Counterintelligence News for the week of: September 21-27, 2003

Counterintelligence News for the week of:

September 21-27, 2003

The Air Force translator accused of espionage at the prison camp for terror suspects was under investigation before he arrived at the Guantanamo Bay base.....( AP, 27 Sept 03)

Document: Spy suspect probed before arrival in Cuba prison

An affidavit that sought a search warrant indicates the U.S. Air Force was scrutinizing the activities of accused spy Ahmad al Halabi while he was still stationed in California and before he was deployed to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.....( CNN, 26 Sept 03)

Spy Suspect Eyed Before Gitmo Posting

The Air Force translator accused of espionage at the prison camp for terror suspects was under investigation before he arrived at the Guantanamo Bay base.....( AP, 26 Sept 30)

Feds were on to spy suspect

The Air Force translator charged with spying at the U.S. military's prison camp for terrorists was under investigation even before he arrived at Guantanamo Bay.....( New York Daily News, 26 Sept 03)

GITMO 'SPY' TIED TO QAEDA

The Air Force translator accused of espionage at the terrorist prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was likely working for Islamic extremists connected to al Qaeda.....( New York Post, 26 Sept 03)

Detroiter's case sets off global spy inquiry

The spying case involving an Air Force translator from Detroit has prompted a massive investigation of personnel who worked at a camp holding Al Qaeda prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.....( Detroit Free Press, 26 Sept 03)

Arrested translator Ahmad Al-Halabi mostly a mystery

As a high school senior in Dearborn, Mich., Ahmad Al-Halabi stood out only as one of the faces in a yearbook picture of the "robotics team".....( USA Today, 26 Sept 03)

Acquaintances know Yee as 'a man of his convictions'

To those who have known Army Capt. James "Yousef" Yee, the images of him are consistent: determined and upbeat, and focused on the task at hand.....( USA Today, 26 Sept 03)

World's most secure prison, but...

Camp Delta should be the most secure prison in the world. The US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is touted as being impregnable to anything but a well-equipped invading army, but serious questions are now being raised about that reputation.....( Straits Times, 26 Sept 03)

U.S. Muslims, Military Trade Suspicions

Muslims trying to prove their community is truly patriotic see their fellow believers accused of being spies. The U.S. military questions who it can trust -- with arrests of two Muslim military men who worked at Guantanamo Bay and a larger investigation brewing.....( AP, 26 Sept 03)

Respect for US Muslims

It's disturbing to hear that a Muslim Army chaplain and an Air Force translator at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have been arrested on suspicion of espionage. But no one should rush to judgment as to what that means.....( Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sept 03)

Spies Among Us

Foreign spies within the military sadly are not unheard of, but they are rare. The announcement of the second accused spy in as many weeks at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for captured terrorists undoubtedly is cause for alarm.....( Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, 26 Sept 03)

US test-launches new unmanned spy planes in South Korea

The US military on Friday successfully test-launched unmanned spy planes newly brought to South Korea to boost deterrence against North Korea.....( AFP, 26 Sept 03)

US Spy Aircraft Debuts in Korea

An unmanned U.S. surveillance aircraft was deployed for the first time on the Korean peninsula yesterday.....( Korea Times, 26 Sept 03)

CyTA denies reports of widespread phone-tapping

THE CYPRUS Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) yesterday rubbished reports by Politis that they had broken the law by assisting the Secret Services (KYP) to monitor telephone conversations.....( Cyprus Mail, 26 Sept 03)

US ambassador urges prime minister to reconsider appointment of controversial security adviser

United States Ambassador James Pardew on Friday urged Prime Minister Simeon Saxcoburggotski to revise the recent appointment of a communist-era spy his security adviser.....( Bulgaria News Network, 26 Sept 03)

Include Maduna in spy probe, says De Lille

Patricia de Lille has called for the Hefer commission of inquiry to be broadened to investigate other high-ranking members of the ANC whom she named in parliament as alleged apartheid informers.....( The Star, 26 Sept 03)

Spy role not key to Ngcuka saga, says Maduna

It was irrelevant whether prosecutions chief Bulelani Ngcuka spied for the apartheid government unless it was found that, because of his "alleged ignoble past", he had abused his office to target certain individuals.....( Business Day, 26 Sept 03)

