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The mastermind behind the wiretapped telephone conversation between National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsyan and Special Investigation Service Head Sasun Khachatryan is one, Vanetsyan told reporters after today’s Cabinet meeting.

“But it is very complicated to document, to ground his participation, thus in this phase, unfortunately, it is not possible,” he said.

He next explained the mechanism behind the wiretapping, noting his phone was switched to roaming and the phone line was not protected which allowed even medium specialists to wiretap the conversation.

Vanetsyan stressed the purpose of the wiretapping scandal was to have him resigned and to weaken the activities of his structure.

“The media reports about me, most of which are disinformation, come to show they want to downrate me and the security service,” he said. 

A scandalous recording of the wiretapped conversation between the security and investigation chiefs was leaked to the public in September. In the recording, the two high-level officials informally discuss the ongoing criminal investigation into the March 2008 post-election crackdown in Yerevan.