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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (16647)	6/11/2000 3:38:00 PM
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the plot is getting thicker...perfect background for Gus and his crusade<g> Greeks seek testimony from former CIA chief By Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press, 6/10/2000 16:13 ATHENS, Greece (AP) A Greek court summoned a former Central Intelligence Agency director to testify, as efforts to track down the killers of a British diplomat generated little success, authorities said Saturday. A public prosecutor wants to interview James Woolsey after the former spymaster reportedly suggested that members of Greece's Socialist government could identify terrorists in the November 17 group, but had done nothing to arrest them. The November 17 group claimed responsibility for slaying Brig. Stephen Saunders in Athens on Thursday, prompting strong U.S. criticism over Greece's dismal record of catching urban guerrillas. The terrorist group has killed 22 people, including four American officials, since 1975, but none of its members have ever been caught. Woolsey, who ran the CIA from 1993 to 1995, said in the weekly satirical newspaper Pontiki on Thursday: ''I believe there are people in the Greek government who know certain members of November 17. Absolutely nothing has been done.'' State spokesman Dimitris Reppas described Woolsey's summons as ''a very significant step'' in the investigation. ''Whoever turns against the Greek government in this manner must be called upon to produce (evidence) so that we know why such claims are being made against our country,'' Reppas told state-run NET television. NET television said prosecutor Yannis Diotis, who issued the summons, was ready to travel to the United States to interview Woolsey. Police sources said Saturday that witness and evidence examinations had failed to produce results on Saunders' shooting. The motorcycle used by the two attackers has not been found. Anti-terrorism investigators from Britain's Scotland Yard were in Athens to help with the inquiry. Public Order Minister Michalis Chrisohoidis denied media reports that American agencies had given him a list of possible November 17 suspects. The government has shown willingness to change court procedure in terrorism trials and to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement agencies a move Greek critics have said could give Washington too much involvement in Greek affairs.