Thanks once again to de Gondi for helping to weave the
many threads of this story into a sturdy fabric.  The
activities of American intelligence services (CIA, NSA, and God knows who else) have managed to foster chaos in the intelligence communities of (at least) three European allies over the last year or so: Greece, Italy, and Switzerland, not to mention the creation of tensions in relations with Sweden, Ireland, Poland, Hungary, and others for "extraordinary rendition".  The Swiss case is really in this second category, since the message  intercepted by Swiss intelligence which was sent from Cairo to London and corroborated allegations on the existence of CIA prisons in Europe, was also a sort of "illegal wiretap", (leaked at the behest of some well-informed mole?).  One doubts that the perpetrators of such fiascos will ever arrive at what might seem the obvious conclusion:  in an age in which leaks must be assumed to be probable, the most subtle and wily strategy for an intelligence agency would seem to be moral rectitude, rigorous honesty, and open dealings with friend and foe.  But that would, I suppose, spoil the fun of the "game".

Hannah K. O'Luthon