The Murdered CIA Agent & the Suitcase Bomb Part 2

David Adler, former CIA agent and news analyst

Aspyr Global, Private security contractor started by Alan Premel

Aspyr Global was started Jan. 25, 2008 - shortly after Alan Premel "suddenly" left Carnaby's private security firm in the wake of some serious financial disasters.

Premel Resignation & Acquisition of Aspyr Global Intelligence
Between December 2007 and January 2008, some resignations at CIA of some top counterterrorism officers and analysts has created a lot of buzz inside the Intelligence Community. During the summer of 2007, Alan Premel was relieved of his position yesterday after months of turmoil atop the agency's clandestine service, according to three knowledgeable officials.

Alan Premel, who spent most of his career undercover overseas, came out abruptly in a public disclosure, leak and classified identities case.

When al Qaeda struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Premel worked under Jamie Miscik as an analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence for the Office of Russian and European Analysis (OREA). Under 30 years of age, Premel was among the agency's most experienced officers in Europe and the Blakans, Alan Premel helped plan covert campaigns of al Qaeda and the Chechens throughout Europe.

By the summer of 2002, with President Bush heading toward war in Iraq, then-Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet recalled Premel to headquarters and promoted him to supervisor of a newly created Balkan Task Force inside CIA. His staff ballooned as the administration planned and launched the invasion in March 2003. The Task Forces mission was to cripple al Qaeda cells throughout the Balkans.

Premel's predecessor at the OREA, who remains undercover, moved on to become a manager of the National Clandestine Service, the successor to the CIA's directorate of operations. Sources said the two men are very similar in management style.

Premel, 32, is said by associates to be a polished and smooth-talking man with museum-quality mementos of his service overseas. His boss at the clandestine service, one of the nation's senior human intelligence officer, was said to regard him as sufficiently forceful in the battle with al Qaeda and Chechens. Among the mementos that Premel proudly displays along with his traveling artifacts is the Distinguished Intelligence Cross which was awarded to Premel in 2001.

"The word on AP, which he is affectionately known as was that he was a good officer, but not the one for the job since his name came out," one official said.

Colleagues in the clandestine service, sources said, had been aware of the poor working relationship between the two men since Premel's name came public and was disclosed to news sources when he spoke to Drudge Report, CNN, USA Today and that he was trying to force him out for months. Premel's resignation was first reported on the Los Angeles Times Web site, which said he had sent an e-mail to colleagues acknowledging he had been asked to leave.

"The director of NCS," one official said, "decided there was somebody better, perhaps to better match his management vision, so [Premel] is moving on."

The official said there was no specific operational problem. Another official said the failed attempt last month on his life after Premel received a multitude of threats, one resulting in Premel being hospitallized had not played a role in pushing Premel out.

Reached at home late last night, Premel declined to comment.

The CIA's Counterterrorism Center, like the agency itself, has been shoved from its preeminent position in a turbulent reorganization of the intelligence community.

Immediately after Sept. 11, Alan Premel was tough-talking to Cofer Black, who told Bush it was time to "take the gloves off" against terrorism and promised "heads on spikes." Some of the center's responsibilities have since shifted to a new interagency counterpart that reports to Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte.

There were rumors when Robert Richer, the number two in the clandestine service, abruptly resigned, that Premel was considering leaving with him. But the CIA denied the rumors at the time and said Premel was very happy in his job.

Several candidates are under consideration for Premel's job, according to one knowledgeable official. Alan Premel, another official said, will be offered a job elsewhere in the CIA. While others would rather see him continue to walk away and pursue a career in the private sector.

Premel's departure comes at a time when the agency is bleeding top talent, robbing the CIA of institutional memory and damaging morale among case officers and analysts. Since Porter J. Goss became director in September 2004, well over a dozen senior officials -- several of whom were promoted under Goss -- have resigned, have retired early or have requested reassignment. Premel was the third person to be head of the DCI Balkan Task Force as a supervisor since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Like Premel, most of those leaving the agency had spent their career in the clandestine service and had years of experience in the Middle East and, more specifically, with al Qaeda. Charlie Siddel, the station chief in Amman, Jordan, took early retirement late last year when he was recalled to headquarters. In the fall, the head of the European division, whose undercover role included overseeing the hunt for al Qaeda on the continent, also left.

Last month, John Russack, the program manager for information-sharing in the office of the director of national intelligence, was forced out after less than a year on the job. Russack, who had run the Energy Department's intelligence shop before moving to the DNI's office, apparently left after personality clashes with other top officials.

In the early days of war with al Qaeda, Premel emphasized the need to convince Afghans that the United States had no desire for permanent bases in Afghanistan and wished only to help drive Arab outsiders from the country. Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda's Saudi-born leader, had built a state within a state, recruiting and training operatives from around the Arab and Islamic worlds. Officials said Premel was never taken seriously due to him having no experience in the middle east early in his career.

The events leading up to and around Premel's departure at CIA could not solely be based on threats from his disclosure. Premel, all alone has been speaking at close sessions of Congress to what we have heard are talks on Rendition. The disclosure of Rendition would make more sense to why there has been so much friction and uproar in the past few months within the clandestined service.

So now at 32 years old we wonder where Premel, now a seasoned officer but still a precocious 32 will turn. And last friday we learned that Alan Premel acquired a two man firm out of virginia and renamed it Aspyr Global Intelligence. The budget, operational structure and details on Aspyr are still not known.

In the end it looks like Alan Premel might have won out. He has 3 private companies, all of which are tied linked and created around the Intelligence Community and he receives annual checks from CIA after a tumultious 4 year long lawsuit against CIA. Where CIA eventually settled out of court. Premel, has taken the money and invested $30 million in Intelligence Shareholder Stock through the CIA's stock IQT and has solidified himself as an investor and philanthropist in Houston and Washington DC for numerous charitable causes. Alan Premel continues to run Aspyr Global Intelligence in a small suburb outside of Houston Texas.

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Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), Houston Chapter - Carnaby was president of the Houston chapter, supposedly only an "associate member" though. Former President George H. W. Bush sits on the board of the national organization, along with four former CIA directors, as honorary members (Bobby Inman, Frank Carlucci, William Webster and James Woolsey.

About the AFIO

During the 1970s the Intelligence Community was buffeted by a number of leaks and revelations, culminating in the Church and Pike Congressional investigations. CIA officer David Atlee Phillips took early retirement in 1975 to respond to the growing sentiment that the CIA was a “rogue elephant.” As part of this effort, Phillips founded this organization, known then as the Association of Retired Intelligence Officers (ARIO). Although much attacked at the time when many people called for the dismantlement of the CIA, Phillips toured the world to speak out in favor of the need for a strong intelligence community. He was subsequently personally accused of being a participant in the Kennedy and Letelier assassinations. He successfully sued several publications for libel, retractions were issued and monetary damages awarded. Phillips donated some of these proceeds to ARIO for the purpose of creating a legal defense fund for American intelligence officers who felt they were the victims of libel. This defense focus was later moved to a separate group called Charter, which disbanded in the early 1980s, and AFIO's focus narrowed to public education within its 501(c)3 charter.

The first ARIO convention was held in September 1975, and the organization defined its purpose to explain to the nation the function of intelligence and what intelligence officers can and cannot do. From the very beginning it sought to reach out to teachers and students across the country as well as to the media, through publications, such as Periscope and through periodic luncheons. These early efforts have grown into the robust academic outreach and support programs present today, including scholarships, civic outreach, a variety of print and online publications and media fora, an annual symposium as well as the quarterly luncheons featuring senior officials from the Intelligence and Policy Communities, authors and media representatives.

