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Contributors: Günther FLECK, Harald KNOLL, Oliver PLAUDER, Florian TRAUßNIG
Table of contents:
TOP HEADLINES
3693/12
3694/12
3695/12
Frühere KPÖ-Treuhänderin Rudolfine Steindling gestorben
Wahl in der Ukraine: Klitschko-Partei wird drittstärkste Kraft
Italiens Ex-Premier: So will Berlusconi sein Land als Geisel nehmen
HOT SPOTS / WARS
3696/12
3697/12
Chinas Sozialismus - Jiabaos Familie wehrt sich gegen „NY Times“
Timoschenkos Triumph aus der Zelle
US
3698/12
3699/12
3700/12
3701/12
Ballistic Missile Defense System Engages Five Targets
Life Extension Programs modernize ICBMs
Secretary, Chairman Respond to Reporters on Benghazi Attack
Kiriakou guilty to leaking covert operative's identity to reporter
FORMER SOVIET UNION
3702/12
3703/12
3704/12
3705/12
Demonstrationen: Drei prominente Putin-Gegner in Moskau festgenommen
Der Kreml erhöht den Druck auf seine Gegner
Ukraine: Raswosschajew wurde von FSB verschleppt
Duma verabschiedet Gesetz über Hochverrat
THE IRAN SPECIAL
3706/12
3707/12
3708/12
US Targets Top al-Qaida Operatives in Iran
US Lawmakers Clash on Iran Talks
White House Denies Agreement for Iran Talks
THE SYRIA SPECIAL
3709/12
3710/12
3711/12
3712/12
3713/12
Syria Eid al-Adha ceasefire marred by clashes
US Denies Russian Allegation of Military Supplies to Syrian Rebels
Syria Declares Eid Cease-Fire Through Monday
Hopes Dim for Syrian Cease-Fire
Neue Beweise: Syrische Rebellen werden vom Ausland finanziert
NEAR / MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA
3714/12
3715/12
3716/12
3717/12
3718/12
Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Mosque, 40 Dead
ISAF and Afghan authorities counter risk of insider attacks
Senate intelligence panel to hold Libya attack hearings
Al Qaeda remnants angling for Afghan comeback
Jordan charges 11 suspected militants with terrorism conspiracy
FAR EAST & ASIA
3719/12
Ethnische Unruhen - Tausende Menschen in Burma auf der Flucht
ACIPSS-Newsletter /2011
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3720/12
3721/12
3722/12
3723/12
3724/12
3725/12
China Strips Bo Xilai's Parliament Seat, Immunity
Korean Rocket Launch Delayed Over Russian Engine Glitch
Japan Spots Chinese Ships Near Contested Islands
Bali sets up counter-terrorism forum
Tokyo Confirms Talks with China on Island Dispute
Defense Leaders: North Korea Remains Threat to Peace
EUROPE (GEOGRAPH.)
3726/12
3727/12
3728/12
Dyson verklagt Konkurrent Bosch - Spion saugte geheime Daten auf
Abhöraffäre erschüttert Kroatien
Schwere Fehler vor Attentatsserie von Toulouse
UK
3729/12
3730/12
3731/12
3732/12
3733/12
3734/12
U.K. F-35 fleet increases capability at Eglin AFB
Terror gang discussed killing 1,000 people with poisoned hand cream
Weapons accused Christopher Tappin to enter guilty plea
Newton on Derwent man Gary Hyde guilty over arms deal
Cambridge Spies: MI5 diaries revealed
Court told of suicide bombs plot
NORTHERN IRELAND
3735/12
3736/12
3737/12
3738/12
3739/12
3740/12
3741/12
3742/12
3743/12
3744/12
3745/12
3746/12
3747/12
3748/12
3749/12
3750/12
3751/12
3752/12
3753/12
3754/12
IRA victims seek answers in Libya
Challenge by Thomas 'Slab' Murphy to court ruling on tax charges
Family fight for justice five years after brutal IRA murder
Loyalist Gary Fulton denies blackmailing businessman
Loyalist tension over UVF probe
Belfast men jailed for Alliance Party pipe bomb attack
MI5 downgrades dissident Irish republican GB threat
N Ireland terror threat downgraded
Death threat made to murder accused
Kieran Doherty murder: Police unable to extradite suspect
MI5 linked to blacklist of Irish workers
Real IRA terror charge man walks free
Third man arrested over shooting
Dad's horror at 'execution' of man in Belfast street
Viable pipe bomb thrown at police
Ryan family heckle accused man
Marian Price fails in attempt to get charges dropped
McKevitt seeks to have conviction declared miscarriage of justice
Gunshot wounds led to death, inquest told
Court reserves judgment in IRA membership trial
GERMANY
3755/12
3756/12
A Soviet missile base in Germany that spy planes never saw
Linker für gestärkten Geheimdienst: Neskovic will Reform
SWITZERLAND
3757/12 Handynummer von NDB-Chef gibts im Internet
AMERICA (CONTINENTAL)
3758/12
Canadian Security Intelligence Service Virus
AUSTRALIA
3759/12
Revealed: Canberra shared intel on Assange with Washington
AFRICA (SUB-SAHARA)
3760/12
3761/12
3762/12
3763/12
3764/12
Nigeria: Tote bei Anschlag auf Kirche
Report: US Expanding Anti-Terror Operations in Djibouti
Somalia's Al-Shabab Weakened
UN: Military Operation May Be Needed In Mali
Mali, Hochburg für Terroristen
THE CYBER BATTLEFIELD / CIVIL RIGHTS
3765/12
3766/12
3767/12
Israel Moves To Block Trojan Computer Attack
Concentrate on cyber attacks, not terrorism, Osborne tells spy chiefs
Cyberdéfense : passer à l’offensive ?
SPYCRAFT
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3768/12
Xperia T: Sonys 007
INTEL HISTORY
3769/12
3770/12
Historian Anna K. Nelson, RIP
Südkorea rehabilitiert einen vor 50 Jahren hingerichteten Spion
HOT DOCS ONLINE
3771/12
3772/12
3773/12
3774/12
3775/12
3776/12
3777/12
3778/12
3779/12
3780/12
Court Orders FBI to Release Withheld Information
An Updated Catalog of Army Weapon Systems
Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board Invites Public Input
Federal Support for Academic Research, and More from CRS
Kiriakou Pleads Guilty in Leak Case
“Negative Reciprocity” Emerges in the Security Clearance System
Congressional Oversight, and More from CRS
Intelligence Imagery Set to be Disclosed in 2013
Offshore Control: A Rebuttal
Global Shell Games
LITERATURE
3781/12
Wirtschaftsspionage und Intelligence Gathering
CONFERENCES / LECTURES
3782/12
3783/12
PODIUMSDISKUSSION: Wehrpflicht vs. Berufsheer
Männer, Revolten, Umbrüche
MEDIA ALERTS
3784/12
Media alerts
TOP HEADLINES
3693/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Frühere KPÖ-Treuhänderin Rudolfine Steindling gestorben
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(welt) Die frühere Treuhänderin der Kommunistischen Partei Österreichs
(KPÖ), Rudolfine Steindling, ist tot. Die Wiener Geschäftsfrau mit dem
Spitznamen "Rote Fini" sei im Alter von 78 Jahren gestorben, meldete der
Rundfunksender ORF am Sonntagabend. Steindling stand als
Alleingesellschafterin der DDR-Außenhandelsfirma Novum im Zentrum eines
jahrelangen Rechtsstreits mit der Bundesrepublik um das Firmenvermögen von
umgerechnet 240 Millionen Euro.
http://www.welt.de/newsticker/news2/article110337700/Fruehere-KPOeTreuhaenderin-Rudolfine-Steindling-gestorben.html
3694/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Wahl in der Ukraine: Klitschko-Partei wird drittstärkste Kraft
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(spiegel) Bei der Parlamentswahl in der Ukraine zeichnet sich ein Sieg der
Partei von Präsident Janukowitsch ab. Allerdings schafft die Opposition
einen Achtungserfolg. Nach ersten Prognosen kommt die Partei von Julija
Timoschenko auf Platz zwei, die von Box-Weltmeister Vitali Klitschko auf
Platz drei.
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Bei der Parlamentswahl in der Ukraine hat die Partei der Regionen von
Präsident Wiktor Janukowitsch offenbar den größten Stimmenanteil erhalten.
Auf sie entfielen laut Nachwahlbefragungen vom Sonntagabend zwischen 28 und
30,5 Prozent der Stimmen. Die oppositionelle Allianz der inhaftierten ExMinisterpräsidentin Julija Timoschenko kann demnach mit rund 24 Prozent der
Stimmen rechnen. Die Partei des Box-Weltmeisters Vitali Klitschko kam mit
rund 15 Prozent der Stimmen auf Platz drei.
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/wahl-in-ukraine-klitschko-parteiwird-drittstaerkste-kraft-a-863911.html
3695/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Italiens Ex-Premier: So will Berlusconi sein Land als Geisel nehmen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(sueddeutsche) Kaum verurteilt, meldet sich Silvio Berlusconi aggressiv zu
Wort. Der Ex-Premier poltert gegen die Justiz - das könnte man noch abtun
als Stück der uralten Platte seiner obsessiven Ausfälle. Berlusconis
Attacken gegen die "deutsche Hegemonie" in Europa sind deutlich
gefährlicher: Sie sind ein Frontalangriff auf die Regierung seines
Nachfolgers Mario Monti.
Wann, um Himmels willen, gibt Silvio Berlusconi endlich Ruhe? Es ist
unfassbar, dass diese Frage sich seit dem Wochenende erneut stellt. Doch
der Ex-Premier geistert wie ein Wiedergänger durch Italiens Politik. Nicht
trotz, sondern wegen seiner Verurteilung zu einer Haftstrafe wegen
Steuerbetrugs. Viele dachten, dieses Urteil beende nun endgültig
Berlusconis skandalbeladene Politiklaufbahn. Vielleicht wird das irgendwann
auch die Folge des Verdikts sein; doch bis das sicher ist, will sich der
alte Mann offenbar noch bemerkbar machen.
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/italiens-ex-premier-wie-berlusconi-seinland-als-geisel-nehmen-will-1.1508572
HOT SPOTS / WARS
3696/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Chinas Sozialismus - Jiabaos Familie wehrt sich gegen „NY Times“
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(focus) Wen Jiabao schlägt zurück: Anwälte des chinesischen Premiers
widersprechen Berichten über ein Milliardenvermögen seiner Familie
entschieden. Der „New York Times“ drohen sie sogar mit rechtlichen
Schritten. Das Schreiben ist äußerst ungewöhnlich.
Die in Hongkong erscheinende „South China Morning Post“ druckte am Sonntag
ein Schreiben der Anwälte Wen Jiabaos ab, in dem es heißt: „Die im Bericht
der ‚New York Times‘ genannten „verborgenen Reichtümer“ von Wen Jiabaos
Familienmitgliedern existieren nicht.“ Nach Angaben der Zeitung ist es das
erste Mal überhaupt, dass ein chinesisches Regierungsmitglied einem
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ausländischen Medienbericht widerspricht – dies könnte ein Zeichen dafür
sein, wie viel Bedeutung dem Bericht in China beigemessen wird.
