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ALL FOUR PARTS OF THE FOX NEWS STORY THAT
"NO LONGER EXISTS" WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE
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FOX NEWS NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHY
"THIS STORY NO LONGER EXISTS"
MID-EAST REALITIES - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 3/07/2002:
FOX NEWS first went with this story last 13th of December. After
considerable pressure, now believed to include persons in the Bush
Government known to have very close associations with the Israeli
government, FOX News withdrew this major story -- one it had broadcast on
air in four parts -- from its website a few days before Christmas last year
on 21 December; and other American media followed their lead. According to
FOX News, "This Story No Longer Exists".
Just who pressured FOX News? Why did FOX News cave in so easily? What
now months later when an expanded story is not just coming back to life in
foreign publications but appears to be the greatest spy scandal ever
involving the Israelis spying on the Americans? These questions are now an
important story in itself that urgently needs to be investigated and
uncovered. And if FOX News can't properly report, and maybe confess,
itself; then others should surely do so.
Here's Part 1 of "This Story No Longer Exists":
MASSIVE ISRAELI SPY OPERATION DISCOVERED IN U.S. - PART 1 of 4
Carl Cameron Investigates - 12-13-01
BRIT HUME, HOST: It has been more than 16 years since a
civilian
working for the Navy was charged with passing secrets to
Israel.
Jonathan Pollard pled guilty to conspiracy to commit
espionage and is
serving a life sentence. At first, Israeli leaders claimed
Pollard was part of
a rogue operation, but later took responsibility for his
work.
Now Fox News has learned some U.S. investigators believe
that there are
Israelis again very much engaged in spying in and on the
U.S., who may
have known things they didn't tell us before Sept. 11. Fox
News
correspondent Carl Cameron has details in the first of a
four-part series.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CARL CAMERON, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Since Sept. 11,
more than 60 Israelis have been arrested or detained, either
under the
new patriot anti-terrorism law, or for immigration
violations. A handful of
active Israeli military were among those detained, according
to
investigators, who say some of the detainees also failed
polygraph
questions when asked about alleged surveillance activities
against and in
the United States.
There is no indication that the Israelis were involved in
the 9/11 attacks,
but investigators suspect that they Israelis may have
gathered intelligence
about the attacks in advance, and not shared it. A highly
placed
investigator said there are "tie-ins." But when asked for
details, he flatly
refused to describe them, saying, "evidence linking these
Israelis to 9/11
is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has
been gathered. It's
classified information."
Fox News has learned that one group of Israelis, spotted in
North
Carolina recently, is suspected of keeping an apartment in
California to
spy on a group of Arabs who the United States is also
investigating for
links to terrorism. Numerous classified documents obtained
by Fox News
indicate that even prior to Sept. 11, as many as 140 other
Israelis had
been detained or arrested in a secretive and sprawling
investigation into
suspected espionage by Israelis in the United States.
Investigators from numerous government agencies are part of
a working
group that's been compiling evidence since the mid '90s.
These
documents detail hundreds of incidents in cities and towns
across the
country that investigators say, "may well be an organized
intelligence
gathering activity."
The first part of the investigation focuses on Israelis who
say they are art
students from the University of Jerusalem and Bazala
Academy. They
repeatedly made contact with U.S. government personnel, the
report
says, by saying they wanted to sell cheap art or handiwork.
Documents say they, "targeted and penetrated military
bases." The DEA,
FBI and dozens of government facilities, and even secret
offices and
unlisted private homes of law enforcement and intelligence
personnel.
The majority of those questioned, "stated they served in
military
intelligence, electronic surveillance intercept and or
explosive ordinance
units."
Another part of the investigation has resulted in the
detention and arrests
of dozens of Israelis at American mall kiosks, where they've
been selling
toys called Puzzle Car and Zoom Copter. Investigators
suspect a front.
Shortly after The New York Times and Washington Post
reported the
Israeli detentions last months, the carts began vanishing.
Zoom Copter's
Web page says, "We are aware of the situation caused by
thousands of
mall carts being closed at the last minute. This in no way
reflects the
quality of the toy or its salability. The problem lies in
the operators'
business policies."
Why would Israelis spy in and on the U.S.? A general
accounting office
investigation referred to Israel as country A and said,
"According to a
U.S. intelligence agency, the government of country A
conducts the most
aggressive espionage operations against the U.S. of any U.S.
ally."
A defense intelligence report said Israel has a voracious
appetite for
information and said, "the Israelis are motivated by strong
survival
instincts which dictate every possible facet of their
political and
economical policies. It aggressively collects military and
industrial
technology and the U.S. is a high priority target."
The document concludes: "Israel possesses the resources and
technical
capability to achieve its collection objectives."
(END VIDEO CLIP)
A spokesman for the Israeli embassy here in Washington
issued a denial
saying that any suggestion that Israelis are spying in or on
the U.S. is
"simply not true." There are other things to consider. And
in the days
ahead, we'll take a look at the U.S. phone system and law
enforcement's
methods for wiretaps. And an investigation that both have
been
compromised by our friends overseas.
HUME: Carl, what about this question of advanced knowledge
of what
was going to happen on 9/11? How clear are investigators
that some
Israeli agents may have known something?
CAMERON: It's very explosive information, obviously, and
there's a
great deal of evidence that they say they have collected ó
none of it
necessarily conclusive. It's more when they put it all
together. A bigger
question, they say, is how could they not have know? Almost
a direct
quote.
HUME: Going into the fact that they were spying on some
Arabs, right?
CAMERON: Correct.
HUME: All right, Carl, thanks very much. ___
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