How Britain eavesdropped on Dublin

LONDON, July 16, 1999 — This article was originally published in The Independent (Britain), July 16, 1999. It is reprinted here with permiss

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"… 0-ft high tower stands isolated in a British Nuclear Fuels Limited site at Capenhurst, Cheshire.Locals knew that the tower housed a dark secret but did not know …"

"… day by a team of two to three people, until the start of 1998.Besides the Capenhurst tower, communications to and from the Irish Republic were also intercepted …"

"… ite communications, including to and from Ireland.From 1990 until 1998 the Capenhurst ETF tower intercepted the international communications of the Irish Republ …"

"… that the radio beams passed directly over the nuclear processing plant at Capenhurst.During 1988, a temporary interception system was built on the roof of the …"