Navy Officer Alleges White House
Interference In Military Investigation
By Al Colombo
At every turn, and at almost every level, the Clinton administration routinely protects the interests of foreign concerns rather than that of hard working Americans. For example, a recent investigation by a trade publication in the electronic security industry revealed that federal investigators stonewalled where it was found fake FCC (Federal Communications Commission) tags on alarm equipment imported from China. Repeated attempts to have federal authorities check into the matter resulted in delay after delay (see If You Think China Is Our Friend Then You're The Blind Being Led By The Blind, authored by Friday The 13th Anarchist, published in David's Call, issue 1, volume 1, July, 1999).
In a recent article published in the Washington Times, it was revealed that the eyes of two intelligence officers, working for the United States Navy, were injured while photographing a Russian ship near Puget Sound in Washington State. The incident, which took place in April, 1997, resulted in the degradation of vision of Lt. Jack Daly and Canadian helicopter pilot, Pat Barnes.
Allegedly because of this incident, Lt. Daly believes that he was passed over for an expected and well deserved promotion. According to Daly, the U.S. Navy failed to promote him so he would have to leave the service within seven months, a move that would almost certain keep him quiet about the incident. Daly says that the order came down from the White House so it would not disturb the President's foreign relations effort with Russia.
On its face, Daly's allegation might appear to have little merit, but closer examination of the situation has revealed a most ominous, underlying code of action on the part of Daly's superiors, the State Department, and the White House. Daly and the Canadian pilot were observing the Russian ship, the Kapitan Man, which was presumably in the act of spying on a U.S. submarine that carryied nuclear missiles. While photographing the Russian ship, a burst of high-power laser light from on board the Kapitan Man injured both mens' eyes. According to the Washington times article, the esulting injuries are permanent.
"A search of the Russian ship was limited by the State Department to public areas of the vessel, and State also tipped off the Russian Embassy in advance of a Navy boarding party looking for the hand-held laser that could have caused the damage," the Washington Times reported.[1]
The incident was allegedly disclosed to the Washington Times by Pentagon officials who maintain that the State Department deliberately sabatoged the boarding party's efforts to find the laser equipment that blinded the two intelligence officers. The reason, according to the Times, was so not to upset relations with Moscow. At present, the Navy IG (Inspector General) is investigating the allegation that Daly was inappropriately passed over for promotion by his superiors.
Copyright©1999 Allan B. Colombo
Laser, FYI:
The following information on defense department laser technology comes by way of the United Nations web site at: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/glossary/
Glossary of UN Peacekeeping Terms:
* laser designator [A device that emits a beam of laser energy which is used to mark a specific place or object.]
* laser illuminator; laser designator; laser aiming light; laser target marker; laser spot projector; laser aiming module; LAM [normally used to increase the capability of soldiers or combat vehicles to aim a target fast and precisely . LAM's can be a detachable module on a handgun] see also: night vision; thermal imager; image intensifier
* laser range finder most main battle tanks and other combat vehicles are equipped with laser range finders to determine the range to a target very fast and precisely. In adittion to that there are existing small versions of laser range finders which can be used by a single soldier.
* laser warning receiver; LWR [detects laser threats]
* night vision; night observation device (NOD); night sight; night viewing weapon sight; night vision equipment (NVE); night viewing aid (NVA); night viewing goggles (NVG) [a variety of devices, using (passive) image intensifiers (intensification of residual light) and/or thermal (infrared) imagers to improve observation, target acquisition or aiming in low light conditions; they can be coupled with (active) laser aiming lights (laser illuminators or designators, target markers, spot projectors); they take the form of hand-held or helmet-mounted binocular and monocular goggles, pocketscopes, rifle-mounted weapon sights, or armoured vehicle periscopes] see also: image intensifier; thermal imager; laser illuminator
From Press Release: Feb. 2, 1998
On Friday, 30 January, Hungary had become the twentieth State to deposit its notification of ratification of Protocol IV -- on Blinding Laser Weapons
-- to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, the Spokesman continued. This Protocol made a significant contribution to the development of international humanitarian law and represented the first time that the international community had pre-empted the use of a weapon before it had actually gone into use in the field. The names of the countries party to the Convention were available in the Spokesman's Office. The Protocol would go into effect within six months of the deposit of that twentieth ratification -- on 31 July.
From Press Release: same date, release 3
A correspondent asked what the difference was between the laser weapons used during the Gulf War and those that the Spokesman had mentioned. "I believe these are laser weapons used against people in the field," the Spokesman said. "What you are referring to may have been laser-guided weapons which is something different. The title of these weapons is 'Laser Blinding', so they are anti- personnel weapons designed to blind the enemy. These have not gone into use anywhere in the world and now it's the first time a weapon of that sort has been banned before they have been distributed and used."
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