Peace Researcher Vol2 Issue07 Dec 1995

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40 years of US Military Ocupation at

Operation eep Freeze

ABC mebers and supporrs conont th Amrican military ad th NZ poice at the Open

Day clbration on 1 cbr 1995 at Opration Dep Freez. m m O>' w b m, .

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+ Th Rap ofkiw- Massiv AntiBass Protss

+ For Queen and Country Som things rotten in th sate of Britain 4

Updat on US miltary ights at Christchrch Airport

+ ABC isits IIarewood 40t nnivrsry pn Day

Boo Rviw: n Wishar s "Th Pardis Conspiracy

Th S How i we now 9 Chion Scrity At world reord prics 1(

+ CIA Fil 11+ New land, hom ofth orld's rst antinuclr pros (ugust 4)

More things rottn in th stat ofBritain

Spooy Bits 16

+ aihoai rots January 199 18


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KWMarines Brutality Spark For Massiv AntiBases Campaign

Woking wihin an excluiely Ausalasianamewok ani-aes aciiss have go ue oealing o Ameican pybase, anpo base ocommunicaions base Bu neihe counyunaely play ho o any US comba bases Ween o ge ha some of ou Asian neigh ous moemphaially o To he unisguise joy of he geabulk of h Philippines people he US miliay quiha un n 1992 having faile o ge a enewebases ageemen aie by he Philippine Senae hepeiou ea Tha ene a 94 yea ccupancy ofSubic Bay Naval Base lak Ai Foce Base an ahos of lese insallaions Now he US is ying oge is foo back in he oo via a waship evicingageemen a Subic Bay Bu Uncle Sam emainousie ying o ge back in Tha wa a ga vicoyfo he anibaes campaign, o a gloal cale

Now anohe masive peoples moemen ha eupein Asia agains S bases an is go he uling ciclesof boh Japan an he US woie. has blown up inOkinawa, he souhenmos islan of Japan he islanmo heaily occupie by he US miliay an ha

le o a numbe of unpeceene hings hugeemonsaions; he US ageeing o le aee oopbe hel in Japanese cusoy he local govenmenefusing o new lase on lan ial o he US bases

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he US offically apologising o he people ofOkinawa an he US ommane in hief of hePaciic omman (lNPA) bing foce o eiebecaue of exemely ill avise commens

All his wa spake by he Sepembe 995kinapping an ape of a yea ol Okinawaschoolgil by hee US evicemen wo Maines ana Nay seaman was a paiculaly bual cime bu fom he Mos ecenly a US Maine sooial beain an Okinawan woman o eah wih ahamme Since he islan evee o Japan in 97hee have been 4675 seiou cime involving USpeonnel o hei epenens m 6//95. Theugl ie o a foeign miliay peence is all ooobviou on Okinawa iily ecall he obevaionb New Zealan peace aciis, Owen Wilke, ha heha een moe Filipina poiues aoun Kaena AiFoce Bae on Okinawa han a any of he US basesin he Philippine

Okinawa wa a e jus waiing fo a spak o sa i has been oughly colonise sly by he Japanese

hen by he Ameicans, now by boh woking ogeheThe baes epeen he lae face of he ha faeha Okinawa has enue since he once inepenen

kingom, he hea ofhe Ryukyuslan chain, as annee byJapan in 879 The Japanese henie wih paial succes oexeminae he local culue anlanguage Towa he en ofWol Wa 50000 local

people - nealy a hi of hepopulaion an 520 US oopsan 00,000 Japanese soliesie hee in he blooiecampaign i n h e Paciic.

The US eaine conol of heislan unil 97 when i waseue o Tokyo Bu heislanes believe ha Tokyo seeOkinawa one of he pooepefecues in Japan an he onlyone wih a iincive nonJapanee culue, as a secon epa of he couny One measue

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of ha disspc is h hav psnc of US bass.Nal wo hids of all Amican svic mmbsin Japan a saiond on Okinawa, which accounsfo lss han of h naion's io (me, 2/10/95)

Th a 28,000 US oops on Okinawa ou of a oal

of 45,000 in al of apan) Svn v p cn of hphsical aa occupid b h US milia in Japan ison Okinawa Th 40 ass a vial o h Pnagon -h a k o h US "dfnc of Souh Koawhich hoss 7,000 US oops) and h s of hgion h w a cucial saging aa fo US oopmovmns duing h 1991 Gulf Wa. Individual USbass on Okinawa hav ncions anging om aibass o spcial wafa aining aas

Okinawa is a small island, 500 kms souh of Toko,and such a hug milia psnc has bn a longm iian o h locals Th bass inud inodnsl populad sidnial aas, bing dangouslclos o houss and schools Consan nois om jghs coming and going is jus on complain Thap of a child b US svicmn has povn o b hlas saw.

Massiv dmonsaions bgan immdial h hAmicans w asd, h biggs bing on of85,000 popl o nal 8% of h oal populaion.Thi dmand i impl ha h US milia should

g ou of Okinawa Th ag old chan of "YankGo Hom was had, o h nosalgic supis ofvan pos coving i

h Od SOFA- Nt S my Any M

Wha adds insul o inju, no onl on Okinawa buhoughou Japan is h 1960 Saus of FocsAgmn SOFA) bn h US and Japan WhnJapans poli aivd o ak cusod of h hasd susps, h US milia polic fusd, iing

h lvan sion of h SOFA h US is onlobligd o hand ov milia suspcs a h havbn indicd Th USSouh Koa SOFA is vnwos. Th ausd US psonnl a nosundd o local auhoiis unil h aconvicd and hav xhausd all appals) Thisangd Japans polic and h boad Japanspublic

As public mound, h h suspcs w udov o Japans cusod and h highs anking US

oicials hav basicall ponouncd hm guil ThUS and Japans gonmns hav offd oxamin aspcs of h SOFA. Bu h Okinawanpopl hav movd wa bond ha Th wan h

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US off hi island, wih consolidaion io fw bassas a v s sp and bond ha, a whol viwof h 1960 US/Japans muual scui a. Thispospc vincs considabl alam in hgovnmns of boh h US and Japan is sn as amajo ha b h U sablishmn me hasdvod xnsiv ov i, including a cov

so 6/11/95, "Th Fu Mouns) An vn mosigniican mdia oul, h Chischuh P anan dioial on i 10/1195, "S oop in JapanTh amicaions of h US ilia bing focd oqui Okinawa and/o Japn qui claundsood b convav houghou h niAsiaPaci gion

