Counterintelligence - Espionage - Spy Case

Name	LINDAUER, Susan P. aka Symbol Susan
Employer	US Congress
Dates of Employment	11 March to 14 May 2002: press secretary for Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) 1998: Executive producer for political affairs at Channel 28 in Washington, DC 1996: press secretary for former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.), who recently ran as a 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate 1994: press secretary for former Rep. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), before he became a senator 1993: press secretary for Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) Sept 1990-August 1991: Part-time, temporary reporter associate at U.S. News & World Report 3 August 1987-25 July 1989: Editorial writer for Everett Herald newspaper 27 April-17 July 1987: temporary, full-time reporter on the metro desk of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper 1986: Fortune magazine
Employee Type
Job Title/Duties	Congressional Aide
Military Rank
Clearance Level

Spying For	Iraq Intelligence Service (IIS) also known as General Intelligence, Da'irat al-Mukhabbarat al-'Amma, Mukhabbarat
Codename
Spying Dates	1999-2004
Co-conspirators	Two sons of Iraq's former deputy ambassador to the United Nations: Wisam Noman Al-Anbuke Raed Rokan Al-Anbuke
Methodology	Early 2002: Traveled to Baghdad to meet with IIS officers and received about $10,000 for her services. June and July 2003: Met on two occasions in Baltimore with an undercover FBI agent who was posing as a representative of the Libyan intelligence service and was seeking to support resistance groups fighting U.S. forces in post-war Iraq. Filled two deaddrops in Takoma Park, MD
Possible Motivations, Problems	Anti-war activist Psychiatrists and mental health professionals have found Lindauer to be mentally incompetent to stand trial
Finances
Identified/ Investigation
Arrest Date/Location	Thursday, 11 March 2004, Takoma Park, Maryland
Charges	Charged with conspiracy, acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government and taking money from a government that supports terrorism. Acted as an unregistered agent of the Mukhabarat (Iraqi Intelligence Service IIS). Violated Section 951 of Title 18, US Code Sec. 951. - Agents of foreign governments Had prohibited dealings with several members of the IIS in visits to the Iraqi Mission to the United Nations in New York. Conspired with Iraqi government agents Raed Rokan Al-Anbuke and Wisam Noman Al-Anbuke, sons of Iraq's former liaison with United Nations weapons inspectors Early 2002: Traveled to Baghdad to meet with IIS officers and received about $10,000 for her services. Alleged acceptance of the money and her willingness to bring it home from Iraq violated a law prohibiting transactions with a government that sponsors international terrorism.
Court	US District Court in Baltimore, MD. On 11 May 2004, Magistrate Judge Susan K. Gauvey noted that Lindauer was employed but "not on a regular basis" and that she had "no cash on hand to hire an attorney." Although the government argued that Lindauer poses a flight risk, she was released to a halfway house and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Will be arraigned in US Southern District of New York
Lawyers	Defense: Brian Shaughnessy
Status	15 January 2009: Government dropped prosecution stating it would no longer be in the interests of justice. 17 September 2008: U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ruled Lindauer mentally unfit for trial. 2006:Declared incompetent for trial by Judge Michael B. Mukasey

Date/Place of Birth	17 July 1963
Citizenship	US
Residences	Manor Circle in Takoma Park, MD Grew up in Anchorage, Alaska
Education	1981 graduate of East High School, AK 1985 graduate of Smith College Masters degree in public policy from the London School of Economics
Family	Father is Dr. John Lindauer, a former newspaper publisher, University of Alaska Chancellor (1976-78), and 1998 Republican gubernatorial nominee in Alaska (lost and charged with campaign finance fraud--his $1.7M campaign money came from his wife, Dorothy) "Johnny on the spot" John Lindauer talked of a legacy. Instead, his run for governor is remembered as the most self-destructive campaign in Alaska's history.....(Juneau Empire, 8 Nov 1998) Mother-Jackie (deceased in 1992); step-mother: Dorothy Oremus Lindauer, a wealthy Chicago attorney and cement heiress Brother: John Lindauer Distant cousin: White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card Susan Lindauer’s last letter to Andrew Card, January 6, 2003
Other Employment
Additional Bio

