UK Auction News
Bidding on a bugging device allegedly found hidden in the floorboards of Sinn Fein’s Belfast office has reached $4,500 in an auction, the party has claimed.

Part of the bugging device which was being sold on eBay
The device was originally put up for sale on online auction site eBay but the company removed it because it said it contravened its rules.

Described on the site as an “MI5 British spy device”, it was being sold, accompanied by a framed, handwritten letter from party president Gerry Adams.

The letter said MI5 had admitted bugging the Sinn Fein office.

The party is now selling the bug and letter package on its website. Interested bidders must send an email giving their name, address and phone number along with a bid in US dollars.

On Wednesday, eBay said it had removed the item “because it contravened clauses 6.2 and 9 of the eBay users agreement”.

Sinn Fein chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin criticised eBay’s decision to remove the item as “a clumsy attempt at censorship”.

Posted: 04|7|06 at 8:44 am. Filed under: Auction News.