Apa fom massiv dmonsaions and consanpoliical pssu, h Okinawns hav oh ffivmans a hi disposal o mk lif uncomfoabl

fo boh of hi coloniss. chaisaic Govo,Masahid Oa inviabl dscibd a "lis), hssaid h will fus o sign las nwals fo 286squa kms f land occupid b bass Thi v of2,900 pop owns hav said h will fus onw On las is up fo nwal now a 7 hcaplo occupid b a US Nav communiaionsinsallaion. Th own, Shoichi Chibana is anOkinawan naional ho fo fusin o nw In1987, Chibana publicl bund Japans Rising Sunag in pos a his smbol of pas miliaism)Fom govnos hav ovidn h wishs of

individual owns b signin las nwals on hiown auhoi bu Oa fuss o do his H cam ooc in 990 on a pomis o duc h US psnc

Pim Minis Tomiichi Muaama has h powwih h hlp of h cous, o ign h las himslSo f h ha fsd o ak ha pah hoping o winov h nagd Okinawans Th ma b a had job h is widspad ouag ha in 4, Muaama,a soialis, doppd his liflong opposiion o h US/Japan scui a and o S bass on Japans

soil H is sn as baing wha h ood fo and ohav bcom h on man fo h Pag

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Boh govnmns a v afaid of wh all hismigh lad and hav confind hmslvs o vlucanl inking aound h dgs Josph NAssisan Sca of Dfnc fo Rgional Scuisaid "Ropning h SOFA is a majo issu Bfoou know i, w could hav a mss on ou hands

(me 1610/95) Bu h SOFA has bn changd Japans polic can now hold Amican miliasuspcs in Japans cusod, bfo h hav bnindicd a concssion h Okinawans dnounc as

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oo lil, oo la) Nohing subsaniv rgardingOkinawa, or h Japan/US milar rlaonshp hasbn addrssd Boh govmns hop agains hopha i will go awa

In h manim, hr has bn a whol saga ofapologs and rcrminaions Marins on Okinawawr ordrd o spnd a da in rcion US DfncScrar, William Prr, issud an xraordinarpublic apolog o Japan, on bhalf of all mmbrsof h US Armd Forcs Prss, 2 95) PrsidnClinon has said h "dpl rgrs h incidn. "Wdo no condon an misconduc or an abus of hJapans popl m 2l 0/95).

And hads hav rolld Th hr accusd rapss faca snnc of up o lif imprisonmn in a Japansprison Noboru Hoshuama, had of h JapansDfnc aciliis Adminisraion Agnc, old

rporrs in a bar "This issu has bn causd bcaush Prm Minisr i supid i b no iniiaing hlas rnwal procss Prss 20/0/95) Tha was hnd of his job

Th highs ranking vicim was Admiral RichardMack, Commandr in Chif of h Pacic Command(CINCPAC), commandr of 0,000 US miliarprsonnl H rall pu his foo in i b rvalingrahr oo ankl h workings of h miliar mind.Talkng of h rap, h said "I hnk was absolul

supid or h pric h paid o rn h car, hcould hav had a grl prosiu Prss, 20/95).So much for his da of rcion Tha was oo muchfor his bosss - i was announcd ha h would rirarl John Dalon Nav Scrar, said hr isno plac in odas Nav for aiuds ha rc argard for womn as propr or ha showinsnsiivi owards h vicim of rap and brualassaul (ibid) Som hop - in Dcmbr 995, hUS Marins on Okinawa announcd ha h wrinvsigaing h allgd rap of a fmal Marin ba fllow Marin

h C Wa Is Nt Ov In Asa

Th cnral concluson ou of all hs s ha, alhoughh Cold War is ovr in Europ (w won,rmmbr?), i sur as hll isn' in Asia Thdmonisaion of Norh Kora coninus unabad and

h US is v kn o mainain a subsanial miliaprsnc in ha par of h world Japan is vial oha global miliar scnario, and wihin Japan,nowhr is mor convnin han poor colonisdOkinawa, on of h mos miliarisd placs on EarhTh onl in h oinmn is ha h Okinawanshmslvs hav had a gusfull of bing an unsinkablaircra carrir for boh h US and Japan, and wan ob rid of h whol lo Thirs is a sruggl hadsrvs h fulls suppor from h anibasscampagn n hs par of h world.

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IIH X CC?Rpor ha Briish companis (including formrl sa-ownd nrpriss) wr willing o ll ourquipmn o ohr counris ha go no rspons from h Briish Govrnmn xcp hras o proscuh producr of a TV programm which aird h sor Roal Ordinanc apparnl providd 8,000lcrohk baons o Saudi Arabia, and anohr compan supplid China wih 00 in 990. Th baonscan parals or vn kill whou lavng llal marks [Nw Statsman Augus 995] Ohr rporsll us ha h Aparhid sm in Souh Africa was abl o opra h pass ssm in i lar ars busing compur quipmn old o h Souh African Govrnmn b h hn Briih ownd IC compan

IIH MINI LIIn Jun his ar a Briish Cabin Minisr was accusd b h judg invsigaing h suppl ofBriishdfnc-rlad qupmn o Iraq of giving Wsminsr MPs fals informaion. William Waldgrav issaid o hav bn bhind a scr Briish dcision o rlax rsricions on sals of quipmn o Iraq duringis war wih Iran This follows prvious rvlaions ha ohr Briish Minsrs lid abou rlad acivii

n conncion wh llgal suppl of machin ools o h Saddam Hussin rgm John Major is rpordo hav wrn mlading lrs abou Briish polic n 989, alhough som sourcs aribud his opoor briing b Whhall ocials

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UPDATE ON US MILITARY FLIGHTS ATCHRISTCHURCH AIRPOT

S mla aa onn o Chhhnaonal Apo fo vao ppo all ofwhh a apd b h NZ govnmn a

ovd b h na Agmn of 960 Ola po on h bj wa n h Jn NoS n whh w mmad v a of daa Jn1990 hogh Ma 99) Th nfomaononn o b ppld o h nBaCampagn b h Mn of Fogn fa andTad MF T) nd poon of h Oalnfomaon

Th mo gnan addon o h daa h SHl ago n on h gaph a a ln ploov h ba Th Mn bgan o ppl h

Hl nfomaon a h bgnnng of hn ona pod of blan dplomalaan fo all US govnmn gh Th plan a h pma Opaon Dp Fago aa apabl of wong n h nand a a o now and ondn nlh Sal and Gaa of h o, whha l whld aa h Hl d bOpaon Dp F a qppd whaabl onoad and h an ld naphal and nd an mpa ondon n