Das US-Blatt hatte am Freitag berichtet, Wen Jiabaos Familie verfüge über
Vermögenswerte in Höhe von umgerechnet 2,1 Milliarden Euro. Die Zeitung
hatte Unternehmensdaten analysiert und offizielle Angaben ausgewertet.
Demnach besitzt die 90 Jahre alte Mutter des Premierministers aufgrund
einer komplizierten Struktur erhebliche Anteile an der Ping An
Versicherung. 2007 seien diese rund 93 Millionen Euro wert gewesen.
http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/chinas-sozialistische-werte-am-endewen-jiabaos-anwaelte-dementieren-new-york-times-enthuellung_aid_848007.html
3697/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Timoschenkos Triumph aus der Zelle
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(rp-online) Bei der Parlamentswahl in der Ukraine wird das Bündnis der
inhaftierten Ex-Ministerpräsidentin überraschend deutlich stärkste
Oppositionskraft – vor der Partei von Boxweltmeister Vitali Klitschko.
Insgesamt liegt aber die Regierungskoalition vorn. Ein Machtwechsel ist
nicht in Sicht.
Eigentlich schien bei dieser Parlamentswahl in der Ukraine schon alles
klar. Die Partei des Präsidenten Viktor Janukowitsch würde siegen – mit den
in vielen postsowjetischen Ländern üblichen Mitteln. Erwartungsgemäß
erhielt Janukowitschs "Partei der Regionen" dann auch je nach Prognose
knapp unter oder über 30 Prozent. Obwohl die Regierungskoalition, zu der
auch die Kommunisten gehören, auf deutlich weniger als die Hälfte der
Stimmen kommt, dürfte sie im neuen Parlament erneut eine Mehrheit haben –
die Prognosen berücksichtigen nur die 225 der 450 Sitze, die über
Parteilisten vergeben werden. Weitere 225 werden über Wahlkreise bestimmt.
Hier gilt die Regierung als sehr stark.
http://nachrichten.rp-online.de/politik/timoschenkos-triumph-aus-der-zelle1.3048998
UNITED STATES
3698/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Ballistic Missile Defense System Engages Five Targets
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(mda) The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Army soldiers from the 94th
and 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC); U.S. Navy sailors
aboard the USS FITZGERALD (DDG 62); and airmen from the 613th Air and Space
Operations Center successfully conducted the largest, most complex missile
defense flight test ever attempted resulting in the simultaneous engagement
of five ballistic missile and cruise missile targets. An integrated air and
ballistic missile defense architecture used multiple sensors and missile
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defense systems to engage multiple targets at the same time. All targets
were successfully launched and initial indications are that the Terminal
High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system successfully intercepted its
first Medium Range Ballistic target in history, and PATRIOT Advanced
Capability-3 (PAC-3) near simultaneously destroyed a Short Range Ballistic
Missile and a low flying cruise missile target over water.
http://www.mda.mil/news/12news0011.html
3699/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Life Extension Programs modernize ICBMs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(usaf) Fifty years ago, officials deployed the first Minuteman III
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles to the missile fields in support of the
strategic deterrence mission. Five decades later, these missiles are still
in place, providing safe, secure and effective strategic nuclear
deterrence.
Since it first deployed, a number of state-of-the-art improvements and
modernization programs have helped the Minuteman system continue its
deterrence mission with improved reliability that supports the missile's
remarkable 99 percent alert rate. Air Force Global Strike Command officials
continue to modernize the weapon system through a series of extensive
Minuteman III Life Extension Programs.
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123323606
3700/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Secretary, Chairman Respond to Reporters on Benghazi Attack
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(DOD) “You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going
on,” Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told reporters here today in
response to a question about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in
Benghazi, Libya.
Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, died
during a roughly four-hour attack that began around 10 p.m. local time at
the consulate, which attackers set afire, and spread to the nearby annex,
defense officials have said.
During a Pentagon news conference, Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, each said the United States had
service members in the area prepared to respond to any contingency.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=118345
3701/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Kiriakou guilty to leaking covert operative's identity to reporter
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(therepublic) A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking the
identity of one of the agency's covert operatives to a reporter and will be
sentenced to more than two years in prison.
As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped charges for John Kiriakou, 48,
that had been filed under the World War I-era Espionage Act. They also
dropped a count of making false statements.
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The law under which Kiriakou was convicted, the Intelligence Identities
Protection Act, had not yielded a conviction in 27 years.
Under the plea, all sides agreed to a prison term of 2Â½ years. U.S.
District Judge Leonie Brinkema noted the term was identical to that imposed
on Scooter Libby, the chief of staff to former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Libby was convicted in a case where he was accused of leaking information
that compromised the covert identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, though
Libby's sentence was commuted by then-President George W. Bush.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/4cb7c2f292404782be11487e070b528f/US-CIA-Leak-Charges
FORMER SOVIET UNION
3702/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Demonstrationen: Drei prominente Putin-Gegner in Moskau festgenommen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(focus) Die russische Polizei hat während einer Aktion für politische
Gefangene drei prominente Gegner von Kremlchef Wladimir Putin vorübergehend
festgenommen. Die Oppositionsführer Alexej Nawalny, Ilja Jaschin und Sergej
Udalzow seien wegen Störung der öffentlichen Ordnung abgeführt worden.
Dies teilte das Innenministerium der Agentur Interfax zufolge mit.
Insgesamt hatten Dutzende Menschen in Moskau vor dem Hauptquartier des
Geheimdienstes an der Lubjanka auch gegen Folterung von Gefangenen
protestiert.
Anlass der nicht genehmigten Aktion war die Entführung des Kremlgegners
Leonid Raswosschajew am Freitag vor einer Woche in der Ukraine.
Raswosschajew wirft dem russischen Geheimdienst vor, ihn gewaltsam
verschleppt und gefoltert zu haben. Er ist wie Udalzow wegen Planung von
Massenunruhen angeklagt. Menschenrechtler kritisierten die neuerlichen
Festnahmen als Teil der repressiven Politik des Kreml gegen Andersdenkende.
(a) http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/demonstrationen-drei-prominenteputin-gegner-in-moskau-festgenommen_aid_847754.html
(b) http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2012-10/russland-oppositionfestnahme
3703/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Der Kreml erhöht den Druck auf seine Gegner
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(nzz) Die russische Staatsanwaltschaft hat Anklage gegen den
Oppositionsführer Udalzow erhoben. Zudem soll der Geheimdienst einen
Regierungsgegner entführt haben. Der Kreml verschärft das Vorgehen gegen
seine Gegner.
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Die russische Staatsanwaltschaft hat gegen den bekannten Regierungskritiker
Sergei Udalzow Anklage wegen der Planung von Massenunruhen erhoben. Dem
Koordinator der oppositionellen Linken Front drohen im Fall einer
Verurteilung bis zu zehn Jahre Haft. Udalzow, der in den vergangenen Tagen
aus der Öffentlichkeit abgetaucht war, erschien am Freitag zu einer
Vorladung beim obersten Ermittlungskomitee. Der 35-Jährige kam nach der
Verlesung der Anklage überraschend gegen die Auflage frei, das Land nicht
zu verlassen. Selbst seine Anwälte hatten mit Untersuchungshaft für Udalzow
gerechnet. Dieser mutmasste in seinem Blog, dass die Staatsanwaltschaft ein
Spiel mit ihm treibe. Man wolle ihn «entweder zum Nervenzusammenbruch
bringen oder ausser Landes jagen». Er gab sich jedoch ungebrochen und rief
zu weiteren Protesten an diesem Samstag auf.
http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/international/der-kreml-erhoeht-den-druck-aufseine-gegner-1.17726588
3704/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Ukraine: Raswosschajew wurde von FSB verschleppt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(russlandaktuell) Die Ukraine wird nicht gegen Russland wegen der
Entführung des Oppositionellen Leonid Raswosschajew klagen. Es seien ja
keine Kriminellen, sondern ein ausländischer Geheimdienst gewesen, heißt es
am Donnerstag in Kiew.
Laut Wladimir Polischtschuk, dem Öffentlichkeitssprecher des ukrainischen
Außenministeriums, es werde bis zum 29. Oktober ermittelt, aber wohl keine
Klage geben. Die Begründung: Die Verschleppung sei nicht durch Verbrecher
erfolgt: „Wenn es Handlungen der Polizei eines anderen Staates sind, gehe
ich davon aus, dass Geheimdienste ihre Pläne nicht weitergeben“.
Dahinter stünden Absprachen, von denen er nichts wisse, so Polischtschuk.
Das Innenministerium in Kiew sei nicht darüber informiert, ob „die
Operation mit Erlaubnis oder Unterstützung der ukrainischen Kollegen
durchgeführt wurde“. Auf jeden Fall sei dies „eine politische Frage“.
http://www.aktuell.ru/russland/news/ukraine_raswosschajew_wurde_von_fsb_ver
schleppt_33061.html
3705/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Duma verabschiedet Gesetz über Hochverrat
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(faz) Das russische Parlament hat ein Gesetz verabschiedet, wonach Kontakte
zu ausländischen Organisationen als Spionage und Landesverrat strafbar sein
können. Die Opposition und internationale Organisationen kritisierten den
Vorstoß.
Das russische Parlament hat ein Gesetz verabschiedet, das den Begriff
„Hochverrat“ weiter fasst als bisher und nach dem auch Beratung oder
Finanzhilfe für ausländischen Organisationen als Verrat bestraft werden
können, wenn sich diese „gegen die Sicherheit Russlands“ richten.
Oppositionelle und internationale Organisationen haben das Gesetz, über das
die Duma in Moskau am Dienstagabend abgestimmt hat, heftig kritisiert und
als Angriff auf Nichtregierungsorganisationen gewertet. Das Gesetz war vom
russischen Inlandsgeheimdienst FSB vorgeschlagen und von den DumaAbgeordneten der Kremlpartei Einiges Russland sowie von den Fraktionen der
Kommunisten und der kremltreuen nationalistischen Liberaldemokraten ohne
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Aussprache in zweiter Lesung verabschiedet worden. Die Fraktion der
gemäßigt linken Partei Gerechtes Russland enthielt sich der Stimme.
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/russland-duma-verabschiedetgesetz-ueber-hochverrat-11936351.html
THE IRAN SPECIAL
3706/12
--------------------------------------------------------------US Targets Top al-Qaida Operatives in Iran
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) The U.S. State Department's decision to offer a reward of up to $12
million for information leading to the location of the top two al-Qaida
operatives in Iran is seen as a sign of how serious Washington is about
curtailing the group's activities in Iran.
The move came the same day the U.S. Treasury Department called the terror
network headed by both men a “crucial source” of al-Qaida funding and
support.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us_targets_top_al_qaida_operatives_in_iran/1
530160.html
3707/12
--------------------------------------------------------------US Lawmakers Clash on Iran Talks
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) U.S. lawmakers disagree on the utility of direct American
negotiations with Iran over the country’s nuclear program. Democratic and
Republican legislators spoke amid denials from both the Obama
administration and Tehran that the two sides have agreed to one-on-one
talks.
