INTELLIGENCE ISSN 1245-2122 N. 98, New Series, 17 May 1999 Every Two to Three Weeks Next Issue on 31 May 1999 Publishing since 1980 Editor Olivier Schmidt (email intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr; web http://www.blythe.org/Intelligence) TABLE OF CONTENTS, N. 98, 17 May 1999 FRONT PAGE IRELAND - DUBLIN ACCUSES LONDON OF MURDER p.1 TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES EDS' INFO TECH FAILURES & FINANCIAL PROGRESS p.2 ATM - Frauder Caught in Japan. p.3 PEOPLE USA/MEXICO - GILBERTO SALINAS p.4 NORTHERN IRELAND - BRENDAN FEGAN p.5 ISRAEL - DANIEL OKEV p.6 PEOPLE - Open Source Intelligence. p.7 RUSSIA, UKRAINE, SOUTH AFRICA, UGANDA, CAMBODIA. AGENDA COMING EVENTS THROUGH 15 JUNE 1999 p.8 INTELLIGENCE AROUND THE WORLD USA - CLINTON & DOE "CHINA SPY CRISIS" ROLLS ON p.9 NORTH AMERICA - Open Source Intelligence. p.10 CIA, FBI, DEA, STATE DEPT., WIRETAPS, CANADA. GREAT BRITAIN - NO TAKERS FOR SHAYLER'S MI5 'FICTION' p.11 ARKANSAS PLOT TO BUY THE PROVOS p.12 FRANCE - "RAINBOW WARRIOR II" SINKS IN CORSICA p.13 SWITZERLAND - TOP LAWYER ELIMINATORS IDENTIFIED p.14 VATICAN - BLESSED ARE THE SPYMAKERS p.15 PORTUGAL - MI6 EUROPEAN RECRUITMENT PLAN FAILS p.16 WESTERN EUROPE - Open Source Intelligence. p.17 GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, ITALY, EUROPEAN UNION. BALKANS - MORE STRANGE WAR STORIES IN THE MEDIA p.18 EASTERN EUROPE - Open Source Intelligence. p.19 POLAND, SLOVAKIA, RUSSIA. LATIN AMERICA - US ANTI-DRUG "FORWARD POSTS" MOVE SOUTH p.20 LATIN AMERICA - Open Source Intelligence. p.21 CUBA, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, COLOMBIA, PERU, CHILE. SOUTH AFRICA - Intelligence "Nails Down the Furniture" for Vote. p.22 AFRICA - Open Source Intelligence. p.23 ALGERIA, SOMALIA, SUDAN. EGYPT - Death Sentences for Jihad End Relative Calm. p.24 MIDDLE EAST - Open Source Intelligence. p.25 EGYPT, PALESTINE, ISRAEL, LEBANON, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST. AUSTRALIA - ASIO "WARMING UP" FOR OLYMPIC GAMES p.26 AUSTRALIA - PAYMENT DUE TO SANDLINE INTERNATIONAL p.27 ASIA - Open Source Intelligence. p.28 AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, INDIA, JAPAN, NORTH KOREA, PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM. --------------------------------------------- IRELAND DUBLIN ACCUSES LONDON OF MURDER A confidential 11-page report, sent by the Irish government to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Mo Mowlam, last month, claims that British intelligence agencies were involved in a series of Loyalist murders of Nationalists in the province and calls for an independent public inquiry into the February 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor, Patrick Finucane. The document, which, according to "Intelligence" sources in Dublin, contains new evidence obtained by Irish government investigators, including the names and ranks of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers who brokered the murder of Mr. Finucane, and claims that the RUC Special Branch, under Assistant Chief Constable, Bob Fitzsimons, had detailed knowledge of the murder plot. ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 98, 17 May 1999, p. 12 GREAT BRITAIN ARKANSAS PLOT TO BUY THE PROVOS Arkansas, home of the Ozarks, the hillbillies and the Clintons, has hatched another anti-Clinton plot, this time to buy out the IRA, something the Brits haven't been able to do with far more forceful methods. British Labour MP, Ken Livingstone, denied that illicit CIA funding was used to "buy an IRA cease-fire" as has been claimed by L. Douglas Brown, a former Arkansas state trooper and "CIA contractor", in his recently published book, "Crossfire". According to Mr. Brown, the Clinton administration strongly supported a CIA plan to establish a number of electronics factories near the border in Northern Ireland, involving the Maryland-based company, Geosys Incorporated, owned by Texas millionaire, John McBrearty. Brown claims he was approached directly by McBrearty -- whom he describes as "a wealthy businessman with close links to US government agencies" -- while studying in Grat Britain for a PhD in politics at DeMontford University, Leicester, and, in the course of the following weeks, learned of the alleged plan to create a worldwide mobile telephone network using redundant Russian satellite technology to process calls. ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 98, 17 May 1999, p. 13 FRANCE "RAINBOW WARRIOR II" SINKS IN CORSICA On 3 May, France's top official in Corsica, and the direct representative of the Paris government, Prefect Bernard Bonnet, was taken into custody in the investigation of the 20 April firebombing of a Corsican restaurant. In Paris, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin asked President Jacques Chirac to dismiss Bonnet. Bonnet's chief of staff and former DGSE foreign intelligence officer, Gerard Pardini, also was placed in custody. The 20 April firebombing, which destroyed "Chez Francis" on a beach near Ajaccio, was apparently carried out by the special GSP Gendarmerie anti-terrorist unit on orders from Pardini with the knowledge of Bonnet. The illegally-built restaurant is said to have been a favorite hangout for Corsican nationalists. ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 98, 17 May 1999, p. 15 VATICAN BLESSED ARE THE SPYMAKERS The Vatican official newsletter, "Acta Apostolicae Sedis", of 23 April, confirmed that Pope John Paul II has appointed the American-born Cardinal, Edmund Szoka, to take charge of the new Security Committee to coordinate, expand and upgrade security operations, and evaluate threats from terrorists and cults during next year's Millennium celebrations. The new committee will include six senior Vatican officials and will coordinate the separate tasks currently handled by the 100-strong Swiss Guards and the Vatican's 120-strong uniformed police, the Corpo di Vigilanza (CdiV), whose vigilance has been questioned following local reports that members of the public have been frequently found wandering the corridors in restricted parts of the Vatican, including the floor where Pope John Paul II's private apartments and the Secretary of State's offices are located. ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 98, 17 May 1999, p. 18 BALKANS MORE STRANGE WAR STORIES IN THE MEDIA As the war continues in Kosovo and Serbia, strange stories continue to appear in the Western media. One report maintains that Western intelligence programs have been in place in Serbia for more than a decade and were capable of providing policymakers with a clear understanding of Serbia's political and military aims, including genocide and mass deportations in Kosovo in case of a NATO attack. Another report maintains that the refugees targeted by mistake in a 14 April NATO raid were killed because a CIA undercover operation with the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) went wrong. Supposedly the air strike was called in by Serbs using a mobile phone and security identification codes supplied to a UCK "spotter" by the CIA. This strangely resembles a report that the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was due to a Serbian double agent who had infiltrated the CIA. ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 98, 17 May 1999, p. 20 LATIN AMERICA US ANTI-DRUG "FORWARD POSTS" MOVE FURTHER SOUTH On 4 May, the US Southern Command stated that it was already mounting counter-drug operations from new bases in Ecuador and the Dutch Caribbean islands of Curacao and Aruba, following the recent closure of US bases in Panama. Curacao and Aruba are in the southern Caribbean just off the coast of Venezuela, and the base at Manta, Ecuador, gives the US an operations center in the Andean region. The new operation centers are using existing facilities at commercial airports in Curacao and Aruba, and at a military base in Manta. An estimated 50-70 percent of the illicit US drug traffic currently flows up the eastern Pacific or across the Mexican border while the remaining 30-40 percent takes the Caribbean route, according to US drug czar, Barry McCaffrey. ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 98, 17 May 1999, p. 22 SOUTH AFRICA - Intelligence "Nails Down the Furniture" for Vote. On 22 April, Government Communications assured "the political parties, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the public generally that adequate measures have been taken to ensure a security environment which is conducive to free and fair elections." Since early this year, government has been beefing up security at "national, regional and local levels, for the purposes of coordinating security plans" and has called on the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee (NICOC) to set up an Elections Functional Committee (EFC) to "coordinate intelligence activities." The NICOC furnished the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African Defense Forces (SANDF) with intelligence but the operational plans are developed and implemented by the National Operations Coordinating Committee (NOCOC). ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 98, 17 May 1999, p. 26 AUSTRALIA ASIO "WARMING UP" FOR OLYMPIC GAMES On 27 April, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General, Dennis Richardson, revealed plans to go after spies and terrorists through their computers, financial transactions and tax records. "Access on occasion to taxation information and to financial transactions can be critical in ASIO's work, especially in the area of counter- espionage and also in the area of politically motivated violence or terrorism", according to Mr. Richardson. Among proposed legislative changes to ASIO's charter being sought by ASIO are the power to access tax and financial records, to break into computers for eavesdropping and for modifying data, to intercept mail carried by private contractors, and to use electronic tracking devices. ASIO is currently permitted to intercept telecommunications, use listening devices and open mail. ...(cut)... --------------------------------------------- INTELLIGENCE SUBSCRIPTION FORM Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postal Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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