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ona o h mxd ol of h S A Fogh. Th Hl lgh daa wll nabl oalla h popoon of h annal oal of S

mla lgh ddad oll o Anamon Hl and om A Fo) ompado h popoon ondng mlanllgnn n whol o n pa A Fo)

Th gaph ov nl abo half h nna on. No h opn ba whh howmonhl na lgh nmb n Jn hoigh w Sal and ank ang o hmdwn ppl dop a MMdo Th nglSl appaan n Jn and Jl w fomannan b Nw Zaland nd a v

agmn n g all o h na ighw Hl ppang fo h pomngna aon Sppl o h bgan na n Oob a whh m h ll hadfon Wllam Fld a MMdo oldaommoda h alf and Galax. Onlh gh w Hl n mdmm hpp lgh a lmd o Hl

No h da ba whh onn ao emonh n mo nfom nmb daa n h

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DEEP FREEZE FORUS ASE STAFF

Th budt btt btwn Cnton and Conrssn Novmbr stoppd py for som workrs atChrstchurchs Hrwood bs Tr "nonssnta cvn stff from h avys

hn som of us offrd to tk pan furthr ctronc cbrton scton w snt hm forour poston w wr smtms conrontd by nry two wks thouh th stf wr trdfnsv ractns but so by cnstrctv nd rnstatd wth bck py th mattr rss onc

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Gore Her vehce had stayed n Gore a the tme

Ths s ony part of the mysteros rng that Wsharshos to have been qcky cosng n arond PaWhte Dr ng ths perod, Wshart as ncommncaton th MP Wnston Peters We canony hope that Wshart nformed Peters of more thanhat has so far come ot n pbc abot aegedpotca corrpton n Ne Zeaand, and hateverother sgncant nformaton mght have been on thecompter dsks Peters and hs ayer have apparentybeen nder srveance too

One pont e orth notng s that a arge nmberof pper echeon secrty firms no have formerspooks and troops on staf (p ) A netork sceary deveopng thn Ne Zeaand comprsnga eb of connectons among crrent and formerntegence and secrty peope, and the mtary,

hch cod be mobsed for represson f ever theposton of the rch and poerf ere nder threatAs the nteatona Ne Rght contnes to handover most of the fnctons of natona government tomtnatona nance and bg bsness, t s conservnga centra core of operatons of hch the mostmporant s the contro of nte gence/secrty forces,hoever prvatsed eements of these may becomeMore than ever before, sch agences are becomngthe coercve arm of vested economc nterests. Whethey can be n competton as shon by recent US

Japanese confct, they have common enemes npartcar those orkng for soca jstce andeconomc change

As he came nder grong pressre, Pa Whte gota vst from a man camng to be an SIS agent,ang hm of a search arrant exected on hsat n a cope of days tme by the poce f he dd nothand over the dsks to the secrty servce Ths pocerad happened as predcted aros other strange andnpeasant thngs aso happened or nstance the

poce conscated Whtes fes (except for severamssng dsks and amazngy enogh aoedCtbank to have access to them even thogh ths asevdence sbject to crmna proceedngs Indeed,Wshar aso portrays a persasve case of a pocecoverp of Whtes death that ponts to the hghesteves of the govement. Wshrt dented scratcheson Whtes car hch cod have been evdence ofthe vehce havng been sdesped off the road

Whte camed to have fond on the Ctbank dsksevdence of hady deangs nvovng bg NeZeaand corporates as e as a US$,payment to another senor Natona MP va an accontat Ctbank Nassa, n the Bahamas (p 37

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The connecton th the nebox aar comes throghWhtes cams of massve money anderng andtax evason scams beng carred ot cortesy of theCook Isands taxhaven (p 2)

or spook montors, t s the rst 1 pages of thebook hch hod the most nterest Aer that, Wshargets mmersed n the story of nmaskng the neboxconspracy th Eropean Pacfic and the bnch ofscm bags assocated th t Ths s a very mporantbt snce teevson has focs sed on the bsnessmachnatons, hat s most ne and reveang s thespooky stf abot Whtes

death and the roe of

ntegence/secrty agences n bg bsness,especay the protecton of ha may prove to becrmna actvty

Throghot the book, there a hero ho pops pfrom tme to tme Wnston eters Whar gves

hm f credt and rghty so In a graphc, hmorosphrase Wshar porays Peters n Parament, bastngtheNatona govement as the one megaton ncearteddy bear from he (p 24) Ony a fe joastske Wshart ressted the concered corporate medaatack to dscredt Peters We oe them both, as doeshat s e of Ne Zeaand democracy n genera, ahge vote of thanks

Ncear ree Ks has been a strong crtc of etersn the past We once had an artce n Pc

ah (frst seres Jne 188 no ) rasngqestons abot hs roe n the Hono oans sam(caed by the meda the Maor Loan Aar) Thsgave a the ndcatons of a CIAengneered covertoperaton to destabse the Labor govement of theday over ts antncear stand At that tme Petersas the "ncear teddy bear frm he for the Laborgovement ayng aste to ts conventona defencesNo that more of the evdence s on Petersparamentary performance, e can consder hm asa maverck MP, a cannon capabe of ndependent re

as e as nng cabraon b the CIA

It s ronc of corse that Peters actvty on thenebo affar mrrrs to some extent hs actvt nreaton to the Hono oans sam. Both scandasconcern devos Pacfc sandbased fnacamanpatons that Peters broght to pbc atentonIndeed the Cook Isands as deepy mpcated nthe Hono oan scam and Wshart reconts thsrst sam to hep ge the backgrond to the neboxconsprac The descrpton here s par of annterestng der dscsson of shady bsness deangand spook agences

In the coverage of sch thngs on the seepng scae

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of ths book t s very hard to be absotey accrateWshart mstakeny ascrbes the exstence of the CIAconnected entre for Strategc and InternatonaStdes at Washngton DCs Georgeton Unverstyto the aggreved reacton of master spook, Ray Cne,aganst Ne Zeaands antncear stand (p )In fact, the entre predats the ANZUS crss andCne as aready operatng ot of t n an effor to

estabsh an ANZUS "thnktank targeted at NeZeaand.Bt ths s ony ntpckng at a book hch deservesthe dest readershp that e can hep gve t "TheParadse Conspracy has been rtten by a jornastho made consderabe sacrfces and took greatpersona rsk to expose a ot of drty ork n or on

contry here the rng "estabshment hasstrenosy tred to keep as mch of t as hdden aspossbe. There s ovosy penty more to e todyet.

