2008 Testimony by Reuven Hasak, former deputy head of Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Beit, since 1996 head of NDS Operational Security, a division of News Corporation. Cross-examination by EchoStar lawyer Chad Hagan about Exhibit 2009 and the Toronto incident. Continue reading
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Adventures in America: ‘All we had to do was stick to our story and deny’
Abbreviations
JN John Norris, US head NDS Operational Security
LR Larry Rissler security chief for NDS client DirecTV
Alex NDS code name for Oliver Koemmerling
PC Canadian pirate, informant for Rissler
NDC News Datacom, renamed NDS
BILL NDS code name for Canadian pirate Marty Mullen
Jellyfish NDS code name for associate of Koemmerling
POMELLA NDS code name ofr European hacker
BELLA NDS code name for an associate of Koemmerling
Exhibit 2009 Case No. SA CV03-950 DOC (JTL)
FAX
Reuven.
As I discussed with you the announcement by John that Larry R had been told about Alex was something of a major surprise. I know that you know the story from JN. What I am doing here is putting my perspective so that you have a record of how I see things. I have not discussed this with JN and will not mention it to him. This is a communication between myself and you alone. Continue reading
The unfortunate shooting at the Hotel Palas–Kazanluk
The NDS hacker who hated Israel
Letters to grieving parents
Two sets of parents, both desperate for answers about how their sons died. Their narrowing field of options have led them to one man, former Metropolitan Police Commander Ray Adams. Can he hep them? Continue reading
The numbers that kill the Murdoch succession
Nobody looks at the voting numbers for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. For a start, looking at those numbers is hopelessly nerdy. And in any case his complete ascendancy—his ability to wield 39.7 per cent of the voting stock while only owning 13.5 per cent of the total stock–makes the results at annual meetings a complete no-brainer. At least that’s how it is pitched.
But last week’s voting numbers at the annual meeting in Los Angeles tell a different story. What they show is that Rupert Murdoch can indeed retain control of News Corp without even raising a sweat. But his children almost certainly won’t. Continue reading
Desperately seeking Toffs
Let’s be frank. You don’t see a lot of Toffs around these days. You don’t run into them in the suburbs. Or around the shopping mall. They don’t go bowling. They’re shy creatures. I thought I saw a small one last week, but he ducked off into the shrubbery before I could be sure. Continue reading