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Mitsotakis (The Prime Minister) and his Political Party (New Democracy - the name is probably the irony of the story -) were spying their political opponents ht
by hjklmn2 6mo ago
Mitsotakis (The Prime Minister) and his Political Party (New Democracy - the name is probably the irony of the story -) were spying their political opponents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Greek_surveillance_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Greek_surveillance_scanda... using Predator Spying software.
No surprise here
- hjklmn2 6mo agoNobody went to jail - he didn't even quit when the scandal broke. That is Greece in 2026. There are more ofc: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/06/greek-pm-vows-to-tackle-deep-state-in-wake-of-farm-scandal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/06/greek-pm-vows-... - https://www.euractiv.com/news/top-greek-court-under-fire-after-closing-wiretapping-scandal-case/ https://www.euractiv.com/news/top-greek-court-under-fire-aft... - http://pamfleti.net/english/bota/skandali-me-fondet-e-be-se-mitsotakis-bllokon-hetimet-ndaj-ish-ministrave-t-i292143 http://pamfleti.net/english/bota/skandali-me-fondet-e-be-se-...
- stavros 6mo agoHe didn't even quit when 57 people tried in a train crash because the collision warning system had never come online. Instead, they immediately sent the fire department to cover up the site of the accident so that nobody would discover the vats of benzoyl that were to be used in fuel adulteration the train was illegally carrying.
- tsoukase 6mo agoThe guy must be the best PM Greece had in the last 100 years, if not in it's whole modern history. He pushed Greece from bottom to top of Europe. He is just insanely unlucky: since his service the Western world had crumbled: that train accident, Covid, Ukraine, Iran, inflation. We laugh saying that a meteorite impact is pending soon. Let's look at what NASA has to say.
- tsoukase 6mo agoHe spied members of Parliament in 2022 and recently exposed a part of their corruption to the media. The ultimate goal is to turn the people against them and prepare for a reduction in their number and role. In a corrupt government, as they are almost all globally, the less state the better.
- t0bia_s 6mo agoDivide and conquer. While I agree with less state, most people refuse to take responsibility for own action and keep playing game by voting for them. Doesn't matter what side, it keeps behemot runnng. But people suffering.
- mc32 6mo agoWell, in the US we had organizations that aren’t supposed to spy on citizens actually spy on Congress members! Nixon was impeached for much less… but I guess once we passed into the new millennium all bets were off starting with Carnivore but eventually into spying on Congress members…