THE three-hour "mother of all tapes" that Samuel Ong, former NBI deputy director for intelligence, claims to be in his possession is part of a 10-hour master tape, sources said yesterday.

"Not only the election rigging was detailed but the kidnappings and killings and other crimes perpetrated during the elections were recorded. This tape was leaked out the same time as the Ong tape," said one of the sources.

The "master tape" is in the possession of a former high-ranking military official who could not be located, the sources said.

"This tape is really the mother of the mother of all tapes. You would be surprised at the conversations. These people make it sound as if killing and kidnapping people are very easy as long as there are financial considerations," another source said.

Aside from the bugging device on the mobile phone of Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, another device was planted in the official car of President Arroyo.

"This is the reason why in the tape, you would notice that the President’s voice was clearer compared to the voice of Garcillano which was garbled. The voice of the President was recorded from the bugging device in her car," the source said.

A third source said the information that the President’s car was bugged was the real reason for the recent and sudden reshuffle of Presidential Security Group personnel.

"They learned that there was a bugging device in the car and they suspected that one of those closely guarding the presidential car could had placed this. So there was a reshuffle and these men who were previously tasked to guard the President’s car are now being investigated," the source said.

The sources said there is only one copy of the 10-hour taped conversation.

The sources said the former official had great influence in the Intelligence Service of the AFP so it was easy for him to get the master tape.

The official is being hunted by government operatives, the sources said.

CD copies of a supposed Isafp recording file were found in Angeles City yesterday.

The CDs were found on the claim counter of Johnny’s Supermarket after text messages were sent to mediamen.

An empty M14 magazine was found with the CDs.

The text message, addressed "to all media," and sent through cellular telephone No. 0927-380-8193, said, "my men deposited at Johnny’s Supermarket Angeles City Balibago (known as balwarte ni PGMA) under stub no. 52 a CD of confidential Isafp file master copy No. 3 of PGMA poll fraud. A1 data. Was tex 2 me by R2 Region 3."

Mediamen called the cellphone number and was answered with a recording saying "this call is not permitted" and the number could not be completed as dialed.

Rudy Simeon, manager and public affairs director of local radio station dwGV-AM, forwarded the message to the police.

Policemen led by Senior Insp. Lorenzo Detran, chief of Station 4 of the Angeles City Police Office, found at the counter a red plastic bag containing four sealed envelopes containing a CD each.

Ben Baltazar, dwGV field reporter, said the bag and its contents were brought to Station 4 then to Camp Olivas.

No report yet has been issued by police officials on the CDs. – Joan Dairo and Jojo Due