Identifier
Created
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04THEHAGUE1903
2004-07-29 05:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
SURVEILLANCE OF U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE 07/27/2004
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UNCLAS THE HAGUE 001903
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
TERREP
STATE FOR DS/DSS/ITA, DS/DSS/IP/EUR, DS/ICI/PII, DS/ICI/CI,
DS/IP/FPO, EUR/UIB
AMSTERDAM FOR PSO
BRUSSELS FOR LEGAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC NL PTER
SUBJECT: SURVEILLANCE OF U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE 07/27/2004
A. (U) POST: The Hague.
B, (U) ACTIVITY DATE/TIME: July 27, 2004 at approximately
1250 hrs.
C. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM and RSO responded to the office of
the Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Public
Safety, at his request, to join with the Israeli Security
Officer, in a briefing on a security incident from the
previous evening. The security incident was a filming of
sensitive locations including Dutch provincial and national
government building and the US and Israeli Embassies, among
others. It was later determined that our source received the
report the previous evening but that the incident was several
hours earlier in the day.
The incident came to light when the Dutch Royal Military
Police Security Detail for the Israeli Defense Attach
noticed an passenger filming the area in front of the Israeli
Embassy from inside a vehicle stopped across the street. The
MPs followed the suspicious vehicle, a black Peugeot 205
(NFI) and when the driver was observed using his cell phone,
not hands free while driving, they stopped him for the
traffic violation. The two occupants were determined to be a
Dutch citizen and a Saudi citizen. The MPs reviewed the
filming done by the subject even though they lacked any clear
legal authority to do so. The review revealed they had filmed
for approximately one kilometer on 3 streets. They began at
the provincial government building around the corner and
continued towards our location filming the Omani Embassy,
Turkish Embassy, The Hague's only Synagogue, the French
Embassy (immediately adjacent to us) along the way, our
building and continued almost a half kilometer to the Israeli
Embassy and the Dutch Parliament building across the street.
The subject's line of approach gave him an angled view of our
only pedestrian entrance and our rear gate vehicle entrance.
This line of travel took then along the south side (long
side) of the building and gave them a similarly angled but
fairly complete view of the front of our building. Finding no
reason to hold the subjects the MPs released them after
returning their video camera.
The Coordinator refused our requests for names, DOBs and tag
numbers citing the fact that an active Police investigation
was ongoing and that he did not have authority to release
that information. He did indicate that he anticipated arrests
in the next day or two.
D, (SBU) REPORT SOURCE: Agents of the Dutch Royal Military
Police (Koninklijke Marechausee) Protective Security Branch
(BSB) to Ajgan Jonge Vos, Dutch National Coordinator for
Security and Public Safety.
E. (SBU) DESCRIPTIONS: Two Males, one Saudi National and one
Dutch National. Mr. Jonge Vos is restricted in what
information he can disclose but he did state a) the subjects
drove up the A-12 from Utrecht, b) that one subject was born
in Brawa and c) the investigation was being conducted outside
The Hague. From that we deduce that driver/vehicle owner is a
naturalized citizen from Brawa or Brawa Yare, Somalia and
that the investigation is in the hands of the authorities in
Utrecht. Utrecht, about 60 km East of The Hague is the fourth
largest city in the Netherlands, a city with a significant
Muslim immigrant population and a known radical mosques.
F. PROBABLE TARGET/S: Dutch government, US and Israeli Embassy
G. (SBU) POST INVESTIGATE ACTIONS: RSO will check SDTeam
Database and attempt to determine is our cameras recorded the
passage of the vehicle. The Israeli RSO will also check his
video recordings and has agreed to share his results.
H. (SBU) POST SECURITY/OPERATIONAL ACTIONS: RSO will brief
the SD Team and the MSG Detachment.
I. (SBU) REQUESTS MADE FOR HOST SECURITY ASSISTANCE: DCM and
RSO requested any an all releasable information developed as
the investigation progresses.
