ISSUES....
Inside,
confidential, off the record
The
$800,000 saga
Kenneth
Rijock, the financial crime consultant, for World-Check, writes
about how the Cubans
know where the $800,000 came from.
The most pressing
question in the "suitcasegate" scandal
is the source of funds of the US$800,000 seized by Argentinean
customs officials. Was it narcotics proceeds? It might interest
you to know that there is an organisation inside Venezuela who
could answer that question today, and prove it with transcripts.
Why? Because, they've been listening to all the relevant telephone
conversations between Venezuela and Argentina, and reading all
the e-mails between the parties. How can they do that? With the
blessings of the Chavez government, of course. Now do you understand
that when we say e-mail is not secure, we mean it.
The Cuban intelligence service, Direccion General de Inteligencia,
or DGI, has covert listening posts established throughout Venezuela,
which eavesdrop upon all domestic and international communications,
in a cooperative venture to assist the Venezuelan government in
state security matters.. One of their largest facilities is located
within the Caracas headquarters of CANTV, the government-owned
telecommunications utility. Most Venezuelans are aware that their
telephone conversations are monitored, but few know about the fact
that e-mail is also compromised.
How do they read your e-mails? Amongst the Cuban staff at the
CANTV facility are a team of the most experienced computer hackers
on Earth. Little is know about the identity of these individuals,
but rumours persist that an American hacker was assassinated in
the Venezuelan city of Valencia. Was he one of the hacker cadre?
We cannot say, but it would be interesting to learn the nationalities
of these mysterious hackers.
They have somehow penetrated many of the world's internet service
providers, and obtained the screen names and passwords of a large
number of prominent Venezuelans, including:
· Opposition
politicians, journalists and the most vocal of the government's
critics.
· Prominent
Venezuelan exiles living outside the country.
· Americans
who are supporting Venezuelan opposition elements.
· Senior
Venezuelan military officers, including many colonels and generals.
· Strangely
enough, even members of the Bolivarian Elite, members of the
inner circle of government and their supporters
in the private sector. Why Chavez would have his Cuban technicians
listen in on his closest advisers is curious, but not unexpected.
I have personally read some of the lists of names, screen names
and passwords they work from, and they're reading everyone's e-mail,
including a number of important Argentineans in government. That
is why they could easily confirm the illicit origins of the suspect
$800,000, from what I am sure was a massive number of telephone
calls and e-mails before, during, and after the abortive bulk-cash
smuggling scheme.
Therefore, the next time you even think about sending an e-mail
message that contains sensitive information, remember this article.
Personally, I would like to know whether this Cuban electronic
intelligence is going to any other government in the region.
Commentary
from www.world-check 15/9/07
Petroleumworld
09 24 07
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