SURVEILLANCE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001923 SIPDIS TERREP STATE FOR DS/DSS/IP/EUR, DS/DSS/ITA, DS/ICI/PII, DS/IP/FPO, EUR/UBI DESK E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2014 TAGS: ASEC NL PTER SUBJECT: SURVEILLANCE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE ON ... SOBEL ", 19309,7/30/2004 17:29,04THEHAGUE1923,"Embassy The Hague",CONFIDENTIAL,04THEHAGUE1903|04THEHAGUE1915,"This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. ","C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001923 SIPDIS TERREP STATE FOR DS/DSS/IP/EUR, DS/DSS/ITA, DS/ICI/PII, DS/IP/FPO, EUR/UBI DESK E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2014 TAGS: ASEC NL PTER SUBJECT: SURVEILLANCE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE ON 07/26/2004 (CORRECTED DATE) REF: A. (A) THE HAGUE 01915 ¶B. (B) THE HAGUE 01903 Classified By: RSO JOHN HUCKE, REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶1. (SBU) Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Public Safety contacted the RSO on 07/30 and advised that the incident had actually occurred on 07/26 and not 07/27 as he originally told the embassy. As an aside he stated he would determine why he wasn't informed until the evening of 07/27. From other sources we now believe the delay occurred at the lowest level of law enforcement and that the Coordinator contacted us shortly after the report actually came to him. ¶2. (C) LEGATT Brussels met with the controlling prosecutor and the Police in Rotterdam this morning and afternoon. Subsequent to these meetings LEGATT responded to the embassy and briefed the Security sub committee of the EAC. There has been a marked improvement in information sharing regarding this case. The prosecutor instructed the Police to keep the LEGATT informed. Accordingly there has been a stream of calls doing so. While the flow is somewhat fragmentary, important developments are being reported, virtually in real time. The two subjects have been closely monitored and were arrested separately, one this morning and the other this afternoon, both without incident. Two, as yet unidentified, associates were also arrested. LEGATT reports the Police are searching two houses and two vehicle as of 1710 hours. One house is the residence of the subject XXXXXXXXXXXX, the ownership/occupancy of the other hose is currently unknown. It is know that the subjects were followed to this location yesterday. One vehicle is presumably the Black Peugeot 205, NL Tag TY 73 HK, used in this incident. Police advise that an Uzi SMG was found at the other residence. The Prosecutor has authorized continued detention of all of the subjects based on the recovery of a firearm. LEGATT anticipates additional calls as further evidence is uncovered. ¶3. (SBU) RSO had the vehicle description and tag number run in the RSO's Amsterdam/The Hague Surveillance Detection Team database with negative results. Post managment and other interested embassy elements have been updated on developements through 1900 hrs. SOBEL ", 19310,7/30/2004 17:38,04THEHAGUE1924,"Embassy The Hague",SECRET//NOFORN,04THEHAGUE1913|04THEHAGUE1915,"This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. 301738Z Jul 04 ","S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 THE HAGUE 001924