Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : War -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (10112)	12/19/2001 4:12:35 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Thanks for these Fox reports... BTW, I watched WH spokesman Ari Fleischer on CNN when the FOX guy asked him the question: he barely answered it and was suddenly ushered out of the press-conference room by two other Gov. guys...

To: Thomas M. who wrote (10112)	12/19/2001 10:27:12 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

I guess the following snippet says it all.... Adding to the suspicions is the fact that in Israel, Comverse works closely with the Israeli government, and under special programs, gets reimbursed for up to 50 percent of its research and development costs by the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade. But investigators within the DEA, INS and FBI have all told Fox News that to pursue or even suggest Israeli spying through Comverse is considered career suicide. And sources say that while various F.B.I. inquiries into Comverse have been conducted over the years, they've been halted before the actual equipment has ever been thoroughly tested for leaks. A 1999 F.C.C. document indicates several government agencies expressed deep concerns that too many unauthorized non-law enforcement personnel can access the wiretap system. And the FBI's own nondescript office in Chantilly, Virginia that actually oversees the CALEA wiretapping program, is among the most agitated about the threat. But there is a bitter turf war internally at F.B.I. It is the FBI's office in Quantico, Virginia, that has jurisdiction over awarding contracts and buying intercept equipment. And for years, they've thrown much of the business to Comverse. A handful of former U.S. law enforcement officials involved in awarding Comverse government contracts over the years now work for the company. Numerous sources say some of those individuals were asked to leave government service under what knowledgeable sources call "troublesome circumstances" that remain under administrative review within the Justice Department. [...] __________________ Again, the whole FOX/Cameron report doesn't invalidate my "pet conspiracy", that is, my "hunch" to believe that the initial 911 scheme was limited to "regular hijackings". Russia/FSB provided the brains and the Afghan/Arab manpower, the French provided North African decoys/plants, and Israel helped to set up the conduit to the US and the cover (by scrambling the hijackers' communications)