Posted on 01/21/2002 8:07:02 PM PST by ex-Texan
Did Jailed 'Spy' In Canada Predict The 911 Attacks On America?
By Nick Pron Staff Reporter
While jet fighters drop bombs on Afghanistan in the wake of the World Trade Center tragedy and FBI agents search for the source of anthrax letters, an incredible tale has been unfolding in a Toronto courtroom.
It draws together the threads of a narrative some describe as "stunning and fantastic," while others wonder if it isn't just the ravings of a lunatic.
The man telling the tale in sworn court affidavits is Delmart Edward Vreeland, who faces credit fraud charges in Canada and in the United States, where officials are attempting to extradite him.
The 35-year-old American claims to be a lieutenant in a U.S. Navy intelligence unit - a spy who says he knew in advance about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In his affidavit, he says he tried to warn Canadian intelligence about possible terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, along with targets in Ottawa and Toronto, but was written off as a petty criminal.
So he wrote the warning on a piece of paper, sealed it in an envelope, and handed it to jail guards a month before the attacks. They opened the letter Sept. 14 and immediately forwarded the information to Ottawa.
His lawyers, Rocco Galati and Paul Slansky, are fighting extradition, telling the court he could face treason charges and the death penalty in the U.S.
In the first stage of hearings, federal prosecutor Kevin Wilson yesterday told Mr. Justice Archie Campbell of the Superior Court of Justice that he was skeptical of Vreeland's claims.
"Is his story possible? I can't go so far as to say it's not possible, but it's not plausible," Wilson said.
The prosecutor said he has seen no evidence to back Vreeland's claim that Canadian embassy official Marc Bastien was murdered in Moscow in December. Canadian officials said the 35-year-old computer specialist died of natural causes.
So, who is Delmart Edward Joseph Michael Vreeland II?
According to court documents, Vreeland was 18 when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1984.
Two years later, Vreeland says in his affidavit, he joined a special unit investigating drug smuggling into the U.S. by naval personnel. But the navy says Vreeland was "unsatisfactorily discharged" in 1986.
Vreeland also claims he gathered information on a crime family in Detroit and testified against them in 1998.
Late last year, he says, he came to Canada to help smuggle Russian military secrets out of Moscow, including Russia's plan to counter the American 'Star Wars' missile defence system. While in Moscow, Vreeland says, he met Bastien.
Vreeland was arrested by a police fugitive squad nine months ago. While in Toronto (Don) Jail, he met Nestor Fonseca, who was facing drug smuggling charges and extradition to the U.S. The court documents say Fonseca allegedly told Vreeland of his plans to kill a Toronto judge and others. Fonseca was charged with counselling to commit murder.
Galati and Slansky said in the documents that Vreeland should be put into the witness protection program in Canada because he is the main witness against Fonseca.
Galati writes in one document: "Neither myself, nor Mr. Slansky ... have seen anything as incomprehensibly frustrating, inexplicable and irresponsibly absurd. as the RCMP's position that they are not interested in reviewing Mr. Vreeland's information."
It would appear, Galati says in the brief, that the Canadian and American governments have written Vreeland off as a "nut case," which he says is a "patently absurd conclusion."
By the way, this Vreeland story could be nothing but it could be somthing. Follow the drugs and they may lead to Chechnya or Kosovo or Bosnia or all of the above.
I found the same thing when I plugged in his name on google. All the other hits (roughly half a dozen of them) appeared to just the same original article posted on various questionable sites. I didn't turn up anything in a mainstream paper, but maybe someone else will find something.
So far, it doesn't look too promising.
who does this story remind you of:
1. timmy mc's mysterious military careeer?
2. leo wanta's accusations & incarceration?
3. name your own favorite coverup
THIS is the 'key' to this 'agent/courier' real identity.
?? What was his 'rank' before entering 'boot camp'??
??Maybe a real can of worms??
I agree. I'm just saying we don't have much to work off of. If he goes into Witness Protection, we've lost him. If he doesn't, we'll read his obituary--maybe.
T hat's DynCorp.
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Yep, almost happened to me. It was the written tests that 'bout done me in.
*The guy from DynCorp* is who was reputedly scheduled to have been aboard Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's fatal flight to the Balkans. Either Winokur is a very lucky fellow, or he was tipped off to miss that flight. Or both.
Pug Winokur is the head of Capricorn Holdings. He is the lead investor in DynCorp, the company with the contract for the DOJ asset forfeiture Fund and for the War on Drugs in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.
From the late 80's, Pug was the Chairman of DynCorp, stepping down to be chair of the compensation committee and member of the board in 1997. He is still very active. DynCorp was the company that picked up responsibilities for PROMIS after Inslaw was fired. PROMIS is critical to understanding the War on Drugs.
Pug is a member of the Executive Committee of Enron and the head of the Finance Committee. That means he is the person on the Board of Directors who is supposed to be making sure that the finances of the company are sound. Pug is also a member of the Harvard Corporation.
And in addition to Winokur's other interests in Columbia and his ties to both Clinton and Bush I administration figures, Winokur has interesting connections to Richard Armitage and to the US Army Special Forces Operation Watch Tower raids in Columbia during the 1970s.
It was Dyncorp and not Dynacorp.
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