Guantanamo Security Probe Widens

Military authorities are investigating possible security breaches by as many as four other service members in the wake of arrests of a Muslim chaplain and an Arabic translator on suspicion of possible espionage at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.....( Washington Post, 25 Sept 03)

Spy Investigation Widens to Include a Navy Sailor

Military authorities investigating possible security lapses at the prisoner camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have widened their inquiry to at least a third member of the armed services.....( New York Times, 25 Sept 03)

Army Chaplain in Detention Sought to Teach About Islam

Within days of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Capt. James J. Yee, a Muslim chaplain stationed at the Fort Lewis Army base south of here, dedicated himself to a new mission. He would tell anyone who would listen, according to people who heard his sermons, that Islam was not a violent religion.....( New York Times, 25 Sept 03)

More Security Breaches Suspected at Guantanamo

The U.S. military is expanding its probe of possible security breaches at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp following disclosures that two servicemen who worked at the maximum-security compound have been arrested on suspicion of espionage.....( Los Angeles Times, 25 Sept 03)

Guantanamo espionage probe grows

Defense and intelligence officials expect to make more arrests in the expanding espionage probe at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and are investigating a third serviceman who they suspect provided Syria information about terror suspects being detained there.....( Washington Times, 25 Sept 03)

Third serviceman linked to widening spy probe

A third member of the U.S. military is under investigation in a widening probe of a possible spy plot at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp for terrorism suspects.....( NJ Star Ledger, 25 Sept 03)

Military Expands Gitmo Probe

The Pentagon is looking into security procedures at its main prison for terrorism suspects after the espionage related arrests of two men stationed there.....( AP, 25 Sept 03)

Guantanamo probe expands beyond two U.S. servicemen

The investigation into possible espionage at the U.S. naval base in Cuba has moved beyond two in-custody servicemen and now includes other military members at the camp where al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners are held.....( Gannett News Service, 25 Sept 03)

Two more in Gitmo spy probe

The Pentagon is investigating a Navy sailor and possibly another U.S. military man as it widens its probe into a possible espionage ring at Guantanamo Bay.....( New York Daily News, 25 Sept 03)

Sources: 2 in U.S. military investigated at Cuba base

A member of the U.S. Air Force and a U.S. Navy sailor are under investigation for "suspicious activities" related to detainees the U.S. holds at its base in Cuba.....( CNN, 25 Sept 03)

US fears Syria has spy ring in Guantanamo Bay

A senior Pentagon commander said yesterday an urgent inquiry had begun into a possible Syrian-linked spy ring among Muslim US military personnel at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.....( The Telegraph, 25 Sept 03)

Airman charged as spy: Who is al-Halabi?

Ahmad I. al-Halabi liked to fiddle with robots in high school. He lived in one of the nation's biggest Arab-American communities, and went straight into the Air Force after graduation.....( AP, 25 Sept 03)

Detroit man: My son is not a spy

The frail 72-year-old man spends his days on his knees in prayer. This is life for Abu Ahmad al-Halabi, the father of an Air Force translator from Detroit who is accused of being a spy at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.....( Detroit Free Press, 25 Sept 03)

Spy suspect led low-key life

To military investigators, Ahmad al-Halabi is an espionage suspect accused of using his position at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to help America's enemies. To neighbors in southwest Detroit, the 24-year-old senior airman was an infrequent visitor to his parent's home on Springwells.....( The Detroit News, 25 Sept 03)

Syria denies reports of link to Guantanamo spy

Syria said Wednesday that reports linking it to a US airman charged with spying at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay were “baseless and illogical".....( Daily Star, 25 Sept 03)

Syria denies US spy ring

American officials suggested yesterday that the arrest of two servicemen on suspicion of espionage at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp could be part of one of the most damaging spy rings uncovered in the US military since the cold war.....( The Guardian, 25 Sept 03)

Syria Denies Link With Alleged Spy

Syria has denied any connection with alleged espionage at the U.S.-controlled Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, where hundreds of suspected Taliban and al-Qaida operatives are being held.....( Newsday, 25 Sept 03)

