CNN.com - Vatican on lookout for eavesdroppers - Apr 15, 2005

Just when you thought is was safe to go into the conclave......

CNN.com - Vatican on lookout for eavesdroppers - Apr 15, 2005:

Spies may be out to penetrate secret conclave of cardinals

By Chris Burns
CNN
Friday, April 15, 2005 Posted: 1:41 PM EDT (1741 GMT)


Workers install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel that will signal that a new pope has been chosen.

"VATICAN CITY (CNN) -- From bugs to lasers to cell phones, the Vatican is on guard for high-tech eavesdropping ahead of Monday's opening of the conclave to elect a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Intensifying the speculation -- and perhaps the taste for espionage -- are the lack of a clear favorite, a media blackout imposed on cardinals by the Vatican, and the church's tight-lipped statements on the cardinals' meetings so far.

Trying to stay one step ahead of spying technology, Vatican observers say the church's security force is expected to repeatedly sweep the Vatican grounds for bugs and other gadgets before and during the secret meeting of the College of Cardinals."


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