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Serb leader filmed passing secrets United Press International. March 20, 2002 -The sources also said Neighbor had no diplomatic passport on him and his briefcase had no diplomatic markings. -Blic quoted sources as saying that U.S. Ambassador William Montgomery was played the tapes as proof of Neighbor's role in several espionage cases in Yugoslavia over a long period of time. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Mar 20, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Yugoslavia's military counter-intelligence service was reported Wednesday to have filmed the former Serbian deputy prime minister handing over computer disks with secret information to a U.S. official. Both Gen. Momcilo Perisic and U.S. Embassy counselor John David Neighbor were arrested last week after the alleged exchange took place at a venue near Belgrade. Perisic was held for 36 hours and Neighbor for 17 hours after they were detained at a restaurant on March 14. Perisic, who has denied he passed state secrets to the United States, resigned over the scandal Tuesday. The existence of a videotape was reported in Wednesday's edition of the Belgrade newspaper Blic, which quoted military security sources. Upon his release from jail, Neighbor complained he had been mistreated while in police custody; wasn't allowed to contact his embassy and that some tapes had been planted in his briefcase, which had been taken away from him. But military sources told Blic the videotape showed Perisic drawing the disks from beneath his tracksuit and handing them to Neighbor only moments before police approached them sitting at a table and arrested them. The sources also said Neighbor had no diplomatic passport on him and his briefcase had no diplomatic markings. Blic quoted sources as saying that U.S. Ambassador William Montgomery was played the tapes as proof of Neighbor's role in several espionage cases in Yugoslavia over a long period of time. The sources also said the ambassador immediately said, "That is what I feared" and then addressing the security men declared, "I congratulate you." At a news conference Wednesday, Perisic said he had regular contact with embassy officials from many countries. He denied he had obtained secret information and documents from Lt. Col. Miodrag Sekulic in the office of the army's general staff. Sekulic was arrested at the same time as Perisic and Neighbor. Perisic told reporters he had neither seen nor heard from Sekulic since 1998. Asked if he knew he under surveillance for the last five months, Perisic said, "They have been trailing me, gentlemen, at least since 1999, putting every movement of mine under the microscope." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