President Barack Obama has long-maintained that he is open to dialogue with
America’s adversaries, including Iran. Saturday, The New York Times
reported that U.S. and Iranian officials have agreed in principle to direct
bilateral talks on Iran’s hotly-contested nuclear program.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-iran-deny-report-of-one-on-onetalks/1530547.html
3708/12
--------------------------------------------------------------White House Denies Agreement for Iran Talks
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) The White House is denying a New York Times report that the United
States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks for the first time on
Iran's nuclear program.
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A White House spokesman said late Saturday that the United States will
continue to work with its fellow members of the United Nations Security
Council and Germany on a diplomatic solution. The spokesman said President
Barack Obama has made it clear that he will do what he must to prevent Iran
from getting a nuclear weapon.
http://www.voanews.com/content/new-york-times-us-iran-agree-to-one-on-onetalks/1530401.html
THE SYRIA SPECIAL
3709/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Syria Eid al-Adha ceasefire marred by clashes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) A series of clashes across Syria has disrupted a four-day ceasefire
agreed to coincide with an Islamic holiday.
Violence appeared to die down as the ceasefire began at 06:00 (04:00 GMT).
But activists reported fighting in several cities, and later the army said
it had implemented the truce but had responded to rebel "violations".
The capital Damascus was also hit by a car bomb, with unconfirmed claims by
activists that there were a large number of casualties.
The truce was proposed by UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who hopes it will lead
to a peace process.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20091598
3710/12
--------------------------------------------------------------US Denies Russian Allegation of Military Supplies to Syrian Rebels
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) The United States is denying a Russian allegation that it is helping
supply weapons to rebels fighting embattled Syrian President Bashar alAssad.
Moscow says the Obama administration is aware of the delivery of various
weapons to armed groups active in the Syrian conflict. In a written
statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry says, "judging by the declarations
of U.S. officials published in U.S. media, the U.S. coordinates and
provides logistical assistance in such deliveries."
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-weapons-syria-russia/1533577.html
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3711/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Syria Declares Eid Cease-Fire Through Monday
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) The Syrian army says it will suspend military operations to mark the
Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, declaring a cease-fire from Friday morning
to Monday. The army added that it reserves the right to respond to rebel
attacks and bombings.
In an announcement read on state TV late Thursday, the Syrian military said
it will act if "terrorist groups [are] trying to reinforce their positions
by arming themselves and getting reinforcements."
http://www.voanews.com/content/syrian-rebels-advance-in-aleppo-truce-hopesfade/1533221.html
3712/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Hopes Dim for Syrian Cease-Fire
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) A Syrian rights group says government warplanes have attacked a
strategic rebel-held northern town in the latest setback to international
efforts to secure a cease-fire during a Muslim holiday that begins this
week.
The opposition Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Tuesday's air strikes targeted Maaret al-Numan, a town that rebels seized
earlier this month, effectively cutting a highway linking the capital
Damascus with Syria's northern financial hub of Aleppo.
http://www.voanews.com/content/syria-accused-of-using-cluster-bombs-inrebel-held-areas/1531469.html
3713/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Neue Beweise: Syrische Rebellen werden vom Ausland finanziert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(theintelligence) Wie idealistisch klingt doch die Behauptung: Ein Volk
erhebt sich gegen seinen Diktator! Doch die Wahrheit sieht wie immer anders
aus. Auch in Syrien. Aus dem Ausland werden Waffen und Munition ins Land
geschmuggelt und aus dem Ausland kommt das Geld, um die Kämpfer zu
bezahlen. Westliche Politiker verhalten sich auftragsgemäß und die Medien
verbreiten Unwahrheiten. Wie lange kann es noch dauern, bis dieses
Lügengebäude in sich zusammenbricht?
Kriege kosten Geld. Viel Geld. Zumindest ein Teil der Waffen im Besitz der
sogenannten Aufständischen mag aus syrischen Armeebeständen gestohlen
worden sein. Doch wo kommt die Munition her? Und selbst wenn Idealismus
hinter den Aktionen stecken sollte, die Kämpfer brauchen trotzdem Geld,
wenn auch nur um ihre Familien zu ernähren. Woher stammt dieses?
http://www.theintelligence.de/index.php/politik/international-int/4959neue-beweise-syrische-rebellen-werden-vom-ausland-finanziert.html
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NEAR / MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA
3714/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Mosque, 40 Dead
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens of
others as they gathered for morning prayers in northern Afghanistan.
Bodies seen were lying on the ground after a suicide bomber blew himself up
outside a mosque in Maymana, the capital of Faryab province.
The mosque was particularly crowded as worshippers had gathered to pray at
the start of the annual Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, a three-day celebration
when families typically gather together.
http://www.voanews.com/content/suicide-bomber-attacks-afghanmosque/1533788.html
3715/12
--------------------------------------------------------------ISAF and Afghan authorities counter risk of insider attacks
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(nato) Protecting our forces is the primary concern of both NATO and the
Afghan government. Insider attacks are a threat not just to troops serving
in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) but also to Afghan
soldiers and police as well as civilians. Steps are being taken to reduce
the risk of such attacks, including improved vetting and screening,
counter-intelligence and cultural awareness training.
“The enemies of Afghanistan are using insider attacks to try and undermine
trust and public confidence,” explained NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh
Rasmussen, speaking to the press after a meeting of NATO defence ministers
on 10 October. “This will not work. We will not allow the enemy to change
our strategy and undermine the trust and confidence we have built.”
“No one can drive a wedge between ISAF and our Afghan partners. We remain
fully committed to supporting the Afghan security forces as we transition
full security control to them by the end of 2014,” he added.
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-60998842-EAA08FBA/natolive/news_91063.htm
3716/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Senate intelligence panel to hold Libya attack hearings
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(reuters) The Senate intelligence committee on Thursday said it will hold
hearings in November on security and intelligence issues raised by the
September 11 attacks on American facilities in Libya.
In a statement, the committee said it first will hold a closed oversight
hearing on November 15 on the Benghazi attacks, when lawmakers return after
the November 6 presidential and congressional elections. The Democraticcontrolled panel said additional hearings would follow.
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Some Senate Republicans have said the committee should hold public hearings
on the response to the attacks, in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya
Christopher Stevens and three other American officials were killed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/us-usa-libya-intelligenceidUSBRE89O1CK20121025
3717/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Al Qaeda remnants angling for Afghan comeback
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bostonglobe) A diminished but resilient Al Qaeda, whose 9/11 attacks drew
America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan’s
mountainous east even as US and allied forces wind down their combat
mission and concede a small but steady toehold to the terrorist group.
That concerns US commanders, who have intensified strikes against Al Qaeda
cells in recent months. It also undercuts an Obama administration narrative
portraying Al Qaeda as battered to the point of being a nonissue in
Afghanistan as Western troops start leaving.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/10/20/qaeda-afghanistanattempting-comeback/JpzcSVPQ5EIJR2Zfq2csqO/story.html
3718/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Jordan charges 11 suspected militants with terrorism conspiracy
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(washingtonpost) A Jordanian official with the country’s military
prosecutors says 11 men with suspected links to al-Qaida have been charged
with terrorism conspiracy for allegedly planning attacks on shopping malls
and Western diplomatic missions.
The official says the suspects — all Jordanians in their 20s and 30s — have
confessed to plotting attacks and illegally possessing weapons and
explosives.
(a) http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/jordan-charges-11suspected-militants-with-terrorism-conspiracy/2012/10/22/40df56181c49-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html
(b) Jordanien: Geheimdienst nimmt elf mutmaßliche Terroristen fest:
http://forum.spiegel.de/f22/jordanien-geheimdienst-nimmt-elfmutmassliche-terroristen-fest-73631.html
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FAR EAST & ASIA
3719/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Ethnische Unruhen - Tausende Menschen in Burma auf der Flucht
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(spiegel) Die Rohingya in Burma gelten als eine der am stärksten verfolgten
Minderheiten der Welt. Jetzt wurden Dutzende Menschen getötet, als bei
Zusammenstößen zwischen Buddhisten und Muslimen im Westen des Landes ein
ganzes Stadtviertel niedergebrannt wurde. Satellitenbilder zeigen das
Ausmaß der Zerstörung.
Bei gewaltsamen Zusammenstößen zwischen Buddhisten und Muslimen sind in
Burma in den vergangenen Tagen mindestens 67 Menschen getötet worden. Die
Uno schätzt die Zahl der Flüchtlinge auf 80.000. Vor wenigen Tagen sollen
in der muslimischen Siedlung Kyaukpyu mehr als 800 Häuser niedergebrannt
worden sein. Beobachter werten die Zusammenstöße als ethnische Säuberungen.
(a) http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ethnische-unruhen-tausendemenschen-in-burma-auf-der-flucht-a-863765.html
(b) Dozens Killed In Sectarian Burma Violence:
http://www.rferl.org/content/scores-killed-in-sectarian-burmaviolence/24751701.html
3720/12
--------------------------------------------------------------China Strips Bo Xilai's Parliament Seat, Immunity
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was formally expelled from
China’s legislature on Friday, clearing the way for possible criminal and
corruption charges to be brought against the former rising political star.
By stripping Bo of his legislative seat, the standing committee of
parliament made sure the former Chongqing party chief will no longer enjoy
immunity from prosecution. Bo faces a wide range of allegations many of
which were outlined late last month when state media reported that he had
been purged from the Communist Party.
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-politician-bo-expelled-fromparliament/1533746.html
3721/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Korean Rocket Launch Delayed Over Russian Engine Glitch
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(rian) The launch of South Korea's KSLV-1, its first space launch vehicle,
which was due to take place on Friday morning, has been put off owing to a
minor failure in its Russian-made Khrunichev RD-191 first-stage rocket
motor, the Russian space agency said.
"During preparation for launch, a problem was detected in the first-stage
system," a Roscosmos spokeswoman told Kommersant daily. "A decision was
made to take the rocket off the launch pad, take it to a test platform and
make additional checks," she said.
http://en.rian.ru/science/20121026/176931392.html
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3722/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Japan Spots Chinese Ships Near Contested Islands
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) Japan says four Chinese government ships entered waters near
contested Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea, as a territorial
dispute between the two Asian giants drags on.
Japan's Coast Guard said the Chinese surveillance vessels spent several
hours within a 22-kilometer zone surrounding the islands Thursday. It said
this is the first time in three weeks that Chinese ships have entered the
zone, which Japan considers its territory.
http://www.voanews.com/content/japan-spots-chinese-ships-near-contestedislands/1532929.html
3723/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Bali sets up counter-terrorism forum
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(thejakartapost) Bali has set up a Coordination Forum for the Prevention of
Terrorism (FKPT), a special forum tasked with preventing the propagation of
radical ideas closely associated with terrorism by designing and launching
a deradicalization program.
The forum was needed as the island remained a major target for terrorism, a
senior official stated.
