From: John McCain Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 4:09pm Subject: RE: Cell phones (Getting off topic..) Yep, I think it's straying a bit from TSCM, but hate to see the discussion end before I have MY say :) 1. I think auto drivers who are distracted with cell phones should be charged with reckless driving... which is what they are actually doing; not with talking on a cell phone. 2. In the real world, I'm not an "executive"or even a "big shot". Hell, I rarely even wear a suit any more, but many times I'm the one charged with making technical decisions. And, I'm sometimes the only person with the tidbit of technical information that's needed. I've often been on an airplane or business trip when being in contact could save someone an additional over-night out of town, or in some cases save someone from flying across the country to solve a problem. Having use of the cell phone when flying commercial would be an economical, appropriate use of technology for our business needs. 3. I often wish there was a penalty for "uncivil or impolite use of a cell phone in public areas", especially theaters and restaurants. I haven't seen a cell phone that you couldn't get a vibrating ringer for, yet so few people are considerate enough to use them. 4. My complaint about the flight restrictions of PEDs is that I'd sure like to use my R10 when flying. It'd make a dull flight much more interesting for me. And, if RF from these devices interfered with the pilots instrumentation, I'm not sure I really want to be on that plane. We know how dense the RF is around airports. OK, thanks for listening. Cheers, JohnM Manager, Corporate Security Voice: 217-352-3207 Data Comm for Business, Inc. Fax: 217-352-0350 807 Pioneer Web: http://www.dcbnet.com Champaign, IL. 61820 Email: Jmccain@d... 2493 From: minerva close-protection Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 5:44pm Subject: RE: Fw: ARROGRANCE James and Group, A question for the group. Have any of you guys ever worked on TSCM assignments in Ireland? I will risk an outburst of Irish jokes, as this is a serious question. The sitrep here is that any TSCM or any form of covert assignment is taken with due regard to the possibility of the TSCM/ Covert surevillance team encountering subversives ect. during their tasks. I would be interested in hearing the views of anyone who has worked here. We are an Irish company with offices in the UK and Dublin and our experience on the ground shows very little activity by non Irish/UK firms in evidence in Ireland. Any comments would be most welcome as we would like to establish a link with any firm operating in Ireland from the US. or Europe. I enjoy the discussions and humor of the group, well done to all concerned! Regards to all, Paul de Cogan MD The Minerva Group. >From: "Robert G. Ferrell" >Reply-To: "Robert G. Ferrell" >To: TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [TSCM-L] Fw: ARROGRANCE >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:18:45 -0600 (CST) > > >No -it's not. Every version of this story changes.. > > > >By the way, Lincoln has never sailed off of Newfoundland. > >I became fascinated by this urban legend a few years ago and spent too much >time researching it. The first version I've been able to find intact >dates to the World War II era, but there are rumors that it can be traced >to >as far back as the 19th century, except of course that the communications >were by flag or lantern, not voice... > >It seems that sailors, or perhaps harried journalists in search of a >piece of good filler, update the story every so often with modern ship >names and contemporary political references. Quite an interesting >phenomenon. > >Cheers, > >RGF > >Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP >Information Systems Security Officer >National Business Center >U. S. Dept. of the Interior >Robert_G_Ferrell@n... >======================================== > Who goeth without humor goeth unarmed. >======================================== > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. 2494 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Sat Feb 17, 2001 10:54am Subject: Adam and Eve [Humor] Adam was walking around the garden of Eden feeling very lonely, so God asked him, "What is wrong with you?" Adam said he didn't have anyone to talk to. God said that He was going to make Adam a companion and that it would be a woman. He said, "This person will gather food for you, cook for you, and when you discover clothing she'll wash it for you. She will always agree with every decision you make. She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a disagreement. She will never have a headache and will freely give you love and passion whenever you need it." Adam asked God, "What will a woman like this cost?" God replied, "An arm and a leg." Then Adam asked, "What can I get for a rib?" The rest is history.... -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2495 From: Andre Holmes <1ach@g...> Date: Sat Feb 17, 2001 6:52pm Subject: COMPUTER PROTECTION Greetings to the List I was alerted at 5.03am to a Trojan attack. It was a Netbus trojan IP 211.59.180.71 Port 12345 PING(211.59.180.71):16 data bytes 24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_seq=0 ttl=111 time=249.1ms 24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_ seq=1ttl=111 time=260.7ms 24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_ seq=2 ttl=111 time=239.7ms 3 packets transmitted.3 packets received.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 239.7/249.8/260.7 ms Address assigned to Asia-Pacific users. APNIC database. Im sending these to you for reference incase you get hit. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 2496 From: Andre Holmes <1ach@g...> Date: Sat Feb 17, 2001 8:10pm Subject: Trojan Horse Ports List Trojan Horse Ports List NiteRyders Reference Desk Trojan Horse Ports Well Known Trojans Default ports used by some known trojan horses: And now links to desriptions of the trojans and fixes for them: port 21 - Back Construction, Blade Runner, Doly Trojan, Fore, FTP trojan, Invisible FTP, Larva, WebEx, WinCrash port 25 - Ajan, Antigen, Email Password Sender, Haebu Coceda (= Naebi), Happy 99, Kuang2, ProMail trojan, Shtrilitz, Stealth, Tapiras, Terminator, WinPC, WinSpy port 31 - Agent 31, Hackers Paradise, Masters Paradise port 41 - DeepThroat 1.0 - 3.1 + Mod (Foreplay) port 48 - DRAT v1.0 - 3.0b port 50 - DRAT port 59 - DMSetup port 79 - Firehotcker port 80 - Executor, RingZero port 99 - Hidden Port port 110 - ProMail trojan port 113 - Kazimas port 119 - Happy 99 port 121 - JammerKillah port 137 - NetBios Name(DoS attack) port 138 - NetBios Datagram(DoS attack) port 139 - (TCP) Netbios session (DoS attacks) port 139 - (UDP) Netbios session (DoS attacks) port 146 - (TCP) Infector 1.3 port 421 - TCP Wrappers port 456 - (TCP) - Hackers Paradise port 531 - (TCP) - Rasmin port 555 - (UDP) - Ini-Killer, NeTAdmin, Phase Zero, Stealth Spy port 555 - (TCP) - Phase Zero port 666 - (UDP) - Attack FTP, Back Construction, Cain & Abel, Satanz Backdoor, ServeU, Shadow Phyre port 911 - Dark Shadow port 999 - DeepThroat, WinSatan port 1001 - (UDP) - Silencer, WebEx port 1010 - Doly Trojan 1.1 - 1.7 (SE) port 1011 - Doly Trojan port 1012 - Doly Trojan port 1015 - Doly Trojan port 1024 - NetSpy 1.0 - 2.0 port 1042 - (TCP) - Bla 1.0 - 2.0 port 1045 - (TCP) - Rasmin port 1090 - (TCP) - Xtreme port 1170 - (TCP) - Psyber Stream Server, Streaming Audio trojan, Voice port 1234 - (UDP) - Ultors Trojan port 1243 - (TCP) - BackDoor-G, SubSeven, SubSeven Apocalypse port 1245 - (UDP) - VooDoo Doll port 1269 - (TCP) - Mavericks Matrix port 1349 - (UDP) - BO DLL port 1492 - (TCP) - FTP99CMP port 1509 - (TCP) - Psyber Streaming Server port 1600 - (TCP) - Shivka-Burka port 1807 - (UDP) - Spy-Sender port 1981 - (TCP) - Shockrave port 1999 - BackDoor 2.00 - 2.03 port 1999 - (TCP) - TransScout port 2000 - TransScout port 2001 - (TCP) - Trojan Cow 1.0 port 2001 - TransScout Transmission Scout v1.1 - 1.2 port 2001 - Der Spaeher 3 Der Spaeher v3.0 port 2002 - TransScout port 2003 - TransScout port 2004 - TransScout port 2005 - TransScout port 2023 - (TCP) - Ripper port 2086 - (TCP) - Netscape/Corba exploit port 2115 - (UDP) - Bugs port 2140 - (UDP) - Deep Throat v1.3 server port 2140 - (TCP) - The Invasor, Deep throat v2.0 port 2140 - (UDP) - Deep Throat 1.3 KeyLogger port 2155 - (TCP) - Illusion Mailer port 2283 - (TCP) - HVL Rat 5.30 port 2400 - PortD port 2565 - (TCP) - Striker port 2583 - (TCP) - WinCrash2 port 2600 - Digital RootBeer port 2801 - (TCP) - Phineas Phucker port 2989 - (UDP) - RAT port 3024 - (UDP) - WinCrash 1.03 port 3128 - RingZero port 3129 - Masters Paradise 9.x port 3150 - (UDP) - Deep Throat, The Invasor port 3459 - Eclipse 2000 port 3700 - (UDP) - Portal of Doom port 3791 - (TCP) - Total Eclypse port 3801 - (UDP) - Eclypse 1.0 port 4092 - (UDP) - WinCrash-alt port 4321 - BoBo 1.0 - 2.0 port 4567 - (TCP) - File Nail port 4590 - (TCP) - ICQ-Trojan port 5000 - (UDP) - Bubbel, Back Door Setup, Sockets de Troie/socket23 port 5001 - (UDP) - Back Door Setup, Sockets de Troie/socket23 port 5011 - (TCP) - One of the Last Trojans (OOTLT) port 5031 - (TCP) - Net Metropolitan port 5321 - (UDP) - Firehotcker port 5400 - (UDP) - Blade Runner, Back Construction port 5401 - (UDP) - Blade Runner, Back Construction port 5402 - (UDP) - Blade Runner, Back Construction port 5550 - (TCP) - Xtcp 2.0 - 2.1 port 5521 - (TCP) - Illusion Mailer port 5550 - (TCP) - X-Tcp Trojan port 5555 - (TCP) - ServeMe port 5556 - (TCP) - BO Facil port 5557 - (TCP) - BO Facil port 5569 - (TCP) - Robo-Hack port 5742 - (UDP) - WinCrash port 6400 - (TCP) - The Thing port 6669 - (TCP) - Vampire 1.0 - 1.2 port 6670 - (TCP) - DeepThroat port 6771 - (TCP) - DeepThroat port 6776 - (TCP) - BackDoor-G, SubSeven port 6838 - (UDP) - Mstream (Attacker to handler) port 6683 - (UDP) DeltaSource v0.5 - 0.7 port 6912 - Shit Heep (not port 69123!) port 6939 - (TCP) - Indoctrination 0.1 - 0.11 port 6969 - GateCrasher, Priority, IRC 3 port 6970 - GateCrasher 1.0 - 1.2 port 7000 - (UDP) - Remote Grab, Kazimas port 7300 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7301 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7302 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7303 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7304 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7305 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7306 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7307 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7308 - (UDP) - NetMonitor port 7789 - (UDP) - Back Door Setup, ICKiller port 8080 - RingZero port 8989 - Recon, recon2, xcon port 9090 - Tst2, telnet server port 9400 - InCommand 1.0 - 1.4 port 9872 - (TCP) - Portal of Doom port 9873 - Portal of Doom port 9874 - Portal of Doom port 9875 - Portal of Doom port 9876 - Cyber Attacker port 9878 - TransScout port 9989 - (TCP) - iNi-Killer 2.0 - 3.0 port 9999 - (TCP) - theprayer1 port 10067 - (UDP) - Portal of Doom port 10101 - BrainSpy Vbeta port 10167 - (UDP) - Portal of Doom port 10520 - Acid Shivers + LMacid port 10607 - (TCP) - Coma 1.09 port 10666 - (TCP) - ambush port 11000 - (TCP) - Senna Spy port 11223 - (TCP) - Progenic trojan 1.0 - 1.3 port 12076 - (TCP) - Gjammer port 12223 - (UDP) - Hack 99 KeyLogger port 12223 - (TCP) - Hack 99 port 12345 - (UDP) - GabanBus, NetBus, Pie Bill Gates, X-bill port 12346 - (TCP) - GabanBus, NetBus, X-bill port 12361 - (TCP) - Whack-a-mole port 12362 - (TCP) - Whack-a-mole port 12631 - WhackJob port 13000 - Senna Spy port 16660 - (TCP) - stacheldraht port 16969 - (TCP) - Priority (Beta) port 17300 - (TCP) - Kuang2 The Virus port 20000 - (UDP) - Millennium 1.0 - 2.0 port 20001 - (UDP) - Millennium port 20034 - (TCP) - NetBus 2 Pro port 20203 - (TCP) - Logged, chupacabra port 21544 - (TCP) - GirlFriend 1.3x (Including Patch 1 and 2) port 22222 - (TCP) - Prosiak port 23456 - (TCP) - Evil FTP, Ugly FTP, Whack Job port 23476 - Donald Dick 1.52 - 1.55 port 23477 - Donald Dick port 26274 - (UDP) - Delta Source port 27444 - (UDP) - trinoo port 27665 - (TCP) - trinoo port 29891 - (UDP) - The Unexplained port 30029 - AOL Trojan port 30100 - (TCP) - NetSphere 1.0 - 1.31337 port 30101 - (TCP) - NetSphere port 30102 - (TCP) - NetSphere port 30133 - (TCP) - NetSphere final port 30303 - Sockets de Troi = socket23 port 30999 - (TCP0 - Kuang2 port 31335 - (UDP) - trinoo port 31336 - Bo Whack port 31337 - (TCP) - Baron Night, BO client, BO2, Bo Facil port 31337 - (UDP) - BackFire, Back Orifice, DeepBO port 31338 - (UDP) - Back Orifice, DeepBO port 31339 - (TCP) - Netspy port 31339 - (UDP) - NetSpy DK port 31554 - (TCP) - Schwindler is from portugal port 31666 - (UDP) - BOWhack port 31785 - (TCP) - Hack 'a' Tack 1.0 - 2000 port 31787 - (TCP) - Hack 'a' Tack port 31788 - (TCP) - Hack 'a' Tack port 31789 - (UDP) - Hack 'a' Tack port 31791 - (UDP) - Hack 'a' Tack port 31792 - (UDP) - Hack 'a' Tack port 32418 - Acid Battery v1.0 port 33333 - Blakharaz, Prosiak port 33577 - PsychWard port 33777 - PsychWard port 33911 - (TCP) - Spirit 2001a port 34324 - (TCP) - BigGluck, TN port 40412 - (TCP) - The Spy port 40421 - (UDP) - Agent 40421, Masters Paradise port 40422 - (UDP) - Masters Paradise port 40423 - (UDP) - Masters Paradise port 40426 - (UDP) - Masters Paradise port 47262 - (UDP) - Delta Source port 50505 - (UDP) - Sockets de Troie = socket23 port 50766 - (UDP) - Schwindler 1.82 port 53001 - (TCP) - Remote Windows Shutdown port 54320 - Back Orifice 2000 port 54321 - (TCP) - School Bus port 54321 - (UDP) - Back Orifice 2000 port 57341 - (TCP) - netraider 0.0 port 58339 - ButtFunnel port 60000 - Deep Throat port 60068 - Xzip 6000068 port 61348 - (TCP) - Bunker-Hill Trojan port 61466 - (TCP) - Telecommando port 61603 - (TCP) - Bunker-Hill Trojan port 63485 - (TCP) - Bunker-Hill Trojan port 65000 - (UDP) - Devil v1.3 port 65000 - (TCP) - Devil port 65000 - (TCP) - stacheldraht port 65432 - The Traitor port 65432 - (UDP) - The Traitor port 65535 - RC, ICE [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 2497 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Sat Feb 17, 2001 8:26pm Subject: Re: COMPUTER PROTECTION At 7:52 PM -0500 2/17/01, Andre Holmes wrote: >Greetings to the List > >I was alerted at 5.03am to a Trojan attack. > >It was a Netbus trojan > >IP 211.59.180.71 > >Port 12345 > >PING(211.59.180.71):16 data bytes >24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_seq=0 ttl=111 time=249.1ms >24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_ seq=1ttl=111 time=260.7ms >24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_ seq=2 ttl=111 time=239.7ms > >3 packets transmitted.3 packets received.0% packet loss >round-trip min/avg/max = 239.7/249.8/260.7 ms > >Address assigned to Asia-Pacific users. >APNIC database. > >Im sending these to you for reference incase you get hit. Andre, When you send an IP address ALWAYS remember to include the DNS name associated with the IP address you are reporting, plus a trace route session with either the suspect address or related upstream information otherwise the report is of minimal use). -jma -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2498 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Sat Feb 17, 2001 8:29pm Subject: Re: Trojan Horse Ports List At 9:10 PM -0500 2/17/01, Andre Holmes wrote: >Trojan Horse Ports List > > > NiteRyders Reference Desk > >Trojan Horse Ports > > Well Known Trojans > Default ports used by some known trojan horses: > And now links to desriptions of the trojans and fixes for them: > > port 21 - Back Construction, Blade Runner, Doly Trojan, Fore, >FTP trojan, Invisible FTP, Larva, WebEx, WinCrash [snip] Er... Just because your computer alerted on activity on a port does not mean that port was being used to pass a virus or trojan. Monitor the activity and see what is actually going on. -jma -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2499 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Sat Feb 17, 2001 8:40pm Subject: Man accused of spying on boys Man accused of spying on boys http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_211279.html?menu= A US man has been arrested for allegedly spying on two boys using a surveillance system. The 42-year-old has been charged with burglary, theft, trespassing and eavesdropping in the state of New York. Police say he installed listening equipment to eavesdrop on the teenage boys and videotaped them from his home, near Albany. Last updated: 21:34 Saturday 17th February 2001 -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2500 From: Talisker Date: Sun Feb 18, 2001 7:11am Subject: Re: COMPUTER PROTECTION Andre I suspect that rather than being under an attack, you being being scanned to see whether you had been trojaned. An analogy I often use is that of a car thief walking down the street looking in car windows to see if the car is unlocked. Yes it's annoying, but unless your car is unlocked there's nothing really to worry about. If the probing is persistant then check it out, but in my experience most ISPs will not react if you alert them to one of their users scanning you. In reality if the ISP were to cut the user off, they would just log straight back on under another fictious username. The best defence for home PCs is to: 1. Never, open any email attachments unless you are expecting them, even then quarantine them and virus check them before use. 2. Keep your virus checker up to date, there are many such as CAI's that are free for personal use, including updates http://antivirus.cai.com 3. Use a personal firewall, again there are many that are free, Tiny and ZoneAlarm are my favourites for Windows. just my 2 cents Take Care Andy http://www.networkintrusion.co.uk Talisker's Network Security Tools List Security Tools Notification http://groups.yahoo.com/group/security-tools/join ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Holmes" <1ach@g...> To: Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:52 AM Subject: [TSCM-L] COMPUTER PROTECTION > Greetings to the List > > I was alerted at 5.03am to a Trojan attack. > > It was a Netbus trojan > > IP 211.59.180.71 > > Port 12345 > > PING(211.59.180.71):16 data bytes > 24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_seq=0 ttl=111 time=249.1ms > 24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_ seq=1ttl=111 time=260.7ms > 24 bytes from 211.59.180.71: icmp_ seq=2 ttl=111 time=239.7ms > > 3 packets transmitted.3 packets received.0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 239.7/249.8/260.7 ms > > Address assigned to Asia-Pacific users. > APNIC database. > > Im sending these to you for reference incase you get hit. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.onelist.com/community/TSCM-L > > or email your subscription request to: > subTSCM-L@t... > =================================================== TSKS > > 2501 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Sun Feb 18, 2001 1:11pm Subject: BEFORE and AFTER MARRIAGE BEFORE and AFTER MARRIAGE Before - You take my breath away. After - I feel like I'm suffocating. Before - Twice a night. After - Twice a month. Before - She loves the way I take control of a Situation. After - She called me a controlling, manipulative, egomaniac. Before - Ricky & Lucy. After - Fred & Ethel. Before - Saturday Night Live. After - Monday Night Football. Before - He makes me feel like a million dollars. After - If I had a dime for every stupid thing he's done... Before - Don't Stop. After - Don't Start. Before - The Sound of Music. After - The Sound of Silence. Before - Is that all you are eating? After - Maybe you should just have a salad, honey. Before - Wheel of Fortune. After - Jeopardy. Before - It's like living a dream. After - It's a nightmare. Before - $60/dozen. After - $1.50/stem. Before - Turbocharged. After - Needs a jump-start Before - We agree on everything! After - Doesn't she have a mind of her own? Before - Victoria's Secret. After - Fruit of the Loom. Before - Feathers & handcuffs. After - Ball and chain. Before - Idol. After - Idle. Before - He's lost without me. After - Why can't he ask for directions? Before - When together, time stands still. After - This relationship is going nowhere. Before - Croissant and cappuccino. After - Bagels and instant coffee. Before - Oysters. After - Fishsticks. Before - I can hardly believe we found each other. After - How the hell did I end up with someone like you? Before - Romeo and Juliet. After - Bill and Hillary.. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2502 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Sun Feb 18, 2001 1:15pm Subject: MI5 and police ordered illegal break-ins at mosques MI5 and police ordered illegal break-ins at mosques Jason Burke, chief reporter Sunday February 18, 2001 The Observer http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,439636,00.html British security services ordered illegal burglaries in Muslim places of worship to gather information on alleged Islamic militants, a key MI5 and police informer has told The Observer . In one of the most detailed descriptions of secret operations on the British mainland, Reda Hassaine, an Algerian former journalist, has revealed how he infiltrated the tight-knit community of Islamic militants in the UK for MI5 and the Special Branch, the police squad with responsibility for gathering information on suspected terrorists. Hassaine, an asylum-seeker, disclosed how officers blackmailed him into carrying out the burglaries by threatening him with expulsion if he refused. They also advised him on how to defraud the British welfare system to enhance his meagre earnings from them. The revelations will deeply embarrass the security services and lead to further accusations of incompetence as yet another operative tells his story. It will also raise serious questions about the services' dealings with vulnerable groups like asylum-seekers. 'Any suggestion that asylum applications could be contingent on "co-operating" with the UK security services raises the most serious concerns,' a spokesman for Amnesty, the human rights group, said. During two years as an informer, Hassaine was asked to steal scores of documents from senior preachers at mosques in north London. Some were communiqués from extremist groups overseas; others were seemingly innocuous. Hassaine, 37, even told his handlers about a dirty tricks campaign against Muslim militants in London being run by the French intelligence service, the DGSE. Though it too involved burglaries of mosques and Islamic groups' premises as well as the funding of a newspaper supporting the terrorist Osama bin Laden, Hassaine was advised to help the French. Though Hassaine has been badly beaten by Muslim hardliners and now faces almost daily death threats, the Home Office has refused his asylum application. Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2001 -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2503 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Sun Feb 18, 2001 1:21pm Subject: EVEN ESPIONAGE IS AN ATTRACTION IN D.C. I SPY... http://www.chicagotribune.com/leisure/travel/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0102180079,FF.html EVEN ESPIONAGE IS AN ATTRACTION IN D.C. By Vernon Loeb The Washington Post February 18, 2001 WASHINGTON -- Seven blocks on R Street in Georgetown are all that separate the rise and the fall of American intelligence, from the mansion of World War II spy master William "Wild Bill" Donovan to the mailbox where CIA traitor Aldrich Ames left signals in chalk for his Soviet handlers. David Major calls it "Spy Street," and it's one of the attractions on the "SpyDrive," a tour of 30 Washington espionage sites that twists and turns through most of the major spy cases of the past 50 years, with running commentary by Major and his sidekick, Oleg Kalugin. Major spent a career chasing foreign spies for the FBI, ultimately becoming counterintelligence adviser at the Reagan White House. Kalugin was a Soviet spy in Washington--the youngest major general in KGB history. "What we're going to show you is buildings and monuments," Major says. But "you're going to see it through the eyes of a counterintelligence officer and an intelligence collector." The SpyDrive is a commercial spinoff of a tour Major started running several years ago for corporate executives and U.S. government personnel to make the point that the nation's capital has long been a major playground for all manner of foreign spies--and still is. "Since this is the most important city in the world, it is a very, very viable target," says Major, a stout, bearded man in a black leather jacket. "This is not something stuck in the past. It faces every single one of us in the future." What he's trying to tell his busload of spy tourists, many of whom have a certain law enforcement look, is that a little paranoia isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially if you're an executive steeped in trade secrets or a government official with a security clearance. If you think you're being followed on the streets of Washington, maybe you are. "Russian espionage is now on the rise," says the small, dapper Kalugin, now a permanent resident alien who works as an instructor at Major's training firm in suburban Alexandria, Va., the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies. "The U.S. used to be Enemy No. 1. Now it is Priority No. 1." There is, of course, no more famous monument to espionage in Washington than the old Soviet Embassy on 16th Street, now the Russian ambassador's residence. Kalugin calls it "the hub of intelligence operations in this country." Major points to the front door that three of the most damaging American spies--Ames, Navy warrant officer John Walker and National Security Agency employee Ronald Pelton--walked through to begin their careers in treason. Then he directs attention down an alley north of the embassy at the back door, where the Soviets spirited Walker and Pelton out of the building to avoid detection by an FBI surveillance team. On K Street in Georgetown, famous espionage terrain, the tour passes Chadwick's, the pub where Ames handed over seven pounds of top-secret material to his KGB handler, including