Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit excerpt from ... INTELLIGENCE ISSN 1245-2122 N. 47 New Series, 4 November 1996 Publishing since 1980 Editor Olivier Schmidt (web http://www.blythe.org/Intelligence) A one year subscription (23 issues with full index) is US $315. --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 47, 4 November 1996, p. 46 ITALY: PROMISED REFORM STARTS WITH SPY CHIEFS When Franco Frattini became the new president of the Comitato di Controllo sui Servizi Segreti parliamentary intelligence oversight committee last month, he clearly stated that he was fed up with intelligence services which "give no guarantee of transparency" (INT, N. 46/18). His plans to reform intelligence services and open them up for employment of "engineers, doctors, and statistical experts" goes along well with Prime Minister Romano Prodi's plans to shake up the military Servizio Informazione e Sicurezza Militare (SISMI), the civilian Servizio Informazione e Sicurezza Democratica (SISDE), and the civilian coordinating body, the Comitato Esecutivo per i Servizi di Informazione e Sicurezza (CESIS). On 16 October, the government got down to work and Adm. Gianfranco Battelli, 59, was appointed to direct the SISMI and its 2,223 members working in the four divisions of Defense (counterespionage), Research (foreign intelligence), Situation Elaboration (Analysis), and Organized Crime. Turin prefect, Vittorio Stelo, 56, will take over the SISDE and its 1,339 members working in anti-mafia, anti-terrorism, and anti-crime units along with the national police. Florence prefect, Francesco Baradino, 61, will head the CESIS and its 202 members coordinating SISMI, SISDE, Carabinieri, police, armed forces and Guardia di Finanza activities, as well as liaison with foreign intelligence services. Indeed, this makes a "clean sweep" of the "big three" and only spares Romano Prodi, head of the Comitato Interministeriale per le Informazione e la Sicurezza (CIIS), Fernando Masone, head of the Polizia di Stato since 25 August 1994, Gen. Luigi Federici, head of the Arma dei Carabinieri since 26 February 1993, and Gen. Constantino Berlenghi, head of the Guardia di Finanza since 13 September 1991. COMMENT -- Sweeping changes at the top of Italian intelligence are not without precedent. However, the new chiefs of the "big three" are considered highly qualified and serious about intelligence reform. Mr. Stelo has had a "fast- lane" career, being appointed prefect of Siena in 1988, and deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Giuliano Amato in 1992 before becoming prefect of Turin. He is considered an "establishment man" but is intelligent enough to avoid irritating labor union organizations. Adm. Battelli is an intelligence specialist, having served with naval intelligence, with the Defense general staff in "Plans and Operations", then as Defense deputy secretary general in 1992 and secretary general in 1995. Mr. Baradino, from Naples, worked for 25 years in public prosecution in Bologna, was head of the Digos special investigative police during the terrorist era of the 1970s, and then general secretary of the Justice Ministry. What remains to be seen is whether this rather competent team gets "bogged down" in Italian partisan politics before reforms can be carried out. --------------------------------------------- Also in this Issue: TABLE OF CONTENTS, N. 47, 4 November 1996 Frontpage: BULGARIA - NEVA'S VAST NETWORK OF MONEY AND DEATH p.1 Technology & Techniques: U.S. POLICE "WISH LIST" FULFILLED BY FBI COVERT TECH p.2 NEW AND POPULAR INTERNET SCAMS AND PROTECTION p.3 "BAD DAY" FOR FBI INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES p.4 DIGITAL TELEPHONY - FBI's Pass or Fail Tech List. p.5 GUARDS - Bright Future for Private Security. p.6 VIRUSES - Another Word Macro from Microsoft. p.7 INTELLIGENCE - The U.S. Army Discovers "Smarts". p.8 AEROSTATS - Upscaling from Tactical to Strategic. p.9 UAV - Brits "Go It Alone" with a "Survivor". p.10 ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE - Strange French Cuisine. p.11 NAVIGATION - Joint GPS/Glonass System Winning Support. p.12 People: U.S.A. - JIM R. FREEMAN p.13 U.S.A. - GLORIA STEINEM p.14 PALESTINE - FARID ASALIYAH p.15 HONG KONG/CHINA - LAWRENCE LEUNG p.16 U.S.A. - Lester K. Coleman, III. p.17 U.S.A. - Emmett Paige, Jr. p.18 U.S.A. - Patrick and Robin Eddington. p.19 GREAT BRITAIN - Charles Guthrie. p.20 BELGIUM/NETHERLANDS - Herman Luyten. p.21 RUSSIA/U.S.A. - Armand Hammer. p.22 EGYPT - Ahmad Rached Mohamad. p.23 IRAQ/BRAZIL - Hugo do Oliveira Piva. p.24 SAUDI ARABIA - Osama Bin Laden. p.25 Agenda: COMING EVENTS FROM NOW TO 15 DECEMBER 1996 p.26 Intelligence Around the World: U.S.A. - SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS AND TORTURE p.27 MAJOR SHAKE-UP COMING AT THE FBI p.28 American Airlines, a Tough Customs Customer. p.29 FBI Makes It Big on Wall Street. p.30 CIA's Papal Intelligence Exchange Went East. p.31 CIA-Cocaine-Contra Connection Refuses to Die. p.32 GREAT BRITAIN - PRE-ELECTION LAW & ORDER BILL p.33 MAKING PROFITS GOING TO WAR IN RENTED TANKS p.34 LAST U.S. NUCLEAR MISSILES GO HOME p.35 NORTHERN IRELAND - SIR HUGH'S LAST WORDS & MASONRY FEARS p.36 IRELAND - DOUBLE STANDARD DOMINATES PEACE PROSPECTS p.37 FRANCE - U.S. USE OF THE "FRANCO-FRENCH" HERNU AFFAIR p.38 High-Tech Defence Business with the U.S. p.39 "Spill Over" From Sri Lanka. p.40 BELGIUM - TUNIS PUSHES COOLS FUNDAMENTALIST CONNECTION p.41 NETHERLANDS - HUSHED-UP DRUG SEIZURE SUCCESS p.42 A Public Hearing for CIA "Drug Culture". p.43 GERMANY - NEW ATTACK ON FRENCH HELIOS-2 PROJECT p.44 Scientology "Excommunicated" by BfV. p.45 ITALY - PROMISED REFORM STARTS WITH SPY CHIEFS p.46 HUNGARY - TALES OF THE COLD WAR p.47 EASTERN EUROPE - Security & Balkan-Soviet Break-Up. p.48 UKRAINE - Sabre and Hughes Get a Foot Hold. p.49 ETHIOPIA/ERITREA - Sale of Entire Navy "Sunk". p.50 ISRAEL - "Hail and Farewells" in Intelligence Cooperation. p.51 SOUTH KOREA - Embarrassing "Party Crashers". p.52 * (It is possible to post a paid advertisement presenting, in more detail, a product, a service, or a meeting, and interested parties should contact "Intelligence" for more information.) ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org =================================================================