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Counterintelligence & Espionage News |
FBI says it had Noshir
Gowadia in its Sights Long
Before Arrest
FBI counterintelligence
agents had Maui resident
Noshir Gowadia under aerial
and ground surveillance for
a year before they arrested
him in 2005 on espionage and
other charges, according to
court testimony yesterday.
Gowadia, an engineer who
helped develop the the U.S.
Air Force's B-2 stealth
bomber, is scheduled to go
to trial in federal court
here in April in what is
believed to be the first spy
trial held in Hawai'i.
Much of the evidence in the
case is swathed in secrecy,
and defense lawyers are
disputing the legality of
the FBI's use of the
controversial Foreign
Intelligence Security Act to
conduct an emergency
warrantless search of
Gowadia's laptop computer at
Honolulu International
Airport in 2004.
Defense lawyers David Klein
and Birney Bervar have asked
the court to order the
Justice Department to
disclose applications and
other paperwork related to
the case that were submitted
to the secret Foreign
Intelligence Security Court,
which oversees government
compliance with FISA
procedures…
......Yesterday,
Gillmor began hearing
arguments on that issue and
other defense motions to
suppress statements Gowadia
made to federal
investigators before he was
arrested Oct. 26, 2005.
Gowadia, 68, is charged with
21 criminal counts,
including charges that he
helped China design and test
critical components of a
cruise missile. The
engineer also allegedly
tried to sell military
secrets to individuals in
other countries, including
Israel, Singapore and
Germany. Defense
lawyers argue that
statements Gowadia made over
a two-week period to FBI
agents — after his house was
searched Oct. 13, 2005, but
before he was formally
arrested Oct. 26, 2005 —
were coerced and should be
suppressed......(Honolulu
Advisor)
Noshir GOWADIA Case
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Counterterrorism & War of Ideas News |
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All 'possibilities open' against Israel: Hezbollah chief
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah
said Wednesday "all possibilities" are open against Israel and
warned the Jewish state's 2006 war with his party would resemble "a walk
in the park" in the event of renewed conflict.
"We have to act as
though all possibilities are real and open (against Israel) and we must
always be ready for any eventuality," said Nasrallah, whose Shiite
militant party is backed by Syria and Iran.
His comment marked the first time he
has spoken so openly on the possibility of a renewed conflict with
Israel since the war in Gaza began on December 27.
Nasrallah,
addressing tens of thousands of supporters via video link at his
stronghold in Beirut's suburbs on the occasion of Ashura, said that the
2006 conflict would be nothing compared to what awaits Israel if it
opens a second front.
"I say to (Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud) Olmert, the loser, the vanquished in Lebanon that 'you
cannot overcome Hamas or Hezbollah'," Nasrallah said. "Your 2006 war
will be but a walk in the park compared to what we have prepared for you
in the event of a new offensive.
"We are ready to
sacrifice our souls, our brothers and sisters, our children, our loved
ones for what we believe in," he added. "We will not abandon the fight
or our weapons."…..(AFP)
Strategic Reading in the Gaza Conflict (Part 2): An Eight Points
Assessment
After having advanced ten questions
about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the onset of the Israeli military
operations against Hamas (December 28, 2008 on CTB) and as Israel chose
to commit ground forces inside the enclave, here is a working reading of
the main strategic developments and indicators at this
time…..(Counterterrorism Blog/Walid Phares) |
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