(The Paradse Conspracy Agst, 15] s noavaabe n some bookshops It can aso be obtanedby rngng the free phone nmber: 8 747 7; or

by appyng to Insght Data NZ Ltd, PO Box 16AMSC, Ackand, ph () 5855; or drect frothe pbsher, Hong at the Moon ProdctonCompany, PO Box 162, Sandrngham, AckandIt costs $34.5 for maorder devery; the bookshopprce s cheaper.)

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In Jne of ths year a member of the Ne ZeaandArmy as ked he on actve dty th Brtshforces n Zmbabe Lance Corpora Dane annganas ked, not by enemy acton, bt by a rampagngeephant The army mantans a strct pocy of neverdentng members of the Speca Ar Serce (SAS)or dscosng detas of ther tranng or operatonsBt army sorces sad anngan as based atHobsonve Ar Base, the man qarters for the SAS,and as amost certany on exercses th the Brtshn ths capacty

Very occasonay, references to actvtes of the NeZeaand SAS come to ght Bt the operatons of thsete nt are mosty kept secret and tte s knonabot here or ho they operate an Wshart'sParadse Conspracy see book reve n ths sse]contans some ntrgng references to SAS actons,and asserts that "scessve Ne ZeaandGovements have been prepared to e to the medaand the pbc abot the NZ novement n varos

overseas operatons

Wshart soght nformaton abot SAS actvtesthroghthe Oca Informaton Act, bt got very tteback becase most matera s cassfed Heparcary anted t o conrm nformaton that he hadbeen gven from reabe sorces that eements of theNe Zeaand SAS had been nvoved acton drngthe Gf War, n Camboda, and n other ndscosedtheatres The ofca anser as that no servngsoders had been nvoved, nor had SAS peope from

ths contry been n overseas advsory or combat roessnce the Vetnamese War Hoever, Wshart pontsot that John Pger fondBrtsh SAS operatves ere

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Waen Thomson

removed from oca empoyment hen sed nCamboda, and thnks evdence of a NZ SAS roe n anmber of ar ones arond the gobe s strong andmerey managed to provde for denab

What roe SAS soders have been payng overseasmay be dct to jdge Bt thr presence has benconrmed from varos sorces, and the ofca neof no operatons oeseas sne Vetnam seems thn,f not donrght e In the eary eghtes to SASmember ded n the crash of a US mtary pane nthe Phppnes Before the ANZUS ro the SASparcpated n conernsrgency exercses at SbcBay that ncded asasnatn technqes Oneformer Brtsh SAS oicer tod Wshar he had orkedaongsde Ne Zeaandrs ho fght th the Brtshn Oman sometme beteen 1 and 174 The sameperon sad that NZ SS a regary atached toBtsh nts, and hae served n combat roe nNorhern Ireand and other pae ncdng th GfWar

In 18 earned that cove mssons had beenndertaken dee nsde Indonesa drng theMaaysan trobes n 16566 The mssons erehghy cassed and ocay dened for over tentyyears ormer Coone Davd Mooney, n charge ofthe ast SAS detachment n Borneo, sad theoperatons ere mosty for reonnassance, bt theNe Zeaanders ere nvoved n "ambshes ndefence Sund ms 2 Jne 18] Mooneydd not beeve anyone om ths contry had been

ked n the operatons, and sad that one SAS memberon a decoraton for bravery The Sunday mesartce makes the pont that he these actvtes er

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toty conceed from the Ne Zend pubic theIndonein kne bout them the time.

The Autrin SAS i py key roe in ecurityfor the Sydney Oympic Gme in 2AD tndingby to de ith ny hijcking or eriou terroritctiity The NZ SAS crrie out imir trining to

torm buiding or ircrf under the contro of"terrorit During the 187 Fiji Coup PrimeMiniter Did Lnge ordered n SAS detchment toy to Fiji here n Air NZ jet hd been hijcked byn Indin to protec NZ citizen in the ircrft or otherdnger re in Fiji The odier ere heding forAucknd to bord pne hen they ere recedThe NZ Defence Chief hd oppoed the ihe ofthe Prime Miniter nd the Miniter of Defence ndthe opertion bndoned (The hijck crii oed hen the 747 ight engineer hit the hijckeroer the hed it botte of hikey

In te December 1 edition of the journ Lobsrohn Neinger dicue the recent utobiogrphyofPeter de Biiere ong time Director ofthe Britih

SAS Neinger ho tht the book i nother ofthe currenty proic genre of SAS ero orhip thtubtitute "te of SAS proe for ny eriouconidertion of tir miitry eectiene Hette tht hie there i no doubting te courgefitne or endurnce of the SAS [often underpping condition their roe in My the Midde

Et nd Northe Irend i groy exggerted Thertice ugget tht i Norhe rend her theNZ SAS my he been inoed the ecret rged probby reponibe for trengtheningIRA upport nd generting further ioence.

Much remin to be uncoered bout the opertionof the Ne Zend SAS Whether their ctiitieoud be ppuded by the pubic of thi country orcondemned e ont kno unti much moreinformtion i ibe bout the coert ctiitie ofthe orgnition. Some Cbinet Miniter re briefed

on SAS opertion but the medi nd the pubic ree toty in the drk Another bck hoe in ourdemortic or ytem

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WL South Kore pent oer $6 miion dor to gurd

gint terrorit or uberie interfering in the 188Oympic Gme. Thi meg interntion eent i bonn not ony for the derier but o for theecurity gencie Aredy the Autrin SecurityInteigence Orgnition h unched recruitingdrie to enure it redine for the 2AD Oympicin Sydney. And top ASIO ofci i repored criticiing orgnier for not recting quicky enoughto groing terrorit thret The initi $Au miionecurity budget i no promied by the NSW poiechief reponibe to rie ubtntiy Some e

ing group in Autri he pointed out tht thegme i gie pook gencie the perfectopporunity to crck don on "uberie groupnd incree ureince of poitic opponent of thegoement

