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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:06:19 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: DETAINED US DIPLOMAT WAS CIA'S MAIN MAN IN THE BALKANS > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is being sent on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > as part of the mailing list that you joined. > List: ICDSM > URL: http://www.icdsm.org > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > URL for this article: http://emperors-clothes.com/news/neigh.htm > > Join our email list at http://emperors-clothes.com/f.htm. Receive > about one article/day. > > This article may be reproduced in any non-commercial medium but > please include the entire text and the URL. For commercial use > contact Emperor's Clothes. > > www.tenc.net * [Emperor's Clothes] > > ======================================= > DETAINED US DIPLOMAT WAS CIA'S MAIN MAN IN THE BALKANS > Agence France Presse [ TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 8:31:22 AM ] [Posted > 19 March 2002] > Comments follow > ======================================= > > BELGRADE > > A US diplomat arrested with Serbia's deputy prime minister last week > accused of espionage was the head of the Central Intelligence Agency > in the Balkans, a newspaper claimed in a report to appear on Tuesday. > > > "From the outset of his interrogation John David Neighbor presented > himself as the head of the CIA in the Balkans," Vecernje Novosti > reported, quoting military sources. > > It added that the diplomat remained calm while undergoing a 13-hour > interrogation. > > Neighbor was identified by Belgrade as the US diplomat detained by > Yugoslav military police late on Thursday along with Serbian deputy > prime minister, Momcilo Perisic. > > The United States said yesterday it had accepted an apology from > Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic for the diplomat's > mistreatment in Yugoslav military police custody. (2) > > State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington considered > the case closed as a "bilateral issue" but denied reports that the > detained diplomat had been involved in any kind of espionage. > > "We have received a formal apology from (Svilanovic)," Boucher told > reporters. "We've accepted that apology.... we view it as a public > acknowledgment of the military's inappropriate and excessive actions > and we now consider this closed as a bilateral issue". (1) > > Earlier yesterday, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica regretted > that Neighbor had been detained for so long and identified by name > and nationality. (3) > > (C) AFP 2002 * Reprinted for Fair Use Only > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=4235518 > > ****************** > SOME COMMENTS > ****************** > 1) Mr. Boucher complains about the "inappropriate and excessive > actions" of the Yugoslav Army. Aside from the fact that he is lying - > there was nothing excessive about Yugoslav Army actions under > international law - Boucher's remarks exceed in hypocrisy even what > he said when the Belarussian government seized some computers the US > had 'donated' to pro-US NGOs. See 'Speechless in Belarus' at > http://www.tenc.net/news/ind.htm > > "Inappropriate and excessive actions." Wasn't it the United States > military that spearheaded the 2.5 month long bombardment of > Yugoslavia about which the New York Times commented, with kindest > restraint: > > "A broad spectrum of legal scholars agree that there is currently no > simple, straightforward or obvious legal basis for the bombing of > Serbian targets to be found in treaties, the United Nations charter > or binding resolutions or [in] any other written international > code...."('A Word Bolsters Case for Allied Intervention, NY Times, > April 4, 1999, International Section, p. 7) > > 2. To learn more about "Who is Goran Svilanovic,' go to > http://emperors-clothes.com/news/goran.htm > > 3. In 'We Have the Right and Duty to Arrest Spies,' I commented > that "Yugoslav President Kostunica responded in his usual two-faced > fashion, first criticizing and then seemingly defending the Army > action, which enjoys overwhelming public support in Yugoslavia." > http://emperors-clothes.com/news/ya.htm > > Now we see that, true to form: > > "Earlier yesterday, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica regretted > that Neighbor had been detained for so long and identified by name > and nationality." > > Poor Mr. Kostunica. He wishes to distance himself from Serbian 'Prime > Minister' Djindjic, a man universally loathed in Yugoslavia. He > doesn't want to criticize the Army, which enjoys popular support. But > he also knows who butters his bread (the US foreign policy > establishment) and so he straddles a narrow fence, with apparent > discomfort. He criticizes...not exactly the arrest of Neighbor, but > rather the manner in which it was carried out. And not exactly that > it was abusive. More that it was done in bad taste. > > First Kostunica objects to Neighbor being interrogated for "so long." > This raises the question: what is the acceptable length of time for > questioning a regional chief of the CIA caught receiving stolen > documents from a high government official? Would nine hours be OK? > Six? Three? > > As for identifying Neighbor "by name and nationality," why is this > lacking social polish? Should the Yugoslavs instead have announced > about this spy they'd arrested: "Name: withheld. Country: withheld. > Job: CIA Chief of the Balkans"? > > -- Jared Israel > > ======================================= > Emperor's Clothes Urg*ently Needs Your Help! > ======================================= > > Emperor's Clothes has only one source of income - your donations. 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