from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/">The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe</A> ----- Promis Dual Murder in Hercules, Calif., Connected to Promis Where's Earl "Cash" Brian when we need him? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Not mentioned in story: the murdered Abernathys, who were keeping some of Michael Riconosciuto's files, were threatened by Robert Booth Nichols, of Cabazon fame.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTTAWA - RCMP investigators probing allegations spies hacked into top-secret Canadian intelligence files are working with at least two foreign police agencies, The Star has learned. Sources say the Mounties have joined officers from Britain and a tiny police department in California in interviews connected to their spy probe. Those revelations add to the intrigue surrounding the investigation into claims a secret ``trap door'' in doctored computer software allowed foreign spies to hack into Canadian files and download sensitive intelligence information. Oddly, the interest of the other police agencies connects the Mountie spy probe to a double homicide and - coincidentally - to the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Two Scotland Yard detectives travelled to Canada in late February to interview a former Israeli intelligence agent. That ex-spy, Ari Ben-Menashe, has said he was involved in a scheme to sell rigged software - known as Promis - around the world. The British were interested in talking to Ben-Menashe, now a Canadian citizen, about what police have described as ``an allegation of attempted deception.'' Sources say Ben-Menashe once met with Mohamed al-Fayed - father of Princess Diana's lover, Dodi, and billionaire owner of the Harrods in London - and that Scotland Yard detectives wanted to talk to him about that exchange. Two Mounties investigating the possible breach of national security in Canada, Sean McDade and Randy Buffam, sat in on that interview. A Scotland Yard officer insisted the computer spying allegations ``wasn't anything to do with our case whatsoever.'' Neither Scotland Yard nor the RCMP would explain why members of the RCMP's National Security Investigations Section were present. The Mounties have also co-operated with the police department in Hercules, Calif. Hercules police are investigating the 1997 deaths of a father and his 12-year-old son. Neal and young Brendan Abernathy were each tied up with electrical cable and shot execution-style in the back of the head. They were found dead on their living room floor. The Abernathys apparently knew one of the key players in the alleged plot to alter Promis, a computer software program first developed to help the U.S. justice department track cases. Hercules police Detective Sue Todd, who is investigating the slayings, didn't return The Star's messages. But a source who requested anonymity said Todd has interviewed him and told him she was investigating an allegation the murders were ``somehow connected to the scandal involving Promis.'' Todd joined the RCMP's McDade at an interview earlier this year with Michael Riconoscuito, an American computer whiz who claims he helped prepare the Promis software for sale to Canada. Both Todd and McDade visited Riconoscuito in prison, where he's serving a drug-related sentence, confirmed Louis Buffardi, Riconoscuito's lawyer. Buffardi declined further comment about what was discussed during the interview, saying he'd need his client's permission to do so. 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