Oer 2 peope i be mobiied to proide theecurity for the Atnt Oympic in 6 But theorgnier re depending on eectronic gdgetry ndgood inteigence dt rther thn force nd repoerto enure tht the port gme re fe from terroritone A ytem of cce contro to enitie octioncoting round $S 2 miion i trck eeryonecoming or going ith encoded identity crd ndureince cmer

age D

About 1 miitry peronne from te rmy nd

the mrine i be kept coe t hnd but out of ightThey i not be in combt uniform Other ecuritygroup i incude prite ecurity tem ttetrooper municip nd county poice nd eement

from the FBI the US Cutom Serice nd the Bureuof Acoho Tobcco nd Firerm The D poicechief h been recruited to run the ecurity opertionheding committee of oc tte nd feder enforcement gencie The committee i bereponibe for eing potenti thret from theinteigence dt coected nd formuting trtegie

to de th poibe probem

In Autri the Okhom bombing nd the Tokyouby ttck he been ued reon to bootecurity meure for the Sydney Oympic Currentpn re under rp becue the NSW StteGoement h bnned nyone from tking to themedi bout the ubject Hoeer the SdyMoig Hrald [4 Noember] repor tht infrredueince cmer i coer eery Oympic enuend trnport route throughout the city nd thtAutri Speci Air Serice Number One qudroni be be on 24 hour tndby to de ith nyterrorit tck

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The ewspaper says that i the evet o a aack the973 Natioal Ati-terrorism Pla wold come itoplay, with the Protective Services CoordiatioCetre PSCC) takig cotrol The area wold besealed o ad the PSCC, which carries ot twoexercises each year, wold direct the operatios othe state coterterrorist sqad, edral Police, ASIO,ad the army Apparetly the last time the Natioal

AtiTerrorism Pla was pt ito operatio was drigthe Hilto Hotel Bombig i 1978

Political commetators have said that Olympic Games

ted to attract small mbers o ers who ca beextremely dageros A academic who speialissi stdy o terrorism, Ms ey Hockig, is qoted assayig that the crret terorist threat is see to comemost likely rom the Middle East, ad that there isvery little history o domstic terorism i AstraliaThis is hardly likely to stop the Astralia itlligeceagecies doig all they ca to se the hge resorces

throw ito the or yearly spectacle as a boost ortheir orgaisatios, ad eve more to make p grodlost i recet years throgh criticism o theirdemocratic ad overexteded domestic operatios

LCIA REPORTS QUESTIONABLE

CIA ocers set at least 35 itelligece reports tothe White Hose ad the Petago withot disclosigthat the iormatio was comig rom Soviet dobleagets Sspect repors wet to Presidets Reaga adBsh, ad at least oe to Clito beore he took ocei aary 1993 CIA Direcor oh Detsch says thatsome o these were awed repors abot the ormerSoviet Uio which were kow or sspected to comerom eemy agets or assets cotrolled by the Sovietsecrity orces A classiid report preseted toCogress by the CIA at th bgig o Novembersggests the iormatio passd o by doble agets

may have ilecd Washigtos weaposprchases by givig a latd pictre o Sovietmilitary cpabilities The relatios came as pa othe assessmet o the damag doe to the CIA byAldrich Ames, the mol who btrayed several top USagets to the Soviets bet 1985 ad 1994. messteachey had made it diclto get good iormatiorom the Soviet Uio, partly bcase o th loss oagets ad parly becase h raled US iormatiogatherig techiqs to Moscow Over the same 19851994 period the IA distribted 95 repors rom

doble agts ad other qstoable sorces, btoe aild to tell policy-makrs it had dobts abotth reliability o th material ogressioal ladershave disagred o th impact o the revelatios. Thereis dierece o opiio o how mch o theiormatio giv to the CIA was geie ad whetherit did have sigicat impact o US policy ad armsprchases The yny Monng Hal [11November] repos that sorces who have see thedamage assssmet say it is carel ot to declare thatRssia spies were the decisive actor i covicig

Washigto to make eedless ad costly prchaseso ew weapos The Hose Itelligece Committeechairperso Larry Combest claimed cotrolled

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iormatio passed o by Soviet agets was acallygeie ad oered by the KGB to establish thecredetials o its dobl agets with the CIA. ArlSpecter srely a am or ames Bod to cosidr)Repblica chairprso o the Seate SelctCommittee o Itelligece, maitais that themisiormatio has cot the US "billios o dollarsOe o the oicials rsposible or CIA oversight,Ispector-Geeral rdrick Hitz, has recommeddthat over a doze CIA ocers be held resposibleor their roles i the air Most o these have alreadyretired Accordig to m Magazn[13 Novembr]the Hitz ma also rcommeded that the last thre

agecy Directors Wbster, Gates ad Woolsy)shold also be held accotable msays The latstscadal has set moral at the agcy to rock botom.Disgsted with icompetece by higherps, mayyogr spies are resgig The debacle agai poitsp th iaity o ttig p massiv itelligeceorgaisatios which ork i a twilight zoe to theextet that it is impossibl to decide whetheriomatio collectd i reliabl or bogs

CIA lOSING TO DEFENSE?

I the CIA ile o last isse [Octobr 195] we oteda repot that the Deese Itelligece Agecy wasgaiig clot at the expes o its CA rival Itsiteal reorgaisatio o the itelligece sectors oits costitet serices, ad its cotrol o a large parto the itelligece bdget pt the DIA i a very strogpositio I Lobsr Dcember 1995, Alex Cox otesthat the CIA is eelig threateed: the CIA has alreadylost cool othe eavesdroppig agecy the NatioalSecrity Agecy, to the military, ad tre coveroperatios are likely to be more der the cotrol o

the DIAs Natioal Military Collectio Agecy.Covert operatios will be r by the ew DeeseHma Itelligece Service DHIS) While CIA

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Director Detsch is omia i charge o the DHISCox sas the miitar wi have dato-daresposibiit

VY LEAUE LAWYER fiHTS THE CAeier Harbr wie o the mrdered atemaarebe eader Erai Bamaca Veasqez kow as

Everardo ad a Harvard edcated awer is sigthe CI over the death o her hsbad He had beetorred ad kied i 1992 o the istrctios oCooe io pirez a atemaa iteigeceocer o the paro o the CI. She spet wo earscorotig atemaa ad US athorities sighger strikes as a wa to demad ocia actio adpromote media ivestigatio to id ot what hadhappeed to the rebe eader Harbr eared thatthe US Embass i atemaa had acta receiveda CI report saig that Everardo had bee captredaive so his sbseqet torre ad death were kow

to them. The case has cased more damage to the CIad two ocers have bee give ear retiremet Itseems that the bad o das o CI backed repressioi Cetra merica are et to ed iqir wasached b the hite Hose ito aegatios that theNatioa Secrit gec ad other iteigecegrops had shredded evidece reatig to this casem MagaZe has reported CI Director ohDtsch as aocig that te agec ocias wodbe dismissed demoted or reprimaded or havigmishaded ormatio regardig hma rights

abses i atemaa 9 October

HONDURAS LEACYHma Righ Commissioer eo Vaadares sas thatUS ad rgetie miitar persoe were ivovedi the disappearace o sspected eists i the1980s He aeged that Hodra death sqads traiedb the CI ad rgetie advisors kidappedtorred ad kid 184 peope Christchrch ress4 November