Lindauer Documents	Superseding Indictment (U.S. v. Susan Lindauer [aka Symbol Susan]; Raed Noman Al-Anbuke; and Wisam Noman Al-Anbuke) (March 11, 2004)
Al-Anbuke Documents	Superseding Indictment (U.S. v. Raed Noman Al-Anbuke [aka Ra'id Al Anbuge, Raed Rokan, Raed Al-Anbaki] and Wisam Noman Al-Anbuke [aka Wisam Al Abuge, Wisam Noman Rokan]) (March 11, 2004) U.S. charges son of former Iraqi diplomat with working in New York as an agent of Iraqi intelligence service....(US Attorney, Southern District of New York, Press Release, 14 Apr 03) Sealed Complaint (U.S. v. Raed Rokan Al-Anbuke) (Apr. 14, 2003) U.S. charges second son of former Iraqi diplomat with working in New York as an agent of Iraqi intelligence....(US Attorney, Southern District of New York, Press Release, 5 Sep 03) United States v. Raed Noman al-Anbuke and Wisam Noman al-Anbuke (Sept. 5, 2003) ------- Former Iraqi diplomat's son pleads not guilty....(CNN, 7 Jul 04) Second son of Iraqi diplomat charged....(CNN, 5 Sept 03) Ex-Iraqi Diplomat's Son Charged With Working as Illegal Agent.....(AP, 15 Apr 2003) Former Iraqi Diplomat's Son Is Charged as Illegal Agent.....(New York Times, 15 Apr 03)
Quotes	Supervisors: "I could see that she had the type of makeup to be a true believer, yet it's hard to believe that she could do such a thing because she was so smart. I find it hard to believe that she'd go beyond legitimate political activity. Civil disobedience? Protests? Yeah, that I could see. But this is tantamount to betraying her country." Lou Wein, editorial page editor at The Everett Herald, WA "I certainly saw some signs of flakiness." Joe Copeland, who supervised Ms. Lindauer in 1989 when she wrote editorials for The Everett Herald "I thought she was a very earnest young woman." Elizabeth Mueller Gross, a former editor at U.S. News & World Report magazine "To my knowledge, this former employee had no access to sensitive information. Obviously, I had no reason to think that she was involved in this alleged activity. I have had no further contact with her since she left my employ." Congressman Zoe Lofgren "We weren't on the best of terms when she left." Congressman Peter DeFazio Co-workers: "An enthusiastic, eager young woman breaking into journalism. And she tried to make her presence known both socially and professionally. She seemed a bit unstable. She seemed to have a chip on her shoulder. One minute she could be very pleasant and the next very bitter." Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter Mike Barber "Her dad was very, very powerful in Alaska politics and media. But I knew her to be non-political. She was very liberal-minded. She was extremely smart and in some ways rebellious of her father's politics. I never saw anything to indicate she would do anything like this." Seattle Post-Intelligencer sports writer Angelo Bruscas "The fact she had worked on papers was a big reason why she was called in for the interview. On paper, she looked good. Apparently she gave off iffy vibes right away. I was told she came across as spacey and distracted, and not very well grounded." Charla Neuman, press secretary for Sen. Maria Cantwell. In the spring of 2003, Lindauer interviewed for a job as communications director "A West Coast granola type and a nice person -- kind of fragile, fairly sweet." Former Braun staffer Friends/Associates: "She was always nice and easy to deal with. She seemed very intelligent. She knew the issues she was calling about. I never imagined reading a headline like that. I knew her and she doesn't seem to be someone who would do the things she's accused of. I wouldn't have believed that." Shawn Hanson, who was press secretary for former Rep. Al Swift from 1986 to 1995, said she was well acquainted with Lindauer professionally when she worked for The Herald. She also knew her socially when Lindauer moved to Washington, DC "Boy, I would just really, really, really doubt that she would do that." Former Alaska state Rep. Vern Hurlbert, who met Lindauer through her father when the family lived in Anchorage in the early 1980s "She was a little on the radical side - just her lifestyle. She was the kind of an individual that set her own pace and had her own way of doing things." Brian Parsons, who remembered Lindauer as a "bit of a wild card" in the mid-1980s when they both lived in Unalaska "She liked being in the spotlight and having attention. I thought she was fine and funny and had a good sense of humor." Jim Lottsfeldt, one of her close friends from the East High class of 1981 "She had some very deeply held opinions at the time about humanity and things. Susie was really her own person, and super smart. Sometimes it's hard to be super smart in high school." Brooke Kelly McCurdy, another friend from high school Neighbors: "It's a big surprise. Who would think that it's espionage in your neighborhood?" Dean Paris, neighbor of Susan Lindauer "She lives in a fantasy world." Malvina Lacey, next door neighbor of Lindauer "I don't know what a spy is, but I would never have pegged her as one. She talked about wanting to teach and have children." Kathleen Moore, who lives a few doors away "Generally, she kept quiet. She would go by, say hi, and smile. But she never talked." Neighbor Joao Luiz Vieira De Castro "She always had some crisis going on and seemed eccentric in ways." Rich Willet, a neighbor when she lived in Silver Spring "[Lindauer's roommate] became frightened that Lindauer was involved with some foreign agents or terrorist organization. I assumed she might be a little delusional or on something, and I never saw her again." Silver Spring neighbor, Charles Glasgow. What had disturbed the roommate that day, in the late 1990s, was correspondence she had found and a conversation she had overheard. "A little bit strange, a bit of a character . . . a Takoma Park-type person." Takoma Park neighbor John Moore "I'm an anti-war activist and I'm innocent. I did more to stop terrorism in this country than anybody else. I have done good things for this country. I worked to get weapons inspectors back to Iraq when everyone else said it was impossible. I'm very proud and I'll stand by my achievements." --Susan Lindauer, 11 Mar 2004, outside of the FBI Field Office in Baltimore "Someone put acid on the steering wheel of my car on a day I was supposed to drive to [New York City] for a meeting at the Libya House. I scrubbed my hands with a toilet brush, but my face was burned so badly that 3 weeks later friends worried I might be badly scarred. Also, my house was bugged with listening devices and cameras -- little red laser lights in the shower vent. And I survived several assassination attempts." --Susan Lindauer quoted in the December 1998 issue of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, a monthly online publication on Middle Eastern issues, saying that because of her advocacy in the Lockerbie case, she had been subject to intense surveillance, threats and assassination attempts Lockerbie Trial Document: Susan Lindauer Deposition....(MEIB, 4 Dec 1998)
Case Links	Iraqi Intelligence Service - IIS [Mukhabarat] The Iraqi Intelligence Service - IIS [Mukhabarat] is also known as the Department of General Intelligence or the General Directorate of Intelligence (Al-Mukhabarat Al-A'ma). It is the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of the state security system. It is the main state intelligence body and is primarily concerned with political and security problems. It consists of two major departments covering internal and external activities respectively. It is the equivalent of the CIA and the FBI rolled into one (or MI5 and MI6).....more from Global Security
Books/Videos	American indicted as Iraqi agent

