Hironari Noda, the ex-official in the Japanese Public Security Investigation Agency, was arrested yesterday: http://cryptome.org/noda-arrest.htm The charge is assaulting one of the PSIA agents who were constantly surveilling Noda. Noda has been getting information from former colleagues about upcoming raids by PSIA and showing up to videotape them. Noda has been reporting on PSIA activities to a public bulletin board. This has led to a series of confrontations at raids and increased harassment of Noda with ostentatious surveillance and tailing. A couple of days ago Noda verbally insulted a PSIA watchdog through a closed car window. The watchdog yelled you touched me (touching is a legal offense, insulting is not) and called the cops. The cops dutifully arranged a raid a day later, kicked in Noda's door while he was emailing and phoning friends about the assault, and arrested him -- claiming his description of the raid by telephone and email constituted assault. One of the raiders was an undercover PSIA agent who posed as an AUM groupie to infiltrate an AUM fan club -- several clubs have arisen that collect AUM memorabilia and mementos. The cover agent was said to have posted to an AUM fan BB that a gas attack was imminent. No doubt a technique learned at the footstool of the CIA special services school.