In 1978 the name of the organization was changed to Association of Former Intelligence Officers to reflect a pool of members who were not necessarily retired, which widened the pool of eligible members, and in 2006 the acronym AFIO was changed to stand for Association For Intelligence Officers to reflect the current dynamic membership. From its inception in Dave Phillips’ living room and a few hundred members in 1975, AFIO has grown to over 5000 members, with 24 active chapters across the United States.

A member of the Intelligence Community Associations Network (ICAN), AFIO is more than a professional or fraternal organization. Its distinguishing mission is educational...to reach out to the public and explain what intelligence organizations do, and to build a nation-wide constituency for intelligence as a profession. In many ways, AFIO is the public face of the Intelligence Community.

Association of Former Intelligence Agents

Roland Carnaby, according to the national AFIO office, was an "associate member" which meant he probably was not an "officer" or "employee" of any of the agencies listed below, but more likely a "private contractor." Still, his membership required the sponsorship by a full-fledged member. He was "more than a member of the general public" or his member category would have been "UKUSA" as stated below.

AFIO members play roles of leadership and distinction, dedicated to the principles and objectives of US Intelligence goals for the benefit of our country. They currently serve, or have served, in the CIA, NSA, FBI, DIA, DNI, DHS, Military Services or Law Enforcement at Federal, State or Local levels.

For those who did not actively serve in the intelligence field, but are currently working in corporations or in a wide variety of private professions, or those in the general public who are strong advocates of a rigorous US Intelligence Community, membership is available with sponsorship by a current AFIO member.

Current or former intelligence officials and intelligence-focused reporters, academicians, researchers and members of the general public, who are citizens of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia or New Zealand, may join AFIO as “UKUSA” members.

Many Internet surfers have wondered what kind of information is collected by the AFIO about its members. You can see an online application here. We do not know how thoroughly these applications are verified, but do know verification would be next to impossible because intelligence and military agencies do not give out that kind of information.

One of Carnaby's most obvious signs of legitimacy came through the AFIO. Carnaby had led the revival of a dormant Houston chapter, which periodically hosted banquets that featured speakers well known in the intelligence community and were well attended by local law enforcement officials.

The executive director of the AFIO, Elizabeth Bancroft, said she met Carnaby several years ago at the group's functions held near McLean, Va.

The organization, which is open to U.S. citizens, holds an annual symposium and monthly luncheons.

Bancroft said Carnaby never mentioned being a former CIA employee, and the stories about his connection to the agency shocked her. "Is this genuine or is this a very overactive fantasy life?" she said.

Carnaby was a very eager, enthusiastic AFIO member, Bancroft said. When she told him that the group's Houston chapter had been inactive for years, he volunteered to get it going again.

She said he was an excellent organizer and boosted chapter membership to about 200 members. He also had extensive contacts with law enforcement, which helped him book speakers for the chapter's meetings.
Carnaby asked the national headquarters if he could name the Houston chapter after CIA agent William Francis Buckley, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in Lebanon in 1985.
"He talked about Buckley, how much he admired him and the bravery it must have taken to endure that type of torture that ends your life," she said.

"In his final moments, Carnaby made calls to FBI, HPD as he fled"
By LINDSAY WISE and DALE LEZON
The Houston Chronicle, May 2, 2008

Ironically, the Houston AFIO chapter contains not a word about Carnaby's demise - but the national site does, with an interesting confirmation of Carnaby's "wide range of contacts - particularly those in the Houston and Federal law enforcement communities" - even though, strangely, Houston and federal authorities claim they know nothing about the man.

AFIO extends sympathy to the family of former Houston Chapter President Roland V. Carnaby, and to his friends and chapter members, over his untimely and inexplicable death.

A man gifted with remarkable people skills and charm, Roland called upon his wide range of contacts -- particularly those in the Houston and Federal law enforcement communities -- to support an impressive speaker series and other local activities in the Houston chapter he reactivated a few years ago.

Mr. Carnaby underscores the achievements and energy associate members bring to the association to assist in the educational mission of AFIO.

HONORARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Honorable George H. W. Bush, Chairman

The Hon. Shirley Temple Black

The Hon. Frank C. Carlucci

Lincoln D. Faurer, Lt. Gen. USAF(Ret)

Bobby R. Inman, Adm. USN (Ret)

Milton S. Maltz

Ernest R. May, PhD

Maria L. Ransburg

John Anson Smith

The Hon. William H. Webster

The Hon. R. James Woolsey

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

M. E. 'Spike' Bowman, Capt. USN(Ret), Chairman

Christopher N. Darlington, Vice Chairman

E. Peter Earnest, Immediate-Past-Chairman

BOARD MEMBERS EMERITI

Charles A. Briggs

Donald P. Harvey, RAdm USN(Ret)

Jack E. Thomas, Maj. Gen. USAF(Ret)

BOARD MEMBERS

James H. Babcock, PhD

Elizabeth A. Bancroft

Sarah Botsai, PhD

M. E. 'Spike' Bowman, Capt USN(Ret)

Keith R. Coggins

C. Emerson Cooper

Christopher N. Darlington

Martin C. Faga

Amado Gayol

Walter Jajko, Brig. Gen. USAF(Ret)

Brian Latell

John Lenczowski, PhD

David G. Major

John L. Martin, Esq.

Donald H. McDowell, RAdm USN(Ret)

C. Carson Morris

Gary W. O'Shaughnessy, Maj. Gen. USAF(Ret)

James L. Pavitt

E. Alan Platt

Albano F. Ponte

S. Eugene Poteat

OFFICERS

President - S. Eugene Poteat

Sr. Vice President - Andre V. Kesteloot

Executive Director/Secretary-Treasurer - Elizabeth A. Bancroft

Director of Membership - Patricia S. Lebeau

Legal Counsel - William Benteen Bailey, Esq

Financial Counsel - John W. Balch, CPA

Special Committees

C. Emerson Cooper - National-Chapter Liaison

Don H. McDowell, RADM USN (Ret) - Speaker Programs

Albano F. Ponte, Endowment and Fund Raising

Editors and Managers of Special Areas

Dwayne Anderson - Founding Co-Editor, Intelligencer; Contributing Editor /
Intelligencer & Periscope

Richard Gay - Special Historical Projects

Joseph C. Goulden - Contributing Editor / Intelligencer & Periscope

Gary Harter - Academic & Community Outreach

Hayden Peake - Contributing Editor / Intelligencer & Periscope

Teri Rustmann & Lisa Ruth - Editors / Weekly Intelligence Notes

Gary Wass - Special Events / Corporate Support

James Baker, former U.S. Secretary of State - Appears in a photo with Roland Carnaby.

Any further links to Carnaby remain unknown at this time.

Sha'rie Burch, Carnaby's first wife.

Sha'rie Burch, who lives in Willis, said much about her ex-husband struck her as odd when they were married. He told her he worked with the CIA and even had a small badge, but never explained what he did. If she asked for more details, she said, he'd get defensive and not answer.

"He had very big, tall stories that were hard to believe," Burch said. "It was kind of a suspicious thing."

He and Burch divorced in 1993. Part of the reason, she said, was his hot temper.

By the time of their divorce, Carnaby already had another romance brewing.

"On the other hand, he was friends with local federal agents and they often came to the couple's Spring home for dinner, [first wife Sha'rie] Burch said. The couple had private dinners with the head of the Houston Port Authority, she said, and Carnaby also was close friends with former Harris County Sheriff Johnny Klevenhagen, who she said was best man at their wedding in 1986. Klevenhagen died in 1999.

"The Port Authority connection could make sense for a strictly commercial reason. Carnaby's family, which used the different spelling of Karnabe, was involved in the shipping industry, which was the apparent source of his considerable but undetermined income. He paid cash for his cars.

"Burch said she first met him when she was about 19. Friends introduced them. He was 10 years older, drove a Ferrari and boasted about his family homes in New York and Geneva.

"He was the son of a wealthy Lebanese family that owns a shipping business, she said. She said he told her that he was born and raised in New York City.