J. (SBU) SECURITY ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENT: Host
government has promised a full investigation.
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
TERREP
STATE FOR DS/DSS/ITA, DS/DSS/IP/EUR, DS/ICI/PII, DS/ICI/CI,
DS/IP/FPO, EUR/UIB
AMSTERDAM FOR PSO
BRUSSELS FOR LEGAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC NL PTER
SUBJECT: SURVEILLANCE OF U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE 07/27/2004
A. (U) POST: The Hague.
B, (U) ACTIVITY DATE/TIME: July 27, 2004 at approximately
1250 hrs.
C. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM and RSO responded to the office of
the Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Public
Safety, at his request, to join with the Israeli Security
Officer, in a briefing on a security incident from the
previous evening. The security incident was a filming of
sensitive locations including Dutch provincial and national
government building and the US and Israeli Embassies, among
others. It was later determined that our source received the
report the previous evening but that the incident was several
hours earlier in the day.
The incident came to light when the Dutch Royal Military
Police Security Detail for the Israeli Defense Attach
noticed an passenger filming the area in front of the Israeli
Embassy from inside a vehicle stopped across the street. The
MPs followed the suspicious vehicle, a black Peugeot 205
(NFI) and when the driver was observed using his cell phone,
not hands free while driving, they stopped him for the
traffic violation. The two occupants were determined to be a
Dutch citizen and a Saudi citizen. The MPs reviewed the
filming done by the subject even though they lacked any clear
legal authority to do so. The review revealed they had filmed
for approximately one kilometer on 3 streets. They began at
the provincial government building around the corner and
continued towards our location filming the Omani Embassy,
Turkish Embassy, The Hague's only Synagogue, the French
Embassy (immediately adjacent to us) along the way, our
building and continued almost a half kilometer to the Israeli
Embassy and the Dutch Parliament building across the street.
The subject's line of approach gave him an angled view of our
only pedestrian entrance and our rear gate vehicle entrance.
This line of travel took then along the south side (long
side) of the building and gave them a similarly angled but
fairly complete view of the front of our building. Finding no
reason to hold the subjects the MPs released them after
returning their video camera.
The Coordinator refused our requests for names, DOBs and tag
numbers citing the fact that an active Police investigation
was ongoing and that he did not have authority to release
that information. He did indicate that he anticipated arrests
in the next day or two.
D, (SBU) REPORT SOURCE: Agents of the Dutch Royal Military
Police (Koninklijke Marechausee) Protective Security Branch
(BSB) to Ajgan Jonge Vos, Dutch National Coordinator for
Security and Public Safety.
E. (SBU) DESCRIPTIONS: Two Males, one Saudi National and one
Dutch National. Mr. Jonge Vos is restricted in what
information he can disclose but he did state a) the subjects
drove up the A-12 from Utrecht, b) that one subject was born
in Brawa and c) the investigation was being conducted outside
The Hague. From that we deduce that driver/vehicle owner is a
naturalized citizen from Brawa or Brawa Yare, Somalia and
that the investigation is in the hands of the authorities in
Utrecht. Utrecht, about 60 km East of The Hague is the fourth
largest city in the Netherlands, a city with a significant
Muslim immigrant population and a known radical mosques.
F. PROBABLE TARGET/S: Dutch government, US and Israeli Embassy
G. (SBU) POST INVESTIGATE ACTIONS: RSO will check SDTeam
Database and attempt to determine is our cameras recorded the
passage of the vehicle. The Israeli RSO will also check his
video recordings and has agreed to share his results.
H. (SBU) POST SECURITY/OPERATIONAL ACTIONS: RSO will brief
the SD Team and the MSG Detachment.
I. (SBU) REQUESTS MADE FOR HOST SECURITY ASSISTANCE: DCM and
RSO requested any an all releasable information developed as
the investigation progresses.
J. (SBU) SECURITY ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENT: Host
government has promised a full investigation.