the names of 20 CIA assets in the Soviet bloc, 10 of whom were subsequently executed. Then there's Martin's Tavern on Wisconsin Avenue, where Vassar graduate and Soviet courier Elizabeth Bentley operated in the '30s and '40s. Just a block up Wisconsin, there's Au Pied de Cochon, the French bistro where KGB defector Vitaly Yurchenko bolted from his CIA handlers in 1985, walked to the new Soviet Embassy at the top of the hill and un-defected--a route retraced by the SpyDrive bus. There's debate to this day about whether Yurchenko was a legitimate defector or a KGB plant. But Kalugin--who debriefed Yurchenko upon his return to Moscow--says the KGB believed he was a genuine defector who simply grew disenchanted as a ward of the CIA. Kalugin worked for 12 years as a spy in Washington before returning home to run the KGB's foreign counterintelligence program. He was elected to the Russian parliament in 1990 after the fall of the Soviet Union before returning to the United States as part of a joint venture with AT&T. "Now I am back to the old trade that I never thought I would resume again," says Kalugin, who is still a Russian citizen. "But old habits never die." On R Street--"one of the spy streets in Washington," Major says--the bus slows in front of the former home of "Wild Bill" Donovan, director of the Office of Strategic Services, forerunner of the CIA, during World War II. Just up the street is Dumbarton Oaks, the 19th Century mansion and surrounding gardens described on some tours as an important research library in Byzantine and medieval studies. On the SpyDrive, it's the place where Navy analyst and convicted spy Jonathan Pollard met his Israeli handler. Farther down, at 37th and R, is the famous blue mailbox: Ames' "signal site." The CIA malcontent, who started spying in 1985, would mark the box with chalk so the KGB would know to check a prearranged "dead drop" for a new cache of top-secret reports. It's just a plain blue mailbox now. What makes the SpyDrive an intriguing jaunt through town is its mix of buildings like Alger Hiss' row house at 2905 P St. NW, and monuments like a spot on Sheridan Circle--"right where that red car is right now," Major says--where a car bomb planted by Gen. Augusto Pinochet's intelligence service in 1976 killed former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and his American colleague Ronni Moffitt. There's Mitchell Park, where fired CIA officer Edward Lee Howard sat for hours in October 1983, pondering whether to betray his country, before walking to the nearby Soviet Trade Mission and formally becoming a spy. And at 2800 Wisconsin Ave. is what Major calls the "Jennifer Miles tryst apartment," named after the South African intelligence officer who spied in Washington for the Cubans in the late 1960s before the FBI caught her and expelled her. The tour passes the embassies of Hungary and the Czech Republic on the edge of Rock Creek Park, which Major says presented a particularly difficult surveillance problem for the FBI during the Cold War. Isolated in a wooded ravine, he says, there was no place to park a surveillance van and eavesdrop on the two aggressive communist spy services. The solution: the quaint, charming old stone building called the Art Barn by the park, where local and emerging artists exhibited their work. During the Cold War, Major explains, the Art Barn's attic was a major intercept station, full of antennas and other sophisticated listening devices. As the bus heads back downtown, Kalugin ranks the former Soviet bloc spy agencies, rating the East Germans as the most efficient, the Bulgarians as the most obedient and the Hungarians as the least effective. But the more things change, he says, the more they stay the same. "The Cold War is over," Kalugin says at tour's end. "Some of the old practices of the Cold War are no longer with us. On the other hand, it would be naive to believe that since the collapse of the U.S.S.R., espionage has stopped. In fact, espionage will go on as long as national interest exists. This is a never-ending story, and you have heard only part of it." -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2504 From: minerva close-protection Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 5:43pm Subject: RE: Fw: ARROGRANCE James and Group, A question for the group. Have any of you guys ever worked on TSCM assignments in Ireland? I will risk an outburst of Irish jokes, as this is a serious question. The sitrep here is that any TSCM or any form of covert assignment is taken with due regard to the possibility of the TSCM/ Covert surevillance team encountering subversives ect. during their tasks. I would be interested in hearing the views of anyone who has worked here. We are an Irish company with offices in the UK and Dublin and our experience on the ground shows very little activity by non Irish/UK firms in evidence in Ireland. Any comments would be most welcome as we would like to establish a link with any firm operating in Ireland from the US. or Europe. I enjoy the discussions and humor of the group, weel done to all concerned! Regards to all, Paul de Cogan MD The Minerva Group. >From: "Robert G. Ferrell" >Reply-To: "Robert G. Ferrell" >To: TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [TSCM-L] Fw: ARROGRANCE >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:18:45 -0600 (CST) > > >No -it's not. Every version of this story changes.. > > > >By the way, Lincoln has never sailed off of Newfoundland. > >I became fascinated by this urban legend a few years ago and spent too much >time researching it. The first version I've been able to find intact >dates to the World War II era, but there are rumors that it can be traced >to >as far back as the 19th century, except of course that the communications >were by flag or lantern, not voice... > >It seems that sailors, or perhaps harried journalists in search of a >piece of good filler, update the story every so often with modern ship >names and contemporary political references. Quite an interesting >phenomenon. > >Cheers, > >RGF > >Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP >Information Systems Security Officer >National Business Center >U. S. Dept. of the Interior >Robert_G_Ferrell@n... >======================================== > Who goeth without humor goeth unarmed. >======================================== > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. 2505 From: David Alexander Date: Mon Feb 19, 2001 4:47am Subject: humour - 3 stages of married life The 3 stages of married life: Tri-weekly Try weekly Try weakly David Alexander Bookham Technology plc DDI: 01235 837823 David.Alexander@B... ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. 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It is a risk that is manageable by saying 'don't use them' until such time as we do have proof, one way or the other. It also strikes me that, with a legal system so ludicrously out of control as the American one (and I'm quoting several American friends there - not just the opinion of an 'd*mn foreigner') - if anything untoward were to happen that could even possibly be blamed on there not being such a policy, there would be more lawyers/attorneys/whatever descend on that airline than they could imagine in their worst nightmares. just my 2c. David Alexander Bookham Technology plc DDI: 01235 837823 David.Alexander@B... ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. 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Dept. of the Interior Robert_G_Ferrell@n... ======================================== Who goeth without humor goeth unarmed. ======================================== 2508 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 10:47am Subject: FBI Agent Robert Philip Hanssen Arraigned on Espionage Charges FBI agent arraigned on spy charges Authorities say Hanssen did "extreme" damage to the United States during the past 10 years, passing secrets to Russia, NBC News' Pete Williams reports. NBC NEWS AND WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 - A senior FBI counterintelligence expert appeared in court Tuesday to face charges that he spied for Moscow for more than a decade. Agent Robert Philip Hanssen - just the third FBI agent ever arrested on espionage charges - slipped secrets to the Russians while he was assigned to spy on Moscow's U.S. Embassy and other Russian outposts, sources told NBC News. HANSSEN, A 27-year agency veteran who spent most of his career as a counterspy, was arrested Sunday night at his home in Vienna, Va., shortly after leaving a package of classified material at a nearby park, sources said. He appeared Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., for arraignment on espionage charges. Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Louis Freeh and CIA Director George Tenet scheduled an early afternoon news conference to discuss the arrest. The sources told NBC News, which broke the story of Hanssen's arrest early Tuesday, that Hanssen had done "extreme damage" to the United States. They also said agency officials had been aware of the spying for the past several months. SUSPECT ASSIGNED TO SURVEILLANCE Hanssen, 56, was a senior agent assigned to surveillance of the Russian Embassy in Washington and other Moscow missions to the United States, including one in New York. Officials said among the secrets Hanssen allegedly disclosed include methods the United States uses to conduct electronic surveillance. Officials said Hanssen, who also worked for the U.S. State Department in Washington before returning to the FBI, may have confirmed for the Russians information originally given to them by CIA spy Aldrich Ames about the identity of U.S. intelligence sources overseas, some of whom were then executed. Russian officials in Moscow had no immediate comment on the arrest. "As of now, we do not have information about this," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Vladimir Oshurkov. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said President Bush considers the allegations "disturbing." Officials said Hanssen's senior status in counterspying put him in an ideal position to uncover information and to make sure his tracks were covered. The sources said investigators believe Hanssen, who is married and has six children, kept his identity secret from his Russian handlers. The four contacts identified in the Washington area knew him only by code name, and recently acquired KGB documents indicate that even senior Russian intelligence officials knew him that way, too, the sources said. CONNECTION TO BUGGING CASE? Intelligence sources told NBC News that they believe Hanssen also had a "tangential connection" to the planting of an electronic eavesdropping device discovered in late 1999 in a State Department conference room. Agents searched Hanssen's suburban home in Virginia after his arrest late Sunday. Federal officials indicated they have not been able to determine whether Hanssen acted for political reasons or for personal gain. They say the Russians were paying him, but that he had no obvious debts and hadn't been on any spending sprees. Underscoring the gravity of the case, former FBI Director William Webster has been named to lead a blue-ribbon panel that will assess the impact of the alleged espionage, an FBI source told The Associated Press. Nancy Cullen, a neighbor, described Hanssen's neighborhood as being in shock with news of the arrest. "They go to church every Sunday - if that means anything - loading all six kids into the van." She said the Hanssens were regulars at the Memorial Day block party and called Hanssen "very attractive ... not overly gregarious." Hanssen is only the third FBI agent ever accused of spying. In 1997, Earl Pitts, who was stationed at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., was sentenced to 27 years in prison after admitting he spied for Moscow during and after the Cold War. The only other FBI agent ever caught spying was Richard W. Miller, a Los Angeles agent who was arrested in 1984 and later sentenced to 20 years in prison. Last year, a former Army officer was accused of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for 25 years. Prosecutors said retired Army Reserve Col. George Trofimoff, who was a civilian intelligence employee, was captured on one tape putting his hand to his heart and telling an undercover agent posing as a Russian agent: "I'm not American in here." NBC News Correspondent Pete Williams and NBC News Producer Robert Windrem, MSNBC.com's Mike Brunker and The Associated Press contributed to this report. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2509 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 1:15pm Subject: 27-year FBI veteran accused of spying - Suspect charged with passing information, identifying double agents 27-year FBI veteran accused of spying Suspect charged with passing information, identifying double agents February 20, 2001 Web posted at: 1:44 p.m. EST (1844 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Veteran FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was charged Tuesday with passing classified documents to Russia and with identifying for Russian intelligence three KGB agents who were working for the United States as double agents. The 27-year FBI veteran, appearing before U.S. District Court Judge Theresa Buchanan in Alexandria to hear the charges against him two days after his arrest, was ordered held without bond until he appears again in court on March 5. A spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Washington had no comment on the allegations. "Individuals who commit treasonous acts against the United States will be held fully accountable," Attorney General John Ashcroft said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference. "I will devote whatever resources are necessary within the department to ensure that justice is done in this case and any other case like it," he added. Ashcroft said attempts by other governments to obtain U.S. secrets "are as intense today as they have ever been." "The FBI entrusted him with some of its most sensitive matters. And the U.S. government relied upon him for his service and his integrity. He, as charged, abused and betrayed that trust. The crimes alleged are an affront not only to his fellow FBI employees, but to the American people," said FBI Director Louis Freeh. Freeh said the bureau has not yet determined how badly U.S. interests were damaged by the espionage Hanssen is suspected of carrying out. In addition, former FBI and CIA chief William Webster will lead a comprehensive review of U.S. counterintelligence procedures and security in the wake of Hanssen's arrest, Ashcroft said. Hanssen was charged with passing top-secret documents to Soviet agents on March 20, 1989, as part of "a conspiracy to cause injury to the United States and an advantage to a foreign government, namely the USSR." Hanssen, a 56-year-old father of six, was charged with fingering the three double agents on October 1, 1985. Court documents also alleged that he was paid $1.4 million from 1985 until his arrest on Sunday. Hanssen's attorney, Plato Cacheris, described his client as "quite upset" and "very emotional" and said he was not guilty of the charges against him. If convicted, Hanssen could face life imprisonment or -- under special circumstances -- the death penalty. Steep fines could also be imposed. Attorney represented convicted CIA spy Hanssen spent most of his career in counter-intelligence operations designed to catch spies. His most recent assignment was with the State Department, where his job was to help ferret out Russian spies. Hanssen's high security clearance and sensitive job assignments gave him access to details of U.S. security operations, including methods the United States used to conduct electronic surveillance. Sources told CNN that Hanssen would have been in position to warn the Russians if the United States suspected anyone of spying. FBI officials said Hanssen may have also allowed the Russians to cross-check and confirm the names of U.S. intelligence agents supplied to them by Aldrich Ames, a CIA employee arrested in 1997 and convicted of spying for the Russians. At least 10 of the agents fingered by Ames were executed. Cacheris, Hanssen's attorney, also represented Ames. Four-month surveillance The charges filed against Hanssen were based on a 110-page affidavit outlining his alleged activities. One source told CNN that the FBI obtained documents from the KGB, the Russian intelligence service, that pointed to Hanssen as a mole inside the FBI. Agents kept Hanssen under surveillance for at least four months before arresting him Sunday at a park in Vienna, Virginia, after he allegedly dropped classified documents into a "dead box" where they could be picked up by Russian agents. An FBI official said the Russians paid Hanssen "substantial amounts" for his information. Former Deputy Attorney General George Terwilliger told CNN that "no case like this would be brought unless it was very, very strong." Bush orders inquiry Because of Hanssen's position and high security clearance, U.S. officials moved quickly to determine the extent of damage his alleged activities may have caused. Aides to President George W. Bush said the damage may be "considerable, potentially quite serious," and that the president had approved the recommendation for an independent review involving the CIA, State and Justice Departments. Plans for that operation were to be announced later on Tuesday. William Webster, a former head of both the CIA and FBI, was expected to be appointed to head the blue-ribbon panel to conduct the review. CNN Correspondents Jeanne Meserve, Steve Harrigan, Eileen O'Connor, David Ensor and Kelli Arena contributed to this report. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2510 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 1:21pm Subject: FBI Press Release On the Arrest of FBI Special Agent Robert Philip Hanssen For Immediate Release February 20, 2001 Washington D.C. FBI National Press Office Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh and United States Attorney Helen Fahey announced today that a veteran FBI counterintelligence Agent was arrested Sunday by the FBI and charged with committing espionage by providing highly classified national security information to Russia and the former Soviet Union. At the time of the arrest at a park in Vienna, Virginia, Robert Philip Hanssen, age 56, was clandestinely placing a package containing highly classified information at a pre-arranged, or "dead drop," site for pick-up by his Russian handlers. Hanssen had previously received substantial sums of money from the Russians for the information he disclosed to them. FBI Director Louis J. Freeh expressed both outrage and sadness. He said the charges, if proven, represent "the most serious violations of law -- and threat to national security." "A betrayal of trust by an FBI Agent, who is not only sworn to enforce the law but specifically to help protect our nation's security, is particularly abhorrent. This kind of criminal conduct represents the most traitorous action imaginable against a country governed by the Rule of Law. It also strikes at the heart of everything the FBI represents -- the commitment of over 28,000 honest and dedicated men and women in the FBI who work diligently to earn the trust and confidence of the American people every day." "These kinds of cases are the most difficult, sensitive and sophisticated imaginable. I am immensely proud of the men and women of the FBI who conducted this investigation. Their actions represent counterintelligence at its very best, reflecting dedication to both principle and mission. It is not an easy assignment to investigate a colleague, but they did so unhesitatingly, quietly and securely." Hanssen was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, with espionage and conspiracy to commit espionage, violations that carry a possible punishment of life in prison, and under certain circumstances, the death penalty. Following the arrest, FBI Agents began searching Hanssen's residence, automobiles and workspace for additional evidence. A detailed affidavit, filed in support of the criminal complaint and search warrants, provides a troubling account of how Hanssen first volunteered to furnish highly sensitive documents to KGB intelligence officers assigned to the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C. The affidavit chronicles the systematic transfer of highly classified national security and counterintelligence information by Hanssen in exchange for diamonds and cash worth more than $600,000. Hanssen's activities also have links to other, earlier espionage and national security investigations including the Aldrich Ames and Felix Bloch cases, according to the affidavit. The affidavit alleges that on over 20 separate occasions, Hanssen clandestinely left packages for the KGB, and its successor agency, the SVR, at dead drop sites in the Washington area. He also provided over two dozen computer diskettes containing additional disclosures of information. Overall, Hanssen gave the KGB/SVR more than 6,000 pages of valuable documentary material, according to the affidavit. The affidavit alleges that Hanssen compromised numerous human sources of the U.S. Intelligence Community, dozens of classified U.S. Government documents, including "Top Secret" and "codeword" documents, and technical operations of extraordinary importance and value. It also alleges that Hanssen compromised FBI counterintelligence investigative techniques, sources, methods and operations, and disclosed to the KGB the FBI's secret investigation of Felix Bloch, a foreign service officer, for espionage. Freeh said that although no formal damage assessment could be conducted before the arrest without jeopardizing the investigation, it is believed that the damage will be exceptionally grave. During the time of his alleged illegal activities, Hanssen was assigned to New York and Washington, D.C., where he held key counterintelligence positions. As a result of his assignments, Hanssen had direct and legitimate access to voluminous information about sensitive programs and operations. As the complaint alleges, Hanssen effectively used his training, expertise and experience as a counterintelligence Agent to avoid detection, to include keeping his identity and place of employment from his Russian handlers and avoiding all the customary "tradecraft" and travel usually associated with espionage. The turning point in this investigation came when the FBI was able to secure original Russian documentation of an American spy who appeared to the FBI to be Hanssen, which subsequent investigation confirmed. Freeh said the investigation that led to the charges is a direct result of the combined and continuing FBI/CIA effort ongoing for many years to identify additional foreign penetrations of the U.S. intelligence community. The investigation of Hanssen was conducted by the FBI with direct assistance from the CIA, Department of State and the Justice Department, and represents an aggressive and creative effort which led to this counterintelligence success. Freeh said, "We appreciate the unhesitating leadership and support of Attorney General John Ashcroft from the moment he took office." Freeh also expressed his gratitude to Helen Fahey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Assistant United States Attorney Randy Bellows, and senior Justice Department officials Robert Mueller, Frances Fragos Townsend, John Dion and Laura Ingersoll for their contributions to the case. United States Attorney Fahey said, "In the past decade, it has been our unfortunate duty to prosecute a number of espionage cases -- Ames, Pitts, Nicholson, Squillacote, Kim, Boone, and others. With each case, we hope it will be the last. Today, however with the arrest of Robert Hanssen, we begin again the process of bringing to justice a U.S. Government official charged with the most egregious violations of the public trust. The full resources of the Department of Justice will be devoted to ensuring that those persons who would betray their country and the people of the United States are prosecuted and severely punished." "I want to express my appreciation for the outstanding work done by the National Security Division and the Washington Field Office of the FBI in this investigation. Their superlative work in this extraordinarily sensitive and important investigation is testament to their professionalism and dedication. We also express our deep appreciation for the outstanding assistance provided by the Internal Security Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice." Freeh and CIA Director George Tenet kept the Intelligence Committees of Congress, because of the clear national security and foreign policy implications, informed about the case. As a result of Hanssen's actions, Freeh has ordered a comprehensive review of information and personnel security programs in the FBI. Former FBI Director and Director of Central Intelligence William H. Webster will lead the review. Webster, currently in private law practice, brings a "unique experience and background in government management and counterintelligence," Freeh said. "Moreover, the respect he enjoys throughout the intelligence community and elsewhere in government is second to none. Judge Webster will have complete access and whatever resources that are necessary to complete the task and will report directly to Attorney General Ashcroft and me. I will share his report with the National Security Council and then Congress as well," Freeh said. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 2511 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 1:21pm Subject: Statement of FBI Director Louis J. Freeh On the Arrest of FBI Special Agent Robert Philip Hanssen For Immediate Release February 20, 2001 Washington D.C. FBI National Press Office Statement of FBI Director Louis J. Freeh On the Arrest of FBI Special Agent Robert Philip Hanssen Sunday night the FBI arrested Robert Philip Hanssen who has been charged with committing espionage. Hanssen is a Special Agent of the FBI with a long career in counterintelligence. The investigation that led to these charges is the direct result of the longstanding FBI/CIA efforts, ongoing since the Aldrich Ames case, to identify additional foreign penetrations of the United States Intelligence Community. The investigation of Hanssen was conducted by the FBI in partnership with the CIA, the Department of State, and, of course, the Justice Department. The complaint alleges that Hanssen conspired to and did commit espionage for Russia and the former Soviet Union. The actions alleged date back as far as 1985 and, with the possible exception of several years in the 1990s, continued until his arrest on Sunday. He was arrested while in the process of using a "dead drop" to clandestinely provide numerous classified documents to his Russian handler. It is alleged that Hanssen provided to the former Soviet Union and subsequently to Russia substantial volumes of highly classified information that he acquired during the course of his job responsibilities in counterintelligence. In return, he received large sums of money and other remuneration. The complaint alleges that he received over $600,000. The full extent of the damage done is yet unknown because no accurate damage assessment could be conducted without jeopardizing the investigation. We believe it was exceptionally grave. The criminal conduct alleged represents the most traitorous actions imaginable against a country governed by the Rule of Law. As difficult as this moment is for the FBI and for the country, I am immensely proud of the men and women who conducted this investigation. Their actions represent counterintelligence at its very best and under the most difficult and sensitive of circumstances. Literally, Hanssen's colleagues and coworkers at the FBI conducted this investigation and did so quietly, securely and without hesitation. Much of what these men and women did remains undisclosed but their success and that of their CIA counterparts represents unparalleled expertise and dedication to both principle and mission. The complaint alleges that Hanssen, using the code name "Ramon," engaged in espionage by providing highly classified information to the KGB and its successor agency, the SVR, using encrypted communications, dead drops, and other clandestine techniques. The information he is alleged to have provided compromised numerous human sources, technical operations, counterintelligence techniques, sources and methods, and investigations, including the Felix Bloch investigation. The affidavit alleges that Hanssen voluntarily became an agent of the KGB in 1985 while assigned to the intelligence division at the FBI field office in New York City as supervisor of a foreign counterintelligence squad. Hanssen allegedly began spying for the Soviets in 1985 when, in his first letter to the KGB, he volunteered information that compromised several sensitive techniques. He also independently disclosed the identity of two KGB officials who, first compromised by Aldrich Ames, had been recruited by the U.S. Government to serve as "agents in place" at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. When these two KGB officials returned to Moscow, they were tried and convicted on espionage charges and executed. Hanssen subsequently was assigned to a variety of national security posts that legitimately provided him access to classified information relating to the former Soviet Union and Russia. As a result of these assignments within the FBI, Hanssen gained access to some of the most sensitive and highly classified information in the United States Government. To be very clear on this issue, at no time was he authorized to communicate information to agents of the KGB/SVR. Nor can there be any doubt that he was keenly aware of the gravity of his traitorous actions. He later wrote to his KGB handler, speaking about the severity with which U.S. laws punishes his alleged actions, and acknowledging "...I know far better than most what minefields are laid and the risks." Hanssen was detailed to the Office of Foreign Missions at the Department of State from 1995 to 2000. The complaint, however, does not allege any compromises by him at the State Department. In one letter to his Russian handlers, Hanssen complains about lost opportunities to alert them that the FBI had discovered the microphone hidden at the State Department, known then by the FBI but apparently not by Hanssen as being monitored by a Russian intelligence officer. In this assignment, however, Hanssen did continue to have access to sensitive FBI information as he remained assigned to the FBI's National Security Division and routinely dealt with sensitive and classified matters. For many years, the CIA and FBI have been aggressively engaged in a sustained analytical effort to identify foreign penetrations of the Intelligence Community. That effort is complemented by substantial FBI proactive investigation of foreign service intelligence officers here and by the critical work done by the CIA. Because of these coordinated efforts, the FBI was able to secure original Russian documentation of an American spy who appeared to the FBI to be Hanssen -- a premise that was soon to be confirmed when Hanssen was identified by the FBI as having clandestinely communicated with Russian intelligence officers. As alleged in the complaint, computer forensic analysis, substantial covert surveillance, court authorized searches and other sensitive techniques revealed that Hanssen has routinely accessed FBI records and clandestinely provided those records and other classified information to Russian intelligence officers. As alleged, he did so using a variety of sophisticated means of communication, encryption, and dead drops. Further, the complaint alleges that Hanssen, using his training and experience to protect himself from discovery by the FBI, never met face-to-face with his Russian handlers, never revealed to them his true identity or where he worked, constantly checked FBI records for signs he and the drop sites he was using were being investigated, refused any foreign travel to meet with the Russians, and even declined to accept any "trade craft." Hanssen never displayed outward signs that he was receiving large amounts of unexplained cash. He was, after all, a trained counterintelligence specialist. For these reasons, the FBI learned of his true identity before the Russians; they are learning of it only now. Even without knowing who he was or where he worked, Hanssen's value to the Russians was clear both by the substantial sums of money paid and the prestigious awards given to their own agents for Hanssen's operation. While this arrest represents a counterintelligence investigative success, the complaint alleges that Hanssen located and removed undetected from the FBI substantial quantities of information that he was able to access as a result of his assignments. None of the internal information or personnel security measures in place alerted those charged with internal security to his activities. In short, the trusted insider betrayed his trust without detection. While the risk that an employee of the United States Government will betray his country can never be eliminated, there must be more that the FBI can do to protect itself from such an occurrence. I have asked Judge William H. Webster, and he has graciously agreed, to examine thoroughly the internal security functions and procedures of the FBI and recommend improvements. Judge Webster is uniquely qualified as a former FBI Director, CIA Director and Director of Central Intelligence to undertake this review. This is particularly timely as we move to the next generation of automation to support the FBI's information infrastructure. Judge Webster and anyone he selects to assist him will have complete access and whatever resources are necessary to complete this task. He will report directly to the Attorney General and me and we will share his report with the National Security Council and Congress. I intend to act swiftly on his recommendations. Before concluding, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet for the cooperation and assistance of his agency in this investigation. Through our cooperative efforts, the FBI and CIA were able to learn the true identity of "Ramon" and the FBI was able to conduct a solid investigation. Our joint efforts over the last several years and specifically in this case should give pause to those contemplating betrayal of the Nation's trust. Without the current unprecedented level of trust and cooperation between the CIA and FBI, making this case would not have been possible. Nor would many other intelligence and counterintelligence accomplishments that routinely but quietly contribute to the security of this Nation. Through Attorney General John Ashcroft, I would like to thank the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The level of support and expertise from Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert Mueller, Counsel for Intelligence Policy Frances Fragos Townsend, U.S. Attorney Helen Fahey and Assistant United States Attorney Randy Bellows is superb. We particularly appreciate the unhesitating leadership and support of Attorney General Ashcroft from the moment he took office. Director Tenet and I have briefed the intelligence committees of Congress because of the clear national security implications. As Director of the FBI, I am proud of the courageous men and women of the FBI who each day make enormous sacrifices in serving their country. They have committed their lives to public service and to upholding the high standards of the FBI. Since becoming Director over seven years ago, I have administered the FBI oath to each graduating class of Special Agents at the FBI Academy. Each time, I share the pride and sanctity of those words when new agents swear to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" and to "bear true faith and allegiance to the same." Regrettably, I stand here today both saddened and outraged. An FBI Agent who raised his right hand and spoke those words over 25 years ago has been charged today with violating that oath in the most egregious and reprehensible manner imaginable. The FBI entrusted him with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States Government and instead of being humbled by this honor, Hanssen has allegedly abused and betrayed that trust. The crimes alleged are an affront not only to his fellow FBI employees but to the American people, not to mention the pain and suffering he has brought upon his family. Our hearts go out to them. I take solace and satisfaction, however, that the FBI succeeded in this investigation. As an agency, we lived up to our responsibility, regardless of how painful it might be. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 2512 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 1:24pm Subject: Another Spy suspect is arrested - This one is in Sweden Spy suspect is arrested February 20, 2001 Web posted at: 1:34 PM EST (1834 GMT) STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Security police have arrested a man suspected of espionage, a spokesperson for Sweden's security police, Sapo, has confirmed to CNN Sweden. According to the tabloid Expressen, the man is believed to have been spying for Russia, although the Swedish Defence Ministry said the affair did not involve the Swedish military or the military industry. The report comes at a sensitive time for Sweden, a month before Russian President Vladimir Putin visits for the first time. The alleged spy worked for Swedish-Swiss industrial giant ABB (Asea Brown Boveri). Charlie Nordblom, senior information manager at ABB in Sweden told CNN: "We have been informed by prosecutors that an employee at ABB has been arrested suspected of espionage. "We assisted the Swedish security police ahead of the arrest." He declined to say what post the arrested person held. Likewise, Swedish security police have declined to give any details on his identity, the time period in question, what the espionage was directed against or how the suspect´s activities were disclosed. Christian Democrat leader Alf Svensson said Tuesday that the affair would affect Swedish-Russian relations. ABB is one of the largest industrial, energy and automation companies in the world. The ABB Group employs about 160,000 people in more than 100 countries and serves customers in power transmission and distribution; automation; oil, gas, and petrochemicals; building technologies; financial services and IT applications. Threats against Sweden from spies have in recent years been redirected from military issues to commercial, technological and industrial interests. The case is the first in Sweden involving Russia or the Soviet Union in more than two decades, and the fifth since the end of World War II. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 2513 From: Mike F Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 5:57pm Subject: NSA's Security Enhanced Since I finally do have Linux on my computer, this Version of Linux sounds Interesting. http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/ later4,mike f [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 2514 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 6:20pm Subject: FBI Says Suspect Agent Well Trained FBI Says Suspect Agent Well Trained http://www.worldnews.com/?action=display&article=5844221&template=worldnews/search.txt&index=recent The Associated Press, Tue 20 Feb 2001 WASHINGTON (AP) ­ Robert Philip Hanssen was supposed to be a spy of sorts in his own country, keeping tabs on the comings and goings of foreign diplomats. The veteran FBI agent was trained all too well. The very professionalism the Chicago native brought to the task helped him operate without detection for more than a decade as a spy for Moscow, the FBI says. A father of six living in a middle-class Virginia suburb, Hanssen knew how to hide his identity even from his handlers and how to watch the FBI to see if it was watching him, authorities said after charging him with espionage. He was aware, too, of how severe the treatment can be for caught spies. ``I know far better than most what mine fields are laid and the risks,'' Hanssen wrote to a KGB handler, according to correspondence quoted by FBI Director Louis Freeh. For all his anger, Freeh paid what sounded like grudging compliments to techniques the former Chicago police officer and 25-year FBI veteran ­ a student of Russian in college ­ is alleged to have used. ``In short, the trusted insider betrayed his trust without detection,'' Freeh said. For Hanssen, an FBI career that began with his taking the agency's oath ended in a Virginia park Sunday night, where colleagues read him his Miranda rights. Nothing special set him apart in his Vienna, Va., neighborhood, say the neighbors, although one complained that he let his dog roam and create a nuisance. Hanssen, 56, made a home for himself, his wife and their children in a $300,000 split-level, brick-and-cedar house with a one-car garage, a Ford Taurus and that other symbol of suburban living ­ a minivan. A basketball hoop is in the driveway. Hanssen's wife, Bernadette, teaches religion part-time at a local Catholic high school, and the family came regularly to block parties, such as the one every Memorial Day. ``Not overly gregarious,'' Nancy Cullen said of him. She lives several doors down from the Hanssens in a cul-de-sac she describes as ``our town hall.'' When neighbor called neighbor to share the news of his arrest, the reaction was, ``No way,'' Cullen said. ``I've been in his house. I've never seen any Soviet flags or anything like that, if that's what you're asking,'' said Matt Bennett, who lives across the street. The government says Hanssen had a long relationship with the Soviet Union and the Russians, dating back to 1985, while assigned to the intelligence division of the FBI field office in New York City. Operating under the code name ``Ramon,'' Hanssen kept his real identity a secret even from his Russian handlers, who did not find out his name or who employed him until his arrest was disclosed, Freeh said. Hanssen also checked his agency's own security systems to see whether authorities had any suspicions about him ­ which they apparently did not until late last year. ``He was, after all, a trained counterintelligence specialist,'' Freeh said. From February 1995 until January, Hanssen was the FBI's senior representative to the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions, where he oversaw an interagency counterintelligence group. He was returned to FBI headquarters last month in a newly created position designed so that the bureau could monitor his daily activities without alerting him to its investigation. Hanssen apparently contemplated several careers before settling on one in law enforcement. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., in 1966, according to the government's information. He then studied dentistry at Northwestern until 1968 before receiving a master's in accounting from the university in 1971. He became a certified public accountant in 1973. He worked as a junior accountant at a Chicago firm from 1971 to 1972, when he joined the city police department as an investigator in the financial section of its inspection division. Hanssen joined the FBI in January 1976, and served initially in Indiana before assignments that took him back and forth between offices in New York and the Washington headquarters. ­­­ Associated Press writer Matt Barakat in northern Virginia contributed to this report. Copyright 2001 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2515 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 6:22pm Subject: FBI Russia spy caused "grave" damage [Note: The use of the work "Grave" indicates that he was passing Top Secret information to his handlers.] FBI Russia spy caused "grave" damage http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010220/80/b4fs8.html By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An FBI counter-intelligence expert was charged on Tuesday with betraying Soviet double agents and of selling secrets to Moscow in what experts called one of the worst espionage cases in recent U.S. history. Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested on Sunday after FBI agents watched him drop off a package of classified information at a park near his northern Virginia home, which was to be picked up by his Russian handlers. FBI director Louis Freeh said Hanssen, a 25-year FBI veteran, had access to some of the "most sensitive and highly classified information" in the U.S. government. Hanssen, 56, who has six children, was alleged to have been paid $1.4 million (970,000 pounds) by the Russians in cash and diamonds. Prosecutors said he could face a possible death sentence for each of two formal charges laid against him. Formal charges filed against him at a federal court in Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday related to two incidents toward the end of the Cold War. One claimed Hanssen made available classified documents to the KGB in March, 1989 and the other said that in October 1985 he betrayed three Russian KGB agents who were also working for the United States. Freeh said Hanssen's spying continued until his arrest on Sunday with a break in the 1990s. "The criminal conduct alleged represents the most traitorous actions imaginable against a country governed by the rule of law," Freeh said. No full damage assessment had yet been made, to avoid jeopardising the investigation, Freeh said, but added: "We believe it was exceptionally grave." Freeh displayed photographs of various drop-off locations used by Hanssen as well as a photograph Freeh said showed a package containing $50,000 in cash which had been waiting for the agent at a pick-up point in a park in Arlington. SHOCKED AND SURPRISE Agents who arrested him said he seemed "shocked and surprised" when he was caught because he thought he had been so careful, Freeh said. Using the code name "Ramon," Freeh said Hanssen provided highly classified information to the KGB and its successor agency, the SVR, using encrypted communication, dead drops and other clandestine techniques. He said Hanssen independently disclosed the identity of two KGB officials who, first compromised by convicted CIA spy Aldrich Ames, had been recruited by the U.S. government at the Soviet embassy in Washington. "When these two KGB officials returned to Moscow, they were tried and convicted on espionage charges and executed," Freeh said. President George W. Bush said he was deeply disturbed by what he described as "extremely serious" allegations. On a visit to St Louis, Bush said: "This has been a difficult day for those who love our country and especially for those who serve our country in law enforcement and the intelligence community." Bush said he had the "utmost confidence" in Freeh, contrasting with a lukewarm backing by former President Bill Clinton. Freeh, who said he was "saddened and outraged" by the case, praised his staff for tracking down Hanssen. He announced that former CIA and FBI Director William Webster would conduct a full review to see where security had been breached. SILENT AND SOLEMN At his arraignment in federal court, Hanssen, dressed in a black turtle neck, black shirt and grey slacks and looking weary, was silent and solemn as the two charges were read out. Defence lawyer Plato Cacheris said he planned at this stage to plead not guilty, adding that his client was "emotional" and quite "upset" by the case against him. Attorney General John Ashcroft said the arrest of Hanssen should remind every American that their country was an "international target in a dangerous world." "In fact espionage operations designed to steal vital secrets of the United States are as intense today as they ever have been," Ashcroft told a news conference. In Moscow, spokesmen for both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Intelligence Service said they had no details on the case and they did not comment on matters of this type. Freeh said an internal FBI investigation began late last year after an internal intelligence audit revealed the presence of a mole in the agency. The United States then secretly obtained Russian documents that led them to suspect Hanssen. Hanssen's most recent job has been working out of FBI headquarters in Washington. His previous posts included performing surveillance on Russian government missions to the United States. He was also assigned to helping the State Department resolve a string of recent security problems, including the discovery of a listening device in a conference room that was monitored by a Russian agent in his car nearby. Freeh said the complaint against Hanssen did not allege any compromises by him at the State Department. The FBI veteran had, in fact, complained of "lost opportunities" to alert his Russian handlers that the FBI found the listening device. Hanssen is the third FBI agent in history to be arrested on charges of spying for the Russians. The others were Richard Miller, in the mid-1980s, and Earl Pitts, a lawyer who was convicted in the late 1990s. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2516 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 6:23pm Subject: FBI Spy Case Like Life Imitating Art FBI Spy Case Like Life Imitating Art http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/breakingnews/US/0,3560,745450,00.html Tuesday February 20, 2001 10:40 pm WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's case against FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen seems like reality imitating art, spy novel material that includes executed double-agents, package drops along park footbridges and payments in diamonds. All going on for 15 years. Hanssen, 56, only the third FBI agent ever accused of spying, was accused Tuesday of espionage and conspiracy to commit espionage. In one of many letters quoted in an FBI affidavit, Hanssen was alleged to have written to his Russian handlers on Nov. 17, 2000, of his possible fate if caught: ``Recent changes in U.S. law now attach the death penalty to my help to you as you know, so I do take some risk.'' The allegations of a Hanssen relationship with the Soviet KGB intelligence agency and its successor, the SVR, included both bizarre and lighter moments. There was contact through use of a newspaper ad purporting to sell a 1971 Dodge that ``needs engine work,'' the FBI affidavit said. When the KGB asked how Hanssen would explain the diamonds he received, the agent was ready to tell everyone they came from his grandmother, it said. In a Dec. 25 message from the Russians, the American was offered ``Christmas greetings from the KGB,'' according to the documents. And to show appreciation in another instance, the Russians were said to have quoted poetry: ``What's our life, if full of care. You have no time to stop and stare?'' ``You've managed to slow down the speed of your running life to send us a message. And we appreciate it,'' the Russians were quoted as saying in the affidavit. They also commended Hanssen for ``your superb sense of humor and your sharp-as-a-razor mind,'' it said. According to the FBI, Hanssen's spying began with an Oct. 1, 1985, letter to a KGB official in the United States. ``Soon I will send a box of documents. ... They are from certain of the most sensitive and highly compartmented projects of the U.S. intelligence community,'' wrote the man the Russians knew as ``B.'' ``I believe they are sufficient to justify a $100,000 payment to me,'' Hanssen allegedly said in the letter included in the affidavit. The letter said the KGB had ``recently suffered some setbacks'' and warned that three Russian agents ``have been recruited by our 'special services,''' the affidavit said, adding that Hanssen identified the three, and two eventually were executed. Mostly using footbridges at parks in Washington's Virginia suburbs, the FBI alleged, Hanssen would signal the Russians of a package drop with a vertical white adhesive tape, and the Russians would respond with a piece of horizontal adhesive tape. On March 3, 1986, it said, Hanssen wrote the Russians that money wasn't always the best form of payment. ``As far as the funds are concerned, I have