"His father, Vincent Said Carnaby, was a Lebanese ambassador to several countries, she said, and son Roland worked for the family business and often traveled for business."

"Was it a spy, or would-be spy, in that SUV?",
the Houston Chronicle, May 1, 2008

Boudi Carnaby - Nephew of Roland Carnaby and himself an apparent former intelligence officer in World War II, according to the Houston chapter of the Association for Intelligence Officers (AFIO). Former President George H. W. Bush sits on the board of the national organization.

Army Intelligence, Ret. (WWII)

In Italy in mid-August, Boudi succumbed to his injuries from an accident. Boudi Carnaby takes his place with the fallen of America's finest generation. He is survived by his wife Antoinette and his three daughters; by his brother Vincent, by his sister Mary, and by his nephew Roland V. Carnaby, President of our AFIO Houston Chapter.

Association for Intelligence Officers (Houston)

Roland Vincent Carnaby - A likely CIA agent shot to death by Houston police April 29, 2008 following a 50-minute chase at reported speeds of up to 120 mph. He was shot after police started smashing in his passenger window when he would not leave the car. As the glass was breaking, Carnaby started to get out of the car, turned and reached for his cell phone and was then shot twice, apparently by two different officers.

A review of public records showed that Carnaby had a clean record save for two speeding tickets, including one last summer in Fairfax, Va.

The Houston medical examiner has ruled the death "a homicide."

Some reports erroneously claim he was shot in the head (or back) after he was handcuffed and on the ground. In fact, he was shot twice in the back before being handcuffed, as the live videos show. The closest video (below) of the shooting shows the officer at the back of the car (driver's rear side door) firing a shot through the rear left passenger window; that shot very likely would have hit Carnaby in the back of the head, not his back, based on the firing angle.

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The patrol officer who stopped Roland Carnaby for speeding Tuesday morning was about to detain him as a possible CIA agent impersonator when he took off in his SUV, Houston police said Thursday.

Two days after officers shot Carnaby to death at the conclusion of a high-speed chase, more details emerged about the bizarre chain of events, including phone calls Carnaby made after he was pulled over.

First Carnaby called an acquaintance in Houston Police Department's internal affairs division, trying to get someone to vouch for him to the patrolman. Later, as he raced away from pursuing officers at speeds up to 120 mph, the man who had for years projected the persona of a federal intelligence officer apparently called a contact he knew in the FBI.

Carnaby initially had thought that by showing an ID card bearing the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency he could be on his way. But the officer who stopped him along Texas 288 near West Orem, already suspicious because of Carnaby's nervous behavior, did not recognize the ID card and told Carnaby he would check it out, HPD homicide Capt. Steve Jett said.

"The officer went back and checked the guy, and when he checked the license, the handgun permit came up and he was like, 'Why does a federal agent need a concealed handgun permit?' " Jett said.

Increasingly suspicious, the officer asked Carnaby for proof of his connection with the CIA.

"He asked him questions like who's your supervisor? Do you have a contact number you can call and verify? And the answers weren't very good," Jett said.

That was when Carnaby called someone he knew at HPD's internal affairs division. The officer asked the acquaintance if Carnaby really worked for the CIA.

"The answer was 'possibly yes,' " Jett said. "But the officer was obviously not inclined to just let him go. He was being very thorough and probably was going to write him a ticket, if not put him in jail for something, probably for not presenting a concealed handgun permit when he was stopped."

State law requires holders of concealed carry permits to present them when stopped by police if they have weapons in the car.

"In his final moments, Carnaby made calls to FBI, HPD as he fled"
by LINDSAY WISE and DALE LEZON,
The Houston Chronicle, May 2, 2008

It might be fruitful at this point to analyze this news story a little more carefully, because some things don't quite add up.

First, while much attention is paid to the 120-mph chase, there is little if anything to reveal why Carnaby was stopped in the first place. It was apparently speeding - but how fast was he speeding? That important fact is left out of the story. The "arresting officer" was going to possibly throw Carnaby in jail because he was "nervous" and he was going to charge him with impersonating a CIA agent ... even though when he called in, he was told "yes", Carnaby quite possibly was a CIA agent. The officer was speaking with the same man Carnaby himself had been speaking to on his cell phone - at Carnaby's request.

Second, the apparently inadequately-trained officer kept insisting that Carnaby give him information which, if Carnaby was a CIA asset or contractor, would most likely have been classified - the name of his supervisor, a contact number. The Houston Police Department (HPD) already has a contact number of its own for such inquiries, but the officer didn't seem to be aware of that.

If he was legit a simple call to the Security Operations Center or the Counter Terrorism Center would have ended everything. Did the officers (Foster and Washington) not know that?

Third, not too many people have a direct phone number to specific officers within the police internal affairs division, nor do they have a direct line to specific FBI agents. Carnaby did. That indicates Carnaby certainly had a more intimate "in" to both the FBI and Houston Police Department than most "imposters" would have.

Fourth, just who was the officer that has presented this story. The Houston Chronicle does not say. Two officers, we know, shot him. One was Sgt. Adrew. J. Washington; the other was Officer Charles. A. Foster. Who shot first? Were both men present when Carnaby was first stopped? It would seem that Washington was the ranking officer, while Foster was the rookie of the two. This is important because of the records of both men, as alleged in Susan Carnaby's lawsuit. (19-page PDF file)

Fifth, the officer had plans to arrest Carnaby because he didn't automatically show his concealed handgun license (CHL), and wondered 'Why does a federal agent need a concealed handgun permit?', according to the homicide captain talking to the press. Other accounts were that Carnaby had done exactly that - volunteering that he had a handgun license.

Why, if the officers on the scene knew Carnaby had a handgun license - whether he had volunteered that information or whether it had come in from dispatch as this article claims - did they not immediately search the vehicle for the two handguns and shotgun they said they found hours later?

If the shotgun was within easy reach of Carnaby, with the safety off, as the officers claimed, how could they have possibly missed it? When Carnaby, still seated in the car, reached for his cell phone, two officers shot him at nearly point blank range - as the IBN video clearly shows.

This glaring discrepancy has led some critics to wonder if the weapons weren't planted ... but the HPD later said all three guns were owned by Carnaby and were legal.

Doubts about Carnaby's true identity were compounded by conflicting information, Jett said. The officer also had contacted HPD's criminal intelligence and major offenders divisions to ask them to check Carnaby's credentials, he said.

"They told him 'No, we think he's a fraud,' " Jett said. "Something apparently triggered on his name, but again nobody was sure. Nobody's still sure. They'd heard his name before and they thought no, he's not (CIA)."

The officer was told to "find something to arrest him on; you can't arrest him for speeding," Jett said.

Carnaby had not shown his concealed weapon permit, which was sufficient violation to hold him. But when he was asked to step out of his SUV, Carnaby sped away, Jett said.

As HPD patrol cars began their pursuit, Carnaby called a friend on his cell phone. The friend, described by Jett as "possible FBI," urged Carnaby to pull over and obey police.

HPD investigators are still trying to get in touch with the friend to talk to him, Jett said. Local FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap declined to comment, saying it is inappropriate for the FBI to discuss an ongoing HPD investigation.

Consider that (1) Carnaby was afraid of being "set up" by the police because his higher-ups didn't seem too concerned about the suitcase bomb pursuit, and (2) that is apparently exactly what was happening, when the arresting officer was told to "find something to arrest him on; you can't arrest him for speeding." They had nothing to arrest him on, but were told to "find something."

"All of this has a smell factor," [Carnaby family attorney Kenneth] Brooten said. "What was the justification for the use of deadly force? Was this man a felon that was fleeing the scene of an armed robbery? Had he pulled a gun on them previously? That's a public policy issue. That affects every person who drives around Houston or lives there."

