Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit INTELLIGENCE ISSN 1245-2122 N. 25 New Series, 6 November 1995 Publishing since 1980 Editor Olivier Schmidt intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr tel/fax 33 1 40 51 85 19; ADI, 16 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris, France Copyright ADI 1995, reproduction in any form forbidden without explicit authorization from the ADI. A one year subscription (23 issues) is US $315. African News from "Intelligence," N. 25, 6 November 1995 FRANCE/ALGERIA: THE "HEAT'S OFF" BUT THE POT STILL BOILS OVER With the recent arrest of Boualem Bensaid, 28, in Paris and Abdelkader Benouif (alias Abu Fares, in London, French police and intelligence feel that "the heat's off" and the Groupe Islamiste Arme (GIA) terrorist network in France is at least partially dismantled. The services had been on alert and overworked for almost four months without producing significant results. Moreover, the Swedish refusal to extradite Abdelkrim Deneche (see below) had pushed the services to the limit. But the forthcoming changes of ministers and heads of intelligence (INT, N. 24/62 & 63) are evidence that "the pot is boiling over". Since the attempted GIA bombing of the Paris-Lyon TGV express train this summer, French police and intelligence have made massive swoops in major suburban areas, detaining and questioning unheard-of numbers of Algerians and French citizens of Algerian origin. "Intelligence" learned that this tactic was adopted when an unknown fingerprint was found on a piece of tape used to make the unexploded bomb against the TGV. A similar fingerprint was later found on the remains of the bomb that exploded at the Maison Blanche metro station in Paris. It was the only "hard evidence" French services had to go by, particularly if they couldn't trust politically-motivated "cooperation" from the Algerian Securite Militaire which apparently got French DST counterespionage in trouble in the case of Deneche. In this painstaking effort to locate Islamic fundamentalists, detaining and questioning them, the French Renseignements Generaux (RGs) political intelligence police proved much more useful than the DST. These major swoops and serious detective work finally paid off with the arrest of a GIA group in Lille and that of Bensaid in Paris. COMMENT - Understandably, in this context of "hot pursuit", it was unthinkable to replace DST director Philippe Parant despite the negative points against him mentioned in our preceding issue (INT, N. 24/63), apparently including serious criticism at the recent Bern Group anti-terrorism meeting by the Israeli representative who accused Parant of "not knowing your files and not controlling your agents". Similarly, it was impossible to replace the director of French DGSE foreign intelligence, Jacques Dewatre, despite the implication of certain DGSE members in the invasion of the Comoros by French mercenary Bob Denard (INT, N. 24/62). This strained context has led to the approval of the Interior Ministry's requested budget with hardly any discussion, despite serious criticism of Jean-Louis Debre's role as minister. The Prime Minister's office also avoided related budget problems by voluntarily reducing its secret intelligence budget by FF 50.5 million. Now, with a ministerial reshuffling taking place, changing the heads of intelligence has become a secondary, although pressing, priority. ALGERIA - Abdelkrim Deneche. Apparently based on fabricated Algerian Securite Militaire information, France demanded the extradition of Groupe Islamiste Arme (GIA) militant in Sweden, Abdelkrim Deneche. France claimed Deneche had been identified by a French Gendarme at the scene of the 25 July Paris metro bombing. The Swedish supreme court recently rejected the French demand for extradition, supposedly basing its decision on forensic evidence that Deneche signed documents that day in Sweden. According to "Intelligence" sources, the secret part of Sweden's refusal told French authorities they were "manifestly wrong" (which means lying). Apparently Swedish Sakerhetspolisen (SAPO) has Deneche under tight surveillance, knows for certain he didn't leave the country and doesn't want to let anyone know about it. ANGOLA - MPRI elbowing in on Executive Outcomes. The South African "security firm", Executive Outcomes, whose cost- efficient military work has been appreciated in Angola and Sierra Leone (INT, N. 21/63 & 23/53), has run into serious competition. Retired Lieutenant General Harry Edward Soyster, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and head of Military Professional Resources Incorporated (MPRI; INT, N. 18/11), showed up in Luanda in September to bid for a training contract for the 200,000 soldier national army. MPRI has had a team in Crotia since