Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit INTELLIGENCE ISSN 1245-2122 N. 37 New Series, 13 May 1996 Publishing since 1980 BRITISH SPY NEWS SAMPLES: British Police Worries: Death & the Info Highway The Mardi Gra Bomber British Spy Paul Grecian Released by S.Africa Russian/Brit Espionage Affair: Diplomatic Standoff British Experts for Oklahoma City Trial OCCUPIED IRELAND SAMPLES: Secret Tapes Cause Major Embarrassment Kincora, South Africa & MI5 "Republican News" Triggers Security Concern People: Olga Maitland * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 23 Editor Olivier Schmidt (email intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr; web http://www.blythe.org/Intelligence tel/fax 33 1 40 51 85 19; post ADI, 16 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris, France) Copyright ADI 1996, reproduction in any form forbidden without explicit authorization from the ADI. A one year subscription (23 issues) is US $315. * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 56 BRITISH POLICE WORRIES: DEATH AND THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY What are perceived as "problems" by the British police, appear to reflect the ranking position at which officers serve. At the lower end, rank-and-file members are concerned with issues of life and death, while at the top, there is concern about creating an "electronic underclass" with criminal tendencies. Later this month, at the annual conference of the Police Federation (PF), a motion proposed by Thames Valley Police, requiring the PF to finance a media campaign to put pressure on the next government to hold a referendum on the death penalty, will be debated. A recent Mori opinion poll, conducted for "The News of the World", found that 76 percent of those questioned supported the death penalty for certain crimes, such as killing on-duty police officers. The Home Secretary, Michael Howard, regarded as "hawkish" on law-and-order issues, is scheduled to be present during the debate. If, as "Intelligence" sources suggest, the motion is adopted by a large majority, both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party will be obliged to respond because "crime" is an emotive campaign issue which can swing votes in the forthcoming general election. The chairman of the Constables' Committee, David French, representing 90,000 officers in England and Wales out of a total of 126,000, will also warn the Home Secretary that British policing is "in danger of being controlled by the unregulated private security industry". Last February, Mr. Howard rejected plans to vet private security firms despite pressure from the Tory-dominated Home Affairs Select Committee, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the PF (INT, N. 31/45). There is no reason to believe that Mr. Howard will be sufficiently impressed to change his mind and once again risk the wrath of Cabinet supremo, the Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine. COMMENT -- Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, away from the debate on "hanging cop-killers", David Blakey, the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police, and chairman of ACPO's crime committee, writing in the May issue of "Policing Today", claims that not enough British police officers are trained in detecting crime on the Internet, such as fraud, theft and money laundering. Despite existing legislation, including the Computer Misuse Act and the Data Protection Act, more laws will be necessary as the Internet expands. He also warns of an "electronic underclass" which is being denied access to the superhighway and will haunt "the empty wastelands of the future" (the shopping and entertainment districts) causing "major problems for the police and the rest of society". The underclass will be alienated because of "a lack of education and wealth", according to Mr. Blakey, while others "with the means and skills to access information" will be able to conduct their banking and domestic affairs, and safely enjoy "live" entertainment from home. Although Mr. Blakey's concern is laudable, existing "underclasses" already accumulate grave deficiencies in all forms of "capital", including educational capital, financial capital, emotional capital and cultural capital. Being "Internet-illiterate" will only add to existing deficiencies while, on the other hand, "Internet literacy" will probably be a more direct and important cause of crime with which lower-echelon police officers are already confronted. * GREAT BRITAIN - "Mardi Gra". Although the Scotland Yard SO13 anti-terrorist squad appears no closer to catching "Mardi Gra", the bomber stalking Barclays Bank (INT, N. 36/50), detectives now believe the individual is a former employee either sacked by the bank or made redundant in the early 1990s. This "profile" is based on risk assessment analysis and the fact that no ransom demand has been made. While criminal psychologists accept that Mardi Gra works alone, he is one of a