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27 November 2000
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NRO COMMISSION REPORT REVEALS SIX NEW SATELLITES
DNA TESTING — THE NEWEST INT?
- The FBI is performing DNA tests on some
bodily remains to try to confirm the identities of two men who were
aboard a small boat that exploded alongside the Cole in a Yemeni harbor
on Oct. 12, killing 17 American sailors. Yemeni authorities also are
conducting blood tests on people believed to be related to those
involved in the attack. The NY Times article says that evidence is
beginning to point towards Osama Bin Laden. If so, that could lead to
more US retaliatory strikes. The NYT also says that Yemeni authorities
are thwarting parts of the FBI investigation.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48771-2000Nov21.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/23/world/23YEME.html
NEW MISSIONS FOR GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE UAV?
- Multi-sensor payloads are being considered that would combine the output
from radar, hyperspectral, infrared and signals intelligence sensors.
Global Hawk is also being examined as both a stand-in and stand-off
jamming platform. Information warfare (IW)--specifically the ability
to intercept, read and alter enemy communications, as well as penetrate
computers--is another possible role for Global Hawk. Although a single
Global Hawk could not duplicate the capability of the manned U-2,
company officials believe multiple Global Hawks with integrated payloads
could.
http://www.aviationnow.com/TwoShare/getPage?sid=5531626338283084245
MOSCOW COURT BARS EVIDENCE IN EDMOND POPE TRIAL
- Lawyers for US spy suspect Edmond Pope offered a court 83 pages of
material they said was drawn from openly available literature about the
high-speed Shkval torpedo. Defense lawyer Andrei Andrusenko said the
material from scientific books at the Moscow Aviation Institute showed
that Pope cannot be accused of spying. But the court refused to accept
the material into evidence. Pope, a retired naval intelligence officer,
is charged with espionage for purchasing data about the torpedo.
Testimony at his closed, non-jury trial in Moscow City Court showed that
a screening commission approved the information he was provided, and a
key witness recanted his testimony that Pope received secret data. The
original prosecutor in the case, Oleg Plotnikov, was replaced after it
was disclosed that his son was part of the Federal Security Service team
that investigated Pope. Meanwhile, Judge Nina Barkova threw out a suit
filed by a Russian navy anti-submarine weapons unit, which sought about
$250 million in damages from Pope as a result of his activities. The
one-page complaint claimed that this was the amount spent on developing
the torpedo, created in the Soviet era. [According to reports I've
heard, there is already a "deal" — Pope will be convicted then freed.
— jdmac]
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56497-2000Nov24.html
BRITIAN'S MI5 POISED TO ARREST FORMER STASI SPIES
VERNON LOEB'S NOV 27 "INTELLIGENCIA" COLUMN
BRITISH WWI HERO SPIED FOR JAPAN
- Fredrick Rutland, a former RAF
pilot, spied for Japan's espionage service between 1933 and 1941 as
Tokyo prepared for war with the US, according to MI5 files. After
another Japanese spy was arrested in 1941, Rutland turned himself into
US authorities who sent him to Britain for internment. Released in
1944, he died in 1947.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20001117b4.htm
HOW NOT TO GET AHEAD IN THE US NAVY
- Navy Lt Cmdr Jack Daly, the
intelligence officer who continues to suffer from injuries experienced
as a result of laser exposure during a 1997 encounter with a Russian spy
ship, the Kapitan Man, has accused senior Clinton administration
officials of treason for covering up the hostile attack.
"I have hesitated making this statement," Cmdr Daly said in an interview
last week with TalkNetDaily radio host Geoff Metcalf. "But I am going to
make this statement for the first time: According to the US
Constitution, Article III, Section 3, this cover-up was treason. Those
five people I named {[DepSecState] Strobe Talbott, [DepUndersDef] Jan
Lodal, [DepNat SecurityAdvi] James Steinberg, [NSC staff aide] Robert
Bell, Amb James Collins} committed treason. "
http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring-20001124214136.htm
EDMOND POPE PROSECUTOR'S SON WAS INVESTIGATOR
BOOKS & OTHER SOURCES
TONY LAKE WILL BE AT OLSSON'S BOOKS TOMORROW NIGHT
- Anthony Lake,
former National Security Advisor and DCI nominee, will discuss his new
book, "SIX NIGHTMARES" at Olsson's Books, Metro Center, in Washington,
DC, Tues, Nov 28, at 7pm. Among other things, Lake advocates refined
covert action by the CIA and the Pentagon, including cyber-attacks, so
that the president will have retaliatory options that fall somewhere
between Tomahawk cruise missiles and "posturing."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48840-2000Nov21.html
ABA NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DEC 1&2
INTELFORUM
SPY SCHOOL: DISCOVERY CHANNEL WEBSITE
- This has got to be one of the
slickest websites I've ever seen. It's worth a visit for that reason
alone. But it also has a lot of information about intelligence. Among
other things, there's a "spy museum tour," a webcast of a TV show with
Tony Mendez ("The Master of Disguise"), and a section called "the
Masters," that contains photos and bios of history's famous spies (Mati
Hari, Cambridge Five, Penkovsky and so on), plus a game, "To Catch a
Spy."
(Jeremy Compton in New Zealand brought it to my attention. And where
did Jeremy find it? On the AFIO webpage, http://www.afio.com/, which
has been growing and improving mightily in recent weeks thanks to
Elizabeth Bancroft.
http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/spyschool/spyschool.html
"OPENNESS AND THE CIA"
THE CIA BRIEFING OF PRESIDENTS-ELECT
- A new book on the webpage of the
CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) is "CIA Briefings of
Presidential Candidates" by John Helgerson. This important and
fascinating book covers all pre-inauguration Presidential briefings from
Truman through Clinton. The author, Dr Helgerson, now retired from the
CIA, is a former DDI (Deputy Director for Intelligence).
http://www.cia.gov/csi/books/briefing/index.htm
AIRBORNE RECCE: THE U-2 & THE GLOBAL HAWK UAV
WEN HO LEE IS WRITING A BOOK!
FLORIDA'S "DIMPLED CHAD": A CIA COVERT OPERATION?
- Back in the 1980's,
with the Cold War raging, the CIA developed a machine that could
"manufacture" dimpled ballots. The purpose was to contest close
elections, if need be, in order to further US national interests. The
machine was never used. Rather, it was held in readiness by the CIA's
covert operatives. It was standing by (but not needed) when Violeta
Chamorro defeated Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua's 1990 election. And just
this September, the "dimple machine" was hauled out again (but not
needed) when Vojislav Kostunica bested Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia's
presidential election. Of particular note, the "dimple machine's"
inventor, a retired CIA employee (who happens also to be one of those
suspected of having been on the "grassy knoll" in Dallas at the time of
JFK's assassination), is believed to be now living in Florida. SO,
COULD the CIA's "dimple machine" have finally been put to work on the
Vice President's behalf in Florida's Presidential balloting? No way!
Absolutely not! Why? Because, of course, I'm making all this up. It's
a JOKE! Not one "dimple" of truth whatsoever. Ha, ha — jdmac
http://www.Lighten-Up.It's-a-Joke.com
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