“Bali is a primary target for terrorism, as the island is a favorite
destination for tourists from all around the world. The main purpose of
terrorism is making people live in fear, and they can do this by attacking
Bali. This forum will be our strategic partner to counterterrorism,
especially for early detection,” the head of the National Counterterrorism
Agency (BNPT) Ansyaad Mbai said after the inauguration of the forum in
Denpasar on Friday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/10/22/bali-sets-counter-terrorismforum.html
3724/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Tokyo Confirms Talks with China on Island Dispute
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) Japan says it is engaged in talks with China to resolve a territorial
dispute that has disrupted ties between the two Asian powers.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura on Wednesday confirmed reports that
Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai secretly met last week with senior
Chinese officials in Shanghai. He said the talks were part of Tokyo's
effort to continue to communicate with Beijing "at various levels"
regarding the island dispute in the East China Sea.
http://www.voanews.com/content/tokyo-confirms-talks-with-china-on-islanddispute/1532171.html
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3725/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Defense Leaders: North Korea Remains Threat to Peace
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(DOD) North Korea remains a threat to regional and global peace, U.S. and
South Korean defense leaders said here today, adding that they still are
unsure what North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong Un, will do.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and South Korean National Defense
Minister Kim Kwan-jin spoke to reporters following the 44th annual Security
Consultative Meeting at the Pentagon today.
U.S. and South Korean defense leaders discussed the threat from North Korea
and reaffirmed that both nations are concerned about North Korea’s nuclear
and missile capabilities.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=118325
EUROPE (GEOGRAPH.)
3726/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Dyson verklagt Konkurrent Bosch - Spion saugte geheime Daten auf
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(blick) Der britische Hersteller von beutellosen Staubsaugern beschuldigt
den deutschen Konkurrenten Bosch, geheime Daten gestohlen zu haben.
Das klingt nach Wirtschaftsspionage im Hollywood-Stil: Ein
Wissenschaftsagent soll beim britischen Staubsauger-Hersteller Dyson aus
einem streng geheimen Forschungslabor Daten gestohlen und an den deutschen
Konkurrenten Bosch verkauft haben.
Laut Welt.de handelt es sich beim Datendieb um einen chinesischen
Staatsbürger. Er soll über zwei Jahre lang in einem 100-köpfigen Team
gearbeitet haben, das Staubsaugermotoren entwickelt. Dyson verklagt nun
sowohl Bosch als auch den Spion wegen Geheimnisverrats.
(a) http://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/spion-saugte-geheime-daten-aufid2081033.html
(b) http://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article110262
526/Bosch-spionierte-womoeglich-die-Konkurrenz-aus.html
(c) British engineering firm Dyson sues Bosch over alleged espionage:
http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/british-engineering-firm-dysonsues-bosch-over-alleged-espionage_245681.html
3727/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Abhöraffäre erschüttert Kroatien
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(orf) Die Aufregung um angeblich illegal überwachte Mitarbeiter des
kroatischen Geheimdienstes SOA und Unternehmer durch die kroatische Polizei
reißt nicht ab.
Ministerpräsident Zoran Milanovic sagte heute in einer Regierungssitzung,
dass die Affäre erst richtig zu einer werde, da Personen an Dokumente
gelangt seien, die diese gar nicht haben dürften: "Sie haben eine Straftat
begangen, denn das Recht auf diese Dokumente hatten nur der Präsident und
ich.“ Es handle sich "um einen winzigen, schmutzigen Einbruch ins
Sicherheitssystem“.
Auch Opposition hat Erklärungsbedarf
Bei den Dokumenten handelt es sich um einen regulären Bericht des
Nationalen Sicherheitsrats (UVNS), worin laut Medienberichten darauf
hingewiesen wurde, dass es zu ungesetzlicher Überwachung gekommen sei.
Milanovic und Präsident Ivo Josipovic hatten versichert, dass es zu keinem
Gesetzesverstoß gekommen sei – ebenso Innenminister Ranko Ostojic.
(a) http://www.orf.at/stories/2147818/
(b) Abhöraffäre in Kroatien zieht immer weitere Kreise:
http://derstandard.at/1350259390390/Abhoeraffaere-in-Kroatien-ziehtimmer-weitere-Kreise
(Hat tip to Harald KNOLL
for this info!)
3728/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Schwere Fehler vor Attentatsserie von Toulouse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(donaukurier) Im Zusammenhang mit der Attentatsserie von Toulouse, bei der
ein 23-jähriger Islamist im März sieben Menschen erschoss, sind dem
französischen Inlandsgeheimdienst nun auch offiziell schwere Fehler und
Versäumnisse bescheinigt worden.
Im Zusammenhang mit der Attentatsserie von Toulouse, bei der ein 23jähriger Islamist im März sieben Menschen erschoss, sind dem französischen
Inlandsgeheimdienst nun auch offiziell schwere Fehler und Versäumnisse
bescheinigt worden. Das geht aus einem Bericht der französischen
Polizeiaufsicht IGPN hervor, den Innenminister Manuel Valls in Paris
veröffentlichte.
(a) http://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/topnews/Frankreich-AnschlaegeJustiz-Polizei-Geheimdienste-ZF-Schwere-Fehler-vor-Attentatsserievon-Toulouse;art154776,2671873
(b) http://www.swp.de/ulm/nachrichten/politik/Geheimdienst-in-derKritik;art4306,1689981
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UNITED KINGDOM
3729/12
--------------------------------------------------------------U.K. F-35 fleet increases capability at Eglin AFB
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(usaf) A second British F-35B Lightning II arrived here Oct. 19, joining
the nine A variants of the joint strike fighter flown by the Air Force and
the 13 B variants flown by the Marine Corps to become the largest fleet of
F-35s in the world.
The first class of United Kingdom Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft
maintainers attending courses at the F-35 Academic Training Center met the
jet flown by U.K. Royal Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Jim Schofield.
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123323935
3730/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Terror gang discussed killing 1,000 people with poisoned hand cream
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(telegraph) A British terror gang discussed killing 1,000 people by lacing
hand cream with poison and smearing it on the door handles of cars and
homes.
Irfan Naseer, the alleged ringleader, said people would start dying within
five minutes of coming in to contact with it when they went to work in the
morning.
The Muslim group also talked about getting guns from the “black geezers”
and storming in to a synagogue and other places, Woolwich Crown Court
heard.
The al-Qaeda inspired gang, from Birmingham, is accused of plotting to use
eight suicide bombers to detonate rucksacks packed with explosives in
crowded places to cause “mass death” and carnage on the streets of Britain.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/9634065/Terrorgang-discussed-killing-1000-people-with-poisoned-hand-cream.html
3731/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Weapons accused Christopher Tappin to enter guilty plea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) A retired businessman extradited to the US on charges of selling
weapons parts to Iran is to change his plea to guilty after reaching a deal
with prosecutors.
Christopher Tappin, 65, had always denied trying to sell batteries for
surface-to-air missiles, claiming he was the victim of an FBI sting.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead said Mr Tappin would enter a guilty plea when
he appears in court next week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20091548
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3732/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Newton on Derwent man Gary Hyde guilty over arms deal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) An arms dealer has been convicted of helping to organise a "huge"
shipment of guns and ammunition from China to Nigeria without a licence.
Gary Hyde, 43, from Newton on Derwent near York, was also convicted of
concealing commission payments.
Southwark Crown Court heard how 40,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 30,000 rifles
and 10,000 pistols, were shipped in 2007.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20093748
3733/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Cambridge Spies: MI5 diaries revealed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) The diaries of former deputy MI5 chief Guy Liddell provide a unique
insight into the Security Service during some of the darkest days for
British intelligence.
The diaries, made available online from the National Archives on Friday,
cover the period when evidence emerged of the treachery within the British
establishment in the form of the men - who would become known as the
Cambridge Spies - who had spied for the Soviet Union.
Liddell provides a day-by-day account of the unfolding drama, while the
diaries' matter-of-fact writing style barely conceals how personal the
betrayal was for the MI5 man who was close friends with some of the key
protagonists and who struggled to believe what they had done.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20088973
3734/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Court told of suicide bombs plot
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) Terrorist plotters planned to detonate a series of
suicide bombs in an attack that could have been bigger than the July 7
atrocities, a court has heard.
Irfan Naseer, 31, and Irfan Khalid, 27, travelled to Pakistan for terrorist
training before returning to the UK in July last year, jurors at Woolwich
Crown Court were told.
In one conversation, Naseer was heard agreeing that the July 7 attacks had
not done enough damage because there were no nails in the bombs.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/three-accused-ofterror-bomb-plot-16227770.html#ixzz2A2K8jgM0
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NORTHERN IRELAND
(This section is edited by Oliver PLAUDER, ACIPSS’s expert on the IRA)
3735/12
--------------------------------------------------------------IRA victims seek answers in Libya
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(newsletter) A TRIO of men whose lives were changed by IRA violence are
preparing to visit a north African jail in an attempt to uncover how
Colonel Gaddafi’s regime armed the organisation.
Willie Frazer, John Murray and Jonathan Ganesh hope to fly to Libya before
Christmas to interview former regime member Abdullah al-Senussi, who they
believe was a key player in the late tyrant’s efforts to fuel the conflict
in Northern Ireland.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/local/ira-victims-seek-answers-in-libya-14398115
3736/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Challenge by Thomas 'Slab' Murphy to court ruling on tax charges
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(rte) A challenge brought by Thomas "Slab" Murphy to a ruling that tax
charges against him should be dealt with by the non-jury Special Criminal
Court rather than the ordinary courts may be heard by the Supreme Court
before Christmas.
Thomas Murphy, 60, is being prosecuted on foot of an investigation by the
Criminal Assets Bureau.
The nine charges allege that he failed to furnish a return of his income,
profits or gains to the Collector General or the Inspector of Taxes for the
years 1996/97 to 2004.
Mr Murphy, of Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, Co Louth, is challenging the
constitutionality of a law under which the tax charges against him are to
be dealt with by the Special Criminal Court as opposed to the ordinary
courts.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1025/thomas-murphy-court.html
3737/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Family fight for justice five years after brutal IRA murder
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(newshound) Garda detectives investigating the murder of a young South
Armagh man brutally beaten to death by the Provisional IRA are set to make
a new wave of arrests.
Paul Quinn (21) from Cullyhanna was battered to death five years ago this
weekend. His heartbroken parents, Breege and Stephen, last night told the
News Letter they come face-to-face every day with the men who murdered
their son.
Stephen said: "There's not a day I don't meet those who were involved in
some way in Paul's murder. They don't have the guts to look me in the eye.
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http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/breen/arts2012/oct18_Paul_Quinn_family_fig
ht_for_justice_News-Letter.php
3738/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Loyalist Gary Fulton denies blackmailing businessman
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) Loyalist Gary Fulton has denied blackmailing £15,000
from a businessman.
Lawyers for 40-year-old Fulton and Mark Briggs, also known as Marc Briggs,
had argued to have their cases thrown out of Belfast Crown Court but when
Judge David McFarland refused the applications, the pair pleaded not guilty
to two counts of blackmail.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northernireland/loyalist-gary-fulton-denies-blackmailing-businessman16228713.html#ixzz2ADER7gQd
3739/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Loyalist tension over UVF probe
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(utv) A team has been appointed to explore how the police have handled
paramilitary murders dating back over two decades in the Shankill Road
area.
