At 21:21 97/11/18 -0700, Tim May wrote:
At 4:43 PM -0700 11/16/97, Joichi Ito wrote:
who also have domestic political strength. Also, I looked into the "Chobetsu" that you refered to in a previous message and I think you are refering to the "Naikaku Chosashitsu Betsushitsu" which is the group that engages in the often rather shady "super-legal" actions like stamping out political parties and going after cults. I don't think they have any direct involvement in the current RSA issue and I wouldn't call them "Japan's NSA." They are more like some kind of secret police. (I can already image the kind of messages I'm going to receive on this list for engaging with you at this level of dialog, but for ...
As I said earlier, Richelson's comprehensive study of foreign intelligence agencies describes it as Chobetsu, as does Hersh. Perhaps there is an issue of transliteration here?
Tim... Interesting. It sounds like the same organization I am talking about, but I didn't know it was part of the defense force. I will ask a few experts and back back to you if I find out more. Maybe I'll give them a call. ;-) - Joi -- PGP Key: http://pgp.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2D9461F1 PGP Fingerprint: 58F3 CA9A EFB8 EB9D DF18 6B16 E48D AF2A 2D94 61F1 Home Page: http://domino.garage.co.jp/jito/joihome.nsf To subscribe to my personal mailing list send mailto:friends-subscribe@ji.to