[funsec] U.S. Retracts Spy Coins Claim

[Drsolly]

It's an easy mistake to make. Only last week I thought I found a tiny 
transmitter in a 50p piece, but it turned out to be a DVD player.

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, Fergie wrote:

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> Well, so much for that conspiracy theory. :-)
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> Via The Toronto Star (Canadian Press).
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> [snip]
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> It seems there's no danger of your spare change spying on you after all.
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> A U.S. government defence agency has suddenly retracted its claim that
> Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters were planted on at least three
> American contractors who visited Canada.
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> [snip]
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> More:
> http://www.thestar.com/News/article/170886
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> - - ferg
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