Serbian spy's trial lifts cloak on his CIA alliance

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[kronos77]

As Milosevic's intelligence chief, Jovica Stanisic is accused of setting up genocidal death squads. But as a valuable source for the CIA, an agency veteran says, he also 'did a whole lot of good.' By Greg Miller March 1, 2009 Reporting from Belgrade, Serbia -- At night, when the lawns are empty and the lamps along the walking paths are the only source of light, Topcider Park on the outskirts of Belgrade is a perfect meeting place for spies.

It was here in 1992, as the former Yugoslavia was erupting in ethnic violence, that a wary CIA agent made his way toward the park's gazebo and shook hands with a Serbian intelligence officer.

Timeline of the Jovica Stanisic case

Jovica Stanisic had a cold gaze and a sinister reputation. He was the intelligence chief for Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, and regarded by many as the brains of a regime that gave the world a chilling new term: "ethnic cleansing."

But the CIA officer, William Lofgren, needed help. The agency was all but blind after Yugoslavia shattered into civil war. Fighting had broken out in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Milosevic was seen as a menace to European security, and the CIA was desperate to get intelligence from inside the turmoil.

So on that midnight stroll, the two spies carved out a clandestine relationship that remained undisclosed: For eight years, Stanisic was the CIA's main man in Belgrade. During secret meetings in boats and safe houses along the Sava River, he shared details on the inner workings of the Milosevic regime. He provided information on the locations of NATO hostages, aided CIA operatives in their search for grave sites and helped the agency set up a network of secret bases in Bosnia.

[kronos77]

[kronos77]

Ping!

[coloradan]

As Milosevic's intelligence chief, Jovica Stanisic is accused of setting up genocidal death squads. But as a valuable source for the CIA, an agency veteran says, he also 'did a whole lot of good.'

Sounds like the FBI, who caught a few bank robbers to make up for incinerating 80 people to death at Waco, among other crimes. Yeah, they do a whole lot of good, too.

[gr8eman]

Still looking for those mass graves...eh? Maybe the “journalists” who took the photo of those guys through the fence and said they were war prisoners can help!

[DTA]

It seems you have very cursory knowledge about the mentioned events.

Milosevic was Clinton's silent partner. Stanisic was his courier pidgeon.

Most of the so called atrocities were black ops on behalf of the Company.

Company's admittance is only the tip of the iceberg. Setting up of AQ network is the real stuff below.

[DTA]

Nah. Penny Marschall moonlighted for The Firm posing as ITV journalist. She is notorious for inventing the story of thousands allegedly killed by Ceaucescu in Timisoara, another non-event.

She was chosen on purpose because her name was notorious - it was a code that intel op is in full swing.

Bosnian civil war is a treasure trove of information that otherwise is well hidden. Think of Enron scam, it first surfaced during Ron Brown’s arkancide in 1998.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Speaking of CIA, check this out.

MEET THE NEW CIA DIRECTOR'S DAUGHTER ... Linda Panetta the daughter of Leon Panetta, who was recently named by Barack Obama to be the new CIA director. Linda is a supporter of all the anti-American regimes in this Hemisphere. Here she is with Hugo Chavez [Venezuela] and Daniel Ortega [Nicaragua], two sworn enemies of the United States. She is a radical anti-American activist who wants to close the anti-terrorist School of the Americas, in Fort Bening, Georgia, where Columbian soldiers are trained. She says they are training criminals and is against any aid to the government of Colombia, our main ally in the region. It is easy to confirm these facts.

Visit some of her public web sites:
http://www.soawne.org

http://www.soaw.org/presente/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id&&ItemidV

Would any reasonable and impartial individual be concerned if any of her activities are not duly probed and questioned during her father's confirmation hearings, would the Senate "advise or consent?" These are frightening facts which should be made known to the American public and they compel any reasonable and impartial individual to pass them on.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

She is not Panneta’s daughter...