News:

Case dropped against Susan Lindauer accused of helping Iraq

The government has quietly dropped its case against a former congressional aide accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency but later ruled mentally unfit for trial. But Susan Lindauer said she won't go away quietly. The Tacoma Park, Md., woman vowed to sue, saying she was falsely arrested and prosecuted. "I am furious. I am going to be filing a civil lawsuit seeking punitive damages," Lindauer said Friday. "Nobody should think they did me any favors by denying me a trial." Prosecutors said in court papers filed Thursday that prosecuting Lindauer would no longer be in the interests of justice. Lindauer was arrested in 2004 on charges that she conspired to act as a spy for the Iraqi intelligence service, making contact through the Iraqi consulate in New York. A judge made the ruling on her mental fitness last year…During a hearing last year, psychiatrist Stuart Kleinman, who examined Lindauer at prosecutors' request, said Lindauer has a serious, long-standing mental disorder that includes grandiose delusions, such as the belief that Osama bin Laden told her about a hidden bomb. She had been jailed for about a year but released from custody in 2006 after another judge ruled the government could not force her to be medicated for her delusions so she could stand trial. On Friday, Lindauer said she helped provide information for years to the U.S. government about Iraq and Libya. She said she was prosecuted in retaliation for opposing the invasion of Iraq…Lindauer is a distant relative of President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card. Her father, John Lindauer, once owned an Alaska newspaper chain and ran for the state's governorship in 1998…..(Washington Post, 16 Jan 09)

Lindauer's daughter ruled unfit to stand trial in spy case

A former congressional aide accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency while Saddam Hussein was in power is mentally unfit for trial, a judge ruled…Susan Lindauer was arrested in 2004 on charges that included conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi intelligence service. The charge carries a potential prison sentence of up to 25 years.

Lindauer, 45, had worked in the press offices of several members of Congress and as a magazine journalist…Lindauer is a distant relative of President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card. She also has worked in the press offices of four Democratic members of Congress and as a journalist for two magazines, two newspapers and a TV news company……(AP, 18 Sep 08)

Woman Accused of Iraq Ties Is Ruled Unfit for Trial Again

A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that Susan P. Lindauer, a former journalist and Congressional aide who was accused of working with Iraqi intelligence before the war, is still mentally incompetent to stand trial. Ms. Lindauer, who had been declared incompetent for trial by Judge Michael B. Mukasey, now the United States attorney general, tried to persuade a different judge that she was now competent. But the second judge, Loretta A. Preska of Federal District Court, ruled late Monday that while Ms. Lindauer was “highly intelligent” and “generally capable of functioning at a high level in many ways,” she also was suffering from a mental disease or defect…Ms. Lindauer, 45, pleaded not guilty to the charges against her, which include acting as an unregistered agent of Saddam Hussein’s government and engaging in illegal financial transactions with the Iraqi government….(New York Times, 17 Sep 08)

Former congressional aide ruled unfit for trial

Susan Lindauer, 45, a former journalist who worked as a press aide to several members of Congress, was arrested in 2004 and accused of passing information to Iraqi intelligence agents about Iraqi dissidents living in the United States. She was not charged with espionage but was accused of receiving $10,000 dollars for her services…U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska sided with prosecutors, ruling that Lindauer was mentally unfit for trial. That followed a similar ruling in 2006 by Judge Michael Mukasey, now the U.S. attorney general, who described the charges as weak but said Lindauer was disturbed…..(Reuters, 16 Sep 08)

Judge: Woman in Iraqi spy case unfit for trial

A former congressional aide accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency while Saddam Hussein was in power is mentally unfit for trial, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska announced her finding late Monday in the case of Susan Lindauer, who was arrested in 2004 on charges including conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi intelligence service. The charge carries a potential prison sentence of up to 25 years. Lindauer, 45, had worked in the press offices of several members of Congress and as a magazine journalist…..(AP, 16 Sep 08)

The New York Times "Covers" the Susan Lindauer Hearing

…The most recent example is the New York Times' coverage of the competency hearing on June 17, 2008 in the Susan Lindauer versus the United States in the Federal District Court, Southern District of New York, in lower Manhattan. Antiwar Activist Returns to Court for Iraq Spy Case, Alan Feuer, New York Times, June 18, 2008.

