Hamilton was first told about the connection between promis and main core in the spring of 1992 by a u. Us government spy program main core, promis and the. Hamilton and others now claim that the doj has modified promis to monitor intelligence operations, agents and targets, instead of legal cases. A declassified memo showing cia was offered copies of the promis software as early as 1981, contrary to public claims by the agency and government officials. Inslaw markets case management software to courts and related justice agencies, to the insurance industry, to large law firms, and to the law departments of corporations.
Ben orr said he was most impressed with promis, but, to the hamiltons surprise, he never bought the product. Intelligence agencies have two types of manpower working for them 1. Moreover, the cia was making a fortune hawking promis software. Bill hamilton, former nsa intelligence officer and the original creator of the promis software, told shorrock at the time that he believed that u. Riconoscuito, a computer wizard with connections to the intelligence community, said in a 1991 affidavit that he helped modify promis software for use by the rcmp and csis. There is also the fact that one week after giving an affidavit to inslaw regarding the promis software in 1991, cia spook riconosciuto was arrested on trumpedup drug charges that he had built a meth lab. Theres a department of justice database, a cia database, an. Michael riconosciuto back in jail, in seattletacoma fdc. Government system it must mean that promis is there. Inslaw had, however, amassed a series of affidavits from current and former u.
Danny casolaros investigation into this led to his death. Converted to use by intelligence agencies, as has been alleged in interviews by excia and israeli mossad agents, promis can be a powerful tracking device capable of monitoring intelligence. Clintons handpicked cia handlers, graham fuller and mark grossman, were selected to manage and direct gulens cells in the u. And now hes back in jail in seatac fdc seattletacoma federal detention center. Designed as casemanagement software for federal prosecutors, promis has the ability to combine disparate databases, and to track people by their involvement with the legal system. The profits of death insider trading and 911 part i of. The us intelligence community took the promis software and added a hidden backdoor for monitoring banking transactions and money laundering.
To the cia, promis could become a weapon every bit as effective as a spy satellite. Hi, to understand tim osman and his connections with cia first you need to understand basic operation module of intelligence agencies. According to the former arms broker and cia contract operative. This was of immense interest to us intelligence, who marketed the software worldwide to other intelligence agencies, complete with the hidden backdoor, to gather information from those intelligence agencies who were foolish enough to buy the software. Apr 20, 2011 it was described as dirtier than watergate, and involved us government dealings with iraq, libya, korea and even the late british publishing tycoon robert maxwell. In 1982, inslaw won a contract with the department of justice to install promis in u. The hamiltons obtained information through sworn affidavits of several individuals that suggested meese, brian, highranking justice department official peter videnieke and others wanted to modify and distribute the enhanced promis software with backdoor capabilities for covert intelligence operations. The software program was developed with aid from the law enforcement assistance administration to aid prosecutors offices in tracking. Jul 04, 20 cheri seymours prologue to the last circle overviewed how versions of promis software were a two way backdoor integration for tracking money laundering and intelligence data of countries. And dont expect whitewater prober kenneth starr to spill any beans. Riconoscuito also seems to be the tenuous link between the rcmps software probe and the investigation of a threeyearold double homicide in california. The software was stolen from bill and nancy hamilton of inslaw corporation, and then bugged by earl brian who was at the time one of president ronald reagan and vice president george h. Inslaw was forced into bankruptcy in 1985 because the us justice dept. By 1983, promis had morphed into the behemoth of intelligence gathering.
He was inhouse counsel to reagan attorney general william french smith at the time the inslaw promis software was expropriated for intelligence use. Earl brian made the sale through his company, hadron. Former israeli intel official claims jeffrey epstein. Sir robert maxwells fbi file is getting more classified by. Software engineers utilize technical skills, imagination, ingenuity, initiative and expertise to help develop, support, and execute the agency s intelligence mission. Governments covert intelligence initiative to sell promis e software to foreign governments and his reassignment to a dea intelligence position in washington state in advance of the deas arrest of riconosciuto, the arrest of riconosciuto should be regarded as suspect. Bill hamilton, the original developer of the promis software and head of inslaw inc. Promis would then start searching for the records of his friends and associates, etc. Palantir the deep states minority report global pre crime artificial intelligence system. It is also known for a lawsuit that it brought against the united states department of justice in 1986 over promis. In the sept, 2000 issue of ftw vol iii, no 7 we described recent developments in the decadeslong saga of the legendary promis software and this writers interaction with members of the royal canadian mounted polices national security section over its current use by various intelligence agencies.