The inquiry will test out allegations that high-profile killings including that of Bobby Moffett who was gunned down in broad daylight in
2010 - were not properly investigated, and will ask why no charges have
been made and no convictions brought.
http://www.u.tv/News/Loyalist-tension-over-UVF-probe/9fdc8cf4-9039-4cfcad58-676b0573938d
3740/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Belfast men jailed for Alliance Party pipe bomb attack
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) Two Belfast men who left a pipe bomb at the Alliance Party
headquarters have been jailed for a total of eight-and-a-half years.
The judge sentenced Barry Boardman, 44, to four and a half years while
Francis Carleton, 39, was given a four-year term.
Judge David McFarland said he was making a distinction between the role
both men played.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20067639
3741/12
--------------------------------------------------------------MI5 downgrades dissident Irish republican GB threat
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) The threat level from dissident republicans to Great Britain has been
downgraded from "substantial" to "moderate", the Home Office has said.
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The decrease shows the authorities regard an attack on London and other
British cities from such groups as possible, but not likely.
Previously it was deemed a strong possibility.
The threat level in Northern Ireland has not changed. It remains "severe"
with an attack still highly likely.
3742/12
--------------------------------------------------------------N Ireland terror threat downgraded
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) The threat from Northern Ireland-related terrorism has
been downgraded from substantial to moderate, meaning an attack is possible
but unlikely, the Home Secretary has said.
Theresa May said the threat level to Great Britain is being reduced, but
the threat to Northern Ireland remains at severe, meaning an attack there
is highly likely.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/n-ireland-terrorthreat-downgraded-16228915.html#ixzz2ADDVZtil
3743/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Death threat made to murder accused
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) A death threat was made to a man charged in connection
with the murder of Real IRA terror boss Alan Ryan.
Associates of the republican shouted "he should be f****** shot" before
Thomas Hunt was brought before Dublin District Court for withholding
information.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-ofireland/man-in-court-over-real-ira-murder-16228897.html#ixzz2ADISy69A
3744/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Kieran Doherty murder: Police unable to extradite suspect
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) Police have been unable to extradite a man suspected of murdering a
dissident republican in Northern Ireland, it has been revealed.
Kieran Doherty, 31, was shot dead by the Real IRA in 2010.
His body was found naked and bound on the outskirts of Londonderry.
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3745/12
--------------------------------------------------------------MI5 linked to blacklist of Irish workers
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(irishtimes) Irish Construction workers were blacklisted by British
construction companies during the 1970s with the help of British
intelligence services’ records, the UK’s information commissioner suspects.
An investigation began into the Consulting Association in 2008 on the back
of allegations in the Guardian that dozens of firms had systematically used
it to probe the background and sympathies of workers.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1024/1224325626112.html
3746/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Real IRA terror charge man walks free
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) A man named in court as the East Tyrone Real IRA leader
has had terrorism charges against him dropped.
The charges against Kevin Barry Murphy (above) (41), which arose from the
discovery of a bomb-making factory in south Armagh last year, were
yesterday withdrawn by the Public Prosecution Service.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northernireland/real-ira-terror-charge-man-walks-free-16228784.html#ixzz2ADD5eY90
3747/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Third man arrested over shooting
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) A third suspect has been arrested by detectives
investigating the murder of Danny McKay.
The 36-year-old was gunned down as he sat in the living room of his home at
Longlands Road in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim on Thursday night.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/manshot-dead-in-ruthless-attack-16229800.html#ixzz2AQL5cKRD
3748/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Dad's horror at 'execution' of man in Belfast street
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) The father of a man shot dead in Belfast has described
the killing as an “execution”.
Danny McKay, 36, was hit several times - at least once in the face - by a
gunman who fired from a hijacked car which was later found burned out in
the west of the city.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northernireland/dads-horror-at-execution-of-man-in-belfast-street16230094.html#ixzz2AQLTivyn
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3749/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Viable pipe bomb thrown at police
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) A viable pipe bomb device was thrown at police after
they were lured into the area by a hoax emergency call, it has been
disclosed.
It failed to explode but could have caused serious injury or death, a
senior officer said. Police were attending a report of a violent domestic
assault in Poleglass near Belfast on Thursday night.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northernireland/viable-pipe-bomb-thrown-at-police-16230002.html#ixzz2AQNNzFDx
3750/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Ryan family heckle accused man
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(belfasttelegraph) Family and friends of murdered Real IRA boss Alan Ryan
heckled a second suspect as he was charged in relation to the killing.
Security was tight in Dublin District Court as Robbie Carroll appeared on a
charge of withholding information in connection with Ryan's death.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-ofireland/ryan-family-heckle-accused-man-16229464.html#ixzz2AKkt4CRt
3751/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Marian Price fails in attempt to get charges dropped
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) An attempt by Marian McGlinchey, also known as Price, to have a
prosecution against her thrown out of court in Londonderry because of undue
delay, has been dismissed.
Ms McGlinchey is charged with addressing a meeting in support of a
proscribed organisation in Derry in 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20100098
3752/12
--------------------------------------------------------------McKevitt seeks to have conviction declared miscarriage of justice
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(irishtimes) A Co Louth man is seeking to have his conviction for
organising terrorist activities for the Real IRA declared a miscarriage of
justice.
Michael McKevitt (58), Beech Park, Blackrock, Co Louth, was convicted after
a lengthy trial before the non-jury Special Criminal Court in August 2003
of organising terrorist activities for the Real IRA. In 2008, the Supreme
Court rejected an appeal.
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3753/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Gunshot wounds led to death, inquest told
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(irishtimes) Dissident Republican Alan Ryan died as a result of multiple
gunshot wounds, Dublin Coroner’s Court heard.
Ryan (32) from Grange Abbey Drive in Donaghmede, Dublin, was gunned down on
the street at Grange Lodge Avenue in Clongriffin, north Dublin, on
September 3rd. The father of one was on bail awaiting charges at the time
of his death.
At the opening of the inquest, Det Insp Séamus Boland said the Garda’s
homicide investigation into the incident was ongoing.
3754/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Court reserves judgment in IRA membership trial
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(irishtimes) The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial
of a weightlifting enthusiast accused of IRA membership who was arrested
during a Garda operation against dissident republicans.
Neil Smith (35), of Tubberfinn, Donore, Drogheda, Co Louth, has pleaded not
guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish
Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on August
8th, 2010.
GERMANY
3755/12
--------------------------------------------------------------A Soviet missile base in Germany that spy planes never saw
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(bbc) It was top-secret in 1959 and
remains almost completely unknown to this
day - the first Soviet nuclear missile
base outside the USSR. But it is still
there, crumbling and steadily being
reclaimed by nature in the forests north
of Berlin.
It is still the hardest place to find. A
glade down an overgrown path which seems
like any other clearing in the endless
woods of Brandenburg. But on its floor,
there is a strip of concrete half the
size of a tennis court, with a metal
plate in the middle.
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This is the launch-pad for a nuclear attack on Western Europe. Soviet
nuclear missiles 20 times more powerful than Hiroshima were set up here,
primed to be fired at targets including London and nuclear bases in eastern
England.
Three years before the Cuban missile crisis, the Soviet Union had already
placed nuclear weapons on foreign soil - in this wood, in what was then
East Germany.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20079147
3756/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Linker für gestärkten Geheimdienst: Neskovic will Reform
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(tagesspiegel) Der Linken-Bundestagsabgeordnete Wolfgang Neskovic fordert
eine grundlegende Reform des Verfassungsschutzes - statt seiner
Abschaffung.
Die Linkspartei mag den Verfassungsschutz nicht, im Parteiprogramm steht,
„wir wollen die Geheimdienste abschaffen“. Allerdings wird im Satz davor
die „strikte Trennung und demokratische Kontrolle von Polizei, Bundeswehr
und Geheimdiensten“ gefordert. Das klingt verwirrend, und nun kommt der
Linken-Bundestagsabgeordnete Wolfgang Neskovic mit einem elfseitigen
Konzept, das die Ideenpalette noch erweitert. „Ich fordere nicht die
Abschaffung des Verfassungsschutzes, ich bin für eine grundlegende Reform“,
hat Neskovic, früher als Bundesrichter tätig, am Montag in Berlin
verkündet. Und gleich noch den Nachrichtendienst in Schutz genommen, denn
im Fall der Terrorzelle NSU hätten in erster Linie Polizei und
Staatsanwaltschaft versagt und nicht der Verfassungsschutz, der für
Ermittlungen nicht zuständig sei.
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/linksfraktion-linker-fuer-gestaerktengeheimdienst-neskovic-will-reform-des-verfassungsschutzes/7285676.html
SWITZERLAND
3757/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Handynummer von NDB-Chef gibts im Internet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(20min) Nach dem Datenklau und der Polemik über die vielen Nebenämter des
Geheimdienstchefs, kommt es zu einem weiteren Eklat im NDB: Die Handynummer
von Markus Seiler ist problemlos im Netz abrufbar.
Der Nachrichtendienst des Bundes NDB kommt nicht zur Ruhe. Die Handynummer
des Geheimdienstchef Markus Seiler kann problemlos im weltweiten Netz
gefunden werden. Das berichtet die Zeitung «Der Sonntag». Möglich ist dies,
da Seiler immer noch die gleiche Nummer in Betrieb hat, wie zu der Zeit,
als er Generalsekretär von Bundesrat Samuel Schmid war.
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Dass einer der obersten Geheimnisträger der Schweiz, nach seiner Wahl zum
Chef der Nachrichtendienstes, keine neue mobile Nummer benutzt, wirft ein
weiteres schiefes Licht auf den NDB. Dieser steht wegen einem riesigen
Datenklau eines Mitarbeiters und den vielen Nebenämtern von Markus Seiler,
bereits seit Wochen in der Kritik.
http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/16993945
AMERICA (CONTINENTAL)
3758/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Canadian Security Intelligence Service Virus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(anti-spyware-101) Es besteht kein
Zweifel, dass Sie nicht die finsteren
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
VirusGesicht will; Wenn Ihr Computer
nicht durch automatische Infektionen
Entdeckung und Abschreckung Tools bewacht
wird, könnte das Programm jedoch ohne Ihr
Wissen eingeben. Danach konnte das Virus
“” für Schweigen wie Tage bis Ihr
Computer Angriff wird initiiert. Sobald
dieses durchgeführt wird, Sie werden
nicht in der Lage, Zugriff auf Ihren
Schreibtisch, Canadian Security
Intelligence Service Virus löschen oder
entfernen ärgerlich Bekanntgabe von Ihrem
Desktop aus. Bitte sehen Sie einen Auszug oder sehen Sie Screenshot unten
zu.