CA SPES ON TRADE NEOTATORSThe CI paed a major cover roe i USapaesetrade egotiatios over the ast ear whe the wocotries were ivoved i a stado over carimports rot page repor i the New York Timessaid the mericas had sed eectroic eavesdroppigeqipmet to sp o apaese ocias ad bsiessexectives. Micke Kator the US traderepresetative rceived dai CI briegs o whatthe apaese were saig amogst themseves bothi Toko ad i eeva US teevisio has aso r

stories that the CI tapped phoe cas made bkitae Kichi a evo ivoved i the taks adthe gec aso spied o Rtaro Hashimoto apas

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trade Miister. This is rther proo o the wa USiteigece is beig sed or ecoomic espioage toope advatage merica bsiess iterests Theapaese overmet has compaied to the WhiteHose bt idicatios are that kowedge o thebggig was widespread ad the media exposes arebeig shrgged o apaese secrit expers have

specated that the CI itse ed the stor to the NYTi order to boost its ow imporace The CI hasbee workig hard at ecoomic espioage i apasice the ate 1970s Secrit amogst apasbreacrats ad bsiess exectives is said to be axpar becase o the extra costs ivoved i tightsecrit meares The straia BetiNewsweeksectio October sas thatthe apaeseDoomsda Ct m Shiriko was od to havesesitive Mitsbishi es o ew a or or takshad broke ito a aserresearch aciit ear Tokoad had oor pas or severa eectroics compaies.

O the other had apas ow spies are regarded asmasters o ecoomic espioage ad have bee spigo the rech British ad mericas or decades

AND SEXST TOOI e this ear a grop o wome who are sig theCI over aegatios o rampat sexism i theagecs overseas statios rejected the oeredsetemet o $US oe miio The paitis actigo beha o abot 0 coeages wat more moeas compesatio or gederbased discrimiati i

the Directorate o Operatios This is the divisio othe agec resposibe or spig ad cover actioLast ear i New Zeaad a exspook had simiarprobems trig to get a jdgemet agaist the SISo grods o sexa harrassmet

lANLEY LOOKS TO ESP FOR HElPmogst the Especia Si Programmes istittedb the CI over the ast wet ears have bee aseries o attempts 10 se ESP ExtraSesorPerceptio Pchics were sed to tr ad sca iside

the hose o Paamaia dictator Mae Norriegab the Director o rm Iteigece ad the miitarad CI have over the ears tried to id ioatiob sig peope who caim to have extraordiarpowers to see what other spies or sateites caot.Pschics were empoed to tr to ocate CooeMammar ada beore bombig his hose i 1986.ttempts were aso made to id the whereabots oeera ames Dozier kidapped b the Red Brigadei 1981 ad more recet to d Ptoim i orhKorea. The CI ded research ito ESP becase o

cocer over Rssia deveopmets iparapschoog ad the potetia o pschic warare

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New Zealand, home of the

orld's first anti-nuclear protest

only days after Hiroshimaby Giy Stage, Chstchuch

Whnhrmgh wll hn - by hn popl bohr o hn a all ha h Goldn Ag ofmnnd cm o n nd wh hnd ofh prn war oong bac hy mgh h lhough chnologcal progr connud dom ofhough ofpch nd ofcnc dcovry cam o n nd n 945. arl Por Agt 14

Snday 6th Agt 1 wa th th annraryof on of th twntth cntry mot mortantnt th drong of th rt atomc bomb on th

Jaan c of Hrohma

Soon arard n Chrtchrch on of th twntthcnt' mot morant thnkr ga a lctr whchmay ha bn th world' frt antnclar rottThat th world do not know a rodct of omnq crcmtanc.

In 14 arl Por wa tll rlatly nknown Hfrt blhd workog dr Forchung Th ogcof Snc Dcovry) had bn blhd bt notanlatd nto Englh. H cond Opn Socyand Enm had bn wrttn bt not blhdH had jt bgn to aract atnton n England whnwar brok ot To ca Naz rl n h natAtra h thn nt ght ya n th obcrty ofa mall nrty colg n Chrtchrch NwZaland dmttdly Et Rthrfordalma mrbt h fact wa not wdly blcd at th tm.

To dn th obcrty Por' lctr wa not ablc occaon bt on of a r on ScntfcMthod whch h wa gng a a of h job a a

lctrr at Cantrbry nrty Collg thfornn of th mod nrty of CantrbryFrom 17 to 14 Por nlnd th drab cnof ronal lf n Chrthrch wth h Eroanmannr h trong Vnn accnt and h nglmndd aadmc rofonam H nrd anntllctal ctmnt that l on n th mmorof formr tdnt and collag

Jon Pollard chmtry tdnt at th tmrmmbr A oon a Por annoncd that h

wold dc Hrohma n h wkly lctr thwhol collg wa bzzng wth antcaton Whnth tm cam Room 1 [Por lctr room wa

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jam-ackd Pol wr lbow to lbow and ttngn th al A wll a a bttr than al t-otof tdnt and taff thr wr om ntrtd

mmbr o th blc Alo rnt wa a rortrfrom th c nng nwar who bqntartcl contan th only known wrtn accont ofwhat Por ad

Rlanc on a hatlycomld nwar rort not alway af. Indd n t nxt thnwar blhd a ron from Por whotook wth art of th orgnal rort H ddadmt howr that t rrntd th gt of hlctr ry wll. So long a h conttd ont arallowd for w can am that t g a raonablyclar dcrton of h da.

Frt t mt b ad that Por' lctr wa notmly ant-nclar H flt that nclar owr hadmch otntal for good H n flt that th Allwr rgt to dlo th bomb whn thy dd Itwa h ad far bttr than ltng th Grman batthm to t whch wold ha bn nntly wor

Dt th nwar natonal hadln GrmForcat for Ftr ofClato - Por mad no

rdton A h ad n h rly h rgarddhtorcal rohcy a a form of "ntllctalcharlatanr Bt h wa ntrtd n th oblway n whch th nw owr mght b d Drawnga larg qton mark on th blackboard h rocddto dc what w wold now call th wort cacnaro of th otar rod.

