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Spies put transmitters in Canadian coins: Report  TheStar.com - News -
Spies put transmitters in Canadian coins: Report

Jim Bronskill
thestar.com

OTTAWA - They say money talks, and a new report suggests Canadian currency
is indeed chatting, at least electronically, on behalf of shadowy spies.

Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in
the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada, says
a branch of the U.S. Defense Department.

Security experts believe the miniature devices could be used to track the
movements of defence industry personnel dealing in sensitive military
technology.

"You might want to know where the individual is going, what meetings
the individual might be having and, above all, with whom," said David
Harris, a former CSIS officer who consults on security matters.

"The more covert or clandestine the activity in which somebody might
be involved, the more significant this kind of information could be."

The counterintelligence office of the U.S. Defense Security Service cites
the currency caper as an example of the methods international spies have
recently tried to illicitly acquire military technology.

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http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/169413

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