growing number of individuals in Britain who have placed the country at the top of the European league of annual corporate extortion cases, according to recent figures from the Control Risk Group, which confirmed 25 cases of actual or threatened "product contamination" in the first six months of 1995. In 1994, 38 British retail firms were targeted and 14 food manufacturers were subject to ransom demands, while 36 other companies were blackmailed. According to Andrew Fields of Sedgwick Risk Benefits, which examines the industrial history of a firm before underwriting a risk policy, the number of incidents of industrial blackmail is directly related to the social and economic well-being of a country, which pleads poorly for the Tory-dominated British economy. * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 29 BRITAIN/SOUTH AFRICA - Paul Grecian. Former British spy who is wanted in the U.S. for illegal arms sales to Iraq, Paul Grecian, was released from jail on 2 May in Johannesburg due to insufficient evidence. He was detained on 16 December 1995 on a U.S. warrant but his release ends Washington's hopes of having him extradited. He headed the British company Ordnance Technology (Ordtec) which supplied artillery fuses and assembly lines to Iraq from 1988 to 1990. Convicted in Great Britain in 1992 of illegal arms exports to Iraq, his verdict was overturned on 7 November 1995 because he supposedly acted with the approval of MI6 and MI5. His release may be South Africa's [tit-for-tat] reply to U.S. delays in resolving a long-standing Philadelphia court case against South African Armscor for apartheid-era arms embargo busting (INT, N. 11/64, 15/54 & 18/62). * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 79 BRITAIN/RUSSIA: DIPLOMATIC STAND-OFF IN ESPIONAGE AFFAIR A number of British diplomats are threatened with expulsion from Russia on suspicion of spying. The announcement, on 6 May, followed the arrest of a Russian citizen on espionage charges who was said by the Federalnaya Sluzhba Besopasnosti (FSB) internal security service to have admitted working for the MI6. The British ambassador, Sir Andrew Wood, was called to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, following the announcement, and given the names of nine British embassy staff whom the FSB described as "professional British spies working under diplomatic cover". The accused Russian citizen, reportedly arrested "red-handed", worked in a "central government department" with access to classified information on political and defense matters, and appears to be cooperating fully with the FSB which has learned details of his MI6 recruitment, his British contacts, his "dead letter drops" and Moscow rendez- vous points. According to one Russian press report, the agent's cover was "blown" by a Russian "mole" at MI6 headquarters in London. Another report says the FSB believes it has uncovered the entire MI6 intelligence line-up operating from the British embassy in Moscow. The British response was curious, with the Foreign Office initially not disputing the claim but criticizing the Russian response for being "out of proportion". Later, Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, stated the FSB had produced no evidence, Great Britain "knew nothing" about the man arrested and warned that London would make "an equivalent response" unless Moscow reduces the number of persons declared "persona non grata". COMMENT -- The control and management of Russia's arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, the development of the conventional arms industry, and the secrets of Russia's "inner departments", including the political reaction to NATO expansion eastwards, have been MI6 priorities since the early 1990s. While SIGINT provides details on military bases, silo sites and the movement of weapons, a HUMINT source with access to details on the management of these weapons would be regarded as a "valuable intelligence asset". In 1994, Russian military engineer, Vadim Sinstov, admitted passing classified information to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Later that year, the FSB expelled John Scarlet, MI6 chief of station in Moscow, and in February of this year, Nigel Shakespeare, described as a businessman, was expelled for the second time (INT, N. 32/23). He was previously thrown out in 1989 while serving as military attache at the British embassy. * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 11 FORENSICS - British Experts for Oklahoma City Trial. The Oklahoma City bombing defense team has obtained public funds to hire the Scottish Lothian and Borders Police Forensic Laboratory to examine blast debris and U.S. FBI reports. One of the lab's scientists has extensive experience with ammonium nitrate-fertilizer-diesel oil (ANFO) bombs in Northern Ireland and the lab carried out much of the forensic research on the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988. The defense team has also enlisted the help of one