Ex-Minister Says British Spies Bugged Kofi Annan's Office

The ex-cabinet minister, Clare Short, who quit as international development secretary because of her opposition to the war, said she had seen transcripts of Mr. Annan's conversations.

"In fact," she added in a BBC radio interview, "I've had conversations with Kofi in the run-up to the war, thinking 'Oh dear, there will be a transcript of this and people will see what he and I are saying.' "

el - Ms. Short is being diplomatic. Those are American bugs and they are illegal.