Francis Joseph says he knew about wiretapping, says it didn't bother him

One of the journalists named in the list presented to Parliament on Friday is Francis Joseph, who was a senior reporter with the Trinidad Guardian. He now works as a senior communications adviser to Works and Transport Minister, Jack Warner.

In an immediate response, Joseph issued the following brief statement:

“I knew since 2007 that both my home and cell phones were being monitored. A friend of mine, who works at the SIA approached me and told me to be careful who I call and who I speak to on the phone because I was being monitored.

"I thought nothing about it as being a senior journalist, with the wide contact list I possessed, I would always be monitored. I knew other journalists, especially political reporters, were being monitored. 

"It really never bothered me because they will never find anything unlawful from me. But I never thought that the list named by the PM were being tapped."