Whether its recently perceived dodgy battery life means that Senator Scott Ludlam's iPhone has been hacked by spooks or not, it should come as no surprise that he'd be of interest to intelligence services, both local and foreign.
Personally, I think there's a little too much shredded tinfoil mixed into the Senator's muesli at the moment. But the security agencies make it easy for paranoia to run wild in the anti-surveillance echo chamber when they're unable to explain their work honestly and coherently.