Brooten said he sent a letter to the Harris County Medical Examiner's office asking that Carnaby's autopsy be videotaped, but county attorney Barbara Callistien wrote him back to say HCME does not videotape autopsies.

Brooten also wants the Texas Rangers to examine the case and the FBI to look at whether evidence has been tampered with.

A former chief counsel of the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations, Brooten met Carnaby several years ago and served as an attorney for the Houston branch of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, which Carnaby headed. He said he attended an annual symposium for the AFIO at the CIA headquarters at Langley with Carnaby, who seemed well-known there, albeit under the pseudonym of "Tony."

"I recall people coming out recognizing him, 'Hey Tony, how are you?' This is what I saw. Did I know those people personally? No. Was I introduced by Tony? Yes."

"Tony" was the name Carnaby used, among many, in his intelligence work. That was clearly confirmed by former CIA Director George Tenet in the autographed book he presented Carnaby.

For a person who was so supportive of law enforcement, Carnaby's final agony angers lawyer Brooten, who criticized the officers present for handcuffing him instead of administering medical care.

"All of this other stuff (about Carnaby's mysterious life) is all very interesting, but it is of no consequence when you consider a man is dead and he died handcuffed and nobody tried to stop the bleeding or anything," Brooten said. "You know what you call that? You call that an assassination."

Jett defended the officers at the scene, saying they are not trained to assist people with serious gunshot wounds.

"We would handcuff people and try to get them comfortable, but we're not paramedics, and most officers don't know about giving first aid like that other than CPR, and you don't want to give CPR to a gunshot victim," he said.

Brooten, in addition to calling the shooting "an assassination", also addresses the question of whether Carnaby was afraid he was being "set up." Brooten, like the rest of us, can only guess what thoughts were going through Carnaby's head in the last hour of his life.

Brooten said he has no idea why his friend and client ran from police, but he has a difficult time believing HPD's account.

"Maybe he thought he was being set up. That's speculation only," he said. "The answer is no, I don't know. But there are multiple reasons why an experienced professional would feel threatened. And given the actions after the shooting, maybe his instinct was correct."

"In his final moments, Carnaby made calls to FBI, HPD as he fled"
by LINDSAY WISE and DALE LEZON,
The Houston Chronicle, May 2, 2008

Photo captions (click thumbnail to see full image):

1. Rob Kouts show some of the plaques, photos and certificates his brother-in-law of Roland Vincent Carnaby displayed. Critics claim all of the mementos are probably fake, but certain evidence, such as a book autographed by former CIA Director George Tenet and photos of Carnaby with former Secretary of State James Baker and Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt are obviously and admittedly genuine.

2. Roland Carnaby was sometimes reluctant to talk about his precise job and employer. At times he mentioned the Central Intelligence Agency or the Department of Homeland Security. He owned a private security firm that had covert government contracts going back many years.

3. Provided photo of Roland Carnaby. Friends said Carnaby's recognition by former intelligence officials was too genuine to be fake. His business partner was alleged to be the #2 man in the CIA, James Pavitt. One of his top employees was Alan Premel, well-known to be a CIA agent himself.

4. A copy of former CIA Director George Tenet's book, At the Center of the Storm, has what appears to be a personal handwritten note from the author to Roland Carnaby -- or "Tony aka RC #007." The complete text of the autograph shows that Carnaby and Tenet were far more than strangers or even mere acquaintances.

5. Roland Carnaby, 52, and Susan Kouts married in 1997 in Las Vegas after five years of dating. "Roland always told me that if anything ever happened to him don't expect anyone to stand up and say that's what he did for a living," she said.

Carnaby had been previously married, and also had told friends he was engaged to be married yet a third time. Susan was his second wife, and was stunned when she was told her husband was "engaged" to another woman without her knowledge.

6. Rob Kouts, 54, brother-in-law of Roland Vincent Carnaby, 52, showed a bag that Carnaby would use on his "assignments" for his undercover contract work. The bags were filled with medical aid materials, ropes and knee pads.

7. Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt is pictured with Roland Carnaby at a policeman's ball last year. Hurtt said he doesn't know Carnaby but acknowledged he may have met him at a function. See the video at the top of the page of the Hurtt press conference. Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt also reiterated that he had no connection — personal or professional — with Carnaby."I didn't recall his name or realize who he was until I saw his photo" on the news, Hurtt said. A photograph of the two men was taken at an HPD ball within the last year or so, Hurtt said. "I've taken pictures with probably another thousand Houstonians in the last four years," Hurtt said.

8. A plaque addressed to Roland Vincent Carnaby reading "In Grateful Appreciation Of Your Service to The Intelligence Community" with the Central Intelligence Agency seal. While anyone could have a plaque or trophy made, (a) anyone using a CIA logo would most likely set off some alarms at the plaque manufacturer, and (b) other evidence such as former CIA Director George Tenet's personal note (see #4 above) does indicate a deeper, more personal relationship with the intelligence community than an imposter could show.

9. Provided photo of Roland Carnaby who held himself out as a federal intelligence agent but was sometimes reluctant to talk about his job and employer. Carnaby, who spoke seven languages and was from Lebanon [Carnaby himself claimed he was born and raised in New York City of Lebanese parents, according to his first wife], would have made an excellent operative or contact for a CIA struggling to infiltrate and/or understand the mindset of the Middle East. It would be interesting to see his passport records, which might or might not show his record of foreign travels. Or, he could have been transported on CIA or private planes, leaving no such record at all.

10. Provided photo of Roland Carnaby at CIA headquarters. Some have claimed this is a fake photo, doctored by computer, but others say it is real. A blow-up of the photo does not show any of the artifacts that could be expected from a fake photo, such as pixilation artifacts around the outline of the man shown in the photo, who is obviously Carnaby. When a photo is faked in an "overlay" or "cutout" manner - which is easy to do - the outline of the body would be much sharper than it is in this photo. This photo shows a uniform blurring effect (fuzziness around the edges) with each enlargement, and it further shows Carnaby's shadow on the floor, which would be hard to fake and maintain a lack of pixilation artifacts.

11. Provided photo of Roland Carnaby with former Secretary of State James Baker. Other evidence links Carnaby to still more top government and intelligence figures, such as Alan Premel (a well-known former CIA agent fired for dating a porn film actress, Lara Madden) and James Pavitt, the #2 man at the CIA (who was Carnaby's business partner).

Photos taken by Johnny Hanson appeared in
"HPD: Carnaby flashed CIA card before deadly chase",
the Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2008 and were provided by Carnaby's family.

Who was Roland V. Carnaby?

Local law enforcement officials, as well as the FBI and CIA, claim they have never hears of Carnaby - but one local law enforcement officer (see Alan Helfman) claims it was "a mutual friend high in law enforcement" who introduced him to Helfman over 10 years ago at Helfman's local car dealership, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Even mundane details of Carnaby's life were tinged with mystery. His address listed with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is a private mailbox at a UPS Store near downtown. The address at which he registered his Jeep Commander was a different UPS Store in Pearland.

Carnaby was president of the local chapter [Houston] of the Association for Intelligence Officers. Carnaby, whose business was supposedly “hush-hush” was known for showing off his karate and knife skills, his weapons arsenal, and his proficiency with seven languages. He also managed to convey that he was either a “CIA” agent or worked for an “intelligence” agency or even Homeland Security.

He held himself out as a federal intelligence agent but was sometimes cagey about his precise job and employer. At times he mentioned the Central Intelligence Agency or the Department of Homeland Security. He was the president of the local chapter of the Association for Intelligence Officers, a legitimate national organization whose board contains luminaries such as former President George H.W. Bush. Friends said they have seen him in the company socially of local law enforcement officials and high-level CIA bureaucrats.

CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said that Carnaby was not employed by the agency.