Sie sollten durch die vorgestellten www.csis.gc.ca -Adresse oder das Logo
von der Canadian Security Intelligence Service, nicht einschüchtern lassen,
da die Agentur nichts zu tun mit Sperrung des Computers oder mit der feinen
Zahlung nicht kennt. Darüber hinaus sollten Sie auch keine Aufmerksamkeit
auf [email protected], Zahlen, da diese e-Mail-Adresse nicht die
kanadische Regierung darstellt, wie es vom ersten Blick scheinen mag. In
Wirklichkeit, wenn Sie die Adresse mit den angeforderten Codes angefügt
kontaktiert, Ihr Geld würde genommen werden und keiner weiteren Erläuterung
würde ausgestellt werden.
http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/de/canadian-security-intelligence-servicevirus-entfernen
- 27 -
AUSTRALIA
3759/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Revealed: Canberra shared intel on Assange with Washington
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(smh) WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have been the subject of intelligence
exchanges between Australia and the United States for more than two years,
the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has revealed.
The WikiLeaks publisher was also the subject of Australian intelligence
reporting from Washington shortly before he sought political asylum in
Ecuador's London embassy.
In a freedom of information decision yesterday, Foreign Affairs confirmed
to Fairfax Media the existence of an intelligence report concerning
WikiLeaks and Mr Assange cabled to Canberra from Australia's Washington
embassy on June 1.
Mr Assange, who had been unsuccessful in his legal fight to avoid
extradition from the United Kingdom to Sweden to face questioning about
sexual assault allegations, sought political asylum in Ecuador's London
embassy 18 days later.
(a) http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/revealed-canberrashared-intel-on-assange-with-washington-20121017-27qo6.html
(b) http://www.europnews.org/2012-10-27-wikileaks-geheimdienstkooperation-usa-australien.html
AFRICA (SUB-SAHARA)
3760/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Nigeria: Tote bei Anschlag auf Kirche
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(dw) Bei einem Bombenanschlag auf eine Kirche in der nigerianischen Stadt
Kaduna hat es wieder mehrere Tote und Verletzte gegeben. Danach kam es zu
Ausschreitungen zwischen Christen und Muslimen.
Diesmal war es die Katholische Kirche Sankt Rita (Foto), die während der
Sonntagsmesse Ziel eines Bombenanschlags in Kaduna im Norden Nigerias
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wurde. Ein Selbstmordattentäter hatte ein mit Sprengstoff beladenes
Fahrzeug in die Kirche gesteuert und in die Luft gejagt. Mindestens acht
Menschen wurden den Sicherheitskräften zufolge dabei getötet.
Bei Vergeltungsaktionen kamen mindestens zwei weitere Menschen ums Leben,
zudem gab es fast 140 Verletzte. Aufgebrachte christliche Jugendliche waren
mit Messern und Knüppeln bewaffnet durch die Straßen gezogen.
http://www.dw.de/tote-bei-anschlag-auf-kirche-in-nigeria/a-16338742
3761/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Report: US Expanding Anti-Terror Operations in Djibouti
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) A Washington newspaper reports the United States has sharply
escalated its counter-terrorism operations at a military base in the East
African nation of Djibouti.
The Washington Post says unmanned drones on missions over Somalia and Yemen
take off or land at the base an average of 16 times per day.
It says about 300 personnel plan raids and coordinate the flights from
inside a high-security compound at the base, Camp Lemmonier.
(a) http://www.voanews.com/content/report-says-us-is-expandingi-antiterror-operations-in-djibouti/1533981.html
(b) U.S. drone camp in the heart of Djibouti:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-drone-campin-the-heart-of-djibouti/2012/10/25/37da69d4-1d27-11e2-ba313083ca97c314_graphic.html
3762/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Somalia's Al-Shabab Weakened
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) The militant group al-Shabab is losing ground rapidly to Somali
government troops and allied Kenyan and African Union soldiers. Most
recently, the group lost the key port town of Kismayo, which served as a
strategic base and an important source of revenue.
But despite the
military setbacks, al-Shabab’s top leadership is holding together at least
for the time being and the group is promising a long war.
http://www.voanews.com/content/somalia_al_shabab_weakened/1533919.html
3763/12
--------------------------------------------------------------UN: Military Operation May Be Needed In Mali
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(VOA) A senior U.N. official says the United Nations and several African
organizations agree that military action may be necessary to re-establish
constitutional order and national unity in Mali. U.N. Deputy SecretaryGeneral Jan Eliasson has just returned from several days of discussions in
Mali on political and military options for dislodging Islamist extremists
who control the country's north.
U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson says there was unity among all
the parties present in the Mali discussions in planning for a political
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process and for a military operation if necessary.
dissenting voice.
He says there was no
http://www.voanews.com/content/un-mali-military-operation/1533315.html
3764/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Mali, Hochburg für Terroristen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(welt) Der algerische Geheimdienst hat die radikalen Gruppen aufgebaut. Nun
plant der Westen eine militärische Intervention
Dieben hackt man die Hand ab, Liebespaare werden wegen Ehebruchs
gesteinigt, Jahrhunderte alte Sufi-Schreine zerstört. Und wer Musik hört,
fernsieht, Fußball spielt, raucht oder Alkohol trinkt, wird ausgepeitscht.
Für extremistische Islamisten ist der Norden Malis ein Paradies. Hier
herrscht die "göttliche Ordnung". Es ist eine rigide Version der Scharia,
des islamischen Rechts. Ihre Vertreter nennen sich "Einheit und Dschihad in
Westafrika (Mujao)" und Ansar Dine ("Verfechter des Glaubens"). Sie teilen
die Ideologie von al-Qaida im Maghreb (AQIM), der dritten Gruppe im Bunde,
mit der man gemeinsam den Norden Malis unter Kontrolle brachte. Die
Islamisten übernahmen im Juni dieses Jahres gewaltsam den von den Tuareg
ausgerufenen "unabhängigen Staat Azawad".
http://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/politik/article110223886/Mali-Hochburgfuer-Terroristen.html
THE CYBER BATTLEFIELD/ CIVIL RIGHTS
3765/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Israel Moves To Block Trojan Computer Attack
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(sky) Israeli police have disconnected their computers from the internet
and banned memory sticks, as cyber war engulfs the Middle East.
Israeli police officers have been banned from using memory sticks or disks
in their computers and had their equipment disconnected from the internet,
in a frantic bid to prevent the injection of a dangerous virus named after
the country's military chief.
The dramatic move last week was no great surprise. It's just another round
in the cyber war which has engulfed the Middle East.
It may be a prelude to a real war between the Jewish state and Iran.
- 30 -
The Israeli police moves to try to shut out the trojan - a hidden malware
programme which lurks within benign software and is programmed to destroy
equipment or spy - came as a result of an "intelligence tip".
http://news.sky.com/story/1003341/israel-moves-to-block-trojan-computerattack
(Hat tip to Oliver PLAUDER
for this info!)
3766/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Concentrate on cyber attacks, not terrorism, Osborne tells spy chiefs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(telegraph) The Chancellor is understood to have pushed MI5 and MI6 to
consider devoting more money and manpower to defending Britain from cyber
attacks and espionage from countries such as China.
British intelligence agencies’ counter-terrorism work could be scaled back
after an intervention from George Osborne.
However, senior ministers and officials are resisting pressure from the
Treasury, warning that cutting counter-terrorism spending is too much of a
risk.
MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, is said to be
rearguard action against any move to reallocate its
resources. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, is also
about relaxing Britain’s defences against extremist
fighting a fierce
counter-terrorism
said to be cautious
attacks.
Senior sources have disclosed that Mr Osborne has asked agency chiefs if,
following the London Olympics, Britain’s spending on intelligence should be
shifted significantly away from counter-terrorism. The Chancellor is
understood to have asked them to consider how current spending decisions
might look in the coming decades, suggesting future generations might
question why today’s leaders did not devote more resources to cyber
security.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internetsecurity/9637186/Concentrate-on-cyber-attacks-not-terrorism-Osborne-tellsspy-chiefs.html
3767/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Cyberdéfense : passer à l’offensive ?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(OSINFO)
(a) http://www.opensourcesinfo.org/journal/2012/10/12/cyberdefensepasser-a-loffensive.html
(b) http://www.defnat.com/site_fr/pdf/Gadiou%20%28T264%29.pdf
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SPYCRAFT
3768/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Xperia T: Sonys 007
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(diepresse) Das neue Sony-Flaggschiff ist
einer der Stars des neuen James-BondThrillers. DiePresse.com hat ausprobiert, ob
es auch im Alltag taugt.
Allein die Tatsache, dass MI6-Agent James
Bond im jüngsten Streifen Skyfall das Sony
Xperia T verwendet, macht das Smartphone wohl
für viele begehrenswert. Im DiePresse.comTest musste das Agenten-Spielzeug mit GoogleBetriebssystem beweisen, dass es auch im Alltag taugt. Mit seinen
technischen Eckdaten ordnet sich das neue Sony-Flaggschiff in der Oberliga
der Android-Smartphones ein.
Beeindruckend ist das 4,6 Zoll große Display, das nur wenig kleiner ist als
das des Samsung Galaxy S3 oder des HTC One X. Die Pixel-Dichte von 323 ppi
liegt nur ganz knapp hinter dem "Retina"-Display des iPhone 5. An der
Frontseite befinden sich sonst keine Tasten oder Schaltflächen. Die
Steuerelemente "Zurück", "Home" und "Multitasking" liegen bei dem
installierten Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" direkt am unteren Rand des
Displays. Das hat den Vorteil, dass das Gerät im deaktivierten Zustand eine
klare schwarze Front ohne jeglichen Schnickschnack oder Knöpfe zeigt.
Allerdings nehmen die virtuellen Schaltflächen eben meist auch Platz am
Display weg.
http://diepresse.com/home/techscience/mobil/handytests/1300123/XperiaT_Sonys-007Smartphone-im-Test
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INTEL HISTORY
3769/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Historian Anna K. Nelson, RIP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) We were sad to learn that
Professor Anna K. Nelson, a
tenacious and effective advocate for
improved public access to national
security records, passed away last
month. (b)
For decades, Prof. Nelson argued for
improved declassification practices
in almost every venue imaginable,
from congressional hearings to the
most obscure and transient advisory
bodies. As a professor of history
(c) at American University, she
insisted that government records
were public property and that access
to such records was one of the
foundations of good citizenship.
Among many other posts, she served
as a presidentially-appointed member of the JFK Assassination Records
Review Board, (d) which was tasked to oversee the declassification of
records concerning the assassination of President Kennedy. Because of the
perseverance of Dr. Nelson and her colleagues, that Board was uniquely
productive in overcoming longstanding barriers to declassification,
particularly those pertaining to intelligence agency records.
(a) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/anna_nelson.html
(b) http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/anna-k-nelson-auhistory-professor/2012/10/19/dc107074-0f0e-11e2-a3102363842b7057_story.html
(c) http://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/anelson.cfm
(d) http://www.fas.org/sgp/advisory/arrb98/index.html
3770/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Südkorea rehabilitiert einen vor 50 Jahren hingerichteten Spion
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(ruvr) Das südkoreanische Gericht hat posthum einen Mann, der vor 50 Jahren
als Spion hingerichtet worden war, freigesprochen.