The headline betrays the first major problem with the New York Times coverage. Susan Lindauer has claimed all along that she was an anti-war and anti-sanctions activist as well as a U.S. asset. However, no one who has read the indictment or the informed coverage would refer to Lindauer as an accused "spy." She is charged with being an "unregistered foreign agent." The "high water mark" of the indictment, as Judge Mukasey called it, is the charge that Lindauer attempted to influence U.S. policy on behalf of pre-war Iraq through the delivery of this January 2003 letter to Andrew Card, then chief of staff for President Bush, and Colin Powell, then secretary of state……(Scoop, 24 Jun 08)

Tables Turned: Defendant Demands Trial, Prosecutors Seek to Avoid It

A defendant accused of being an agent for Saddam Hussein avoided a trial two years ago because of a ruling made by a judge who is now U.S. attorney general. Now the accused woman is demanding a trial while prosecutors argue she is unfit because of mental illness. Michael Mukasey, in one of his final rulings as a federal judge, refused in 2006 to order the forced medication of the defendant, Susan Lindauer, to make her competent to stand trial, the New York Sun reports. The indictment was never withdrawn, however, and now Lindauer wants a trial. Prosecutors, on the other hand, told a federal judge yesterday that eight reviewing doctors had found the defendant suffers from a mental illness. “The result is a strange case of role reversal between prosecutors and defense lawyers,”….(ABA Journal, 18 Jun 08)

Antiwar Activist Returns to Court for Iraq Spy Case

…The woman, Susan P. Lindauer, was taken into custody in March 2004 and charged with acting as an unregistered agent of Saddam Hussein’s government under an indictment in Manhattan. She was accused of meeting repeatedly with Iraqi intelligence officers starting in 1999, including once at the Al Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, where prosecutors say she received $5,000 from Iraqi agents…The hearing in Federal District Court on Tuesday was not completed, however, and was scheduled to resume on July 7. Two witnesses spoke on behalf of Ms. Lindauer, delivering suggestively odd testimony about her involvement in investigating the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and her attendance at a regular Thursday dinner at a Chinese restaurant near Capitol Hill often frequented by Congressional staff aides and members of the intelligence community…..(New York Times, 18 Jun 08)

Mukasey Oversees Role Reversal of Prosecutors, Defense

In one of his final rulings as a judge, Michael Mukasey questioned Justice Department efforts to prosecute a delusional woman who was accused of serving as an agent for Saddam Hussein. Judging the woman harmless, he refused to force her to take the antipsychotic drugs that might have made her sane enough to stand trial. That 2006 decision ended the prospect of a trial, and the government's case against the woman, Susan Lindauer, appeared to have come to an end. Not so. The case is back the hands of Mr. Mukasey, who is now the attorney general. His Justice Department is grappling with how to respond to a bizarre twist in the case: Ms. Lindauer is demanding to be tried, even though Judge Mukasey had basically let her off the hook back in 2006…It is not exactly clear why Ms. Lindauer, 44, a former journalist and congressional staffer, is seeking to be tried, given that Mr. Mukasey, as a judge, ruled against a trial. Defendants often seek to be declared unfit to stand trial, which heads off the prospect of a guilty verdict, and routinely have their motions denied. Lawyers say it is unheard of for a defendant who has been found mentally ill, as Ms. Lindauer has, to go to court and demand a trial.……(New York Sun, 18 Jun 08)

American Accused of Spying for Iraq Faces Court

The hearing for a Maryland woman accused of acting as an unregistered agent for the Iraqi Intelligence Service began yesterday at the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Ex-journalist and self-proclaimed anti-war activist Susan Lindauer, 48, was arrested in 2004 on charges of accepting $10,000 from the Iraqi government in 2002, according to the Center for Counterintelligence Web site. A reporter and a professor who have known Lindauer since the early 90s testified at Lindauer's hearing today. They reported that she was close to individuals in intelligence circles. She allegedly met with an undercover FBI agent who was posing as a representative of the Libyan intelligence service and was seeking to support resistance groups fighting U.S. forces in post-war Iraq, according to the Center for Counterintelligence Web site. Lindauer worked as a press secretary for several Democratic senators and representatives before she became a reporter. Parke Godfrey, an assistant professor at Toronto's York University, met Lindauer in the fall of 1900. He called her a "mercurial" character, at times highly enthusiastic about her work, at other times depressed. Godfrey said that before 9/11, Lindauer warned him not to take a job in New York City because she had a "premonition" that the city would be "dangerous, that there would be a big attack in southern Manhattan." He also said that Lindauer predicted a "war went very badly," referring to a protracted war in the Middle East……(Epoch, 18 Jun 08)

Alleged Iraq spy in court

The mental stability of a former journalist and Congressional aide accused of acting as an agent for the Iraqi government was called into question — not for the first time — at a pretrial hearing in lower Manhattan yesterday. Federal prosecutors made multiple references to psychiatric evaluations of Susan Lindauer that allegedly deemed her mentally unsound…The hearing hardly addressed the U.S. government’s indictment, which alleges that Lindauer, acting as an agent for Iraq between 1999 and 2004, met with Iraqi Intelligence Service officers in Manhattan, accepted thousands of dollars from the Iraqi government agents and even traveled to Baghdad….(New York Metro, 18 Jun 08)