little need for more than the $100,000. It merely provides a difficulty since I cannot spend it, store it or invest it easily without triping (sic) 'drug money' warning bells,'' the letter said. ``Perhaps some diamonds as security to my children and some good will'' would be better, it said. On June 30, 1986, authorities said, Hanssen wrote: ``If you wish to continue our discussions, please have someone run an advertisement in the Washington Times'' saying: ``Dodge Diplomat, 1971, needs engine work, $1,000.'' According to the affidavit, Hanssen said he would respond: ``I will say, 'Hello, my name is Ramon. I am calling about the car you offered for sale in the Times.' You will respond, 'I m sorry, but the man with the car is not here, can I get your number?''' Several weeks later, an angry Hanssen allegedly wrote his contacts after a missed package exchange: ``I found the site empty. Empty bothers me.'' The FBI said it was Hanssen who ruined an investigation of a U.S. foreign service officer, Felix Bloch, by disclosing the probe to the Russians. Bloch then received a call saying his Soviet contact ``cannot see you in the near future'' because ``he is sick'' and ``a contagious disease is suspected,'' the affidavit said. ``The FBI was unable further to develop its investigation of Bloch,'' it said. All this was playing well in Moscow, where in 1989 the KGB officers involved in the operation allegedly involving Hanssen won the highly coveted Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Star and the Medal for Excellent Service. But the FBI said that by last March, a Hanssen letter to the Russians showed a man in despair. ``I have come about as close as I ever want to come to sacrificing myself to help you and I get silence,'' Hanssen allegedly wrote. ``I hate silence. ... Conclusion: One might propose that I am either insanely brave or quite insane. I'd answer neither. I'd say, insanely loyal.'' -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2517 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 6:25pm Subject: FBI Agent Accused of Russia Spying FBI Agent Accused of Russia Spying http://newsroom.compuserve.com/nr/editorial.asp?floc=NT-SL1-FBISPY&idq=/cp/news/cntopics/slot2/slot2.asp&PageView=POL&CoView=&BTM=H By KAREN GULLO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A veteran FBI agent has been arrested on an espionage charge, accused of spying for Russia, the FBI said Tuesday. The agent, Robert Philip Hanssen, was arrested at his home in Vienna, Va., Sunday night, said FBI spokesman Bill Carter. He was to be arraigned later Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. Attorney General John Ashcroft and CIA Director George Tenet scheduled an early afternoon news conference to discuss the arrest. Although the FBI refused to provide details immediately, NBC News and CNN said Hanssen has been an FBI agent 27 years and had worked for a major part of his career in counterintelligence -- spying on Russian government outposts in the United States. He worked out of the FBI's Washington headquarters and also had been assigned to the State Department. NBC said Hanssen was arrested shortly after FBI agents saw him deposit a package of classified information at a "dead drop'' in a Virginia park. The network quoted FBI officials as saying that among secrets disclosed by Hanssen included U.S. methods for conducting electronic surveillance. He also may have confirmed for the Russians information originally supplied to them by convicted CIA spy Aldrich Ames. NBC said Hanssen is accused of causing extreme damage to U.S. security. Nancy Cullen, a neighbor, described Hanssen's neighborhood as being in shock with news of the arrest. "They go to church every Sunday -- if that means anything -- loading all six kids into the van.'' She said the Hanssens were regulars at the Memorial Day block party and called Hanssen "very attractive ... not overly gregarious.'' Last year a former Army officer was accused of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for 25 years. Prosecutors said retired Army Reserve Col. George Trofimoff, who was a civilian intelligence employee, was captured on one tape putting his hand to his heart and telling an undercover agent posing as a Russian agent: "I'm not American in here.'' 20-Feb-01 08:22 EST -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2518 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 6:25pm Subject: F.B.I. Arrests Veteran Agent for Suspicion of Espionage February 20, 2001 F.B.I. Arrests Veteran Agent for Suspicion of Espionage http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/national/20WIRE-SPY.html By REUTERS WASHINGTON - A 27-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia for the past 15 years, the FBI said Tuesday. FBI spokeswoman Jill Stillman said FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested Sunday at his home outside Washington after he allegedly dropped off a package of classified information at a park in northern Virginia. "He was arrested for espionage," Stillman told Reuters, adding that Hanssen was due to appear in federal court at 11 a.m. EST in Alexandria, Virginia. Money motivated Hanssen to spy for Russia, FBI officials said. "The damage is significant," one U.S. official said on condition of anonymity. "The kinds of things he compromised involved documents, sources, operations." Among the secrets Hanssen, a counter-terrorism expert, allegedly disclosed were methods the United States uses to conduct electronic surveillance, the FBI said. Neighbors of Hanssen in Vienna, Virginia, described him as a composed, dedicated, hard-working man who went to church every Sunday with his wife and six children. FBI chief Louis Freeh was due to give a news conference at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday to provide details about the arrest and Hanssen's alleged spying activities. In Moscow, spokesmen for both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Intelligence Service said they had no details on the case and that they did not comment on matters of this type. PREVIOUS AGENT'S INFORMATION The FBI said Hanssen also may have confirmed for the Russians information originally given to them by convicted American super spy Aldrich Ames, a veteran officer for the Central Intelligence Agency who betrayed many U.S. agents in the former Soviet Union. Hanssen was initially suspected of being a spy for Russia several months ago after an internal intelligence audit revealed the presence of a mole in the FBI. The United States then secretly obtained Russian documents that led them to suspect Hanssen, the FBI said. Hanssen's most recent job has been working out of FBI headquarters in Washington. His previous posts included performing surveillance on Russian government missions to the United States. He was also assigned to helping the State Department resolve a string of recent security problems, including the discovery of a listening device in a conference room that was monitored by a Russian agent in his car nearby. It is unclear whether Hanssen was involved in any of the security breaches at the State Department. He becomes the third FBI agent in history to be arrested on charges of spying for the Russians. The others were Richard Miller, in the mid-1980s, and Earl Pitts, a lawyer who was convicted in the late 1990s. Hanssen's neighbor, Nancy Cullen, said she was surprised by the arrest and had never suspected he was anything but a "dedicated, hard-working guy". "We are all in shock this morning," said Cullen. "They are just the best of neighbors," she said in an interview with CNN. Cullen said the Hanssens did not appear to have any financial problems and did not live beyond their means. "None of our houses are very fabulous ... They've had the same van for 10 or 12 years. I said "Bonnie get yourself a new van'," said Cullen of her conversation recently with Hanssen's wife Bonnie. Cullen described the couple's children as very polite, well-schooled people. "It's just all so sad," she said. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2519 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 7:51pm Subject: The allegations against Hanssen The allegations against Hanssen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following are excerpts of the allegations from the affidavit, as transcribed by The Associated Press: --- SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION -The results of this investigation to date indicate that there is probable cause to believe that, beginning in 1985 and continuing to the present, Robert Philip Hanssen (hereinafter "Hanssen"), a United States citizen, has conspired with officers and agents of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (hereinafter "USSR" or "Soviet Union") and with its principal successor state, the Russian Federation (hereinafter "Russia") to commit espionage against the United States on behalf of a foreign government, specifically the Soviet Union or Russia, and has in fact engaged in such espionage. -The evidence establishes that between 1985 and the present, Hanssen - who the KGB/SVR referred to as "B" - has engaged in the following conduct in violation of (federal laws) 18 U.S.C. 794 (a) and (c): --- -(a) He compromised numerous human sources of the United States Intelligence Community. Three of these sources were compromised by both Hanssen and former CIA officer Aldrich Ames, resulting in their arrest, imprisonment and, as to two individuals, execution. Hanssen compromised these three individuals expressly in order to enhance his own security and enable him to continue spying against the United States. -(b) He compromised dozens of United States Government classified documents, including documents concerning the National MASINT (Measurement and Signature Intelligence) Program (classified TOP SECRET/SCI), the United States Double Agent Program (classified SECRET), the FBI Double Agent Program (classified TOP SECRET), the United States Intelligence Community's Comprehensive Compendium of Future Intelligence Requirements (classified TOP SECRET), a study concerning KGB recruitment operations against the CIA (classified SECRET), an assessment of the KGB's effort to gather information concerning certain United States nuclear programs (classified TOP SECRET), a CIA analysis of the KGB's First Chief Directorate (classified SECRET), a highly classified and tightly restricted analysis of the foreign threat to a specific named highly compartmented classified United States Government program (classified TOP SECRET/SCI), and other classified documents of exceptional sensitivity. --- -(c) He compromised United States Intelligence Community technical operations of extraordinary importance and value. This included specific electronic surveillance and monitoring techniques and precise targets of the United States Intelligence Community. In one case, he compromised an entire technical program of enormous value, expense and importance to the United States Government. In several other cases, he compromised the United States Intelligence Community's specific communications intelligence capabilities, as well as several specific targets. -(d) He compromised numerous FBI counterintelligence investigative techniques, sources, methods and operations, and FBI operational practices and activities targeted against the KGB/SVR. He also advised the KGB/SVR as to specific methods of operation that were secure from FBI surveillance and warned the KGB/SVR as to certain methods of operation which were subject to FBI surveillance. --- -(e) He disclosed to the KGB the FBI's secret investigation of Felix Bloch, a Foreign Service Officer, for espionage, which led the KGB to warn Bloch that he was under investigation, and completely compromise the investigation. --- -(f) Hanssen's conspiratorial activities continue to the present. Hanssen continues to monitor a particular SVR signal site, doing so on numerous occasions in December 2000, January 2001 and February 2001. A recent search of Hanssen's personal vehicle, pursuant to court authorization, disclosed a number of classified secret documents, entries in a personal journal concerning matters relating to the instant investigation, and items typically used to mark signal sites. It has also been determined that HANSSEN continues to attempt to ascertain whether he has become the subject of FBI investigative interest, including checking FBI records to determine whether there have been recent entries as to his own name, his home address or the signal site. --- -(g) Over the course of Hanssen's espionage activities, he communicated on numerous occasions with KGB/SVR personnel. This Affidavit cites 27 letters he sent to the KGB/SVR, and it describes 33 packages the KGB/SVR left for Hanssen at secret locations, and 22 packages Hanssen left for the KGB/SVR at secret locations. The Affidavit also describes two telephone conversations Hanssen had with KGB personnel. The Affidavit describes 26 computer diskettes that Hanssen passed to the KGB/SVR, containing additional disclosures of information, and 12 diskettes that the KGB/SVR passed to "B." Hanssen provided the KGB/SVR more than 6,000 pages of documentary material. -(h) For his services to the KGB/SVR, Hanssen was paid over $600,000 in cash and diamonds. In addition, the KGB/SVR placed funds in escrow in a Moscow bank on Hanssen's behalf. Some time in the last two years, the KGB/SVR informed Hanssen that the escrowed funds are now worth at least $800,000. -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 2520 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 7:51pm Subject: FBI Agent Accused of Spying FBI Agent Accused of Spying http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/breakingnews/US/0,3560,745621,00.html Wednesday February 21, 2001 12:10 am WASHINGTON (AP) - A veteran FBI agent was accused Tuesday of spying for Russia for more than 15 years, betraying three Russian undercover agents to Moscow and disclosing volumes of U.S. secrets in return for diamonds and up to $1.4 million. The FBI director called the case ``the most traitorous actions imaginable.'' Robert Philip Hanssen, 56, the father of six, was only the third FBI agent ever accused of espionage. President Bush called it ``a difficult day,'' particularly for the law enforcement and intelligence communities. Hanssen, a 25-year FBI agent, was arrested Sunday night at a park in suburban Virginia after dropping a package of documents for his Russian contacts, authorities said. FBI agents confiscated $50,000 hidden for him at a nearby drop site. Hanssen provided Moscow with the identities of two KGB officials who had been recruited by the U.S. government to serve as agents in-place at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, FBI Director Louis Freeh said. The agents, whose names were first compromised by Aldrich Ames, were tried on espionage charges on their return to Moscow and executed. A third KGB official identified by Hanssen was imprisoned but ultimately released, Freeh said. Ames pleaded guilty to spying for the Soviet Union in 1994. Operating under the codename Ramon, Hanssen kept his identity and occupation secret from the Russians, Freeh said. He said Hanssen frequently ran his name, address and his drop sites through FBI computers to see if they had raised any alarms. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who said he was briefed on the case a week to 10 days ago as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said Hanssen may have caused grave harm. ``This could be a very, very, very serious case of espionage,'' Shelby said in a telephone interview from Alabama. ``Here's an agent who is a veteran of the FBI, who's been doing counterintelligence for a long time. He knows a lot. He could have given them a lot.'' Hanssen provided the KGB and its successor agency, SVR, with information since 1985 on top secret U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence activities, including investigative techniques, sources, technical operations, double agents and targets of U.S. intelligence, according to a 100-page FBI affidavit He also tipped off the KGB to the FBI's secret investigation of Felix Bloch, a foreign service agent suspected of spying for Moscow in 1989, the FBI said. The KGB was then able to warn Bloch, the agency said. Justice Department prosecutors were never able to find key evidence that Bloch passed secret documents. Freeh said the extent of damage, while still being assessed, looked to be ``exceptionally grave.'' He added, ``The criminal conduct alleged represents the most traitorous actions imaginable against a country.'' Bush, in a statement that he read to reporters on Air Force One, said that even in the post-Cold War era, espionage is a serious threat to U.S. national security. ``Allegations of espionage are a reminder that we live in a dangerous world, a world that sometimes does not share American values,'' said Bush. ``To anyone who would betray its trust, I warn you, we'll find you and we'll bring you to justice.'' Attorney General John Ashcroft echoed the warning, saying, ``The espionage operations designed to steal vital secrets of the United States are as intense today as they have ever been.'' There's always a risk that an agent with access to top secret information and knowledge of internal security procedures can breach the system, but Freeh said security measures need to be tightened and ordered an internal review, to be headed by former FBI and CIA Director William Webster. ``We don't say, at this stage ... that we have a system that can prevent this type of conduct,'' said Freeh. Hanssen had been spying since 1985, the FBI alleged. It began investigating him at the end of last year, Freeh said. According to the affidavit, Hanssen became an agent of the KGB while he was assigned to the intelligence division of the FBI field office in New York City as supervisor of a foreign counterintelligence squad. The FBI director said agents on Sunday covertly intercepted $50,000 in cash left for Hanssen to pick up. Overall, Freeh said, Hanssen had received more than $650,000 in cash, as well as diamonds, and an additional $800,000 had been set aside for him in an overseas escrow account. ``This was his bread and butter for many, many years,'' said Freeh. Hanssen kept his identity a secret even from the Russians, who did not learn his name or his employer until his arrest, Freeh said. He apparently came under FBI suspicion only late last year. ``The trusted insider betrayed his trust without detection,'' Freeh said. Freeh credited the government for catching Hanssen ``red-handed'' in turning over secret documents but could not explain how an agent was able to work for the Russians undetected for 15 years. Some of Hanssen's contacts have been identified, said Freeh. Hanssen was charged with espionage and conspiracy to commit espionage after an investigation conducted by the FBI, the CIA, the State Department and the Justice Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Bellows said Hanssen could face the death penalty if convicted and could be fined up to $2.8 million - twice his alleged personal gain from the activities of which he is accused. The FBI agent was charged with passing classified documents to agents for the KGB on March 20, 1989, with the intent of injuring the United States. The charges contended that Hanssen had been spying since October 1985. A hearing was set for March 5. Plato Cacheris, Hanssen's attorney, said he believes federal authorities ``always talk like they have a great case, but we'll see.'' Asked how Hanssen would plead, Cacheris said ``at this point not guilty,'' but he added ``it's very embryonic.'' Cacheris, asked if Hanssen's case was related to that of Ames, replied: ``There's not a connection but there is some relevant material.'' Nancy Cullen, a neighbor, described Hanssen's neighborhood as being in shock with news of the arrest. ``They go to church every Sunday - if that means anything.'' -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ======================================================================= 2521 From: James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 7:52pm Subject: The FBI spy inspired by Kim Philby The FBI spy inspired by Kim Philby http://www.excite.co.uk/news/story/UKOnlineReportTopNews/IIMFFH54301_2001-02-20_23-30-10_B186379 20/02/01 23:30 By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Motivated by an adolescent brush with the story of British double agent Kim Philby, Robert Philip Hanssen allegedly spent much of his FBI career in cloak-and-dagger spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. >From the start, Hanssen was obsessed with security, according to an affidavit supporting federal espionage charges against him. He was arraigned on Tuesday, with a preliminary hearing set for March 5. "My identity and actual position in the community must be left unstated to ensure my security," Hanssen wrote in a note to a Soviet official based in Washington in October 1985. "I must warn of certain risks to my security of which you may not be aware." In that earliest listed contact in the document, Hanssen said Soviet intelligence had "suffered some setbacks," and provided the names of three KGB agents he said had been recruited by the United States, the affidavit said. Two of these agents were later executed. Promising more information in this typed note, which was sent through the U.S. mail, Hanssen asked for $100,000 and set up a coded system to conceal the scheduling of communications: "I will add six (you subtract six) from stated months, days and times in both directions of future communications." Under this system, February 20 would become August 26, and 6 p.m. would become midnight. Later that month, Hanssen allegedly offered signals using white adhesive tape on a signpost near his home in northern Virginia just outside Washington. A horizontal line of tape would mean he was ready to get a KGB package; a vertical piece of tape would mean the drop had occurred; a subsequent horizontal piece of tape would mean the package was received. Such dead drops -- in which the two sides never saw each other -- were the norm during his 15 years working with Soviet and Russian intelligence, the affidavit alleged, and documents said the Russians never knew who their contact was. He initially signed off simply as "B," but later used the aliases "Ramon Garcia," "Jim Baker" and "G. Robertson." He sometimes hinted at changes in his life, such as promotions or travel or family obligations. But he never used his real name. Cash payments of tens of thousands of dollars were sometimes included in the KGB drops, the affidavit said, and while Hanssen found these welcome, he was wary. SUGGESTED PAYMENT IN DIAMONDS "I have little need or utility for more than the 100,000 (dollars)," he allegedly wrote. "It merely provides a difficulty since I cannot spend it, store it or invest it easily without tripping 'drug warning' bells. Perhaps some diamonds as security to my children and some good will so that when the time comes, you will accept my senior services as a guest lecturer. Eventually, I would appreciate an escape plan. Nothing lasts forever." He eventually received $600,000 in cash and diamonds from the Soviets and Russians, the affidavit said; in addition, an escrow account was opened for him in Moscow that eventually was valued at more than $800,000, making his total gain $1.4 million. Under U.S. law, his fine could be double that if convicted; he could also be imprisoned for life or executed. Trained as an accountant, with experience as an investigator in the financial section of the Chicago Police Department, the 56-year-old father of six took his oath of office with the FBI in 1976. But he told his Russian "friends" that he was moved to embark on his course as a double agent as a teenager. "I decided on this course when I was 14 years old," he wrote, according to the affidavit. British turncoat Philby defected to the Soviet Union in 1963 just before being exposed as a spy who had not only damaged Britain but also the United States. "I'd read Philby's book," Hanssen wrote. "Now that is insane, eh! My only hesitations were my security concerns under uncertainty. I hate uncertainty." Using dead drops, Hanssen provided details of defence information, national security information and other matters. What had begun with the homespun signals of tape on signposts, and eventually moved on to such simple signals as different coloured thumbtacks that were visible from slowly moving vehicles also included encrypted computer diskettes. Hanssen, an expert in computer technology, suggested last year that they move on to coded communications through personal digital assistants: "I have a Palm III, which is actually a fairly capable computer. The VII version comes with wireless internet capability built in ... Such a device might even serve for rapid transmittal of substantial material in digital form." His worries about security prompted him to reject any meetings abroad because, according to writings cited in the affidavit, "I must answer too many questions from family, friends and government, plus it is a cardinal sign of a spy." He had disparaging words for the FBI -- "Generally speaking you overestimate the FBI's capacity to interdict you" -- and for the United States in general. "The U.S. can be errantly likened to a powerfully built but retarded child, potentially dangerous, but young, immature and easily manipulated," he wrote, according to the affidavit. "But don't be fooled by that appearance. It is also one which can turn ingenious quickly, like an idiot savant, once convinced of a goal." -- ======================================================================= Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell ======================================================================= James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 jmatk@t... ======================================================================= The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Technical Security, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. =======================================================================