„Heute sind vom Gericht alle Anklagen getilgt worden. Das Gericht
entschuldigt sich aufrichtig für das Versagen des Justizsystems in der
entsprechenden Pflichterfüllung“, teilte man im Gericht mit.
Der südkoreanische Geheimdienstler wurde 1955 nach Nordkorea geschickt, wo
er aber enttarnt, umbeworben und zwei Jahre später nach Seoul geschickt
wurde.
Nach seiner Rückkehr ergab sich der Geheimagent freiwillig den Behörden.
Dennoch wurde er 1961 hingerichtet. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation
„Ausschuss der Wahrheit und der Versöhnung“, die gegen Verstöße gegen
- 33 -
Menschenrechte in der Vergangenheit ermittelt, stellte 2009 fest, dass der
Fall ein abgekartetes Spiel war, und forderte dessen Revision.
http://german.ruvr.ru/2012_10_22/92035807/
HOT DOCS ONLINE
3771/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Court Orders FBI to Release Withheld Information
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) As often happens, the Federal Bureau of Investigation invoked
national security a few years ago to justify withholding certain
information from a Freedom of Information Act requester named Deirdre
McKiernan Hetzler. (b)
But as rarely happens, a court last month critically assessed the FBI
national security claim and ordered the Bureau to release some of the
withheld information.
Ms. Hetzler, acting pro se (i.e. without an attorney), had requested
records concerning her deceased father, who had once been the subject of an
FBI investigation. The FBI provided her with some records but withheld
others, stating that they remained classified in order to protect an
intelligence activity.
(a) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/hetzler_fbi.html
(b) http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/hetzler.pdf
3772/12
--------------------------------------------------------------An Updated Catalog of Army Weapon Systems
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) The U.S. Army has just published the 2013 edition of its annual
Weapon Systems Handbook, (b) which is filled with updated information on
dozens of weapon systems, the military contractors who produce them, and
the foreign countries that purchase them.
So one learns, for example, that the RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft
System (c) is marketed to Denmark, Estonia, Lebanon, and Uganda, while the
United States sells artillery ammunition (d) both to Israel and to Lebanon.
An appendix (e) provides an informative breakdown of military industry
contractors by weapon system and by the state where the contractor is
located.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/army_weapons.html
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2013/index.html
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2013/278.pdf
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2013/38.pdf
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(e) http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2013/app.pdf
3773/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board Invites Public Input
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) The long-dormant Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)
announced (b) that it will hold its first public meeting next week and it
invited members of the public to provide input to help shape the Board’s
near-term agenda.
“In anticipation of setting the agenda of issues on which the Board will
focus its attention, the Board would welcome the views of nongovernmental
organizations and members of the public,” stated a notice in the October 23
Federal Register.
(a) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/pclob_meeting.html
(b) http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2012/10/pclob.html
3774/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Federal Support for Academic Research, and More from CRS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) Newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that
Congress has not made publicly available include the following.
Federal Support for Academic Research, October 18, 2012 (b)
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues, October 22, 2012
(c)
Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Foreign Policy Issues for Congress,
October 19, 2012 (d)
Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global
Access to Nuclear Power, October 19, 2012 (e)
U.S. Sanctions on Burma, October 19, 2012 (f)
Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions, October 19, 2012 (g)
Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for
Congress, October 18, 2012 (h)
Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program:
Background and Issues for Congress, October 18, 2012 (i)
Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and
Issues for Congress, October 19, 2012 (j)
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and
Issues for Congress, October 18, 2012 (k)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/academic_research.html
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41895.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R41004.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34234.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41336.pdf
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(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL32109.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R41129.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R41526.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22373.pdf
3775/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Kiriakou Pleads Guilty in Leak Case
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) This morning former CIA officer John Kiriakou pleaded guilty to one
count of disclosure of information identifying a covert agent, a violation
of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. (b)
“When KIRIAKOU disclosed the identity of Officer A to Journalist A,
KIRIAKOU acted willfully in that defendant knew the disclosure was
illegal,” according to a Statement of Facts (c) approved and signed by Mr.
Kiriakou today.
Under the terms of a plea agreement, the parties agreed that a prison term
of 30 months would be “the appropriate sentence in this case.” Other
charges against him, including several counts under the Espionage Act, were
dismissed.
(a) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/kiriakou_plea.html
(b) http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RS21636.pdf
(c) http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/kiriakou/facts.pdf
3776/12
--------------------------------------------------------------“Negative Reciprocity” Emerges in the Security Clearance System
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) In the world of security clearances for access to classified
information, the term “reciprocity” is used to indicate that one executive
branch agency should ordinarily recognize and accept a security clearance
that has been granted by another executive branch agency.
This is not just a nice, cost-efficient thing to do, it is actually a
requirement of law. Under the 2004 intelligence reform law, “all security
clearance background investigations and determinations… shall be accepted
by all agencies.”
This requirement for mutual recognition and acceptance applies equally to
the higher order clearances of the intelligence community, where
reciprocity is intended to promote employee “mobility” throughout the
intelligence system, according to the 2009 Intelligence Community Directive
709. (b)
(a) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/negative_reciprocity.html
(b) http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-709.pdf
3777/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Congressional Oversight, and More from CRS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) Newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service which
Congress has not made publicly available include the following.
Congressional Oversight, October 17, 2012 (b)
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Contemporary Developments in Presidential Elections, October 18, 2012 (c)
U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts, October 19, 2012 (d)
President of the United States: Compensation, October 17, 2012 (e)
Peru in Brief: Political and Economic Conditions and Relations with the
United States, October 18, 2012 (f)
Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy, October 18, 2012 (g)
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities —
Background and Issues for Congress, October 17, 2012 (h)
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for
Congress, October 18, 2012 (i)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/cong_oversight.html
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/97-936.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33577.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20115.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33142.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33153.pdf
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL32665.pdf
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--------------------------------------------------------------Intelligence Imagery Set to be Disclosed in 2013
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(fas) A massive quantity of historical intelligence satellite imagery from
the KH-9 HEXAGON program is being declassified and will be made public in a
series of releases that are scheduled over the coming year, intelligence
community officials say.
Declassification of intelligence satellite imagery languished for years
after President Clinton ordered the release of product from the Corona,
Argon and Lanyard missions in the 1995 executive order 12951. (c) Although
the Clinton order also required the periodic review of imagery from other
missions, that requirement was effectively ignored by intelligence agencies
and neglected by congressional oversight.
But in a May 2010 memorandum (c) Director of National Intelligence Dennis
C. Blair ordered the “re-establishment” of the declassification review of
intelligence imagery — though it had never been officially disestablished —
with a particular focus on imagery from satellite systems that were deemed
obsolete.
(a) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/10/hexagon_imagery.html
(b) http://www.fas.org/sgp/clinton/eo12951.html
(c) http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/intel/imagery.pdf
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--------------------------------------------------------------Offshore Control: A Rebuttal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(infinityjournal) Garrett R. Wood is a Lieutenant in the United States
Navy. Following his studies at Hillsdale College, Wood entered the US
Navy’s` Officer Candidate School (OSC) under a Surface Warfare Officer
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contract. He is a former Electrical Officer onboard the USS John Paul Jones
during his first tour, which included a deployment to the Northern Arabian
Gulf. Wood’s second tour was as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer with 5th
ANGLICO and included a deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Lt.
Garrett Wood can be reached at [email protected]
Wood, Garrett R., “Offshore Control: A Rebuttal”, Infinity Journal, IJ
Exclusive, October 2012.
https://www.infinityjournal.com/article/77/Offshore_Control_A_Rebuttal/?utm
_source=IJ+Members&utm_campaign=1d1c39251aIJ+Exclusive+Garrett+R.+Wood&utm_medium=email#
3780/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Global Shell Games
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(OSINFO) Global Shell Games: Testing Money
Launderers’ and Terrorist Financiers’ Access to
Shell Companies
A chart from the recent study “Global Shell
Games” comparing the compliance levels for the
establishment of corporations in various
countries. The higher the value, the more
compliant the country is with international
regulations according to the study’s findings.
For criminals moving large sums of dirty money internationally, there is no
better device than an untraceable shell company. This paper reports the
results of an experiment soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous
shell corporations. Our research team impersonated a variety of low- and
high-risk customers, including would-be money launderers, corrupt
officials, and terrorist financiers when requesting the anonymous
companies. Evidence is drawn from more than 7,400 email solicitations to
more than 3,700 Corporate Service Providers that make and sell shell
companies in 182 countries. The experiment allows us to test whether
international rules are actually effective when they mandate that those
selling shell companies must collect identity documents from their
customers. Shell companies that cannot be traced back to their real owners
are one of the most common means for laundering money, giving and receiving
bribes, busting sanctions, evading taxes, and financing terrorism.
(a) http://www.opensourcesinfo.org/journal/2012/10/22/global-shellgames-testing-money-launderers-and-terrorist-fi.html
(b) The study: http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/centregovernance-public-policy/research-publications/?a=454625
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LITERATURE
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--------------------------------------------------------------Wirtschaftsspionage und Intelligence Gathering
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(springer) Im Wirtschaftskreislauf entstehend
Datensammlungen. Darin werden Informationen über die
wirtschaftliche Tätigkeit von Unternehmen
gespeichert. Die Unternehmen haben aber keinen
Einfluss auf die Generierung, Speicherung und
Verwendung dieser Daten.
Alexander Tsolkas und Friedrich Wimmer erklären
anhand von Beispielen, wie diese Datensammlungen
ausgespäht werden können, wie Unternehmen die eigene
Gefährdungslage einschätzen und wie sie das Risiko
durch Tarnen und Täuschen verringern können.
SWIFT-Bankdatendurchforstung, Flugpassagierdaten und
vieles mehr. Riesige Datenmengen müssen aus Europa
in andere Staaten, allen voran die USA, übermittelt
werden. Wie dieses Buch zeigt, können daraus
detaillierte Erkenntnisse zur wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit von Unternehmen
extrahiert werden. Erkenntnisse, die vor allem für technologisch hoch
entwickelte Staaten und deren Unternehmen von Interesse sind und von ihnen
abgegriffen werden. Die Gefahr von Konkurrenz- und Wirtschaftspionage ist
evident. Viele europäische Unternehmen sind sich nicht oder nur
unzureichend über diese neuen Gefahren im Klaren. Die Autoren erklären
anhand von Beispielen, welche Informationen aus diesen im
Wirtschaftskreislauf entstehenden Datensammlungen extrahiert werden können,
wie Unternehmen die eigene Gefährdungslage einschätzen - und durch welche
Maßnahmen sie das Risiko verringern können.
Inhalt
Begriffe - Bedrohungslage, Wirtschaftsspionage und Fallbeispiele - Akteure
des Intelligence Gathering undderen Ziele - Im Wirtschaftskreislauf
entstehende Datensammlungen - Möglichkeiten der Ausspähung von Unternehmen
- Bedeutung und Auswirkung auf Unternehmen - Fazit und Ausblick
Zielgruppen CEOs, CISOs, Sicherheitsmanager, Compliance Manager, Risk
Manager, Corporate Security Office, Verfassungsschutz Studenten,
Professoren, Wissenschaftler und Professionals im Bereich Competitive
Intelligence SWIFT-Bankdatendurchforstung, Flugpassagierdaten und vieles
mehr.
