Re: How can it possibly cost them $66K per month?
DougS,
They paid a private security company, I suspect a UK one. Plus bought a bunch of surveillance gear. So they were paying for a local flat to use as a monitoring centre. A 2 bedroom flat in Knightsbridge was costing them about £1,800 a month rent. Plus a handful of staff on London salaries - soon adds up.
Apparently they didn't tell the ambassador, and he only found out because the bill for the unpaid council tax on the flat got sent to the embassy. Oops!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