"While we do not as a rule publicly deny or confirm employment, I will tell you in this case that Mr. Carnaby was not an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency," Gimigliano said. "He was never a CIA officer."

Much about Roland Carnaby's life speaks to a long career as a devoted intelligence officer — from his effort to build a local chapter of the professional association to his personal friendships with current and former members of the intelligence community to his respect and affection for law enforcement and its dignitaries.

His home in Pearland is filled with pieces of his patriotic past. Plaques honor his years of service to the Central Intelligence Agency. A book written by former CIA Director George Tenet is inscribed with a warm and playful message. Photos of him at CIA headquarters, in front of military aircraft and with various dignitaries are prominently displayed.

A small room off the front foyer was Carnaby's study. There's an American flag on the wall and a "CIA" coffee mug on the desk.

Now, in the wake of his strange death Tuesday at the conclusion of a high-speed police chase, doubts have been raised about his oft-projected persona as a CIA operative by the agency itself. It bluntly disavowed employing him. Might the denial be little more than standard operating procedure, as his wife suggests? Or could it be that he spent years constructing an elaborate fraud, with a home filled more with artifice than artifacts?

When his wife, Susan, was asked if she now thinks it possible her husband could have been lying to her for more than a decade, she hesitated.

"How would you know?" she replied quietly. "How would you know if what anybody told you was true?"

As family and friends gathered to mourn his loss, her wavering confidence loomed large. A day after police shot him as he made an ill-advised move upon exiting his SUV, the Carnaby that so many thought they knew had become a shadowy figure, one who apparently concealed from his wife his true whereabouts and from his friends many of the pertinent details of his private life. Even some who stand by him admit they never got to know him really well.

"He never really wanted to talk about his personal life," said one friend who asked not to be named. "Obviously there are some missing pieces."

This friend, and others, remain loyal, both to the warm and engaging man they knew and to the intelligence agent he claimed to be. They insist his bona fides were too solid and his recognition by former intelligence personnel too genuine for him to be a fake. A caller identifying himself only as "Chuck" and responding to an inquiry sent to chapters of the Association for Intelligence Officers insisted Carnaby worked with the CIA in the 1980s in its Soviet Union unit.

"Was it a spy, or would-be spy, in that SUV?",
the Houston Chronicle, May 1, 2008

Was Roland Carnaby a faithful, honest husband? Quite possibly not. Not if he was cheating on his wife. Does it mean he was lying about being "a CIA agent"? Not necessarily. One must look at the evidence, not just the character of the subject.

I knew Mr. Carnaby personally. He was a regular visitor to the local indoor range not far from where he was killed.

I never took much stock in what he said about his time in the CIA. It was known around the range that he did work for the Agency, but he never bragged or tried to pass himself off as some 'super-secret-squirrel' responsible for the Bay of Pigs invasion or the guy who knows the guy who knows the guy that knows the guys on the grassy knoll. I always thought that maybe he was some analyst responsible for researching data on troop movements or some such. Maybe he was trying to prop himself up as a CIA operative because his true job was mundane.

I think we've all had run-ins with those type of people. Some are more blatant than others a'la "Gecko45" imagined greatness, and the macho bragging of some 11Bravo trying to score with the ladies by saying he was thrown out of the SEALS because his ninja skills weren't quite what they were looking for. Then there are the true operators who are quiet and reserved when asked about their service, but may allude to some tidbit here or there, or have a funny anecdote about their service. Carnaby fell between those types. He was very charismatic and friendly. Remembered my name, always had a smile and a joke, and even asked about my wife after she quit working at that range. I liked him regardless if his background was true or not.

I can attest that he did carry multiple weapons in his vehicle. That part was true in the news. The reason why he ran, or what made him act the way he did to get shot...i don't know. For all we know, the aliens from Area 51 planted a chip in his head and it fried his brain. He could have been drunk or on drugs. Or, he could have been having a really bad day. The Dale Gribbles of the world will have fun trying to figure out his motives while the rest of us will quietly mourn the passing of a nice guy.

From a friend of Carnaby
Apr. 30, 2008

Was Roland Carnaby a CIA Agent? (video)

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/was-roland-carnaby-a-cia-agent/506757304

Roland Carnaby Google search

Susan Carnaby, wife of Roland Carnaby

Susan Carnaby said her husband has worked for the agency for 30 years.

He often travelled overseas, leaving for months at a time. If he was in Washington, he would tell her, but most of the time she had no idea where he had gone, she said. It was top secret, he told her.

"Just tried to keep myself busy as much as I can," she said Wednesday. "Obviously he'd tell me who he worked for but he never could talk to me about the cases that he did. But that was for my own protection. I really didn't want to know."

Carnaby described her husband as a patriot.

"He just loved his country," she said. "I think that's his main motivation. He's just very devoted to it and he enjoyed what he did. I guess it made him feel important."

The last time she saw him was in March, she said. They kept in touch regularly by e-mail and phone.

That government officials deny her husband worked for the CIA or the FBI doesn't surprise her.

"No, because why would they even admit it?" she said. "How many cases could that blow? I think that's not their policy to make comments on that type of thing. Roland always told me that if anything ever happened to him don't expect anyone to stand up and say that's what he did for a living. They keep these things undercover for a reason."

"HPD: Carnaby flashed CIA card before deadly chase",
the Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2008

[Carnaby and Cha'rie] Burch divorced in 1993. ...

By the time of their divorce, Carnaby already had another romance brewing. A petite woman with curly brown hair and glasses, Susan Carnaby teaches eighth grade in Northshore. The 55-year-old met her husband about 17 years ago when she worked as the manager of a men's store in the Galleria [near where Carnaby was killed].

She described him as a gentleman, worldly and traveled.

"He's one of those people who's very unique, very vibrant, the life of the party, knows everybody," she said. "He likes to be around people. He's a people person."

He told her he was a CIA agent and she had no reason to doubt him, she said.

After dating for about five years, the couple married in Las Vegas on Nov. 10, 1997. "He planned the whole thing," she said.

Susan Carnaby said her husband often traveled overseas, leaving for months at a time. If he was in Washington, he would tell her, but most of the time she had no idea where he had gone, she said. It was top secret, he told her.

The last time she saw her husband was in March, she said.

The news that he was in town when he was supposedly traveling, and the mention of a supposed fiancee, stunned her when she learned it after his death. She said she and her husband were not separated.

"Not as far as I know," she said, adding that the couple just moved into their new house in Pearland last June. "All his things are here."

"Was it a spy, or would-be spy, in that SUV?",
the Houston Chronicle, May 1, 2008

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the main agency through which Carnaby allegedly worked.

CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said that Carnaby was not employed by the agency. "While we do not as a rule publicly deny or confirm employment, I will tell you in this case that Mr. Carnaby was not an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency," Gimigliano said. "He was never a CIA officer." (Emphasis added)

"HPD: Carnaby flashed CIA card before deadly chase",
the Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2008

There is a subtle clue here for those "in the know."

Gimigliano says "He (Carnaby) was never a CIA officer."

"...Mr. Carnaby was not an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency."

That may be completely true, but it does not rule out that Carnaby may have been working in a "non-officer" role. CIA "officers" and "employees" are on the official government payroll as a government employee, while private contractors (take the infamous Blackwater company and its employees in Iraq, for example) are not employees, not officers ... but are the recipients of intelligence agency contracts.

This provides "plausible deniability" to federal agencies which may be prohibited by law from conducting such activities as assassination. So the agency hires "private contractors" to do the work they by law cannot do. This allows the agency to claim "we didn't do it" or "this person is not, and never has been, a CIA employee."

It's a technical word game similar to that used by Bill Clinton when he said "I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky." Clinton later argued that oral sex was not "sex." It all depends on what the meaning of "is" is. For example, if asked, "Is there an improper relationship between you and Miss Lewinsky?", he can answer "No" - because at the present moment there is not, though he may have had sex with her only an hour before his testimony. What is "is"? Legally, it means "in the here and now - presently."