Promis was then distributed to allies and enemies alike backdoored with signal intelligence signit surveillance technology accessible to u. Hence, if osama bin laden is able to penetrate a u. Jun 28, 2017 sir robert maxwells fbi file is getting more classified by the minute. But based on the longrunning case, hamilton says he believes u. Using his contacts inside the justice department, brian had illicitly provided the software to lakam, a top. Sir robert maxwells fbi file is getting more classified. It began in the late 1970s, when the washingtonbased software. Details from the memo also confirm that this promis software is the wholly unrelated project management integrated system distributed by strategic software planning corporation and digital planning, inc. Converted to use by intelligence agencies, as has been alleged in interviews by excia and israeli mossad agents, promis can be a powerful tracking device capable of monitoring intelligence operations, agents and targets, instead of legal cases. The promis program, bugged computer software for spying sold to arab countries. At least his name was taken off the prisoners list on june 27, 2017. Memo shows the cia was offered promis software in 1981. The person assigned by the department to manage the contract, however, was one c.
Inslaws principal asset is a highly sophisticated software program called promis, a computer program which manages large amounts of information. Ruppert cited systematics as a primary developer of promis for financial intelligence use. Michael riconosciuto back in jail, this time in in seatac fdc michael riconosciuto whistleblower on irancontrainslaw scandaloctober surprisethe octopus was released on june 27, 2017 from lompocs federal prison. A word about promis software would have warned of 911. Hamilton claims that reagan officials gave promis to the nsa and the cia, which then adapted the software and its outstanding ability to search other databases to manage intelligence. Oct 26, 2000 earl brian made the sale through his company, hadron. The spy story at the heart of the jeffrey epstein scandal the picture painted by the evidence is not a direct epstein tie to a single intelligence agency but a web. Promis software, designed to help organize the large amounts of paperwork generated by law enforcement and the courts. Reminiscent of the theft of bill hamiltons inslaw promis software allegedly by the reagan administrations ed meese, this is much the same thing. Prism did it come from promis software stolen by a government. Bushs envoys to iran, and rafi eitan, whom was director of israeli intelligence agency lakem. The media mogul and alleged spys increasingly redacted ties to the promis scandal include tapping a government database on tapping government databases. Aug 18, 2017 michael riconosciuto back in jail, this time in in seatac fdc michael riconosciuto whistleblower on irancontrainslaw scandaloctober surprisethe octopus was released on june 27, 2017 from lompocs federal prison. A team of hadron computer experts went to amman and began setting up promis software for jordanian military intelligence.
The overall operation was compared to an octopus with many tentacles, highest levels of government allegedly in collusion. The israelis, through degem, sold promis to the east bloc and other countries, including brazil, chile, colombia, and nicaragua. Oct 29, 2018 by 1983, promis had morphed into the behemoth of intelligence gathering. Software piracy, conspiracy, coverup, stonewalling, covert action. For the first time ever, new details will be revealed on the decadeold murders of two journalists. The picture painted by the evidence is not a direct epstein tie to a single intelligence agency but a web linking key members of the mega group, politicians, and officials in both the u. Pirated versions of the software were sold by the us intelligence community worldwide. In addition, a businessman named earl brian allegedly sold the software to the cia in 1983 for implementation on computers purchased from floating point systems and what the cia called promis datapoint. Under the ronald reagan administrations covert intelligence. The promis software is an ncictype tracking technology incorporating numerous databases such as court records, financial institutions, and utility companies. According to maxwell, when bush was head of the cia in 1976, tower. The mystery goes deeper, promis allegedly has been sold on the black market and its believed to have been used by bin laden to move his money around electronically without being detected by the cia. A recently unearthed central intelligence agency memo highlights the difficulties with investigating the sprawling inslaw affair and the case of the stolen promis software, showing that the agency was offered a copy of promis as early as 1981.
The way we do it is by basically forcing foreign banks, wittingly or unwittingly, to buy bugged software and bugged computers that let our nsa national security agency which is the intelligence arm of the government, to basically surveil wire transfers all over the globe. Cia and israeli intelligence operatives then proceeded to sell the stolen copies and work together to build a more sophisticated version of main. In a returned phone call from the central intelligence agency, press spokesman tom crispell denied that the cia was monitoring realtime, preseptember 11, stock option trading activity within united states borders using such software as the prosecutor s management. Cheri seymours prologue to the last circle overviewed how versions of promis software were a two way backdoor integration for tracking money laundering and intelligence data of countries. Ftw has previously reported that the cia uses promis to track stock trades in real time. This 1 covers 4 presidential admins lets tawk danny casolaro investigative e subjects incl. The one essential weakness of promis is that it must be physically installed on a targeted computer for it to be effective. The possible motive for the murder of hillary clintons friend vince foster and connections to espionage. Governments covert intelligence initiative to sell promise software to foreign governments and his reassignment to a dea intelligence position in washington state in advance of the deas arrest of riconosciuto, the arrest of riconosciuto should be regarded as suspect. Promis was then distributed to allies and enemies alike. Brian accurately represented it as a program that would help stamp out the palestinian dissidents who had long been a thorn in the side of king hussein.