Pentagon links Syria to prison camp spy ring

A top Pentagon commander has said an urgent inquiry is under way into a possible Syrian-linked spy ring among Muslim US military personnel at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.....( Sydney Morning Herald, 25 Sept 03)

Box sent to Travis key to spy charge

Sometime before he left the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in July, Ahmad I. al-Halabi allegedly packed a cardboard computer box and mailed it to his address at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield.....( Sacramento Bee, 25 Sept 03)

High-tech spying program closed

House and Senate negotiators have decided to close a Pentagon office that was developing a vast computerized terrorism surveillance system and to bar spending that would allow those high-tech spying tools to be used against Americans on U.S. soil.....( AP, 25 Sept 03)

Spy expects early release from U.S. prison

Robert Chaegon Kim, a convicted spy serving a seven-year prison term in the United States, said he is likely to be released on parole soon.....( Joong Ang Daily, 25 Sept 03)

South Korea finally admits secret war it waged on North

South Korea's secret army of spies is finally coming in from the cold. The trained killers and saboteurs who were sent to North Korea to wage a decades-long underground war have been fighting for back pay, pensions and public recognition from a government that likes to pretend they never existed.....( National Post, 25 Sept 03)

Chun regime staged spy capture

The Chun Doo Hwan administration staged the capture of armed North Korean spies 20 years ago with the help of prior information and intelligence regarding their scheduled landing on a Pusan beach.....( Joong Ang Daily, 25 Sept 03)

S Korean quizzed over spy claims

A South Korean dissident who has come home after 36 years in exile is being quizzed by intelligence officials.....( BBC, 25 Sept 03)

Government slaps exit ban on German scholar linked to North Korea

The government on Thursday slapped a 10-day exit ban on a German scholar of Korean origin under interrogation by South Korea’s spy agency over his alleged links to North Korea.....( AFP, 25 Sept 03)

Belgrade Arrest of Spy Linked to NATO Hopes

The arrest this week of a Belgrade army colonel accused of spying for Russia is just another in a series of espionage scandals in Serbia and Montenegro, but for many it symbolizes the Balkan country’s drift westward.....( DPA, 25 Sept 03)

KGB Veterans Bring Tradecraft To Elected Office

Maj.Gen.Viktor Maslov hunted down security risks at Smolensk's nuclear power plant for the KGB. He spent years in the KGB's successor agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), chasing gangland-style murderers who plagued the city in the chaotic 1990s.....( Washington Post, 24 Sept 03)

RF, Ukraine secret services to expand coop in investigating crimes

A working meeting of representatives of the investigation departments of the Russian Federal Security Service and the Ukrainian Security Service was held here on Wednesday.....( Itar-Tass, 24 Sept 03)

Dhaka plans to bug phones and e-mail

DHAKA The Bangladeshi cabinet is considering new laws to enable officials to monitor e-mail correspondence and telephone conversations of the public.....( Business Day, 24 Sept 03)

U.S. investigators probing security problems at Guantanamo camp

U.S. investigators are trying to determine the extent of security problems at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for suspected terrorists following the arrests of two Muslim servicemen, one for allegedly spying for Syria, officials said.....( Knight Ridder, 24 Sept 03)

U.S. Expands Probe at Guantanamo Bay

An investigation into possible security breaches at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terror suspects has expanded to a third member of the military, Pentagon officials said......( ABC News, 24 Sept 03)

Pentagon broadens spy probe at Guantanamo Bay

Following the arrests of two U.S. servicemen suspected of spying, at least two other members of the U.S. military are being closely watched in an investigation of possible espionage activities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba......( CNN, 24 Sept 03)

Third Person Questioned in Gitmo Spy Probe

A third military member is being questioned about possible security violations at a U.S. prison camp, adding to an investigation which already includes the arrests of two members of the military, Pentagon officials said.......( Fox News, 24 Sept 03)

Son of Syrian Immigrants Charged As Spy

Ahmad I. al-Halabi liked to fiddle with robots in high school. He grew up in one of the nation's biggest Arab-American communities, and went straight into the Air Force after graduation. He planned to marry his fiance days after his tour as an Arabic translator ended on Guantanamo Bay......( AP, 24 Sept 03)

