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> http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1689
> http://www.icdsm.org/more/ya.htm
> http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1665
> http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1662
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> http://emperors-clothes.com/news/neigh.htm
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DETAINED US DIPLOMAT WAS CIA'S MAIN MAN IN THE BALKANS
Agence France Presse [ TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 8:31:22 AM ] [Posted 19
March 2002]
Comments follow
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BELGRADE
A US diplomat arrested with Serbia's deputy prime minister last week
accused of espionage was the head of the Central Intelligence Agency in
the Balkans, a newspaper claimed in a report to appear on Tuesday.
"From the outset of his interrogation John David Neighbor presented
himself as the head of the CIA in the Balkans," Vecernje Novosti
reported, quoting military sources.
It added that the diplomat remained calm while undergoing a 13-hour
interrogation.
Neighbor was identified by Belgrade as the US diplomat detained by
Yugoslav military police late on Thursday along with Serbian deputy
prime minister, Momcilo Perisic.
The United States said yesterday it had accepted an apology from
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic for the diplomat's
mistreatment in Yugoslav military police custody. (2)
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington considered
the case closed as a "bilateral issue" but denied reports that the
detained diplomat had been involved in any kind of espionage.
"We have received a formal apology from (Svilanovic)," Boucher told
reporters. "We've accepted that apology.... we view it as a public
acknowledgment of the military's inappropriate and excessive actions
and we now consider this closed as a bilateral issue". (1)
Earlier yesterday, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica regretted that
Neighbor had been detained for so long and identified by name and
nationality. (3)
(C) AFP 2002 * Reprinted for Fair Use Only
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=4235518
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SOME COMMENTS
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1) Mr. Boucher complains about the "inappropriate and excessive
actions" of the Yugoslav Army. Aside from the fact that he is lying -
there was nothing excessive about Yugoslav Army actions under
international law - Boucher's remarks exceed in hypocrisy even what he
said when the Belarussian government seized some computers the US
had 'donated' to pro-US NGOs. See 'Speechless in Belarus' at
http://www.tenc.net/news/ind.htm
"Inappropriate and excessive actions." Wasn't it the United States
military that spearheaded the 2.5 month long bombardment of Yugoslavia
about which the New York Times commented, with kindest restraint:
"A broad spectrum of legal scholars agree that there is currently no
simple, straightforward or obvious legal basis for the bombing of
Serbian targets to be found in treaties, the United Nations charter or
binding resolutions or [in] any other written international
code...."('A Word Bolsters Case for Allied Intervention, NY Times,
April 4, 1999, International Section, p. 7)
2. To learn more about "Who is Goran Svilanovic,' go to http://emperors-
clothes.com/news/goran.htm
3. In 'We Have the Right and Duty to Arrest Spies,' I commented
that "Yugoslav President Kostunica responded in his usual two-faced
fashion, first criticizing and then seemingly defending the Army
action, which enjoys overwhelming public support in Yugoslavia."
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/ya.htm
Now we see that, true to form:
"Earlier yesterday, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica regretted
that Neighbor had been detained for so long and identified by name and
nationality."
Poor Mr. Kostunica. He wishes to distance himself from Serbian 'Prime
Minister' Djindjic, a man universally loathed in Yugoslavia. He doesn't
want to criticize the Army, which enjoys popular support. But he also
knows who butters his bread (the US foreign policy establishment) and
so he straddles a narrow fence, with apparent discomfort. He
criticizes...not exactly the arrest of Neighbor, but rather the manner
in which it was carried out. And not exactly that it was abusive. More
that it was done in bad taste.
First Kostunica objects to Neighbor being interrogated for "so long."
This raises the question: what is the acceptable length of time for
questioning a regional chief of the CIA caught receiving stolen
documents from a high government official? Would nine hours be OK? Six?
Three?
As for identifying Neighbor "by name and nationality," why is this
lacking social polish? Should the Yugoslavs instead have announced
about this spy they'd arrested: "Name: withheld. Country: withheld.
