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However, in the past 18 months there had been fewer cases where terrorists had moved from facilitating and supporting terrorism to planning attacks. He
said: “There have been 86 successful convictions since January 2007 of whom approaching half pleaded guilty, which has had a chilling effect on the
enthusiasm of the networks. They’re keeping their heads down.”
Mr Evans, 50, a classical studies graduate of the University of Bristol, also made clear that his job bore little resemblance to that portrayed in Spooks. The
BBC television actors are better dressed and “more omnipotent”, and more prone to histrionics.
The recession could have a long-term impact on Britain’s national security, making the country more vulnerable to terrorism, espionage and radicalism, he
suggested. History had shown that previous worldwide recessions had had worrying repercussions. The security threat would depend on whether the
downturn proved to be a “watershed moment”, affecting British society on a much larger scale than was now the case. Although there was no direct
relationship between economic distress and extremism, the security repercussions should the West become less economically dominant had to be kept in
mind.
Mr Evans admitted that MI5 had experienced “a tumultuous period”. The expanding MI5 organisation — staffing levels are to rise to 4,100 by 2011 —
had focused on monitoring terrorist suspects, and the main targets had been forced to adopt varied counter-surveillance techniques to avoid being followed
or bugged. “My staff are on the streets every day trying to keep the nation safe,” he said.
There was a “capability war” going on between the terrorists and MI5. Al-Qaeda suspects never spoke to each other in or near buildings, and learnt lessons
from court cases where surveillance methods were disclosed during the prosecutions. Terrorist recruits were also using circuitous routes, such as Dubai, to
get to places such as Afghanistan to join the jihad.
Of the use by terrorist organisations of the internet to try to recruit young Muslims in Britain, he said: “It’s a form of child abuse, trying to exploit young
people over the internet.” They became vulnerable to al-Qaeda propaganda that sought to take advantage of dramatic images of people suffering in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and now from the Israeli military attacks in Gaza, which he said could increase radicalism.
“There is no single path leading to violent extremism,” he said. “There are varying factors including social, foreign policy, economic and, often, personal
reasons which persuade them to throw in their lot with the extremists.”
The MI5 chief also said that the 2012 Olympics in London potentially presented a major terrorist target but the right way to deal with it was not to pursue
every red herring but to concentrate on known terrorist networks.
And as for the ordering of assassinations, MI5 is emphatic. Whatever happens in Spooks, the MI5 website states categorically that it “does not kill people
or arrange their assassination”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5462528.ece
This is an excellent piece and included here for those without a PC; however, one needs to visit the online piece to see Jonathan Evans, Director-General
of MI5
Mumbai
As the terror raid in India raged and was put down by actions of the brave Indian Security services British police [and you can make what you want of that
statement – Special Branch/anti-terror or actually MI5/SIS or what] flew to India as a statement that several terrorists involved were British citizens [of
one sort or another] was played down. After all we would still send British officials if there were no Brits involved, wouldn’t we
The Indian Government really cleaned up on the sudden need of Brits who had to travel to India, Police, Journos or whatever all led to the temporary
increase in price of the Visa [brought in because UK curbed Indian immigration] from £35 to £80.
Wonder why that was As someone recently said to me – the official didn’t even look at my picture, could’ve been Micky Mouse – all they wanted was
the cash.
Then we have Dubya jumping on the bandwagon as he promises assistance to India from the world’s oldest democracy!! World’s oldest – Ancient Greece
was the mother of democracy as we know it – as they practiced it the forefathers of those who colonised America ran about on the British Isles stark
bullock naked and painted blue to frighten invaders away.
Estonian Spy Scandal Shakes NATO and EU
By Holger Stark
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,590891,00.html
For years an Estonian government official has apparently been collecting the most intimate secrets of NATO and the EU -- and passing them on to the
Russians. The case is a disaster for Brussels.
Communications between the suspected top spy and his commanding officer seemed like a throwback to the Cold War. Investigators allege that in order to
send messages to his Russian contact, Herman Simm, 61, used a converted radio which looked like a relic from yesteryear's world of consumer electronics.
But there was nothing old-fashioned about what Simm, a high-ranking official in the Estonian Defense Ministry in Tallinn, reportedly transmitted to
Moscow over the years. It was the very latest intelligence information.
Although Simm was arrested with his wife Heete in the Estonian capital Tallinn on Sept. 21, this spy story -- which has been largely kept under wraps until
now -- primarily concerns the European Union and NATO based in faraway Brussels. Since Simm was responsible for dealing with classified information
in Tallinn, he had access to nearly all documents exchanged within the EU and NATO. Officials who are familiar with the case assume that "virtually
everything" that circulates between EU member states was passed on to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR -- including confidential
analyses by NATO on the Kosovo crisis, the war in Georgia and even the missile defense program. Investigators believe that Simm was a "big fish."
Meanwhile, a number of investigative teams from the EU and NATO have flown to Tallinn to probe the extent of the intelligence disaster. The
investigation is being led by the NATO Office for Security, which is headed by an American official. As investigators pursue their work, they continue to
unearth mounting evidence pointing to the enormity of the betrayal. A German government official has called the situation a "catastrophe," and Jaanus
Rahumägi, a member of Estonia's national parliament who heads the parliamentary oversight committee for the government security agency, fears
"historic damage."
NATO officials in Brussels are comparing Simm's alleged spying to the case of Aldrich Ames, a former CIA agent who for years funneled information to
the Russian intelligence service, the KGB. However, the extensive fallout of the Estonian leaks makes this the worst espionage scandal since the end of the
Cold War.
The case reveals how vulnerable the alliance has become in the wake of the expansion of NATO and the EU into Eastern Europe. When the decision was
made to allow Estonia -- a tiny country with a population of only 1.3 million -- and six other countries into NATO and the EU in 2004, then-German
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