mid-November 1994, where recently battle after battle have been won against the Serbs. TUNISIA - Fighting Fire with Fire. According to "Africa Confidential", President Zine el Adidine Ben Ali's strategy to fight Islamic fundamentalists involves drawing poorer young men away from the mosques by quietly mobilizing them with room, board and a 120-dinar monthly salary while serving in national guard units. This unannounced strategy has met with some success among disaffected youth. * Also in this Issue: N. 25, 6 November 1995 Frontpage: PAKISTAN - COUP ATTEMPT, DRUGS AND ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS p.1 Technology: SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY AT MILIPOL '95 p.2 INFORMATION WARFARE SPECIAL REPORT p.3 NONLETHAL TECH RESURFACES IN NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE p.4 FLIR - Outlawed for Snooping Policemen. p.5 LASERS - Illegal on the Ground, Not in the Air. p.6 STEALTH - An "Invisible" Follow-On to the C-130. p.7 CODES - French Decision on Publicly Legal Encryption. p.8 NETWORKS - French Air Force's Secure MOBIDIC System. p.9 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS - Eliminating the Waves. p.10 TORTURE - A Lost French Annex. p.11 CULTS - Internet Fights Back at Scientology. p.12 SPACE - Russian "Carbon Copy" Space Shuttle Scrapped. p.13 COMPUTERS - Russia On and Off the "Blacklist". p.14 STEALTH - India Enters the Field. p.15 "INTELLIGENCE" - Restructuring our Web Site. p.16 People: JEFFREY A. SLATON - U.S.A. p.17 ARNIE MATANKY - U.S.A. p.18 JOHN CAIRNCROSS - GREAT BRITAIN p.19 ALAN BUSBY - SCOTLAND/IRELAND p.20 U.S.A. - George Michael Baird. p.21 U.S.A. - James Hamilton. p.22 U.S.A. - Philip Agee. p.23 GREAT BRITAIN - Philip Harding. p.24 NORTHERN IRELAND - David Atkinson. p.25 FRANCE - Paul Barril. p.26 FRANCE - Jean-Bernard Condat. p.27 RUSSIA - Gennady Zyuganov. p.28 RUSSIA - Anatolii Kuntsevich. p.29 RUSSIA - Mikhail Bergman. p.30 MEXICO - Armando Pavon Reyes. p.31 COLOMBIA - Luis Bernardo Urbina. p.32 HONDURAS - Julio Fonseca. p.33 ALGERIA - Abdelkrim Deneche. p.34 PALESTINE - Fathi Shiqaqi. p.35 IRAQ - Saif Rashid Sindi. p.36 IRAQ - Khamis Khalaf Al Ajili. p.37 Agenda: INFOSEC - Semi-official Computer Crime Meeting. p.38 MILIPOL - World's Largest Security Show. p.39 INFOTECH - TTC Seminar. p.40 AFCEA ASIA-PACIFIC - Communications & Electronics. p.41 TEXT & IMAGE - French Scientific Meeting. p.42 GREYNET - Information Management Seminar. p.43 COMSEC - Mitre Internet Security Conference. p.44 SPECIAL OPS - ADPA '95 Symposium. p.45 FED/UNESCO - 21th Century War & Peace Conference. p.46 SECUBANK '96 - Preliminary Russian Meeting Announcement. p.47 Intelligence Around the World: USA - OVERHAUL ON ALL IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE NIO p.48 DIA MOVING FRONT AND CENTER COURT p.49 FBI WANTS 1,000 TIMES MORE WIRETAPS p.50 NTIA Privacy "Policy". p.51 CIA's KGB Handouts for the President. p.52 CIA Georgetown "Hobnobbing". p.53 "Black" C-130s Repossessed by Forest Service. p.54 GREAT BRITAIN - CHIEF INSPECTOR SUPPORTS MI5 COLLABORATION p.55 ARMED FORCES "PRUNING" AND EXPANDING p.56 ART THEFT COMES OF AGE p.57 Maximum Secrecy Acceptable. p.58 Rimington's Succession Line-up at MI5. p.59 Repub IRELAND - Legal History in the Making. p.62 North IRELAND - HERE COMES THE PRESIDENT p.60 Paras Coming Back Soon. p.61 FRANCE - THE "HEATS OFF" BUT THE POT STILL BOILS OVER p.63 "Rotten Apples" Selling Intelligence. p.64 "Data Protection" Helps Little & Hurts Science. p.65 Business as Usual or Working with the Enemy? p.66 NETHERLANDS - Dissolved IDB Back in the News. p.67 CID Informers "Falling over Each other". p.68 WESTERN EUROPE - Europol Convention Available. p.69 POLAND - Central European "Sting Operations" Coming Up. p.70 ESTONIA - Privilege of First "Democratic" Spy Scandal. p.71 SLOVAKIA - A Losing Battle with "Old Structures". p.72 BOSNIA - NATO In the Field with Russia & Sharing Nothing. p.73 ALBANIA - No More CIA UAVs. p.74 HUNGARY - 1956 CIA Tapes to Get an Airing. p.75 GEORGIA - KGB Accused of Killing CIA Officer. p.79 RUSSIA - ARM WRESTLING OVER CENTRAL ASIAN OIL p.76 Oops! Wrong Battlefield. p.77 Nuclear Smuggling Out, Biochem Smuggling In. p.78 CUBA - Illegal Visit by ... U.S. Veterans. p.80 HAITI - Cleaning Out the Stables ... and a Few Archives. p.81 SALVADOR - UN Report on "Irregular Groups" in the Police. p.82 ANGOLA - MPRI elbowing in on Executive Outcomes. p.83 TUNISIA - Fighting Fire with Fire. p.84 CHINA - Book on Intelligence Services. p.85 For subscription info, write to: intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr or point your browser to: http://www.blythe.org/Intelligence ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 For more info, e-mail , or =================================================================