(((Being Indian spies, they envy geek *careers*.)))
http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/24leak.htm
Top secrets leaked for MNC jobs in US?
Krishnadas Rajagopal in New Delhi
September 24, 2006 16:26 IST
All it took was an offer of plum portfolios in United States multinational companies like Microsoft for two senior staffers of National Security Council Secretariat to leak top secret documents to elusive American 'diplomat' Rosanna Minchew, a Delhi police probe has revealed.
Security agencies are still taking stock of the extent to which classified files have been accessed by the two accused NSCS employees.
Classified documents seized from the accused persons, include Nuclear Doctrine draft report, the foreign policy on the Thai KAR Canal and futuristic NSCS plans for data sharing network among security agencies, police said. (((Exactly the geek envy that the previous American spy was decrying, by the way.)))
Retired NSCS employee Mukesh Saini, at the time of his arrest in June 2006, was nurturing a 'promising' career with US-based software giant, Microsoft – courtesy Minchew.
His co-accused, Shib Shanker Paul, a senior computer analyst with the NSCS, even disclosed that he worked for Minchew as she had 'assured him of a good job in any of the US IT multinationals,' police said.
Both Saini and Paul have been accused of criminal conspiracy and offences under the Official Secrets Act in a chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police Special Cell before Delhi Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Seema Maini recently.
Minchew was introduced to Saini, then a naval commander posted at NSCS, in August 2005 by US diplomat Howard Madnick as the new 'political officer' in charge of the Indo-US Cyber Security Forum. (((Geek spy. Sorta.))) The duo allegedly met several times during training sessions and seminars at his NSCS office in Patel Bhawan.
"On one such occasion, he (Saini) told Minchew that he is going to retire soon and needs a suitable job... She referred his name to Microsoft and Saini gave her all information relating to NSCS," police said.
Saini went on to voluntarily retire from the Indian Navy on April two this year and joined Microsoft eight days later. Police also claim that Saini made frequent calls on his cell phone to US State Department officials and also wrote e-mails asking them to do him a 'favour' by getting him a 'good job' in any US MNC. Investigators have also seized a laptop allegedly provided to him by Microsoft.
"Accused Saini gave information to Minchew and in return she arranged a job for him just after voluntary retirement," police said in the chargesheet.
Analysis of a pen drive recovered from Paul's NSCS office showed 67 files containing over 1,000 pages of data marked 'secret' relating to national security. It involved data on monthly intelligence reviews, strategic analysis and documents of strategy with foreign nations, police said. (((Geek pen drive. Carries lots more data than lame James Bond analog devices.)))
Saini was in the US attending a meeting of Microsoft when the police allegedly raided his Arjun Vihar home in New Delhi and seized a CPU, two hard disks, four CDs and sensitive documents on 'KRA Canal of Thailand and its impact on India and draft report of the Indian Nuclear Doctrine.'
"If the seized documents were passed on to any foreign agent, they can be used for purpose prejudicial to the safety or interest of the State," police said.
(((Indian spies recoil in horror from Microsoft/US penetration, purge themselves of plethora of cool geek devices:)))
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/06giz.htm?zcc=rl
No gizmos any more for Indian sleuths!
PTI | July 06, 2006 | 16:29 IST
The Intelligence Bureau has barred the use of mobile phones with cameras and Bluetooth connectivity and computer devices like pen drives by its operatives, sources said.
The decision comes close on the heels of the detection of a spy ring in the National Security Council Secretariat.
The IB, whose counter-intelligence wing is probing the alleged leak of classified information from the NSCS to an American diplomat, recently took steps to ensure that its operatives and officials were complying with an earlier directive barring them from using mobiles with sophisticated features, the sources said.
Cellular phones with cameras, in-built memory for storage of data, and Bluetooth and infrared connectivity that allow wireless transfer of data from computers are barred. (((Presumably they'll be sending barefoot message-wallahs henceforth; hey, it works great for bin Laden.)))
"Even officials are using basic mobile phone models that cost a few thousand rupees," said a source. (((On the phone.)))
As its sleuths are uncovering the network involved in leaking sensitive data on the country's future policies from the NSCS to American diplomat Rosanne Minchew, who has since left the country, the IB's top brass recently ordered the removal of a variety of CD-drives from computers in its main office.
Special steps were taken to remove all drives capable of recording on CDs, the sources said.