DOD investigating Air Force translator

The Defense Department is continuing its investigations into two cases associated with the confinement facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in which an Air Force translator is charged with espionage and an Army chaplain is being held pending charges.......( AFPS, 24 Sept 03)

Translator Accused of Spying

A U.S. Air Force translator who worked with al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison has been charged with spying for Syria, the second member of the U.S. military to fall under suspicion of revealing secrets about the Navy jail for terrorism suspects.....( Washington Post, 24 Sept 03)

Airman Is Charged as Spy for Syria at Guantánamo

An Air Force translator at an American prison camp for captured militants and suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with espionage and passing military secrets to Syria.....( New York Times, 24 Sept 03)

Translator at Prison Camp Is Charged With Spying

A U.S. military translator assigned to interpret for Al Qaeda and Taliban captives at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with spying for Syria by attempting to provide crucial information about the military prison there, home to hundreds of prisoners seized in the war on terrorism.....( Los Angeles Times, 24 Sept 03)

Airman accused of terror spying

A U.S. Air Force enlisted man has become the second service member to be accused of espionage at the U.S. naval base prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he translated interrogations of Arabic-speaking Taliban and al Qaeda terror suspects......( Washington Times, 24 Sept 03)

Air Force translator charged with espionage at Guantanamo

An Air Force enlisted man who was an Arabic translator at the U.S. military's detention center for suspected terrorists has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy in the latest case to raise concerns about security at the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.....( USA Today, 24 Sept 03)

Aiding the Enemy?

A U.S. Air Force translator could face the death penalty if convicted of espionage, but his father and some colleagues suggest he may have merely been trying to give humane treatment to the suspected terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.....( ABC News, 24 Sept 03)

Airman at Guantanamo Faces Spying Charges

An Air Force translator for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp tried to send classified information about the prisoners to his native Syria, military authorities charge......( AP, 24 Sept 03)

Guantanamo translator held as a spy

The Defense Department disclosed Tuesday that an airman working as an Arabic language translator with detainees at the Navy's base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been arrested on charges of espionage and aiding the enemy.....( Chicago Tribune, 24 Sept 03)

5 Yanks Probed In 'Spy' Ring At Gitmo

A U.S. airman who spied for Syria is among five Americans suspected of espionage at the terrorist prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military sources revealed.....( New York Post, 24 Sept 03)

Espionage Investigation Continues

An Air Force translator for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp tried to send classified information about the prisoners to his native Syria.....( AP, 24 Sept 03)

Syria Calls Link to Charged U.S. Airman Baseless

Syria said Wednesday that reports linking it to a U.S. airman charged with spying at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay were "baseless and illogical".....( Reuters, 24 Sept 03)

Syria rejects Guantanamo spy link

Syria has angrily rejected American allegations linking it to a US serviceman accused of spying at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.....( BBC, 24 Sept 03)

Syria denies any connection to US espionage claims

.......In statements he delivered during the reception ceremony of the Arabic and foreign news agencies correspondents to Damascus at the information ministry Wednesday, the Syrian information minister, Ahmad al-Hassan, commented "How does the US train and mobilize someone in a vital location and who classifies secrecy and then claims that is a spy for another country.".....( Al-Bawaba, 24 Sept 03)

Syria denies any links to Syrian Air Force translator charged with spying

Syrian officials are denying any links to a U-S Air Force translator. He's been charged with spying during his work with suspected terrorists.....( AP, 24 Sept 03)

Airman accused of espionage confined at VAFB

A senior airman assigned as a translator for terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been confined at Vandenberg Air Force Base on suspicion of espionage, aiding the enemy and numerous other charges.....( Santa Maria Times, 24 Sept 03)

Islamic Chaplain's Apartment Raided, Cleric Says

The apartment of jailed Army Chaplain Yousef Yee was raided last week by federal agents, a local Islamic cleric says.....( KIRO-TV News, 24 Sept 03)

U.S. Checking Security in Guantanamo Base Arrests
The United States is moving to tighten security at a military base in Cuba where nearly 680 al Qaeda and Taliban suspects are held after a U.S. airman who worked there was charged with spying for Syria.....( Reuters, 24 Sept 03)

