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Comment by kszx | Hacker News Reader

The translated article says that the "police, Police Security Service and the National Security Agency" have the authority to use these types of devices. It seems very reasonable to me that they may do so around government areas.

Did I miss something?

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Note that when they talk about the "National Security Authority" (which only Google translated "agency") they actually write in the article "Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet" (NSM) which is the Norway's security authority: https://www.nsm.stat.no/ and not the US' NSA. So what we know is:

"No Norwegian authority contacted by (the daily newspaper) Aftenposten said that this equipment belongs to them. Aftenposten has no reason to believe that the Norwegian authorities are behind the transmitters."

The (shorter) article in English as written by Aftenposten:

http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Secret-surveillance-...

These organizations were interviewed, and had the opportunity to remove their installations prior to the scanning. Also, according to PST, the installations they use are portable, fits in a suitcase, and such it would not make sense for them to go after the fake base stations..

When the national secuity agency was told they started their own investigation on the following day, it may not say much but they had the opportunity to admit ownership and they didn't, which points in the directon of illegal activities.

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