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Dear Steve and Bill,
In case you have not already seen it, I thought you might be interested in the recent posting on a French website of an announcement of Andre LeGallo's departure from Enron and some commentary about the company's purported links to the CIA and the US political establishment. This website can be accessed at www.intelligenceonline.com. It is believed to be published by French persons with close connections to the French security services and also, reportedly, to Israeli intelligence. The website includes free content (of which this report was a part) and premium content available on a subscription basis only. The Andre LeGallo posting could reflect the purely detached academic/professional interest of the publishing entity. It is also worth considering that it would be a convenient document for one of your competitors to pass on to a foreign government with whom you might be negotiating, particularly if that government had elements or constituencies sensitive to the perception of links to U.S. intelligence. Please let me know if you would like any further information on this matter. Best regards Edward (INTELLIGENCE NEWSLETTER #376 - 17/02/2000) UNITED STATES : Enron Loses Intelligence Star The U.S. gas and electricity utility Enron has parted ways with Andre Le Gallo who was in charge of dealing with the group's most sensitive cases. A former CIA official known for his extreme discretion, Le Gallo quit the Houston-based company in January to open his own business intelligence firm, AJL Global Risks Solutions. His recent departure was known to only a few North American consultants. In his job as Enron's vice president for security, Le Gallo had worked behind the scenes on all of the difficult cases facing the group that required maximum confidentiality. Some believe his career with Enron served to underline the close links that reportedly exist between the company and the CIA. The first claims to that effect were made in the early 1990s when Kenneth Lay, founder and president of Enron appeared as a major financial backer of then-U.S. president George Bush. It was said Enron won favors from the American intelligence community, with the White House's blessings. One instance supposedly occurred in June, 1992 in India when Enron's local affiliate Dabhol Power Company won the right to operate on huge gas resources at Maharashtra near Bombay, in highly controversial circumstances. At the time, Indian political leaders suspected the American ambassador in New Delhi, Franck Wisner, of having asked the CIA station chief in the Indian capital to ensure Enron won the contract. A few years later, on Dec. 15, 1997, the same Franck Wisner was named a director of Enron Gas & Oil Co. In a further example of ambiguous links, the State Department is accused of also backing Enron in 1993 in negotiations for a contract to restore oil wells on the Shuaiba field in Kuwait that had been damaged during the Gulf War. Enron got the contract even though its bid was less advantageous than a lower bid submitted by Germany's Deutsche Babcock. The existence of ties between the former Bush administration and Enron can be seen in a new light in view of the coming presidential campaign in the U.S. According to a report by the Federal Election Commission, Bush's son --George W. Bush -- has already used an aircraft owned by the Enron company seven times since he began his race for the presidency. Copyright 2000 Indigo Publications Reproduction or dissemination prohibited under any form whatsoever (photocopy, mailing lists, intranet, etc.) without written permission of the editor. Indigo Publications - 142 rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris, France Tel. : +33 1 44 88 26 10 - Fax : +33 1 44 88 26 15 Email : webmaster@IntelligenceOnline.com <mailto:webmaster@IntelligenceOnline.com< Edward Grubb http://www.crg.com phone: +1 (703) 893 0083 ext. 203 fax: +1 (703) 893 1836 email: Edward.Grubb@control-risks.com This e-mail contains priviledged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate it, copy it or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and immediately destroy this e-mail and its attachments.
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