911 Prediction Revealed at Lindauer Hearing in NYC

A surprise development occurred at today's hearing in the case of Susan Lindauer versus the United States. A long time associate of the accused, associate professor of computer science at Toronto's York University, Parke Godfrey, Ph.D., testified that Susan Lindauer predicted an attack on the United States in the southern part of Manhattan. According to his testimony, she said that the attack would be very similar to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Godfrey said that Lindauer made the prediction on several occasions, one as late as August 2001. The testimony occurred in a hearing on Lindauer's competence to stand trial held before U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska, Southern District of New York, in lower Manhattan. On March 11, 2004, Lindauer was arrested for acting as an "unregistered agent" for the nation of Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion. Prosecutors have delayed the trial for over four years claiming Lindauer was delusional for asserting that she was a U.S. intelligence asset over a period of nine years, including the period covered by the indictment…….(Scoop, 18 Jun 08)

Feds made me do it, sez Iraq spy suspect

Accused spy Susan Lindauer wants to convince a Manhattan federal jury that the American government put her up to snooping on Iraq. "Every single thing I did was supervised by the Americans," Lindauer told reporters after a competency hearing Tuesday in Manhattan Federal Court. "I am horrified that I have been left out to dry."

Before he stepped down as a judge, Attorney General Michael Mukasey declared the former reporter and Democratic aide mentally unfit to stand trial on charges she conspired to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service…..(New York Daily, 17 Jun 08)

Woman seeks NYC trial in Iraqi spy case

A woman accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency under Saddam Hussein said Tuesday she wants to prove she was supervised by U.S. authorities, but first she'll have to overcome findings that she is mentally unfit for trial.

Susan Lindauer, a former congressional aide and journalist whose father once was Alaska's Republican nominee for governor, said outside court that she wanted a trial "to clear my name." Lindauer is charged with conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in banned financial transactions. She spoke after the start of a hearing on whether she can stand trial despite mental health professionals' findings that she suffers from delusions of grandiosity and paranoia. "The accusations are bogus,"…..(AP, 17 Jun 08)

An Exclusive Interview with Bush Political Prisoner Susan Lindauer

It's been four years since her federal indictment. On June 17, Lindauer will have her first pre-trial hearing, where she will be allowed to call witnesses to disprove the allegations. Susan Lindauer has never been tried in a court of law—nor allowed any pre-trial hearing to call witnesses to validate claims that she worked as an Asset supervised by U.S. intelligence for 9 years. Instead, she was forced to submit to a psychological evaluation inside a prison on a Texas military base, where she was held for seven months before getting transferred to New York. In all, she was detained for 11 months without a conviction or a guilty plea. Pro se motions for a hearing to prove the authenticity of her claims were ignored…..(Scoop, 12 Jun 08)

American Cassandra: Susan Lindauer’s Story Part 2

Susan Lindauer has a scheduled hearing at the federal district court in Manhattan on June 17, 2008. Just a year after the Iraq invasion, April 2004, Lindauer was charged with serving as an “unregistered agent” for that nation’s government prior to the U.S. invasion. Lindauer countered that she’d worked as an asset for U.S. intelligence and had simply done her job by predicting the risks and negative outcomes of the planned invasion. She later came to the conclusion that her indictment was a harsh example for any intelligence operatives or figures thinking about taking on the Bush administration in public - stay silent or you’ll experience the same fate. “Above all, you must realize that if you go ahead with this invasion, Osama bin Laden will triumph, rising from his grave of seclusion. His network will be swollen with fresh recruits and other charismatic individuals will seek to build on his model multiplying those networks. And the United States will have delivered the death blow to itself.” Susan Lindauer’s last letter to Andrew Card, Jan. 6, 2003…….(Scoop, 11 Jun 08)

American Cassandra - Susan Lindauer’s Story Part 1

Susan Lindauer sent her eleventh and last letter on the Iraqi political situation to then Bush chief of staff Andrew Card on January 6, 2003, just two months before General Franks gave the command to invade on March 20, 2003. She’d sent ten other letters on Iraq to Card, her second cousin, over a two year period. In her final letter she made a prophetic plea to head off the war. Through Lindauer’s back channel contacts at the Iraqi United Nations mission, Lindauer said that she’d gathered a great deal of information. She had good reasons to believe that the Iraqis were ready to offer huge concessions on inspectors and on other United States demands…Lindauer was arrested on March 17, 2004, fifteen months after the last letter to Andy Card and two years after the trip to Baghdad referenced in the indictment. She was charged with “conspiring to act and acting as an unregistered agent of the government of Iraq” and “forbidden financial transactions” with Iraq totaling $10,000 relating to those acts. The charges cover the period of October, 1999 through February 2004.…..(Scoop, 17 Oct 07)

Ex-Congress Aide Accused in Spy Case Is Free on Bail

A former journalist and Congressional aide accused of working with Iraqi intelligence before the war was released from prison yesterday after a federal judge ruled that she could not be forced to take antipsychotic medication in an effort to make her competent to stand trial….(New York Times, 9 Sep 06)

Ex-U.S. senate aide in Iraq spy case freed
…Susan Lindauer was arrested in Takoma Park, Maryland, in 2004 on charges that Iraqi intelligence agents paid her $10,000 for information and expenses. She was freed on $500,000 bail by U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey in a hearing in Manhattan early Friday…(Reuters, 8 Sep 06)