Guantanamo man charged with spying

An American serviceman who worked as a translator at the Camp Delta prison for al-Qa'ida and Taliban terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay has been charged with spying.....( The Independent, 24 Sept 03)

US airman charged with spying at Guantanamo Bay camp

A UNITED States airman who worked as a translator at the Guantanamo Bay camp for suspected terrorists has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy.....( Scotsman, 24 Sept 03)

US airman charged with spying

A US Air Force airman who served as a translator at a detention centre for Afghan war prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy.....( AFP, 24 Sept 03)

Guantanamo Serviceman Charged With Espionage

U.S. defense officials say a member of the military has been charged with espionage at Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.....( Voice of America News, 24 Sept 03)

Yee went to Syria to get his degree in divinity

Two years ago, less than two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Yousef Yee told The Seattle Times he was attracted to Islam by the simplicity of its doctrine.....( AP, 24 Sept 03)

Espionage in a Divided Germany

Espionage boomed during the Cold War. After all, two social systems -- capitalism and socialism -- were duking it out for supremacy. Having an edge on the enemy was a question of survival for both sides.....( DW World, 24 Sept 03)

Commission examines domestic spy agency

The nation may need a domestic spy agency to combat terrorism, an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks indicated in an interim report Tuesday.....( Cox News Service, 24 Sept 03)

Serbian Military Men Arrested for Spying

Belgrade has attracted the media's attention again, including the Russian media too. The interest of the Russian media outlets in another scandalous trial in Serbia is understandable: it goes about the "espionage for an eastern state." The state is called Russia.....( Pravda, 24 Sept 03)

Tinker, tailor, soldier, paper-pusher
The image of the spy has changed over the years. In the 1910's it was a dashing young man with a tweed suit and a pair of binoculars, watching the German fleet off the Friesian islands.....( The Guardian, 24 Sept 03)

MI6 under fire one year after dossier

Ten years ago, MI6 was so secret the government would not publicly acknowledge its existence. A decade on, the agency which helped produce Prime Minister Tony Blair's contentious dossier on Iraqi weapons might wish it could slip quietly back into the shadows.....( Reuters, 24 Sept 03)

SDLP oppose lead role for MI5

ANY moves to hand MI5 the lead role for intelligence gathering in Northern Ireland would be publicly announced.....( Belfast Telegraph, 24 Sept 03)

Choe Tells NIS Not to Go Soft on Dissident Scholar Song

Opposition leader Choe Byung-yul said yesterday that the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the country¡¯s spy agency, should give a reasonable explanation if it draws a different conclusion to its previous view from its current inquiry over visiting South Korean-German scholar Song Du-yul¡¯s alleged links to communist North Korea.....( Korea Times, 24 Sept 03)

CIA paid mullahs to counter anti-US feeling

THE CIA paid mullahs and created fake Islamic religious leaders to preach a moderate message and counter anti-American sentiment in the Arab world after the 11 September attacks.....( Scotsman, 24 Sept 03)

Jordan’s MobileCom files industrial espionage suit against Fastlink

Jordan’s MobileCom is taking legal action against Fastlink for industrial espionage, representing one of Jordan's first cases of corporate spying.....( Mena Report, 24 Sept 03)

Airman Charged with Espionage at Guantanamo Bay Prison

An Air Force translator at the U.S. prison camp for suspected terrorists has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy -- counts that could carry the death penalty, a military spokesman said Tuesday. Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi is being held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, facing 32 criminal charges.......( AP, 23 Sept 03)

Airman charged with espionage at Guantanamo

An Air Force enlisted man who was a translator at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy......( CNN, 23 Sept 03)

U.S. Airman Charged With Spying

An Air Force translator at the U.S. prison camp for suspected terrorists has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy......( CBS News, 23 Sept 03)

US Airman Charged with Espionage in Guantanamo Case

An Air Force enlisted man has been charged with spying and aiding the enemy while working as an Arabic translator at the U.S. base in Cuba where hundreds of suspected al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners are jailed, the Pentagon said.....( Reuters, 23 Sept 03)

Airman at Guantanamo Bay Charged With Espionage

.......Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi worked as an Arabic-language translator at the prison camp.The enlisted airman has been charged with nine counts related to espionage, three counts of aiding the enemy, 11 counts of disobeying a lawful order, and nine counts of making a false official statement......( Fox News, 23 Sept 03)