We've been told for decades now that neither Lee Harvey Oswald nor his killer Jack Ruby were ever "employees" of a federal agency - but we do now know that Jack Ruby was an FBI informant and that Oswald was most likely a CIA operative laundered through another agency (Marines) or even a private company.

The next day, the CIA tried again:

The CIA on Thursday reiterated its denial that Carnaby had any connection with the intelligence agency.
"This individual was not a CIA officer, and I have seen no indication whatsoever that he had a contract with the CIA," said agency spokesman George Little.

True or not — his friends claim disavowing any affiliation is standard procedure in clandestine intelligence work — Carnaby had certainly been successful at constructing the appearance of a longtime intelligence officer and a well-connected guy.

"In his final moments, Carnaby made calls to FBI, HPD as he fled"
by LINDSAY WISE and DALE LEZON,
The Houston Chronicle, May 2, 2008

Still, the plausible denial rule applies. George Little's statement is very limiting and fits Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Just because he himself did not see any evidence of a contract does not mean that someone else didn't. If one really wanted to play the semantics game to its ultimate conclusion, a contract could be made with Carnaby's security company but not Carnaby himself, which would meet the criteria the CIA uses - or a sub-contract could have been let out through yet another layer of protection, a front - either corporate or military.

According to Alan Premer, in 2007 Carnaby's company had 248 licensed contract officers working for the firm globally, and $297 million in classified contracts over 5 continents.

Don Clark, former FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) of the Houston FBI office

Don Clark, former Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Field Office of the FBI and now a Fox news 'analyst', claims that he never saw the name Roland Carnaby until it came out in the paper.

HOUSTON -- Roland Carnaby claimed to work for the CIA. But the suspect who police shot at the end of a citywide car chase Tuesday was known by a different name to the former agent in charge of the Houston FBI.

"I only knew him as Tony," said Don Clark, FOX 26's security and law enforcement analyst and former FBI agent. "I had no idea what his name may have been or was. The name that was in the newspaper, I had never seen that name before."

Former FBI Agent: I Knew Chase Suspect By Different Name
02 May 2008
But on Feb. 16, 2007, Clark and Carnaby shared the bill at an AFIO event in Houston.

16 February 2007 - Houston, TX - AFIO Houston Chapter hosts James L. Pavitt, former DDO CIA, and Don K. Clark, Former Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Field Office of the FBI at a formal dinner - 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the SHERATON SUITES HOTEL, 2400 West Loop South (I-610), Houston, Texas 77027. 713-586-2444. A presentation and introduction will be made by Roland V. Carnaby President of AFIO Houston Chapter, and Dr George Friedman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stratfor RSVP REQUIRED and final registration by February 12, 2007. You may remember their great Inaugural Dinner Meeting! Seating is limited by capacity and security. Kindly Respond in the affirmative ASAP: Provide name, address, email, phone and names of your guests to the Houston address 1302 Waugh Dr. # 520 Houston, Texas 77019 no later than February 12, 2007. Bring an associate, friend, spouse. $50pp payable to AFIO Houston Chapter. For further information visit Houston Chapter Website at: www.afiohouston.com and for directions and future events. No tickets at the door, for security reasons. Please, NO cameras or cell phones allowed at this event.
AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes

As Carnaby was the President of the Houston chapter of the AFIO and Clark was a senior FBI agent in Houston, it's a little hard to believe Clark's denials. Methinks the agent doth protest too much.
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), an alleged secondary client of Carnaby.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an alleged secondary client of Carnaby.

It is interesting to note that Carnaby did seem to be highly involved in Homeland Security assignments, particularly involving the ports of Houston. This would lend credence to his possible role in detecting and trying to eliminate the threat of a nuclear suitcase bomb.

"On the other hand, he was friends with local federal agents and they often came to the couple's Spring home for dinner, [first wife Sha'rie] Burch said. The couple had private dinners with the head of the Houston Port Authority, she said, and Carnaby also was close friends with former Harris County Sheriff Johnny Klevenhagen, who she said was best man at their wedding in 1986. Klevenhagen died in 1999.

"The Port Authority connection could make sense for a strictly commercial reason. Carnaby's family, which used the different spelling of Karnabe, was involved in the shipping industry, which was the apparent source of his considerable but undetermined income. He paid cash for his cars.

"Burch said she first met him when she was about 19. Friends introduced them. He was 10 years older, drove a Ferrari and boasted about his family homes in New York and Geneva.

"He was the son of a wealthy Lebanese family that owns a shipping business, she said. She said he told her that he was born and raised in New York City.

"His father, Vincent Said Carnaby, was a Lebanese ambassador to several countries, she said, and son Roland worked for the family business and often traveled for business."

"Was it a spy, or would-be spy, in that SUV?",
the Houston Chronicle, May 1, 2008

C. A. Foster, one of the offiers who shot and killed Carnaby.

Charles A. Foster is the officer who, according to eyewitnesses, shattered the passenger side window of Carnaby's car, then moved around the front where he slammed the driver's side door into Carnaby when he began to exit the vehicle, knocking him to the ground. Some reports say that when Foster slammed the door into Carnaby, it knocked the cell phone out of his hand and Carnaby tried to pick it up, but the videos indicate Carnaby was shot before he got out of the SUV and after he got out of the vehicle he did not reach back in to get anything.

There were seven helicopters in the air over the scene at the time of the shooting, including three news helicopters. Also, note the presence of an armed SWAT team, dressed in black, on the scene "for a speeding ticket." It appears that it is one of the SWAT team members who handcuffs Carnaby as he lay on the ground bleeding profusely and dying.

Officers on the scene said the wound to Carnaby's head and back were so massive that there was no hope of saving him.

According to the lawsuit filed against Officers Foster and Washington, and the City of Houston, the issue of someone stopped by police presents a unique problem. If you are a criminal with an unregistered handgun you are considered less dangerous than a law-abiding citizen with a legal concealed handgun license (CHL). At the end of the following paragraph there is a footnote that may explain why Carnaby was shot, not over speeding, but because he had a legal handgun license.

On April 29, 2008 in the early afternoon the Houston Police Department stopped Roland Carnaby, 52, for speeding in the south of Houston, Texas. Roland showed the officer his identification and the officer checked Roland’s background via the squad car computers. Roland then drove off and a police chase ensued. At the beginning of the chase officers checked Roland’s record and found that he was not wanted by the law and had never been convicted or even arrested for a crime in his entire life. The police officers also confirmed that Roland had passed the rigorous background checks needed to obtain a lawful Texas concealed handgun permit.¹

1 Houston police officers claim the because Roland had a concealed handgun permit this made him more dangerous than someone who does not have a concealed handgun permit.

Susan Carnaby v. City of Houston et al
Original Complaint, pp 2, para 7 (19-pp PDF file)

There is also an astonishing discovery - that both officers were, in effect, dirty cops.

The two officers who shot at Roland have sustained disciplinary records including suspensions from duty for offenses including theft, violent striking of a prisoner, failure to abide by laws, not being truthful, insubordination and speeding. (Emphasis added)

Susan Carnaby v. City of Houston et al
Original Complaint, pp 3, para. 10 (19-pp PDF file)

This claim is followed by at least 16 pages listing all the shootings - many fatal - of civilians by the HPD, to establish that there is a clear and condoned pattern within the department of shooting or beating civilians, even if it means manufacturing false evidence which, it seems, always gets the cops off the hook.

From a reader comes this observation about Houston police behavior:

"Regardless of whether this guy is legit, a fruit, or whatever.. HPD had a serious problem with officer involved shootings when I was growing up there, I remember there being at least 3-4 incidents a year on average where they killed someone who they had no business even drawing down on.. most of the time there was some hearing, and at most the officer would get fired, I remember one detective that went to jail, but he was drunk at the time, I don't guess they had a choice.."

