Thursday, May 10, 2001

Aries II Revisited:The Deluge of Government Lies Continues
Conspiracy Theory"
In the continuing effort to make China the bogeyman of the 21st century, Washington has scored yet another coup - the loss of the EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft. It's very reminiscent of the phony FBI Hanssen Spy Case. In other words, what the US Government is saying just doesn't jibe with the facts.
US NAVY CHARGED WITH CONTINUING COVER-UP.
In 1997, a US Navy intelligence officer was riding in a Canadian Navy helicopter trying to surveil a Russian ship near Seattle that was believed to be collecting intelligence. Both the Canadian pilot and the American officer suffered eye damage caused, they say, by a laser fired from the ship.
This article charges the Navy (ONI) with covering up Russian guilt in the matter and even altering an official photo to help in the cover up -- in order to avoid upsetting US-Russian relations. The matter was more of less hushed up until the US officer, LtCdr Jack Daly, went public 2 or 3 years ago. Since then, he has had career problems and would have been passed over for promotion and forced out of the Navy had not Congress intervened.
NSA Adviser Says Cyber-Assaults On Pentagon Persist With Few Clues
A series of sophisticated attempts to break into Pentagon computers has continued for more than three years, and an extensive investigation has produced "disturbingly few clues" about who is responsible, according to a member of the National Security Agency's advisory board.
The spy left out in the cold
The Russian defector Victor Makarov believes he has been let down by Britain. Now he plans to sue to get his life back