(a) Alexander Tsolkas, Friedrich Wimmer: Wirtschaftsspionage und
Intelligence Gathering. Neue Trends der wirtschaftlichen
Vorteilsbeschaffung. Vieweg+Teubner 2012. ISBN-13: 9783834815392.
ISBN-10: 383481539X. Euro 49,95.
(b) http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-8348-8640-8/page/1
(c) http://www.buecher.de/shop/datenschutz/wirtschaftsspionage-undintelligence-gathering/tsolkas-alexander-wimmerfriedrich/products_products/detail/prod_id/32977990/
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CONFERENCES / LECTURES
3782/12
--------------------------------------------------------------PODIUMSDISKUSSION: Wehrpflicht vs. Berufsheer
--------------------------------------------------------------------------„Abschaffung der Wehrpflicht und Aufbau der Berufsarmee unter dem
Gesichtspunkt der militärischen Neutralität und europäischer
Verpflichtungen“
Einführungsreferate mit anschließender Diskussion im Plenum
Gen. Mjr. Mag. Gregor KELLER - Vorstandsmitglied des Verbandes
Sozialdemokratischer Offiziere und Beamter des Bundesheeres
Univ. Prof. Dr. Helmut KRAMER - Institut für Politikwissenschaft,
Universität Wien
BM a. D. Erwin LANC - Ehrenpräsident des Internationalen Instituts für den
Frieden (IIP)
Moderation - Dr. Rudolf O. ZUCHA
Im Anschluss an die Veranstaltung informelle Gespräche bei Erfrischungen
und Buffet
ZEIT: Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2012, 19 Uhr
ORT: BSA-Generalsekretariat, 1010 Wien, Landesgerichtsstraße 16
Um Anmeldung unter [email protected] oder 01/310 88 29 wird gebeten.
(Hat tip to Florian TRAUßNIG
for this info!)
3783/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Männer, Revolten, Umbrüche
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Im Rahmen des 22. Kulturwissenschaftlichen Dialoges erfolgt eine Erörterung
von ausgewählten konfliktträchtigen Geschehnissen, die möglicherweise nicht
von allen als solche erkannt werden.
Die gezielte Untersuchung von brisanten Themen und das Auffinden von
konstruktiven Lösungen hierzu sind für unsere gedeihliche demokratische
Entwicklung von entscheidender Bedeutung.
Veranstaltet vom Institut für Human– und Sozialwissenschaften der
Landesverteidigungsakademie Wien
Zeit: Dienstag, 06. November 2012, 09.00 bis 17.00 Uhr
Ort: Sala Terrena der Landesverteidigungsakademie, Akademietrakt,
Stiftgasse 2a, 1070 Wien
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Anmeldung erbeten bis 02. November 2012 an: [email protected]
(Hat tip to Günther FLECK
for this info!)
MEDIA ALERTS
3784/12
--------------------------------------------------------------Media alerts
--------------------------------------------------------------------------am Di, 30.10. um 22:30 3sat
Die Spitzel von Scientology - Der Sektengeheimdienst OSA
Dokumentation
Dauer: 90 min (a)
Beschreibung: Scientology ist eine der umstrittensten Sekten weltweit.
Dennoch folgen sogar Weltstars wie Tom Cruise und John Travolta der
Organisation des Scientology-Gründers L. Ron Hubbard. In verschiedenen
Ländern Europas wird Scientology als extremistische Sekte eingestuft und
deshalb von Inlandsgeheimdiensten überwacht.
Der deutsche Verfassungsschutz beobachtet die Organisation seit Mitte der
1990er Jahre wegen des "begründeten Verdachts verfassungsfeindlicher
Bestrebungen", denn ihr Ziel sei die Errichtung einer totalitären
Gesellschaftsordnung. Das ist bekannt. Was weit weniger bekannt ist:
Scientology verfügt über einen eigenen Geheimdienst - das "Office of
Special Affairs" - kurz OSA.
am Mi, 31.10. um 05:15 n-tv
Hightech-Nazijagd - Unsolved History III - Hunting Nazis
Dokumentation
Dauer: 45 min (b)
Beschreibung: Hunderte Nazis tauchen nach Kriegsende unter. Mit allen
Mitteln versuchen sie, ihre Spuren zu verwischen. Ein Beispiel ist Adolf
Eichmann. Der Organisator der Endlösung lebt in Argentinien nahezu
unbehelligt bis ihn der israelischen Geheimdienst aufspürt und entführt. In
Jerusalem wird er später zum Tode verurteilt.
Auch sein 'bester Mann', der fanatischer Judenhasser Alouis Brunner hat
sich abgesetzt. Unter dem Namen Georg Fischer soll er in Syrien Karriere
beim Geheimdienst gemacht haben. Bis heute sind kaum Spuren des
kaltblütigen Verbrechers zu finden.
am Do, 01.11. um 05:45 3sat
Die Geheimdienstlegende - Reinhard Gehlen und der BND
Dokumentation
Dauer: 45 min (c)
Beschreibung: Der deutsche Geheimdienst ist das Werk eines Top-Spions des
20. Jahrhunderts: Reinhard Gehlen. Unmittelbar nach dem Ende des NaziRegimes hat Gehlen den Auslandsgeheimdienst unter der Obhut der Amerikaner
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aufgebaut. Mit der Souveränität Deutschlands entstand aus der legendären
"Organisation Gehlen" am 1.
April 1956 der Bundesnachrichtendienst. Gehlen wurde sein erster Präsident.
Über seine Rolle in der deutschen Geschichte zwischen 1942 und 1969 ist bis
heute wenig bekannt. Er war der Mann im Dunkeln, der Mann ohne Gesicht. Bis
heute wurden nur wenige Fotos von ihm veröffentlicht, er gab nie
Fernsehinterviews.
am Do, 01.11. um 15:10 3sat
Gebt mir die Bombe - Einer gegen die Sowjetunion
Dokumentation
Dauer: 45 min (d)
Beschreibung: Oleg Wladimirowitsch Penkowski, Oberst der Abteilung
Aufklärung der Sowjetarmee, lieferte Anfang der 1960er Jahre wichtige
politische und militärische Informationen an den US-amerikanischen und
britischen (MI5) Geheimdienst. Auf dem Höhepunkt des Kalten Krieges
lieferte er dem Westen Informationen zu den Absichten der Sowjetunion
während der Kubakrise.
Dem damaligen US-Präsidenten John F. Kennedy waren durch Penkowskis
Informationen der Stand der sowjetischen Rüstung sowie die Standorte der
sowjetischen Mittelstreckenraketen in Kuba bekannt. Ende Oktober 1962
beendeten Nikita Chruschtschow, damals Ministerpräsident der UdSSR, und
Kennedy die Kubakrise. Die Sowjetunion zog ihre Raketen aus Kuba ab.
Dagegen erklärten die USA, keine weitere militärische Invasion Kubas zu
unternehmen. Am 9. Mai 1963 wurde Penkowski in einem Schauprozess wegen
Hochverrats zum Tode verurteilt und am 19. Mai hingerichtet.
am Do, 01.11. um 15:55 3sat
Spion zwischen zwei Fronten
Spielfilm
Dauer: 135 min (e)
Beschreibung: Als die Deutschen 1940 Jersey besetzen, bietet sich
Geldschrankknacker Eddie Chapman um dem Gefängnis zu entgehen dem deutschen
Geheimdienst als Spion an. Oberst Steinhäger von der Abwehr ist zwar
misstrauisch, General von Grünen, Chef der erfolgreichsten Agententruppe
der Wehrmacht, findet jedoch Gefallen an dem unverfrorenen Briten, der
offensichtlich wenig von Patriotismus, aber desto mehr von klingender Münze
hält.
Eine hübsche Komtess, ebenfalls im Spionagemillieu tätig, ist von Chapman
auch recht angetan. Nach gründlicher Ausbildung wird er schließlich per
Fallschirm über England abgesetzt, wo er die Vickers-Flugzeugwerke in die
Luft sprengen soll.
am Do, 01.11. um 18:10 3sat
Der gefährlichste Mann der Welt - Abdul Quadeer Khan
Dokumentation
Dauer: 45 min (f)
Beschreibung: Der aus Pakistan stammende Ingenieur Abdul Qadeer Khan ist
ein brillanter Wissenschaftler, aber auch ein Atomspion. Er verkaufte sein
Wissen, wie Atombomben gebaut werden, an Nordkorea, Libyen und den Iran.
am Do, 01.11. um 18:50 3sat
Zeuge C - Genf, Stadt der Schatten
Dokumentation
Dauer: 55 min (g)
Beschreibung: Der iranische Topagent Abolghasem Mesbahi war in den 1980er
Jahren Geheimdienst-Koordinator für Westeuropa und stieg kurz darauf zur
Nummer drei der VEVAK auf, dem bedeutendsten Nachrichtendienst des Iran.
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Nachdem ihn Frankreich wegen terroristischer Umtriebe auswies, ließ er sich
in Genf nieder.
Als Europa-Chef der VEVAK nahm er regelmäßig an Sitzungen teil, bei denen
Attentate und Mordanschläge beschlossen wurden. Er kannte die
Killerkommandos und wusste über welche Kanäle der Terrorismus finanziert
wurde. Nach einem Besuch in den USA wurde er nach Teheran zurückgerufen und
verhaftet. Hardliner des Geheimdienstes legten ihm die USA-Kontakte als
Verrat aus. Nach seiner Haftentlassung setzte er sich ins Ausland ab und
erhielt in Deutschland Asyl. Im Prozess gegen die "Mykonos"-Attentäter sie hatten 1992 in Berlin im Auftrag Teherans vier Kurdenführer erschossen
- trat er unter dem Decknamen "Zeuge C" in den Zeugenstand.
am Do, 01.11. um 22:15 ARD
Rommel - Die Dokumentation
Report
Dauer: 30 min (h)
Beschreibung: Erwin Rommel ist der wohl bekannteste deutsche
Weltkriegsgeneral, und er ist bis heute einer der umstrittensten. Bekannt
gemacht haben ihn vor allem seine Leistungen als Führer des Afrika-Korps in
den Jahren 1941/42. Durch die Erstürmung der britischen Festung Tobruk
wurde der "Wüstenfuchs" zum Volkshelden.
Die Propaganda stilisierte ihn zum Idealtypus des modernen
nationalsozialistischen Offiziers. Seine Niederlage in der Schlacht von El
Alamein und der von Hitler erzwungene Selbstmord ließen ihn in der
Nachkriegszeit zum tragischen Helden werden. Umstritten ist, wie Rommel,
der lange zu Hitlers Eliten gehörte, sich 1944 zum militärischen Widerstand
stellte.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
http://www.tvinfo.de/fernsehprogramm/sendung/180288246
Deadline for application: 1 November 2012
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