i say so far is that this is a very serious thing and should be dealt with viciously, but one thing i would like to know why tap Rachel price phone?
 
That real shocking hoe they put Jack Warner as a terrorist ..i was soo mad jack? a terrorist?
 
i Think that they were focusing on like politics related people..you know rachel price does real diss them LOL its so sad to know really that this cudda help them all the time in fighting crime but noooo use it for their own personal gain
 
Isn't the blimp the one to "SPY" on everyone? Next thing yuh hear TSTT and the blimp working together .
 
Using this wiretapping for spying on criminals or suspected criminals come on and stop using it for politics, people lives are at stake hmmm..
 
Manning did only care about his enemies and not putting the Country first and that is why he lost bcuz of cheating and negligence
 
OMG So hear what PNM saying to back up their statements

It is "an incontrovertible fact" that the minute the surveillance equipment (of the Security Intelligence Agency) was shut down ... there was an undeniable spike in crime. And it is the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago who paid the price, PNM Senator Faris Al Rawi stated yesterday.

He was speaking in the debate on the Interception of Communications bill in the Senate

However as the Communications bill was put into place Gibbs said that they will continue to do so in suspects in the fight against crime this is what he said
THE Security Intelligence Agency (SIA), the unit which has come under severe criticisms and scrutiny for reports of wire-tapping phones of law abiding citizens, has been given the green light to continue its operations, Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs said yesterday.

However, Gibbs said the police's investigation into the agency was over.

The SIA, he said, was temporarily shut down for a few days during their investigation.

He noted, though, that until the Interception of Communications Bill was proclaimed law, the unit will not be able to continue wire-tapping phones and intercepting emails and text messages of citizens
 
True but this administration foul up by trying to make this a manning issue, the man politically buried already and this SIS business have more to do with national security than giving him bad name, the kinda shoot themselves in the foot there. Now SIA cant help in investigation or nothing , and who fault it is, cant be manning, instead of them using it to fight crime they did the same thing the accused him of, they used it as a political tool.
 
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