of Britain's leading bomb-related deaths experts, Prof. Thomas Marshall, who served as Northern Ireland's state pathologist for thirty years. Prof. Marshall has agreed to review medical reports relating to those killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 59 NORTHERN IRELAND SECURITY TAPES CAUSE MAJOR EMBARRASSMENT A security breach, described as "incompetence bordering on treachery", has threatened to make public some of the British Army's most sensitive techniques for dealing with the IRA in Northern Ireland. The classified material was found on four Sony KCA-60BRS Umatic video cassette tapes which were bought at a car-boot sale in Coventry as part of a job-lot of second-hand electronic equipment by Bob Tomalski from "Which Video" magazine. The tapes contain two hours of military footage of Army exercises, including surveillance and electronic counter- measures. They were "shot" in the main Northern Ireland training range on the British mainland with a mock-up urban area, including a public house, a cafe and anonymous council houses, all used as "reinforcement training" for soldiers before deployment to the province. Among the subjects covered are the Army's "rules of engagement" and how to tackle "joyriders", both highly sensitive and controversial issues in Northern Ireland. One exercise is a simulated four-tube Mark 10 mortar attack, mounted by the "IRA" through the roof of a white transit van on an Army barracks next to the mock-up streets. The soldiers are shown how to deal with secondary devices and carry out follow-up operations. In another sequence, an Army instructor's commentary gives explicit details on how to deal with a sniper in a built-up area. Included with the tapes and the Umatic recorder were a series of documents dealing with all training scenarios, written in military jargon and headed "Exercise Secret - Incident Planning Sheet". The tapes were passed to the BBC by Mr. Tomalski. According to Colonel Mike Dewar, who served in Northern Ireland, the footage gave "a clear insight" into Army tactics and could have put soldiers' lives at risk if the tapes had been obtained by the IRA. The cassettes were given to the Ministry of Defence on 8 May after a sanitized screening on BBC news bulletins. * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 60 NORTHERN IRELAND - Kincora, South Africa & MI5. Journalist Chris Moore's new book, "The Kincora Scandal", claims William McGrath, house master of the notorious east Belfast Kincora boys' hostel, fostered links between the shadowy Loyalist group, Tara, ultra right-wing groups in South Africa and the British MI5 for which McGrath worked. Jailed in 1981 for abusing boys in his care, McGrath had sent operatives, such as Charles Simpson and Alan Gingles, to South Africa and Rhodesia for military and intelligence training. * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 61 IRELAND - Defence Security Worry. Irish security officials expressed concern after details of a visit by Irish soldiers to London later this month were published in the Sinn Fein weekly, "An Phoblacht/Republican News" on 2 May. According to the paper, the trip was openly advertised in a number of Irish army barracks, and involves members of the part-time territorial reserve, the Free Citizens' Army (FCA), visiting the Irish Guards at Chelsea Barracks, London, on 22 May, which was bombed by the IRA 15 years ago. During the four-day trip, FCA members will also visit the headquarters of the British Territorial Army and Buckingham Palace. A spokesman for the Irish Defence Forces said the private visit was arranged by a former member of the British regiment who was now a member of the FCA. He emphasized that contact between both armies was not unusual, including cross-border cooperation, but admitted that the "leak" of the FCA's trip might limit "private" visits in the future. * Intelligence, N. 37, 13 May 1996, p. 16 People: OLGA MAITLAND - GREAT BRITAIN The recent appointment of Lady Olga Maitland, MP, as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Northern Ireland Security Minister, Sir John Wheller, has been described by sources close to the Republican Movement as another indication that the "peace process" has been "hijacked by an unholy alliance" of Unionism and the reactionary right of the Conservative Party. Lady Olga's interest in Irish affairs, to date, has been less than constructive. She campaigned successfully for the release last year of Private Lee Clegg, a member of the Parachute Regiment found guilty of the murder of Belfast teenager, Karen Reilly, on 30 September 1990 (INT, N. 27/19). Lady Olga also criticized the release of the "Birmingham Six", freed by the Court of Appeal in 1991 after wrongly serving 16 years for 1974 IRA bombings. To underline her anti-republican credentials, Lady Olga has also agreed to act as patron to the Belfast-based Families Against Intimidation and Terror (FAIT), an anti-Sinn Fein group which, some observers believe, has been the recipient of funds from sources close to the British intelligence community. Accompanied by Unionist MP, Roy Beggs, Lady Olga was one of a number of British parliamentarians who visited Riyadh recently to express support for the "democratic institutions" of Saudi Arabia and condemn Professor Muhammed al-Massari's fax and email campaign against the House of Saud (INT, N. 36/52 & 70). Lady Olga's companion, Roy Beggs, has been an MP for East Antrim since 1983. A former Mayor of Larne, the ferryport north of Belfast, he was recently convicted and fined by the Larne district court for inciting a Loyalist mob to riot. * For subscription info, write to: intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr or point your browser to: http://www.blythe.org/Intelligence/ Also in this Issue: N. 37 New Series, 13 May 1996 FRONTPAGE U.S.A. - NSA REVEALS SECRET HERITAGE p.1 TECHNOLOGY & TECHNIQUES LINK ANALYSIS DATA MINING WITH ALTA'S NETMAP p.2 PARAFOIL VEHICLE FOR "SPECIAL OPS" INSERTION p.3 NAMEBASE AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA TELNET AND WEB p.4 FIREARMS - FBI's Deadly Anniversary. p.5 SPY BOOKS - The "Surveillant" is Back. p.6 VIRUSES - More From Microsoft. p.7 RESUMES - Headhunters & Security Leaks. p.8 SR-71 - Grounded by Bureaucratic "Mothballing". p.9 MONEY LAUNDERING - Web Site Info But No Use. p.10 FORENSICS - British Experts for Oklahoma City Trial. p.11 INFOSEC - Access and Protection of Medical Data. p.12 COPYING - Crack-Down on Software Hits Bosses. p.13 IMAGERY - U.S. Non-Seismic Intelligence on Russian "Bomb". p.14 PEOPLE CHARLES GETZ - U.S.A. p.15 OLGA MAITLAND - GREAT BRITAIN p.16 IVO JANCEV - BULGARIA p.17 KAMAL HAMED - PALESTINE/ISRAEL p.18 U.S.A. - Alexander DeVolpi. p.19 U.S.A. - John Pereira. p.20 U.S.A. - John M. Deutch. p.21 GREAT BRITAIN - Roy Thomason. p.22 GREAT BRITAIN - "Mardi Gra". p.23 BELARUS - Yurii Zakharenko. p.24 RUSSIA - Nikolai Golushko. p.25 RUSSIA - Pavel Glebov. p.26 TAJIKISTAN - Sayidamir Zuhurov. p.27 MEXICO - Jose Arturo Ochoa Palacios. p.28 SOUTH AFRICA - Paul Grecian. p.29 AGENDA CAIS - Annual Meeting. p.30 NETSEC - West Coast Meeting. p.31 BSI 96 - British Army Show. p.32 FORUM 52 - American Helicopter Meeting. p.33 TTS 96 - Major Test Technology Symposium. p.34 JAST 96 - Joint Air Strike Conference. p.35 INFOSEC - Major French Show. p.36 EUROINFO - Training Seminar. p.37 INTELNET - Seventh Annual Seminar. p.38 ECONOMIC INTEL - Seminar for Small Businesses. p.39 SLA 96 - 87th Annual Conference. p.40 SEC EXPO - Specialist Training Conference. p.41 STRATEGIC INFO - Medical Technology & Research. p.42 NMIA - Warfighter Symposium. p.43 INTERNET LAW - French Meeting. p.44 OJJDP - Gangs Meeting. p.45 MIT - Defense Strategy Summer Session. p.46 ADPA - Technology Conference. p.47 INTELLIGENCE AROUND THE WORLD U.S.A. - ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERERS FALLING OVER EACH OTHER p.48 "Special Ops" Tim Booted Out. p.49 State Department's INR Downsizing. p.50 Customs' "Unsafe" New Headquarters. p.51 Getting Enough Democracy for Your Dollar in Russia. p.52 Two CIA Memoirs. p.53 "Coin-Operated Congress" on the Web. p.54 CANADA - Top Ten "Under-Reported Stories" of 1995. p.55 GREAT BRITAIN - POLICE WORRIES ABOUT DEATH AND THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY p.56 REVIEW OF BRITISH MILITARY FORCES p.57 Stormy British Aerospace Annual Meeting. p.58 NORTHERN IRELAND - SECURITY TAPES CAUSE MAJOR EMBARRASSMENT p.59 Kincora, South Africa & MI5. p.60 IRELAND - Defence Security Worry. p.61 FRANCE - SOLID SPY BUDGET DOESN'T AVOID TROUBLE p.62 Pay-Up for "Economic Warfare". p.63 Coincidence No Explanation for Spies. p.64 Customs and Police Ready to Fight Again. p.65 BELGIUM - WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND AGAIN p.66 NETHERLANDS - New BVD Security Division Chief. p.67 GERMANY - BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE BND AND THE BFV p.68 Strange Iranian Arms Seizure. p.69 Two Different Stories on Helios-2. p.70 SWITZERLAND - A Busy Spring in the Alps. p.71 ITALY - "Il Triangolo Malefico". p.72 SPAIN - Green, Blue & Brown GALs. p.73 EUROPE - Specialists in Different Trafficking. p.74 CZECH REPUBLIC - Moving to the U.S to Avoid Trouble. p.75 BOSNIA - Real Worries and Past Trafficking. p.76 UKRAINE - Spoiling the SBU's Party. p.77 RUSSIA - "MOST" INTO THE FRAY FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS p.78 DIPLOMATIC STAND-OFF IN ESPIONAGE AFFAIR p.79 You Can "Feel" the Elections Coming. p.80 SURINAM - FRENCH OFFERED TO TOPPLE REGIME IN 1982 p.81 BRAZIL - Industrial Espionage Case Still "Conditional". p.82 TUNISIA - Very Happy with Deadly Czech "Trainers". p.83 MIDDLE EAST - An Israeli Nuclear Umbrella. p.84 VIETNAM - Colby Leaves but Controversy Remains. p.85 JAPAN - Intelligence Moves to Stage. p.86 ================================================================= 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 =================================================================