Acrimony as wiretapping case shelved

The decision on Tuesday by the Prosecutor's Office of the Supreme Court to shelve the complaints about the wiretapping case related to the National Intelligence Service (EYP), or any other state agency for that matter, caused a storm of reactions and acrimony between the government and opposition parties, who denounced it as a cover-up.

According to the official announcement by the prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Georgia Adeilini, there was no connection between Predator or other similar spyware (discovered on the phones of numerous prominent Greek politicians, journalists and businesspeople) and state services - such as EYP, the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit and the Hellenic Police (ELAS) in general.

The 300-page report was submitted by the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Achilles Zisis - with contributions from three independent authorities.

While...