Judge Won't Force Drugs on Accused Spy

A judge ruled that the government cannot force a defendant in an Iraq spy case to take medication to make her competent to stand trial, a severe setback to prosecutors in a case filled with intrigue. Susan Lindauer is accused of conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in banned financial transactions with Saddam Hussein's government. But psychiatrists say Lindauer suffers from delusions of grandiosity and paranoia, including beliefs that she is an angel and that the intelligence community blew up her computer modem. ….(AP, 7 Sep 06)

A long, strange saga
Susan Lindauer, East High alumni and former Seattle journalist turned alleged Iraqi spy, is still confined to a federal mental hospital in Texas after a judge recently found her mentally incompetent to stand trial. According to a Seattle Weekly article by Rick Anderson, she is being held past her scheduled release date and claims she may be forcibly medicated as part of her treatment….(Anchorage Press, 27 Feb 06)

“Susan Lindauer”

But how you're likely to know Lindauer's name is by her March 2004 arrest for acting as an "unregistered agent" of the Iraqi government over a period of five years…(San Francisco Independent, 18 Feb 06)

From 'Spy' to Psychotic

Almost as instantly as she hit the global news cycle as a reputed U.S. traitor and alleged spy for Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government, former Seattle newspaper journalist Susan Lindauer dropped off the radar….(Seattle Weekly, 15 Feb 06)

Susan Lindauer's Mission To Baghdad

On the morning of March 11, 2004, Susan Lindauer woke to find five F.B.I. agents at her front door. After reading her her rights, the agents took Lindauer from her home in Takoma Park, Md., to the F.B.I. field office in Baltimore, where she was charged with having acted as an unregistered agent of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government and otherwise having elevated the interests of a foreign country above her allegiance to the United States…..(New York Times, 29 Aug 04)

Takoma Park bristles at link to 'peace activist'

.....So the recent brouhaha over Susan Lindauer, the Takoma Park "peace activist" arrested on suspicion of trying to help Iraqi agents in the United States, has left the locals feeling particularly prickly. Articles on Lindauer and Takoma Park have made liberal use of the "nuclear-free" epithet, said City Council Member Bruce Williams.....(Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar 04)

Lindauer denies being Iraqi spy

....Sitting in a neighborhood coffee shop March 17 for her first day of media interviews following her arrest the week before, a passionately intense Susan Lindauer presented herself as a woman fully aware of both the gravity of her actions and the seriousness of her situation....(Maryland Gazette, 24 Mar 04)

Armchair Diplomat, Back-Channel Baathist
.....Thanks to the FBI's follow-up sting, Susan Lindauer's legacy is bound to be less illustrious. In light of her latter conduct, her "peace overtures" begin to look more like bait for an Iraqi intelligence trap....(National Review, 22 Mar 04)

A spy in Takoma?

The usually quiet Manor Circle neighborhood in Takoma Park is returning to normal following last week's arrest of a resident there on charges of spying for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein....(Takoma Gazette, 17 Mar 04)

Accused Woman Says She's Misunderstood

A woman accused of acting as a paid Iraqi intelligence agent said Wednesday she is misunderstood and was only trying to help prevent a war in Iraq.....(AP, 17 Mar 04)

Ride on the "Peace" Train

......This is just the latest in a pattern of "anti-war activists" being involved in espionage activities for Iraq. British MP George Galloway has been accused of accepting bribes from Saddam Hussein to promote anti-war activities in the UK. Defense attorney and "peace" activist Lynne Stewart has been arrested for transmitting information between her terrorist client and his murderous organization.....(Tech Central Station, 18 Mar 04)

Biased reporting evident in Iraq spy story

The article ''Ex-congressional aide accused of spying for Iraq'' on March 12 is a clear example of bias in reporting....(Morning Call letter to editor, 18 Mar 04)

Md. Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Iraq Case

A former congressional staffer accused of accepting money from Iraqi intelligence agents before the fall of Saddam Hussein pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges Monday and told reporters, "What I did was always good for homeland security and Middle East security."....(Washington Post, 16 Mar 04)

Ex-Congress Aide Pleads Innocent to Spying

A former journalist and congressional aide pleaded innocent Monday to charges she was a paid Iraqi intelligence agent and defended her anti-war efforts as "always good for homeland security."....(AP, 15 Mar 04)

Ex-Senate Aide Denies Giving Iraq Secrets

A former congressional aide pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges she gave secrets to Iraq and described herself as an antiwar activist who always worked for the good of homeland security....(Reuters, 15 Mar 04)

Army agents spy on Islam conference

Army counterintelligence agents improperly tried to gather information on civilian participants at a University of Texas conference on Islam, the Army said....(AP, 16 Mar 04)

Bushwhacked, sez accused spy

The cousin of a top White House aide pleaded not guilty yesterday to spying for Saddam Hussein - and then blamed President Bush for her arrest....(New York Daily News, 16 Mar 04)

