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16-nov-02
The spy who loved me
Annie Machon quit her job at MI5 and endured three years on the run - all
for the sake of her partner David Shayler, who was jailed last week.....(
Guardian Unlimited, 15 Nov 02)
US surveillance for Iraq inspectors
US defence officials have suggested that the most likely support the
Pentagon would give to the UN weapons inspectors in Iraq would be
surveillance capabilities and intelligence.....( BBC, 15 Nov 02)
Analysis / Classified info flows freely from the IDF to the Internet
The punishment meted out to IDF soldier Sergeant Maor Pri'el - who was
later demoted to private - seems, at first sight, disproportionate, almost
cruel. Last month, Pri'el was sentenced by the Northern Command's military
court to 14 months in prison, for handing classified information to an
Internet site covering the actions of the IDF.....( Ha'aretz, 15 Nov 02)
Hamas intelligence chief meets with Arafat
Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met with Yasser Arafat in the
Palestinian leader's battered West Bank headquarters today.....(
Arabia.com, 14 Nov 02)
Israel Spy Trial Scheduled in Egypt
Six accused Israeli spies, including an Egyptian diplomat, will be tried on
espionage charges next month.....( AP, 14 Nov 02)
You Are a Suspect
If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before passage, here is what
will happen to you: Every purchase you make with a credit card, every
magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web
site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you
receive, every bank deposit you make, every trip you book and every event
you attend all these transactions and communications will go into what the
Defense Department describes as "a virtual, centralized grand
database.".....( New York Times Op-Ed, 14 Nov 02)
Point/Counterpoint.....( New York Daily News, 14 Nov 02)
Ease spying limits for cops? No
The Bloomberg administration's attempt to have a federal judge scrap a
17-year-old court order that limits spying by the Police Department on
political and religious activity in New York City is unnecessary and opens
the door to improper police surveillance
Ease spying limits for cops? Yes
The NYPD achieved the biggest crime drop in history through the rigorous
analysis and sharing of crime information. But when it comes to terrorism,
the department cannot collect or share far more vital intelligence, thanks
to crippling legal restrictions dating from a 1971 lawsuit
Diplomat expelled from China on spying suspicion
A Japanese diplomat has been expelled from China...He was expelled from the
country after entering an off-limits area near a naval base in eastern
China.....( ABC Radio Australia News, 14 Nov 02)
Expelled diplomat denies spying.....( ABC News Australia, 14 Nov 02)
Suspicous Murder
Fresh claims that media mogul Robert Maxwell was murdered by Mossad
assassins have been denied by the Israeli embassy in London.....( Totally
Jewish, 14 Nov 02)
Six Egyptians to be tried for spying for Israel
Six people accused of spying for Israel, including a diplomat at the
Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv, will stand trial on espionage charges in
Cairo next month.....(Globes, 14 Nov 02)
Israel Caught Spying on Egypt, Again.....( Palestinian Chronicle, 14 Nov 02)
3 Egyptians on trial for spying for Israel.....( Ha'aretz, 14 Nov 02)
N. Korea Changes on Return of USS Pueblo
North Korea has decided against returning the captured spy ship USS Pueblo
after indicating last month that it might do so.....( AP, 14 Nov 02)
Spy Satellite Pictures Are Unveiled
Nearly 40 years ago, even their existence was top secret. But in two days
thousands of spy satellite images will be posted on the Web for all the
world to see -- and download.....( Wireless Newsfactor, 13 Nov 02)
Moscow court sends American's deportation complaint for re-examination
Lawyer for the plaintiff Yelena Zinger told RIA Novosti yesterday that the
capital's Meshchansky city court was intending to send a complaint made by
US citizen Ken David Lee against the Federal Security Service (FSB) for
re-examination on Wednesday...Kent David Lee headed the Russian branch of
the American information firm, East View Publications, and was deported
from Russian in autumn 1997 on suspicion of espionage.....(Pravda, 13 Nov 02)
ACLU Seeks U.S. Surveillance Records
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked a judge on Wednesday to
order the Justice Department to release information on increased
surveillance in the United States under a law passed after last year's
terrorist attacks.....( AP, 13 Nov 02)
Spy Suspect Appeals Detention Order
One of the three men suspected of industrial espionage involving wireless
equipment maker LM Ericsson has appealed a court's decision to keep him in
custody pending an investigation.....( AP, 13 Nov 02)
Iftikhar Geelanis bail plea rejected
A local court on Wednesday denied bail to Iftikhar Geelani, a New
Delhi-based Kashmiri journalist, who was arrested by the police on charges
of spying.....( Navakal, 13 Nov 02)
