Ex-Serb intelligence chief worked for CIA: report

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Source: AFP

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — A former Serbian spy chief who served under president Slobodan Milosevic and is now being tried for war crimes worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

Jovica Stanisic had been recruited by CIA officer William Lofgren, who was desperate to get intelligence from inside the turmoil in the former Yugoslavia following its breakup, the newspaper said ,,,

He provided information on the locations of NATO hostages, helped CIA operatives in their search for grave sites and helped the agency set up a network of secret bases in Bosnia, the Los Angeles Times reported.

But at the same time, the US spy was setting up death squads for Milosevic that carried out a genocidal campaign in Bosnia and elsewhere, and is now facing trial at The Hague by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, established by the UN Security Council ...

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Serbia: Top Milosevic aide 'worked for CIA'

Belgrade, 2 March (AKI) – ... Claims that Stanisic was for nearly a decade the CIA's main man in Belgrade made headlines in most Belgrade newspapers on Monday after it was published in the Los Angeles Times.

The story broke as Serbs were still reeling from news of the lengthy prison sentences handed last week to five former top Serb officials by the Hague-based United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Stanisic is facing trial at The Hague for allegedly setting up 'genocidal' Serb death squads accused of atrocities against Bosnians and Croats.

The LA Times said on Sunday Stanisic had asked the CIA to intervene on his behalf at The Hague. Stanisic's trial was adjourned in mid-2008 and he was granted provisional release to seek medical treatment in Serbia. He is currently in Belgrade ...

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3063809904

[AllieB]

1. The CIA worked with ex-Nazis too.

They have a history of choosing the wrong side based on political expediency.

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2. CIA Denies Helping Nazi Adolf Eichmann (US News & World Report : 1 Mar 09)

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/03/01/cia-denies-helping-nazi-adolf-eichmann.html

Not much of a story -- but current