(Found in Sinn Féin offices Belfast, Ireland)

"This auction is for part of a British MI5 bugging device (approx 10.5 inches by 6.5 inches) found hidden in the floorboards of a Sinn Féin office in Belfast in September 2004.

Included is a handwritten letter of authentication from Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.

The handwritten letter has been framed and there is a display board for the device.

Legal Notice: This device no longer works and cannot be modified to work. It is solely a historical artefact and has no functional abilities.

This is a unique opportunity. A historical item such as this has never before been made available and it’s highly unlikely that it will happen again.

The auction is being run by the Sinn Féin Bookshop on behalf of Sinn Féin. All money raised will help Sinn Féin and our campaign for Irish unity and freedom.

The handwritten letter by Gerry Adams reads as follows:

On September 13th, 2004, at a very sensitive time in the peace process, a sophisticated bugging device was found hidden in Sinn Féin offices in Connolly House, Belfast. This was the second device found in Belfast within ten days. Martin McGuinness and I returned the Connolly House device to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the peace talks in Leeds Castle, England.

When we were leaving that meeting I held on to a section of that device. Since then I have been in correspondence with various elements of the British system to establish who authorised this electronic surveillance operation. In January 2005 Eliza Manningham-Butler, head of MI5, admitted that MI5 bugged Connolly House.

This note is authentication by me that the section of the bugging device which it accompanies is part of the Connolly House device which was returned to Mr. Blair...(continues)"

I have no idea how Sinn Féin got my email address but at least it's a novel bit of spam.