Military could snoop on TDs

THE Minister for Defence has not categorically ruled out the possibility of military intelligence files being maintained on some TDs and senators.

In a written response to a parliamentary question, Willie O’Dea stated the army’s military intelligence section did not maintain files on politicians or political activists per se.

But in a qualifying paragraph, the minister conceded: “It would only be in cases where a person, or a group to which he or she belonged, was considered to pose a potential threat to the security interests of the State that it might be considered appropriate to monitor such activities.”