Nov 10 and 17 dates for series on masterspy,Robert Hanssen.ALSO...
From the 'Hanssen Effect' to Sept. 11
In late 1994, eight months after the arrest of Aldrich H. Ames, the Russian
mole inside the CIA, author Mark Riebling came out with a book entitled,
"Wedge: The Secret War Between the FBI and the CIA." If his thesis — that
the FBI-CIA rivalry had “damaged the national security and, to that extent,
imperiled the Republic” — was provocative at the time, it seems prescient
now, with missed communications between the two agencies looming as the
principal cause of intelligence failures related to the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks.....( Washington Post, 22 Oct 02)
A former operative for Canada's spy service says he illegally intercepted
the letters of ordinary Canadians and stole special mail keys for use in
covert activities.....( Ottawa Citizen, 22 Oct 02)
http://www.cicentre.com/
Former Communist Turns His FBI Files Into Art Exhibit
The Bush administration has called upon Americans to report the suspicious
activities of their neighbors. To Arnold Mesches, whose work is in the
permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this is a dangerous
proposal. A one-time member of the Communist Party, he was under an
FBI-sponsored surveillance from 1945 to 1972.....( New York Times, 22 Oct 02)
On the brink
Forty years ago, Russian nuclear missiles in Cuba were poised to be
launched at mainland America while 250,000 US troops prepared for action.
World war three was only averted by eleventh-hour negotiations - and a bit
of luck. Allan Little tracks down the men who took part in one of the most
terrifying events of the 20th century.....( Guardian Unlimited, 22 Oct 02)
Spy charge messenger 'investigated before'
Northern Ireland Office messenger William Mackessy, facing criminal charges
over allegations of spying for the IRA, has been the subject of a previous
investigation.....(Ananova, 22 Oct 02)
Former tennis star and international spy dies
William J. Clothier II, a 1930s tennis star, international spy and grandson
of the co-founder of the Strawbridge & Clothier department stores, died of
leukemia...From 1952 to 1979, Clothier worked as a CIA agent, gathering
intelligence and providing new identities and employment to defectors.....(
Philadelphia Inquirer, 22 Oct 02)
CIA accused of Eritrea 'coup plot'
...In essence, the Eritrean statement implies that the top 11 Eritrean
government officials, including former leaders of the liberation movement,
who publicly criticized the Eritrean president after the recent war with
Ethiopia, were recruited by the CIA.....( BBC, 22 Oct 02)
Big names top list of names that might be in spy files
A former senator, a nationally known comedian, several high-profile Native
American activists and distinguished anti-violence groups are among those
who might have been swept up in inappropriate police intelligence
gathering.....( GoMemphis.com, 21 Oct 02)
Peru delays trial of former spy chief Montesinos
Peru has delayed indefinitely the first public trial of Vladimiro
Montesinos, which had been due to start on Wednesday, after the former spy
chief filed a motion aimed at removing the judges.....( Reuters, 21 Oct 02)
Large-Scale Theft in US Navy
The US Navy Auditing Service decided to audit the US Pacific Fleet. Results
of the auditing shocked the Navy auditors and inspectors...As the agency
reports, the auditing revealed that about 600 PCs were missing. Some of
them had been used in work with classified information.....( Pravda, 21 Oct
02)
Cuba Expresses Respect for U.S. Spy
In Cuba's first comments about a U.S. intelligence analyst who confessed to
spying for the communist island for 16 years, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez
Roque on Friday expressed "profound respect and admiration" for the
convicted spy.....( AP, 18 Oct 02)