Job: CIA Chief of the Balkans"?
-- Jared Israel
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=======================================
DETAINED US DIPLOMAT WAS CIA'S MAIN MAN IN THE BALKANS
Agence France Presse [ TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 8:31:22 AM ] [Posted 19
March 2002]
Comments follow
=======================================
BELGRADE
A US diplomat arrested with Serbia's deputy prime minister last week
accused of espionage was the head of the Central Intelligence Agency in
the Balkans, a newspaper claimed in a report to appear on Tuesday.
"From the outset of his interrogation John David Neighbor presented
himself as the head of the CIA in the Balkans," Vecernje Novosti
reported, quoting military sources.
It added that the diplomat remained calm while undergoing a 13-hour
interrogation.
Neighbor was identified by Belgrade as the US diplomat detained by
Yugoslav military police late on Thursday along with Serbian deputy
prime minister, Momcilo Perisic.
The United States said yesterday it had accepted an apology from
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic for the diplomat's
mistreatment in Yugoslav military police custody. (2)
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington considered
the case closed as a "bilateral issue" but denied reports that the
detained diplomat had been involved in any kind of espionage.
"We have received a formal apology from (Svilanovic)," Boucher told
reporters. "We've accepted that apology.... we view it as a public
acknowledgment of the military's inappropriate and excessive actions
and we now consider this closed as a bilateral issue". (1)
Earlier yesterday, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica regretted that
Neighbor had been detained for so long and identified by name and
nationality. (3)
(C) AFP 2002 * Reprinted for Fair Use Only
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=4235518
******************
SOME COMMENTS
******************
1) Mr. Boucher complains about the "inappropriate and excessive
actions" of the Yugoslav Army. Aside from the fact that he is lying -
there was nothing excessive about Yugoslav Army actions under
international law - Boucher's remarks exceed in hypocrisy even what he
said when the Belarussian government seized some computers the US
had 'donated' to pro-US NGOs. See 'Speechless in Belarus' at
http://www.tenc.net/news/ind.htm
"Inappropriate and excessive actions." Wasn't it the United States
military that spearheaded the 2.5 month long bombardment of Yugoslavia
about which the New York Times commented, with kindest restraint:
"A broad spectrum of legal scholars agree that there is currently no
simple, straightforward or obvious legal basis for the bombing of
Serbian targets to be found in treaties, the United Nations charter or
binding resolutions or [in] any other written international
code...."('A Word Bolsters Case for Allied Intervention, NY Times,
April 4, 1999, International Section, p. 7)
2. To learn more about "Who is Goran Svilanovic,' go to http://emperors-
clothes.com/news/goran.htm
3. In 'We Have the Right and Duty to Arrest Spies,' I commented
that "Yugoslav President Kostunica responded in his usual two-faced
fashion, first criticizing and then seemingly defending the Army
action, which enjoys overwhelming public support in Yugoslavia."
http://emperors-clothes.com/news/ya.htm
Now we see that, true to form:
"Earlier yesterday, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica regretted
that Neighbor had been detained for so long and identified by name and
nationality."
Poor Mr. Kostunica. He wishes to distance himself from Serbian 'Prime
Minister' Djindjic, a man universally loathed in Yugoslavia. He doesn't
want to criticize the Army, which enjoys popular support. But he also
knows who butters his bread (the US foreign policy establishment) and
so he straddles a narrow fence, with apparent discomfort. He
criticizes...not exactly the arrest of Neighbor, but rather the manner
in which it was carried out. And not exactly that it was abusive. More
that it was done in bad taste.
First Kostunica objects to Neighbor being interrogated for "so long."
This raises the question: what is the acceptable length of time for
questioning a regional chief of the CIA caught receiving stolen
documents from a high government official? Would nine hours be OK? Six?
Three?
As for identifying Neighbor "by name and nationality," why is this
lacking social polish? Should the Yugoslavs instead have announced
about this spy they'd arrested: "Name: withheld. Country: withheld.
Job: CIA Chief of the Balkans"?
-- Jared Israel