Spy charge for Guantanamo official

A US airman who worked at the detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy....( BBC, 23 Sept 03)

Air Force translator charged as spy

.....Sr. Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi was charged with 29 counts of espionage, making false statements, failing to obey a lawful order and bank fraud. He is being detained at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California....( UPI, 23 Sept 03)

Arrest for suspicion of espionage a shock to those who knew chaplain at Fort Lewis

Shortly before the United States attacked Taliban forces in Afghanistan, a number of Muslim soldiers stationed at Fort Lewis took a troubling question to their chaplain, Capt. James Yee: Is it OK to kill fellow Muslims?.....( Seattle Times, 23 Sept 03)

Detained chaplain's family waits

While Islamic Army Chaplain James Yee sits confined to a South Carolina military brig, his wife and daughter wait at their home on the northern edge of Olympia for news of the man they love.....( The Olympian, 23 Sept 03)

Wife of chaplain says he is no spy

The wife of an Army chaplain arrested on suspicion of espionage after spending nearly a year counseling suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, denied yesterday that her husband had done anything wrong.......( NJ Star-Ledger, 23 Sept 03)

'He's Innocent'

......Cleric Joban says Yee's wife only learned of her husband's arrest from news reports, ten days after he was detained. "Nobody will tell her what happened," says Joban. Yee's wife got concerned when her husband failed to show up at Sea-Tac to pick her up after a flight......( KOMO-TV News, 23 Sep 03)

Profile of James Yee, arrested Army chaplain

It was at West Point that James Yee began his march to Islam, which ultimately took him on a holy pilgrimage to Mecca, a religious school in Syria and a bustling military chapel in Washington state......( Scripps Howard News Service, 23 Sep 03)

Muslim chaplain reportedly had prisoner list, detention center map

Yee, 35, the son of Chinese immigrants, was raised as a Lutheran in a middle-class suburban neighborhood in Springfield, N.J. A stocky man with thick glasses, he graduated from the U.S. military academy at West Point in 1990 and reportedly converted to Islam the following year.......( Charleston Post and Courier, 23 Sept 03)

Probe of 2 Groups That Train Muslim Chaplains Sought

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) yesterday renewed his request for an investigation into two institutes that train Islamic chaplains for the military in light of the Sept. 10 arrest of Army Capt. James "Yousef" Yee, an imam who ministered to detainees held at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba......( Washington Post, 23 Sept 03)

Closer scrutiny of Muslim chaplains urged

A pro-military group called on the Pentagon yesterday to tighten the security review for Muslim chaplains following the arrest of Capt. James Yee in an espionage investigation.....( Washington Times, 23 Sept 03)

Muslim chaplain had been Army's symbol of sensitivity

As the sole Muslim chaplain ministering to the terror suspects held by the United States at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Army Capt. Yousef Yee said his role was to provide a "sympathetic ear.".....( Sun Sentinel, 23 Sept 03)

The Chaplain Who Went Into The Cold

"When I go into the field,” Captain Yousef Yee once said, “I have a copy of the Qur’an and next to it a copy of the U.S. Constitution.” Well, at least two of the documents he was carrying weren’t classified.....( FrontPage Magazine Op-Ed, 23 Sept 03)

Fifth column II

........This week, the Army arrested one of its Muslim chaplains, Captain James Yee, charging him with five offenses: sedition, aiding the enemy, spying, espionage and failure to obey a general order.......( Center for Security Policy Op-Ed, 22 Sep 03)

Serbia Spy Arrest

An army officer from Serbia and Montenegro has been arrested on suspicion of spying.....( AP, 23 Sept 03)

Man Crashes Car Into Moscow Institute

The husband of a U.S. Embassy employee crashed his car Tuesday through the gates of a Russian scientific research institute, a facility off-limits to foreigners, in an accident the embassy said was unintentional but quickly brought Russian security forces to the scene......( AP, 23 Sept 03)

Book says CIA created its own 'moderate Muslims'

The CIA paid mullahs and created fake Islamic religious leaders to preach a moderate message and counter anti-American sentiment in the Arab world after the Sept. 11 attacks.....( Reuters, 23 Sept 03)

Betrayed by His Own Lips

It was 227 years ago yesterday that legendary Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale was captured and, in his famous last words before his execution, is said to have uttered "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".....( Newsday, 23 Sept 03)

Alpo Rusi: More than a year of silent torment over espionage allegations

The new book Kylmä tasavalta ("The Cold Republic") tells about the battle waged by Alpo Rusi to defend himself against what proved to be groundless allegations of espionage.....( Helsinki Sanomat, 23 Sept 03)

WAS THERE A SPY ON THE GAUL?