Th rt of th concd th ftr of cntfcrarch A obl rlt of th tmng of thdcory of nclar owr wa that t mght com

ndr oltal control Had th dcory com nac tm and bn t to acfl h ad thrlt wold ha bn o mch bttr Dcord

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i warim ad pu o warlik us, i ma hagoms wr almos obligd o ak corol iordr o proc hir ciis rom h poialidiscrimia us o so massily dsruci apowr.

As Dis Hoga, aohr chmisry sud i 4,pois ou, his had o smd possibl bor h

war, wh uclar rsarch had b coducd by amuliaioal grup o sciiss who had collaboradrly ad oply xchagd iormaio i h bliha scic wa bcial o humakid ad hrorrascdd poliics Poppr, kowig ha physicisswould o wa h rsposibiliy o corollig hdagrous kowldg hy had ulockd, could slil alrai o gom corol

rom hr his ars or h ur bga o scalaNo jus scic bu all laig migh com udr

hra rom uscrupulous gorms "Oc apoliical dicaorship has corol o h dagrousdparms o physics ad chmisry, wha will bdo wih h rs? Corol o o scic willsprad o ohrs as h rulig hirarchy sris o guardh scrs o powr

H jokigly imagid a im wh w migh sill ballowd o sudy boay ad lmary biology,ad i our mids ar sill usaisd, prhaps w mighb prmid o carry ou rsarchs i Saskri, h

addd: "Br blow up h whol show, ha coihuma mids by lockig h doors o kowldg

Placd i h ox o a world war which had urdhim io a rug, Popprs ars o poliicaldicaorship sm a aural prsoal racio Thrwr ohr prsoal lms i his racio ooBor comig Nw Zalad, Poppr had joydclos prsoal ad prossioal liks wih may opsciiss I his lcur Poppr miod Nils Bohr,o o h pricipals o h am, "o oly a grasciis, bu a mods ad humbl ma ad a good

ma i h high ss o h word H addd hahr wr "probably o popl i h world o i apa mor uhappy ha h m who pradh uclar scr H l or h prdicam ohisprsoal rids, ad h was i h procss o ralisig,o h o his ru o Europ lar i 4 hahigs could r b h sam ar h war as bor

To h comm quod a h had o his aricl haddd ha h amic bomb had brough "h d omos o hos igs ha mad li rally worh

iig, ad", r o, ha rahr likd h old worldas I ha kow i

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Clarly, howr, h Bomb crad a dilmma orPoppr ha ros byod mr prsoa cosidraiosI his iw all good achig lay "o h bordrlio kowldg Th illcual rdom ha h mosprid had ld o is dlopm, y ow ha i hadb dlopd, i hrad o circumscrib h ryrdom ha had producd i Tha was o problmwhich, as a acadmic, h l kly

Bu hr wr also moral ad spiriual diculisTo cra aricial bordrlis byod which achrsad suds could o procd, would b o dimiishrdom o quiry ad, ulimaly, rdom ospch Popl wr i dagr o big old whahy wr allowd o hik This, h said, couldproduc a "rmdous spiriual loss o makid, adh gh o prsr illcual rdom would ob a acadmic issu bu a moral o

Rrrig o h uclar scr h said ha som poplwould say ha makid was o rip or such adiscory, bu i his opiio his was oss"Thr is ohig wrog wih makid hos whosay hr is ar hos who wish o corol h lis oohr, o mak h rs o humaiy coorm o hpa cojurd up by hir ow mids

H cocludd "Th udamal sruggl i li ish moral sruggl o limi h powr m wild orhir llow m.

Th raso why w should coc oursls wihwords spok i by so mi a hikr asKarl Poppr o such a obscur occasio, i sucha ouohway plac, 0 yars ago, is ha hy arsill biigly rla o h 0s

I h sciiic ld Popprs wors ars ha ob ralisd Alhough h uclar scr has b jalously guardd, hr ar ply o ohr ruiullds o rsarch, ad i may o hs progrss hascoiud uabad Limiaios ha b imposd

as much by idusrial scrcy, udig cus ad publicmoraliy as by poliical iluc Howr ohObrgr a rug sud om Ausria i h 40s ad rid o Popprs rom ha im uil hphilosophrs dah i 4, pois ou ha i a suryrcly coducd by h Nw Zalad Associaioo Sciiss oly abou 0% o mor ha 700rspods said ha hy could shar idas rlyIllcual dom, or may, may alrady b a higo h pas

I our sociy, o judg rom such dirs xamplsas rch uclar sig i h Paciic ad hcrpig disas o poliical cocss, hr ar sill

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plenty f mnrtes wh are keen t make ther"cnfrm t the pattern cnured up by ther wnmnds Ther s n dubt that the mral strugglefwhch Karl Ppper spk cntnues aer fy yearsf "peace.

Rm 5, n Pppers day the largst lecture rm nCanterbury Unversty Cllege, s stll there as part

f the As Centre f Chrstchurch, an nsttutncreated when the unversty utgrw ts central ctyste and mved t th suburb As th UnvrstyTheatr, Rm 5 s nw a vnu fr epermentalwrk by drama students f the nversty fCanterbury Prtcted by artc lcence at least, asprt f fre nqury pervads th plac where Pppermade an mptant plea fr t survval

been dented as the catalyst that, ar th war, tedNw Zealand unvertes frm lttl mr thanvergrwn pstsecndary schl nt mdernresearch facltes. Hs lgacy n th rgard s wellknwn. Hs antnucle stanc, thugh less wllknwn and lss well dcumented, desrvs t brecgnsed as wll

The frmer Rm 5 s part f a prtcted hstrcplac the Art Centre f Chrstchurch but ntsngled ut as hang any specal sgncance f tswn As th ste f what was qut pssbly thwrlds rst antnuclar prtest, utrd just a fwdays aer th catastrphc pssbltes f nuclarpwr had been dmntrated t th wrld, perhapst shuld b.

