http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/promis/ en-us Mon, 6 Jan 2003 21:03:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/817792/posts <p>The head of a computer firm wants the independent commission named to investigate September 11 intelligence failures to review accusations that his software-tracking program, which he says the Justice Department stole, was diverted to Osama bin Laden.</p> <p>William H. Hamilton, president of Inslaw Inc., said the commission — headed by former New Jersey Gov. David H. Kean — should focus on the validity of published reports saying bin Laden penetrated classified computer files before the attacks to evade detection and monitor the activities of U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies.</p> The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/817792/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jan 2003 21:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595776/posts ...But this case management and data mining software, developed in the early 1980s by a small Washington D.C. company, Inslaw Inc., had proven itself to be a perfect intelligence tool... Stolen by ruse from its owner, Inslaw Inc., the software was hacked and provided with a "trap door", ... a Trojan Horse hacker’s trick, that enabled the retrieval of information from the foreign intelligence services and banks it had been sold to on behalf of Israeli and U.S. intelligence. Without the knowledge of the software’s owner, and in violation of copyright laws, the PROMIS software was sold to over 40... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595776/posts#comment Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1568605/posts The so called PROMIS affair would never have happened if the software invented by an American computer specialist, Mr. William A. Hamilton, had been a technical failure. But this case management and data mining software, developed in the early 1980s by a small Washington D.C. company, Inslaw Inc., had proven itself to be a perfect intelligence tool. Originally made for the Department of Justice to help the country’s prosecutor offices in their case management, it drew the attention of corrupt officials and of Israeli Intelligence. Stolen by ruse from its owner, Inslaw Inc., the software was hacked and provided with... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1568605/posts#comment Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:17:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379379/posts In June 2001, Jerry Seper of The Washington Times reported that former FBI agent and convicted spy Robert Hanssen sold an enhanced version of PROMIS for $2 million to Russian crime figures, who in turn are suspected of selling a black-market version of it to Osama bin Laden.More recently, the International Currency Review, a London-based financial newsletter, reportedly obtained Iraqi intelligence documents alleging that PROMIS came into Saddam Hussein's possession under the Bush I administration. The publication's editor says the documents were owned by Hussein's half-brother, Barzan al Takriti. Capitalism Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379379/posts#comment Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:29:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/585767/posts FTW, December 6, 2001 -- On October 9th, FTW broke a story on insider trading connected to the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center that sparked worldwide controversy. In that story we reported how the Israeli Herzliyya Institute for Counterterrorism had documented that unknown individuals -- with accurate foreknowledge of the attacks -- had purchased an obvious and unusually large number of "put" options on United and American Airlines shortly before the attacks. Additional companies hit hard by the insider trading included Axa Re(insurance) and Munich Re as well as American investment giants Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. Put ... From the Wildnerness Publications http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/585767/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/801984/posts <p>BOSTON — Federal agents late Thursday night raided a Quincy, Mass., company that provides critical software to major U.S. agencies and is suspected of having ties to Usama bin Laden and Al Qaeda terrorists.</p> <p>Ptech Inc.'s clients include the FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Energy Department, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Naval air systems, the U.S. Air Force, NATO, the U.S. House of Representatives, the Department of Energy and the agency that handles nuclear weapons security, according to its Web site.</p> FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/801984/posts#comment Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:32:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/854676/posts Retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark, the Little Rock native and former NATO supreme allied commander in Europe, has resigned as managing director of merchant banking for the Stephens Group Inc. of Little Rock effective Friday, a company spokesman confirmed. "He told several of us that his first assignment would be to Kuwait City for CNN," Stephens spokesman Frank Thomas said. "It was a very amicable parting, very comfortable." Clark couldn't be reached for comment Friday morning. He joined Stephens in July 2000, the same month he retired from the Army. He serves on the boards of directors of Acxiom... ArkansasBusiness.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/854676/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:34:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/944193/posts DID SADDAM HUSSEIN and Osama bin Laden have access to a U.S. computer tracking program that enabled them to monitor our intelligence-gathering efforts and financial transactions? If so, who is responsible for allowing the program to fall into their hands? And who else among America's enemies might have access to the tracking system? It's an explosive spy software scandal that no one in official Washington wants to investigate. This complex, tangled story began two decades ago, when a tiny private company called Inslaw Inc. developed a software package to help U.S. attorneys' offices in large urban districts keep tabs on... The Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/944193/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/942771/posts Did Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden have access to a U.S. computer tracking program that enabled them to monitor our intelligence-gathering efforts and financial transactions? If so, who is responsible for allowing the program to fall into their hands? And who else among America's enemies might have access to the tracking system? It's an explosive spy software scandal that no one in official Washington wants to investigate. This complex, tangled story began two decades ago, when a tiny private company called Inslaw Inc. developed a software package to help U.S. attorneys' offices in large urban districts keep tabs on... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/942771/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2003 06:49:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941106/posts From Matt Drudge:  RIDDLE AS SPY-CATCHER QUITS: America's top spy-catcher, Paul Redmond, has suddenly resigned in the middle of his secret investigation into how Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden allegedly obtained [Promis] US computer software... Developing...Redmond's Bad Day On The Hill...  Matt Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941106/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2003 06:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941059/posts America's top spy-catcher, Paul Redmond, has suddenly resigned in the middle of his secret investigation into how Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden allegedly obtained [Promis] US computer software... Developing... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941059/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2003 02:50:08 GMT