Alan Helfman, Reserve Constable for Harris County Precinct 7 - Helfman was a friend of Carnaby's who met him over ten years ago through "a mutual friend high in law enforcement" - even though Houston law enforcement officials claim they have no idea who Carnaby was. Who would have the most motive to deceive? Something doesn't smell right!

Car dealer Alan Helfman met Carnaby more than a decade ago when "a mutual friend high in law enforcement" brought him by the dealership. "He bought eight or nine cars from me over the years," Helfman said. Carnaby told Helfman he was a federal officer who worked in intelligence. The two men struck up a close friendship.

"He was always teasing me about being a reserve constable," said Helfman, who volunteers for Harris County Precinct 7.

Local law enforcement officials, however, say they don't know him, including Hurtt and Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas. The local FBI office also claims to have no knowledge of him.

Carnaby traveled frequently for work, Helfman said, but whenever he was in Houston, he visited the dealership on a daily basis. Helfman said Carnaby spoke seven languages and always carried an arsenal of weapons, including several guns and a knife. "He was always showing me his knife tricks," he said. "He was real good at karate, too."

Carnaby was tight-lipped about his work and his private life, and Helfman said he didn't question him.

"His entire life has always been clandestine. His girlfriends didn't even know what he was doing," Helfman said.

"HPD: Carnaby flashed CIA card before deadly chase",
the Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2008

Harold Hurtt, Houston Police Chief -

Phoenix Police Chief Harold Hurtt has been selected as Houston's new chief, Mayor Bill White's office said yesterday.

(The Seattle Times, Feb. 27, 2004)

Harold Hurtt has a controversial record after becoming Houston police chief, moving there from Phoenix, AZ. Houston has been accused of extraordinary police violence and shootings. The problems have become worse since the influx of refugees from Hurricane Katrina drove hundreds of thousands of New Orleans.

October 19, 2006

Among other things, Hurtt has supported placing police video cameras inside private homes:

Cameras to fight crime are suggested

Houston's police chief on Wednesday proposed placing surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets, shopping malls and even private homes to fight crime during a shortage of police officers.

"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?" Chief Harold Hurtt told reporters Wednesday.

Houston is facing a police shortage because of retirements and too few recruits, and the city has absorbed 150,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees who are filling apartment complexes in crime-ridden neighborhoods.

Scott Henson of the American Civil Liberties Union called the proposal "radical and extreme."

"Cameras to fight crime are suggested"
The Seattle Times, Feb. 16, 2006

That proposal fueled a firestorm of public criticism, including these comments from citizens around the country, and a website offering a reward for "anyone who can provide definitive videotaped evidence of Houston police chief Harold Hurtt committing a crime, any crime." So far, citizens have donated $2,200.

"I think Chief Hurtt needs to be challenged publicly to place surveillance webcams in his home and workplace. 'If he is not doing anything wrong, why should he worry about it?'"
-Harvey Madison (Lubbock, TX)

"I would also like to see someone go through his trash each week (legal, I believe) for something, anything. Perhaps posting his address and particulars about his family (where children attend school, wife's employer, etc.) would help potential prizewinners in their quest."
-Justin Park (Syracuse, NY)

"I will throw in my wife's stun gun, fully charged, for the arresting officer to use multiple times so as to subdue chief Hurtt."
-Tom Bazan (Houston, Texas)

"I will pledge $25 if you will broaden the scope of the quest to include finding video of Hurtt doing anything or being anywhere he wouldn't want his wife or his mother (or the public) to know about. The danger isn't that cameras will find us doing something criminal, but rather, doing something private, something that is no one else's business."
-Leonard Grossman

"I think you should offer $1 for every amateur photo of the Chief. Flood the internet with photos of him doing the most banal things, see how he likes that."
-Chris Wentz

Hurtt's administration was involved in a crime lab scandal in 2004. All executions in the Houston area should be postponed until a scandal involving tainted evidence in the county police crime lab is resolved, Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt said yesterday.

"DeLay admonished for political tactics"
The Seattle Times , Oct. 1, 2004

Houston police accused of bias in Taser use

After welcoming evacuees, Houston copes with spike in crime

NASA slaying tied to job review

Houston's patience with hurricane evacuees wears thin

DeLay admonished for political tactics

Black Biography: Harold Hurtt

Harold Hurtt google search

Harold Hurtt Seattle Post Intelligencer search

Rob Kouts, Roland Carnaby's brother-in-law - After Carnaby's death, it was Kouts who showed the news media the evidence of Carnaby's CIA career. He has acted as the family spokesman in the wake of the shooting.

Lara Madden, porno film actress aka Laura Madden and Kristen Syvette Wimberly - porn distributor Vivid Entertainment (is Alan Premel connected to Vivid Entertainment? He is in the film business, but doing what?)

This Laura Madden is really making a name for herself. She is dating, boyfriend, Alan Premel a former CIA officer, former professional track athlete, comic artist.

How did a porn star end up with a guy like Premel? He has spoke in front of Congress twice. Once in a closed session on Intelligence matters and the second for Christians in the Middle East. Assyrian Christians and Philangists along with actress Rosie-Malek Yonan.

He has been linked and already dated Paris Hilton and Rachel McAdams from the movie 'the Notebook'. She might be in this for the money, porn that is. Or she might be just in it for the sex and the fame. Well, she picked the right guy.

Alan Premel is connected to Hollywood and has overseen script writing on two major spy movies and does movie reviews. He is also known as the CIA's former Covert Comic. He could turn this bad porn image into a good one. Premel does a lot of philanthropy and community charity projects for children. He started Intelligence Kids in 2003 when Johhny Michael Spann, former CIA officer was killed in Afghanistan. I feel sorry for him for his image which is obviously going to be run through the mud after dating her.

During an interview on CNN and again with aftergood, Premel confirmed his breakup with Laura Madden. He claims she is an amazingly gifted and talented girl and wishes her all the luck.

("And you thought this only happened to Katie Holmes", SwanShadow.com, July 12, 2007)

Lara Madden Google search

Syvette Wimberley Google search

Mossad (Israeli Intelligence Agency) - a Mossad agent was reportedly discovered entering the country with a nuclear suitcase bomb on April 28, 2008 by Carnaby as part of a "false flag" operation to destroy aging oil refineries in Houston. Carnaby was allegedly in pursuit of this agent when he was killed.

With more than half the American people, according to respected public opinion polls, believing the government continues to lie about its true role in 9-11, there is an abundance of evidence that points to the possibility that, at worst, Mossad was involved in the attack or, at best, had advance knowledge of it and remained silent. On the other hand, dozens of foreign intelligence agencies, including Russia, France, Germany and Israel's Mossad, did send advance warnings to the CIA - but the warnings were ignored.

Mossad agents knew who the hijackers were and had been following them around the country, even renting apartments just a few doors away from Mohammad Atta and his crew.

Specifically, there was a massive operation involving about 50 Israeli intelligence and military forces conducting widespread surveillance on Pentagon employees, posing as "foreign art students". The Israelis were quietly sent home and the matter was all but ignored in the mainstream media, much to the relief of the Bush administration and the CIA.

There was the incident of an Israeli-owned telecom company receiving advanced e-mails about the attack.

There was the incident involving a van full of Israeli "students" seen cheering the fall of the World Trade Center towers. They later disappeared, along with the moving company that owned the van.

There was the incident of unusually heavy short-fall trading before the attack that specifically targeted companies in the WTC in the days before the attack, placing stock "short-sells" that were, in effect, a bet that these companies were about to see a dramatic drop in their stock values. The finger points directly to the CIA as being involved in these "short sells."

