Here is a little news from earlier in the year that we overlooked. The photos show the extent that some will go to in order to accomplish their eavesdropping.
The Irish News, 5/13/2015
A former republican prisoner has discovered a sophisticated listening device embedded in the ceiling of his north Belfast home. Terry McCafferty (47) said he made the discovery while changing bulbs in spotlights in the living room of his house in the New Lodge area.
The device was built into a joist in a space been the ceiling and a bedroom floor. Operated by wi-fi, with a battery back-up power supply, he said it had been carefully concealed and contained several small listening devices that were attached to spotlights.
A former member of the Real IRA, the grandfather was jailed for 12 years in 2005 after being convicted of leaving a bomb outside a vehicle licensing office in central Belfast three years earlier. After his release from prison he became the subject of a high-profile campaign when the secretary of state revoked his licence as he returned from honeymoon. He was released by sentence review commissioners in 2010 after serving an additional 15 months behind bars.
Mr McCafferty blamed MI5 for planting the device. “To hide it in where it was would have taken a while – it could only have been done when we weren’t at home,” he said. “It was very well hidden and I think may have been there for around two years. “I’ve reported it to my solicitor – this isn’t the first time my family have been targeted by MI5.”