To piece together this story, we have pored through hundreds of pages of depositions, taken by the Greek parliamentary committee investigating the affair, obtained through a freedom of information request filed with the Greek Parliament

"Freedom of information request"? I wasn't aware we had such a thing. Does it apply only to parliamentary committees or does it apply to other government agencies? Is it mandatory that they provide the material, or is it  up to the parliament? Was the information classified before the request? Can one file such a request and expect to acquire information from other agencies and authorities i.e. ADAE or EYP (Greek Intelligence Service) or any ministry?

And another question: Were a similar break in to have occurred in other telephone providers (say Cosomote, or TIM) could all traces of it have been erased once the perpetrators knew that they have been exposed? I mean given that between the public announcement and the actual act there was a year's time, were someone to investigate the other providers for similar setups (as apparently was the case) would it be possible to trace the break months later, or could the perpetrators wipe out all incriminating evidence. That is: how certain can we be that the exact same thing didn't happen with other major providers in Greece but went unnoticed?

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake