-Caveat Lector- FRENCH MEDIA: US BREAKS ISRAELI SPY RING http://www.intelligenceonline.com/
AFP - US authorities have broken a network of Israeli spies living in the United States who were trying to burrow into the justice and defense departments, a French website specializing in intelligence matters reported. The site, Intelligence Online, said it had exclusive access to a US justice department report that showed that "a huge Israeli spy ring operating in the United States was rolled up by the Justice Department's counter-espionage service." Around 120 Israelis were arrested or deported as a result of the operation, which it said had been kept top-secret up to now. The website said the ring was active in the states of Arkansas, California, Florida and Texas. It was arranged in around 20 cells of between four and eight members, who were aged between 22 and 30 and had recently completed Israeli military service in an intelligence division . . . REUTERS - Le Monde said the secret study said the Israelis posed as graphic arts students and tried to enter buildings belonging to the Drug Enforcement Administration and other U.S. agencies . . . Asked by Reuters about the Intelligence Online report, an FBI spokesman flatly called it a "bogus story." The spokesman said: "There wasn't a spy ring." In Washington, U.S. Justice Department spokeswoman Susan Dryden said of the Le Monde report, "At this time, we have no information to support this." U.S. officials said some Israeli students had been sent out of the country for immigration violations, not for spying. In Israel, a spokesman said the prime minister had no comment on the matter. Le Monde reported Intelligence Online's findings and added elements it said its reporters had uncovered. "A vast Israeli espionage network operating on American territory has been broken up," it wrote. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