Relatives of Gaul crew members today renewed their call for the Government to end the uncertainty over whether the Hull vessel was on a spying mission when it sank nearly 30 years ago.....( The is Hull, 23 Sept 03)

Spies who are coming out from the cold

The recent reactivation of elements of the old Iraqi intelligence services by American forces in Iraq serves to underline the desperation of US security policy there.....( Daily Star Editorial, 23 Sept 03)

Spy chief: No tension over dossier

Top British intelligence official John Scarlett has denied that tension existed between his office and the government over a dossier that was to outline the case for war against Iraq.....( CNN, 23 Sept 03)

Regeneration company boss 'worked for MI6'

A BUSINESS boss given the task of bringing jobs and investment to the North-East has been revealed as a former MI6 spy.....(This is the North East, 23 Sept 03)

Anger at Bangladeshi snooping plans

Plans to allow the authorities in Bangladesh to monitor e-mails and telephone conversations have provoked outrage among human rights experts and telecoms analysts.....( BBC, 23 Sept 03)

US spy planes set to irk N Korea

The United States military is to fly a new type of unmanned spy plane near the North Korean border.....( BBC, 23 Sept 03)

U.S. to fly new spy planes on Korea border

...The Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles will help the U.S. military to monitor North Korean military activities along the 2 1/2-mile-wide, 155-mile-long Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas.....( AP, 23 Sept 03)

U.S. army to use mini spy plane in South Korea

The U.S. army will start flying state-of-the-art unmanned spy planes in South Korea for the first time this week -- a move that is bound to draw an angry response from North Korea.....( Reuters, 23 Sept 03)

E. German Spy Chief Defends Cold War Role

The former chief of East Germany's feared secret police said Monday he regretted that the repressive state did not live up to its communist ideals.....( AP, 22 Sept 03)

New Book Revisits 1953 CIA-Aided Coup in Iran

Fifty years ago, Britain asked for U.S. help to overthrow the Iranian government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh to return Shah Reza Pahlevi to power.....( Voice of America News, 22 Sept 03)

Chaplain arrested to protect lives

The Bush administration decided to arrest Army Capt. James J. Yee because it feared he would reveal information that could aid terrorists and endanger the lives of military guards at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.....( Washington Times, 22 Sept 03)

Guantanamo Bay chaplain held on suspicion of spying

A Muslim US army chaplain who worked with detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been arrested and imprisoned on suspicion of espionage and providing "improper assistance" to inmates there.....( The Guardian, 22 Sept 03)

US holds Muslim chaplain 'caught with jail plans'

The United States military has arrested one of its own Muslim chaplains on suspicion of espionage and secretly assisting detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp where he works.....( The Telegraph, 22 Sept 03)

US army muslim chaplain arrested over 'drawings' of Guantanamo

A UNITED States army Islamic chaplain, or imam, who counselled suspected Islamic terrorists at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay.....( Scotsman, 22 Sept 03)

Guantanamo chaplain held for 'aiding prisoners'

The American Army's Muslim chaplain who ministered to so-called enemy combatants at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba has been arrested and detained, apparently on suspicion that he provided aid and comfort to potential terrorists.....( The Independent, 22 Sept 03)

S Korea trained 13,000 agents for espionage in North: report

South Korea is believed to have trained some 13,000 agents over the past 40 years for espionage missions in North Korea, but more than half of them are now dead or missing.....( Channel News Asia, 22 Sept 03)

S.Korean Parliament Seeks to Recognize Ex-Spies

South Korea's parliament is seeking legislation to recognize the status of former commandos trained to infiltrate North Korea on missions that were often tantamount to suicide raids.....( Reuters, 22 Sept 03)