Suspect in Iraq Spy Case Released

Susan P. Lindauer, 40, a self-described antiwar activist who was a press aide to several Democratic members of Congress in the 1990s, appeared at a detention hearing in U.S. District Court in Baltimore and was released to the custody of her father. It was unclear where the two planned to go. But Lindauer, who the Justice Department said is the first U.S. citizen to be arrested on spy-related charges involving Iraq, is scheduled to appear for an arraignment Monday in U.S. District Court in New York....(Washington Post, 13 Mar 04)

Iraq allegations shake up Lindauer's activist neighborhood

In a town filled with activists of all kinds, the anti-war advocate now accused of acting as an agent for Iraq doesn't appear to have stood out....(AP, 13 Mar 04)

Woman linked to Iraq spies released

After undergoing a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation, a former congressional aide from Takoma Park was released Friday to the custody of her father and ordered to appear in a Manhattan courtroom next week on charges that she worked with Iraq's intelligence agency before the war.....(Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar 04)

Iraqi spy case shows media at it again

Anyone who wants to understand why the media are held in such low regard by the public -- in polls of the most respected professions we usually come somewhere between Nigerian e-mail scammers and serial pedophiles -- should consider the following headline from an Associated Press story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer last week: ''Accused Spy Is Cousin Of Bush Staffer''.....(Chicago Sun-Times, 14 Mar 04)

The Face of Treason

The Democratic party has a big problem named Susan Lindauer, but you would never know this from the reporting by America’s dominant Left-leaning news media.....(FrontPage magazine, 15 Mar 04)

Alaska Ear

SUSAN WHO? ... Politicians trying to distance themselves from Susan Lindauer after her arrest moved so fast they almost broke the sound barrier....(Alaska Daily News, 14 Mar 04)

Md. Activist Charged With Working for Iraq

A former congressional press aide from Takoma Park was arrested yesterday for allegedly maintaining an "intelligence relationship" for several years with U.S.-based spies for Saddam Hussein before the Iraqi leader was ousted....(Washington Post, 12 Mar 04)

Former U.S. Aide Accused of Working With Iraq

Federal prosecutors charged a former Congressional aide on Thursday with working with the Iraqi intelligence service before the war, and investigators said she had sought to influence American policy by presenting herself to a highly placed relative, Andrew H. Card Jr., the White House chief of staff, as an intermediary....(New York Times, 12 Mar 04)

Ex-Hill aide charged in spying for Iraq

A former congressional aide for several Democratic lawmakers was arrested yesterday as a spy and agent of influence for Saddam Hussein's Iraq......(Washington Times, 12 Mar 04)

Former P-I reporter accused of Iraq ties

......Longtime P-I Reporter Mike Barber remembered her as "an enthusiastic, eager young woman breaking into journalism. And she tried to make her presence known both socially and professionally." But in the process, Barber said, "She seemed a bit unstable. She seemed to have a chip on her shoulder. One minute she could be very pleasant and the next very bitter.".....(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12 Mar 04)

Ex-Herald writer accused of spying

.....Lindauer, 40, worked at The Herald from August 1987 to July 1989. She was then in her mid-20s, and just beginning a career. She was "brilliant but somewhat erratic" and subject to mood swings, said Lou Wein, editorial page editor at The Herald from 1979 to 1988. .....(Everett Herald, 12 Mar 04)

Md. woman held as Iraqi agent

.....Her detention status is expected to be reviewed at a hearing in Baltimore today. She is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in the federal courthouse in Manhattan, where federal prosecutors yesterday unsealed the indictment against her and two men, both sons of a former Iraqi diplomat....(Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar 04)

Iraqi spy suspect has Bay Area ties

.....Lindauer was press secretary in the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, from March 11, 2002 to May 14, 2002. Lofgren issued a statement Thursday saying she was "shocked" to learn of the charges....(Oakland Tribune, 12 Mar 04)

Ex-Braun aide allegedly was Iraq agent

A former press secretary for former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun lived a cloak-and-dagger life, serving as an agent of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime.....(Chicago Sun-Times, 12 Mar 04)

Former DeFazio, Wyden employee accused of spying

Lindauer, of Takoma Park, Md., worked for two Oregon Democrats -- Rep. Peter DeFazio in 1993 and then-Rep. Ron Wyden in 1994 -- in addition to other jobs in politics and journalism.....(The Oregonian, 12 Mar 04)

From Capitol Hill Aide to Iraqi Spy

A former journalist and Capitol Hill press aide to four lawmakers Thursday became the first American to be charged with serving as an Iraqi agent and scheming to help insurgent groups now battling U.S. forces there....(Scripps-Howard News Service, 12 Mar 04)

Woman accused in spy case is daughter of ex-governor candidate

The woman accused of working for the Iraqi intelligence agency is the daughter of John Lindauer, a former Alaska gubernatorial candidate whose campaign disintegrated under legal scrutiny.....(AP, 11 Mar 04)

Ex-Aide Accused of Being an Agent for Iraq.....(Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar 04)

Ex-Aide in Congress Charged As Iraq Spy .....(AP, 12 Mar 04)

Woman accused of aiding Iraq......(Knight-Ridder, 12 Mar 04)

Ex-congressional aide is accused of spying for Iraq......(Newsday, 12 Mar 04)

Md. woman charged with spying for Iraq......(Boston Globe, 12 Mar 04)

Ex-US Senate Aide Charged with Giving Iraq Secrets .....(Reuters, 11 Mar 04)