Desperate to reestablish mossads preeminent role among the intelligence community, nahum admoni. Church committee obstruction, burying cia assassination of chiles letelier, bcci global bank of cia, iraqgate bnl bank, irancontra robert johnson alias. Key intelligence aide joins acting dni richard grenell. The ownership of promis has been the subject of federal court hearings and a congressional investigation. Promis prosecutors management information system was a case management software. Memo shows the cia was offered promis software in 1981 muckrock. Known as the prosecutors management information system promis, the software was developed under. It was developed by bill hamilton, the founder of inslaw. Prism did it come from promis software stolen by a. Personally, i was glad to learn something i wondered about in 1983. Promis prosecutors management information system was a case management software developed by inslaw formerly the institute for law and social research, a nonprofit organization established in 1973 by bill and nancy hamilton. And anyone in government will tell you that information, when wielded with finesse, begets power. Us government spy program main core, promis and the shadow.
Several individuals testified under oath that inslaws promis software was stolen and distributed internationally in order to provide financial gain and to further intelligence and foreign. Cia covert operations, said he met with rcmp investigator mcdade on aug. A definition of intelligence central intelligence agency. Bin ladens reported possession of promis software was clearly reported in a june 15, 2001 story by washington times reporter jerry seper. Cia software engineers focus in the cyber arena and specialize in the design, development, integration, and deployment of cutting edge tools, techniques and systems to support cyber operations and other intelligence activities. A recently unearthed central intelligence agency memo highlights the difficulties with investigating the sprawling inslaw affair and the case of. Mar 30, 2008 promis software bin ladens magic carpet from mike ruppert an october 16 fox news report by correspondent carl cameron indicating that convicted spy, former fbi agent robert hanssen, had provided a highly secret computer software program called promis to russian organized crime figures who in turn reportedly sold it to osama bin laden may signal a potential intelligence disaster for the.
Promis software, which the memo said was being used in over 900 royal canadian mounted police rcmp stations, and in a smaller number of offices of the canadian security and intelligence service csis, canadas cia. Dec 18, 2018 a recently unearthed central intelligence agency memo highlights the difficulties with investigating the sprawling inslaw affair and the case of the stolen promis software, showing that the agency was offered a copy of promis as early as 1981. It is not by chance that most of the military and all of the intelligence agencies in the u. Dec 17, 2006 in light of hurleys personal involvement in the u. Jan 31, 2006 the senate had ordered the court in may 1995 to determine whether the united states owes inslaw compensation for the governments use of promis, and the court,in turn, ordered outside software. The senate had ordered the court in may 1995 to determine whether the united states owes inslaw compensation for the governments use of. The spy story at the heart of the jeffrey epstein scandal.
As a software engineer for the cia, you will focus in the cyber arena and specialize in the design, development, integration, and deployment of cutting edge tools, techniques and systems to support cyber operations and other intelligence activities. Department of justice, and later numerous intelligence agencies domestic and foreign. Jun 08, 20 converted to use by intelligence agencies, as has been alleged in interviews by ex cia and israeli mossad agents, promis can be a powerful tracking device capable of monitoring intelligence operations, agents and targets, instead of legal cases. Formulating a brief definition of so broad a term as intelligence is like making a microscopic portrait of a continent, and the product of this effort is likely to have less value than the process of arriving at it, the reexamination of our own thinking as we seek to pinpoint the essentials of the concept. The author, ari benmenashe, was an israeli intelligence officer. Over the ensuing decades promis is reported to have been used by the doj, cia, nsa, and several foreign intelligence agencies including israels mossad. An october 16 fox news report by correspondent carl cameron indicating that convicted spy, former fbi agent robert hanssen, had provided a highly secret computer software program called promis to russian organized crime figures who in turn reportedly sold it to osama bin laden may signal a potential intelligence disaster for the united states. Inslaw is known for developing promis, an early case management software system. A cia contractor allegedly operated a promis packaging facility in. The intersecting story of promis software and how mossad used the softwares back door to access most of north americas law enforcement agencies including fbi, cia, and csis is an important one. Systematics was the firm that the national security agency nsa used to get the promis software with the hidden backdoor into the hands of banks worldwide. So that gets you onto the promis software, and you and danny casolaro are now on the same road.
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