>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Echelon CIA -PuertoRico Guatemala, Uruguay >� Copyright GRANMA INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION. La Havana. Cuba > >Puerto Rican base integrated into global espionage network > >THE United States has integrated the Sabana Seca U.S. Navy Base in >Puerto Rico into the electronic espionage network known as Echelon. > >According to the daily Ultima Hora, this information is based on a >European Parliament report that cites the inclusion of the base into >the network, which is managed by the U.S. National Security Agency >but also involves the British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand >intelligence services. > >The aim of the Sabana Seca base is to become the main center for >processing and analyzing satellite communications, according to >Duncan Campbell, a researcher and consultant for the European >Parliament. > >His report states that the Sabana Seca marine security group, >consisting of 430 people, uses a system of antennae to identify >communications servers leased to international companies and >diplomatic communications for all of Central and South America." JC > > ************** > >sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 18 2000 >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Karen Lee Wald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "mike weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Fw: Redemption at the C.I.A. >Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 >> >>>The New York Times >>Editorial >>March 13, 2000 > (>>Copyright -The New York Times Company) > Redemption at the C.I.A. > > >The Central Intelligence Agency's cold-war entanglements in >Guatemala are like a malignant tumor that cannot be eradicated. In >1995 the agency seemed to deal belatedly but decisively with its >misdeeds. John Deutch, the C.I.A. director, dismissed two senior >officers and disciplined several others for mishandling relations >with the Guatemalan military and failing to keep Congress adequately >informed about operations in the Central American nation. But now >all seems forgiven, as the agency prepares to award a distin- >guished career medal to the highest-ranking official who was fired. > > >The C.I.A. contends that the award to Terry Ward, who was once >chief of covert operations in Latin America, is intended to honor his >achievements over a long career and should not be read as a >nullification of Mr. Deutch's action. Agency officials note that even >as he sacked Mr. Ward, Mr. Deutch said his decision did not preclude >recognition of Mr. Ward's previous service. But the unmistakable >message of the award is that George Tenet, Mr. Deutch's successor, >does not think Mr. Ward's behavior was all that reprehensible. > > > The Guatemala matter was not a minor mistake. It involved a breach >of the most basic covenant that must govern the operations of an >intelligence agency in a democracy. Mr. Ward failed to insure that >Congress, as required by law, was kept fully and currently informed >about the abusive conduct of Guatemalan officers who were on the >agency payroll. This included allegations that one of the men had >condoned the murder of an American innkeeper in Guatemala and the >killing of a Guatemalan guerrilla married to an American lawyer. > > > Mr. Tenet, who has worked for the White House and the Senate and >served as Mr.Deutch's deputy, is wise in the ways of Washington. >Surely he knows that an award like this tells agency employees that >the boss is repudiating the decision of Mr.Deutch and is more >interested in befriending the C.I.A.'s operations division than in >insisting on the highest standards of conduct. It is no secret that >Mr. Ward's dismissal outraged many members of the espionage service. > > > Perhaps it is just a coincidence, but the rehabilitation of Mr. >Ward comes just as Mr. Deutch's stature has been diminished by new >disclosures that he mishandled classified information when he ran the >C.I.A, and that some of his top aides, including Mr. Tenet, may have >tried to shield him from investigation after he left the agency. In >the spy business, accounts tend to get settled eventually, though >often in opaque ways. > > > If Mr. Tenet did not want to create the impression that the agency >was absolving Mr. Ward, he could have quietly overruled the decision >of his operations chief, James Pavitt, to grant the award. At the >least, when the award is presented later this month, Mr. Tenet or Mr. >Pavitt should say that in honoring Mr. Ward, the C.I.A. is not >excusing or belittling his transgressions. > " JC > > ************* >sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >� Copyright GRANMA INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION. La Havana. Cuba > > URUGUAY > > Batlle is inaugurated as president > >IN the midst of great expectations and in the presence of several >heads of state from the region, President-Elect Jorge Batlle was >sworn in as head of the new government for the next five years. > >Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto attended the inauguration >ceremony at the head of a delegation from the island. He also held >important meetings with Uruguayan intellectuals and other figures, >among them poet and writer Mario Benedetti, Tom�s de Mato and painter >Carlos P�ez Vilaro. > >On arriving in Montevideo, Prieto was also visited by the minister of >education and culture, Yamandu Fau, and by the new minister of >industry, Sergio Abreu, Prensa Latina reported. > >Batlle came in second place, after Tabar� V�zquez of the leftist >Broad Front, in the general elections held in October. Nevertheless, >as the Uruguayan Constitution requires that in order to become >president a candidate must obtain 50% plus one of the votes cast, a >second round of elections had to be held between the top two >candidates. > >During the hard-fought battle he won the support of Luis Alberto >Lacalle, majority leader of the National Party, government coalition >partner, which clinched his triumph over V�zquez last November. > >From the point of view of political analysts, on March 1 the new >president took control of a country undergoing an economic recession >which will not be easy to manage. > >A further problem is that of unemployment which, according to private >institutions, affects half a million people, while 40% of the >country's children are born in poverty. > >In his speech to Congress shortly after being sworn in as president, >Batlle announced the suspension this year of taxes on retirement >income for agricultural producers and his intention to reduce rural >property taxes, according to Xinhua. > >The farming sector, which forms the basis of Uruguay's exports, was >seriously affected by the Asian economic crisis and later by the >devaluation of the Brazilian currency. In 1999, the export of meat, >wool, dairy products and rice faced major difficulties. As a >consequence, the economy fell by 3% and the trade deficit increased >to 3.5% of the gross domestic product. > >Another of the measures anticipated is a reduction in government >spending, which is "often unnecessary and redundant," according to >Batlle, who promised to head an austere and transparent >administration which would seek social justice and care for the >family as the basis of society, develop education and consolidate >peace among Uruguayans. > >The new president appointed his 13-member cabinet, composed of >members of the ruling Colorado Party as well as its coalition >partner, the National Party." JC > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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