Re: Estonian convicted of treason in spy case (Herman Simm)

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

> From The Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/46e6a2a6-03a6-11de-b405-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

"EU diplomats said the Estonian spy had also seriously compromised the EU's internal security procedures.
"He had total access to Nato and EU stuff and was handing everything he could find to his Russian handlers," one EU 
diplomat said.

...

Nato officials in Brussels said they never commented on intelligence matters.
But sources in Brussels conceded that Mr Simm's activities had caused serious damage to the 26-member alliance.
"As Simm had access to classified Nato documents, it is the biggest ever spy scandal in Nato history," Raivo Aeg, chief 
of Estonia's security police said.
"The activities of Herman Simm were a risk not just to Estonia but to our partners,"
said Mati Raidma, head of parliament's defence committee, after the verdict"
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Juha-Matti

Juha-Matti Laurio [juha-matti.laurio () netti fi] kirjoitti: 
> "TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An Estonian court has convicted a former top security official of treason for passing on 
> classified information to a foreign power.
>
> Herman Simm was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison in a trial that was kept secret until the verdict was 
> announced Wednesday.
> The 61-year-old is the former head of security at the Estonian Defense Ministry."
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>
> More at
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmpPphChrTiGUy_eUfRIbgPTNa5wD96IHII81
>
> Background:
> 'Case Simm: Russian spy in Nato could have passed on missile defence and cyber-war secrets'
> http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2009-January/019446.html
>
> Juha-Matti

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