MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos and investigative journalist Tasos Teloglou are the latest victims of the "Greek Watergate", a wiretapping scandal that has been shocking for months.
Sources close to the matter told EURACTIV that team of the Hellenic Authority for the Security and Privacy of Communications (ADAE) visited on Thursday (December 15th) the telecommunications company Cosmote.
ADAE, is an independent authority whose operation is provided for in the Greek constitution, and wanted to carry out an audit following requests submitted to the authority by MEP Kirtsos and Teloglou who wanted to know if it was being monitored by the secret services.
EURACTIV reports that Mr control confirmed that both men were under intelligence surveillance, but the reasons were not disclosed due to "national security".
Meanwhile, the independent authority faced many difficulties while conducting the audit.
The prosecutor of Greece's Supreme Court reportedly tried to block the audit, saying it was illegal, according to EURACTIV.
Several sources confirmed that Cosmote's legal counsel, after consultation with the CEO of the same company, tried to stop the audit by questioning the authority's competence.
ADAE representatives reacted by invoking their constitutional authority and insisted on the audit.
However, Cosmote informed them that it will contact the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Isidoros Dogiakos for instructions. Afterwards, the representatives of ADAE were informed that the procedure control was illegal.
The ADAE, the same sources said, requested a written opinion from the prosecutor, which he allegedly refused.
Despite calls to end the audit, ADAE representatives persisted, saying they are independent of the judiciary, and continued to conduct the audit.