Pppers nsstence n hgh academc standards has Glyn Strang, 995

Reprntd by permssn f the authr and ChemNNZ Insttut f Chemstry)

N ND NY M NN N N

SKElETONS FROM WESTMINSTER'SCUPBOARD

Brtsh Gveent rsearch nt th eects f nuclearradatn, carre d ut btween 955 and 970,nvlved secrt epermnts n th bns f deadchldren Pregnant wmen were als used n radatnperments Thes allegatns are made n a BrtshChannel ur dcumentary repred n th GuardianIn the 90s the Brtsh Gvernment al authrsdscrt germ tsts n th Lndn Undergrund t ndut hw a blgcal wapns atack wuld affct thsystem Sprs frm bactera wer fund t havetravlled km alng ne f the undergrund lnesAt the tme cntsts dd nt hav full knwldge fthe prpet f bacius gobigii the bactralspcs utlsd n the eprmnts [Press 3/3l995]

New tatesman [ August 995] rvaled that theBrtsh Mnstry f Defenc testd LSD n sldersbetween 96 ad 97 Th expermnts were carredut at Prtn Dwn chemcal warfare faclty In n 94 eprmnt a small grup f slders was gvenSD dses rangng frm 75 t 00 mcrgramsnugh t trp fr hurs r mre) "Ar 70mnutes, the lvels f ncapactatn and thbreakdn f cmmuncatn beten sectns f theunt was such that all actvty was termnated It wascncluded that mn gvn a drug such as LSD wuld

be ncapabl f ffectv mltary actn n the US,sldrs wh undeent smlar tests cmplaned thermental health wa s harmed.

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NUCEAR REACTORCOSE TO MElTDOWN

A Brtsh nuclear reatr cam clse t mltdwn aran accdent n 99 and nly luck helped avd themst serus ncdnt t ht Brtans nuclar ndustyn rcent hstry The nfrmatn becam publcdurng a cur hearng n whch Nuclear lctrc, thepratr fthe plant admtted fur chargs undr theHealth and Safety At The BBC repd that plantcals n Anglesy Nth Wales) watd narly tnhur after the accdnt bfr clng dwn threactr [Chrstchurch Press J 4 Sptembr 995]Brtsh newspapr have repd svral thr srusncdents n the past fw year, sm at thr Nuclarlctrc plant, and me at th Brtsh Nclar ulsfacl at Sellald

NUCEAR SUBMARINE EAK (I)The HMS Sceptr a Brtsh nulear submrn, wasrcalled frm patrl n arly Augst whn adactveleaks wer dscvrd n bth th pmary andsecndary clng systems f t nula ratr ThDefence Mnsty has nssted ther wa n dangr,but there has ben vry crtcal mmt thcndtn f smlar bats n th pat Pat as, whran a lng campagn n th 980 clamcmpensatn frm the Brtsh Navy fr radatndamage t her suarner husband, was burgled,

beaten, harrasssed and put under survllanc fattemptng t publcse the ssue

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RABNS KLLER WORKED FORiNElLGENCE

Yigal mi wo assassinated te Isaeli PimeMiniste in ealy ovembe, woked o IsaeliIntelligence in 992 on a tee mont assignment inLatvia Eyal te igt wing extemist goup tatassisted im in te killing as extensive links to inBet te saeli secuity sevice now known as abakTese ae te conclusions o extensive investigationby te Biish Oseve detailed in te CistcucPess 25 ovembe] yam Batia auto o teeport says evidence piles up tat abak was awaeo te identity and intentions o Rabin' s kille oweeks and even monts in advance and tat teeae also eliabe claims tat abak elped und Eyaland tat seveal membes o it wee key inomants The Osevearticle elates tat mi underwent aundamental cange wen e witnessed te Isaelipullout om Gaza - a move very muc contay tois nationalist ideology It descibes te battlebetween le and igt witin te intelligence agencyIt states tat many abak depatmental eadsopposed militay witdawal om Palestinian centesand some esigned wen a new abak ead wasappointed wo was believed to ave te intention to

come down on igt wing goupsvisai Raviv a key igue in Eya and close iendo mi a been evealed as a abak agen It isclea tat te secuity sevice knew o misintentions but ailed to stop te assassination eitebecause tey could not believe a Jew would killanote Jew o even o moe siniste easonsnote possibility is incompetence - te oceesponsble o Rabin's saety is said to be wollyunsuitable o te senio poition to wic e wasappointed

FRENCH NAVY SECRES HACKEDecet enc and llied naval data was accessed byackes in uly tis yea accoding to te satiical LeCanad Encaine Te weekly says ata on teacoustic sgnatues o sips - used to distinguisiendly nd ostile vessels - was boken into, andtat te eence Ministy in Pais ad conmed testory [CistucPess 2 eptembe 995]

US KEEPS NERCEPS SECRE

Wasington is eusing to make public inteceptedcommunicatons wic implicate te ebianPesident lovodan Milosevic in last summe's

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massace in te United ations declaed sae zone atebenica Te Sydny Moning Head 9ovembe] epots tat a senio U ocial asconmed te existence o tanscipts wic sow teinvolvement o te senio ebian commandes TeInteational Wa Cimes Tibunal in te Hague asciticised te wit-olding o cucial evidence, but aWite House pokespeson said tee ae cetaintypes o intelligence inomation o Govenmentcannot sae wit te intenational community Inte past te U intelligence community as beenextemely eluctant to allow te publication o anyinomation obtained by electonic eavesdopping

RGH MURDERS ASO SPOOKS?Rigt-wing extemist goups in stalia ave beenaccused o killing tee people tey believed wokedo te ustalian ecuity Intelligence Oganisationo some law enocement agency IO as evealedtat ove te last ive yeas tee people weemudeed because tey wee tougt by eo-azioganisations to ave inltated tei goups Twokillings took place in Pet and one in ydneyCistcucPess 3 ovembe 995]

HONDURAN NELLGENCE OFFCALSDSAPPEAR

In Octobe six people wo wee key witnesses in anHonduan investigation into political disappeaancesave temselves vanised Human Rigts goups saytat te six ave pobably been killed to block aninvestigation into political killings in te 980s Tosewo ave disappeaed in tis case ae intelligenceocials om vaious pats o te country wo wouldpobably ave been called to testi about past killings

SOUH AFRCAN SPY CHEF SHOMuziwendoda Mdlui appointed secuity cie at teational Intelligence gency ae out ica's stopen elections last yea, was ound dead in is caealy in Octobe Te Joannesbug newspapeunday Independent eported tat Mdluli ad beeninvestigating te possible involvement o ellowagents in te ailed coup in te Comoo Islands andunnamed intelligence souces said tis may ave ledto is deat Te deat initially appeaed to be suicidebut old-guad spooks wit te agency in apateid

times ave been blamed o te killing [CistcucPess 0 Octobe 995]

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