Former Alaskan Charged with Spying for Iraq .....(KTVA-TV, 11 Mar 04)

Accused Spy Is Cousin of Bush Staffer ....(AP, 11 Mar 04)

Neighbor Seemed Activist, Not Agent

Susan Lindauer was described as mercurial and passionate in her politics, but those who know her said yesterday that she seemed an unlikely operative in Saddam Hussein's spy network. A self-described "peace activist," she has voiced strongly liberal views in step with those of her community, the "nuclear-free zone" of Takoma Park.....(Washington Post, 12 Mar 04)

An Antiwar Activist Known for Being Committed Yet Erratic

Susan P. Lindauer wore her liberal politics on her sleeve, as well as on her aging Mazda, where bumper stickers proclaimed her unabashed opposition to the Iraq conflict. "Peace in Iraq through change at home," one said. "War is not the answer," another said.....(New York Times, 12 Mar 04)

Suspect is vocal, with uneven job history

Her neighbors describe Susan P. Lindauer as a kind, quiet woman who could be seen most mornings walking her two dachshunds along leafy Manor Circle here....(Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar 04)

Suspect is remembered as worldly

Susan Lindauer, arrested in Maryland on charges of acting as an agent for Iraq, grew up in Anchorage, where East High classmates remember her as a smart girl with deeply held beliefs who was drawn to drama....(Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar 04)

How Susan Lindauer Was Caught

Susan Lindauer, the former Democratic congressional aide charged with spying for Iraq, was arrested several months after meeting with an FBI agent who posed as a Libyan intelligence agent looking to recruit support for Iraqi groups attacking U.S. forces in the aftermath of the war.......(National Review, 12 Mar 04)

Former Democrat congressional aide was at center of CIA controversy

Former journalist and congressional press secretary Susan Lindauer, who was arrested yesterday on charges she acted as an Iraqi spy before and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, came to the forefront of politics in 1994 over a controversial meeting she had with an alleged CIA operative based in Syria. That meeting resulted in her giving a deposition in the Lockerbie bombing trial that suggested Libya was innocent of the bombing. The 1994 deposition received worldwide attention and led some to charge Libya was being framed for the bombing.....(WorldNet Daily, 12 Mar 04)

Md. Woman Accused of Acting as Iraqi Agent

Federal agents today arrested a Maryland woman at her home on charges of acting as an agent for the Iraqi government of former president Saddam Hussein and plotting to aid resistance groups in Iraq after Hussein was ousted by U.S. forces. Susan Lindauer, 40, a former journalist and congressional aide in Washington, was taken into custody by the FBI at her home in Takoma Park after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against her and two Iraqis, the sons of a former diplomat, who were charged with similar offenses.....(Washington Post, 11 Mar 04)

Ex-Congressional Aide Charged With Spying

A former journalist and one-time press secretary for four members of Congress was arrested Thursday on charges she served as a paid agent for the Iraqi intelligence service before and after the U.S. invasion.....(AP, 11 Mar 04)

U.S. woman charged with spying for Iraq

......Lindauer is charged with conspiracy, acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government and taking money from a government that supports terrorism. If convicted of all counts, she could face 25 years in prison......(Reuters, 11 Mar 04)

American charged in Iraqi conspiracy

A federal indictment states Susan Lindauer in January 2003 delivered a letter to the home of a U.S. government official saying she had contacts with members of the Saddam Hussein regime "in an unsuccessful attempt to influence United States foreign policy." CNN has learned that the government official mentioned is White House chief of staff Andrew Card......(CNN, 11 Mar 04)

Woman accused of conspiring to act as spy for Iraq
Video: A 41-year-old Maryland woman is accused of being a paid agent for Iraq. NBC’s Pete Williams reports…..(NBC News, 11 Mar 04)

Takoma Park woman arrested on spy charges

In a grand jury indictment unsealed early Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, prosecutors allege Susan Lindauer, 41, also known as “Symbol SUSAN,” acted as an agent of the Mukhabbarat, or the Iraqi Intelligence Service, the same group accused of masterminding a plot in April 1993 to assassinate former U.S. President George H.W. Bush......(Gazette, 11 Mar 04)

Susan Lindauer's Work Record

........As of April 2002, a Susan Lindauer was in the employ of Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Lindauer previously worked in the press offices of Democrats Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon (from approximately May 1993 to January 1994), Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon (starting in January 1994), and Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois (from January 1996 to September 1996).....(Weekly Standard, 11 Mar 04)

Maryland Woman Charged As Iraqi Spy

Iraqi Spy Documents video.......(WUSA-TV, 11 Mar 04)

Northwest woman accused of spying for Iraq

A woman accused of spying for Iraq once worked at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Everett Herald newspapers.....(KATU-TV, 11 Mar 04)

U.S. Woman Is Alleged Iraqi Agent

........Lindauer worked at Fortune, U.S. News & World Report and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before beginning her career as a political publicist. She worked for then U.S. Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., before joining the office of former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun as press secretary in 1996.....(CBS News, 11 Mar 04)

Iraqi Intelligence Service - IIS [Mukhabarat]

Ex-Congress Aide Accused in Spy Case Is Free on Bail

Judge Won't Force Drugs on Accused Spy