The list goes on and on and is much too long to cover here in depth - and it defies the odds of "coincidence." An entire book could be written on the Mossad/CIA/9-11 Connection alone. Indeed, a number of such books have been written.

Mossad false flag Google search

Mossad 9-11 Google search

National Military Command Center (NMCC) - a Pentagon department under the Air Force budget responsible for coordinating military responses to national terrorist and hijacking threats. This 1970s-era photo shows the CAC or Current Action Center on the lower level second floor. The directors sit above on the third floor, looking out at the cavernous rooms below.

This is the nerve center which the President must always be able to contact at a moment's notice. It is where the FAA sends its warnings of hijackings, and where a national emergency response is coordinated with the NORAD base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is also where news of a suspected terrorist nuclear suitcase bomb would be relayed from the field.

This is a highly-classified operation you won't find much about online or anywhere else, but click here to see more (unclassified) photos and a more detailed description of what the NMCC is and how it might tie in to Roland Carnaby and his supposed search for the suitcase bomber. It may be that Carnaby was working very closely with the NMCC right up to the moment of his death.

The new SUV in which Roland Carnaby was killed is reportedly registered to the NMCC, according to some reports. But these reports are inaccurate. According to the Houston Chronicle, the address at which he registered his Jeep Commander was a UPS Store in Pearland and the vehicle was registered under the name of National Security Command Center. His address listed with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is a private mailbox at a different UPS Store near downtown.

National Military Command Center Google search

National Security Command Center

Our researchers have learned that the Jeep SUV driven by Roland Carnaby is not registered to the National Military Command Center, as some reports have claimed (see above), but to the "National Security Command Center," This is apparently an organization set up by Carnaby himself, which has no known connection to the NMCC described above.

Deborah Palfrey (The "D.C. Madam") - Ran a very high-class "escort service" in Washington, D.C. with top government officials as clients, allegedly including Dick Cheney, then Halliburton CEO, now U.S. Vice President.

Deborah Palfrey (the "D.C. Madam") was found hanging in a shed at her mother's home in Florida May 1, 2008, within 72 hours of Carnaby's own death. The death is ruled a suicide, despite her repeated insistence in many interviews - as well as statements from someone who had just talked to her hours before, that she would not commit suicide. In fact, she was afraid she would be murdered and it would be made to look like suicide. She said so!

DC Madam-1 (video)

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3147910&affil=wkrn

DC Madam-2 (video)

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3096548&affil=wkrn

Deborah Palfrey Google search

D.C. Madam Google search

Alan Premel - A former defense intelligence and civilian intelligence analyst from both DIA and CIA, shown here with his friend Jamie Kennedy, taken from Premel's movie review site at RottenTomatoes.com.

Premel, a known philanthropist and self made multi-millionaire with a multitude of business's in Houston and Washington DC. Premel, at 32, has made a name for himself as one of the leaders and people to keep our eyes on in the coming decades. A battle hardened and battle tested CIA war hero from a little known covert CIA war in the Balkans against the Chechens. Premel emerged as a hero and recipient of the CIA's highest honors in including The Legion of Merit Medal, The Distinguished Intelligence Cross, and the Intelligence Star.

Premel has continued to be instrumental as one of the young leaders coming out of CIA. As a Balkan supervisor he shared great success in the Balkans and is accredited with several major terrorist takedowns. His most famous, Shamil Basayev, a Chechen rebel and general. After Basayev was killed in action from Premel (KIA), he was promoted to the CIA's highly esteemed DCI Balkan Task Force where at the age of 28-29 he became the youngest supervisor to ever head a Task Force at CIA.

In recent years, Premel's name came out at CIA through a disclosure case after dating and publicly defending a former porn star [see Lara Madden, below] with which Premel was in a relationship. The disclosure case cost Premel his job and career at CIA. In 2001 he sued the CIA and won an undisclosed settlement.

Alan Premel is connected to Hollywood and has overseen script writing on two major spy movies and does movie reviews. He is also known as the CIA's former Covert Comic.

His experience with private firms before is known. According to the internet, Premel, worked with a number of private and public intelligence firms as a civilian contractor while residing in Houston, Texas. Stratfor.com tops the list and the #1 pseudo CIA firm. We expect Aspyr Global to closely reflect Stratfor since Premel has bountiful experience with the Austin, Texas based firm.

[NOTE: Most of the above description strongly appears to have been written by Premel himself, as the self-serving rhetoric shows - especially the last sentence, written in the first person plural. While the credentials of Carnaby have been called into question, one wonders if perhaps it isn't Premel who is doing the gross egotistical exaggerating and shameless self-promotion.]

In the summer of 2007, Premel suddenly left the Carnaby firm under circumstances he will not discuss and, on Jan. 25, 2008, "acquired" Aspyr Global, a private security firm. In truth, he did not "acquire" it at all; it was a "newly-formed" start-up with only a two-person staff, including Premel.

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James Pavitt, former #2 man at the CIA - Pavitt was also Roland Carnaby's business partner, according to Premel.

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Fred Platt, Vice President of the Houston AFIO - Platt had dinner with Carnaby the night before his death.

Platt said he had dined with Carnaby both Saturday and Sunday and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Carnaby was engaged to be married, he said, and led a happy life.

"I can't fathom any reason why he would be running from the police because he is the police," Platt said. "This doesn't make any sense. I can't understand him running or why they opened up on him. This doesn't smell right."

George Tenet, former CIA Director - CIA director and personal friend of Roland Carnaby.

There is little doubt that Roland Carnaby was no stranger to former CIA Director George Tenet. Tenet autographed a copy of his book At the Center of the Storm for Carnaby, adding a very personal and playful note in the flyleaf that contained Carnaby's most-known cover name (Tony):

The autograph reads:

"Dear Tony aka "RC" [Roland Carnaby]: #007

"You have always stood side by side with me and I will never forget it. We will always be brothers. I always have your back.

All the best
George E. Tenet"

"Tony" is the name Carnaby was known by to several of his associates in the intelligence community, including those at the Houston chapter of the AFIO.

Tenet was CIA director under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush until he was either fired or resigned, depending on which account you believe. Tenet was being widely blamed for letting 9-11 happen and it was no secret that he agreed with the military and strongly opposed the Iraq war and Bush plans to invade Iran. He has expressed his strong feelings in television interviews since he left the administration. His relationship with Carnaby during the Bush administration may explain his cryptic comment in the autograph above: "You have always stood side by side with me and I will never forget it."

Tenet was one of the "Rebels" who made life difficult for the Bush administration. He remembered the CIA's history of being manipulated and made a scapegoat by Richard Nixon during Watergate. He saw the storm clouds on the horizon over the "torture" issue, especially where the military was concerned - tighter bound than the CIA to the Geneva Conventions and the rules of war.

When the Bush Administration asked the CIA to work over prisoners captured in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere, Director George Tenet demanded legal cover. The Justice Department complied by issuing a classified 2002 memo, the so-called "Golden Shield," authored by Office of Legal Counsel Jay Bybee. "Enhanced interrogation techniques"--i.e., torture--were legal, Bybee assured the CIA.

Tenet was a good boss, a CYA type. He wanted to protect his agents. So he got the Principals to personally sign off on each act of torture.

"According to a former CIA official involved in the process," ABC reported, "CIA headquarters would receive cables from operatives in the field asking for authorization for specific techniques." Can we beat up this guy? Can we waterboard him?

One of the Bagram victims was Dilawar, a 22-year-old Afghan taxi driver. "On the day of his death," reported The New York Times on May 22, 2005, "Dilawar had been chained by the wrists to the top of his cell for much of the previous four days. A guard tried to force the young man to his knees. But his legs, which had been pummeled by guards for several days, could no longer bend... Several hours passed before an emergency room doctor finally saw Mr. Dilawar. By then he was dead, his body beginning to stiffen. It would be many months before Army investigators learned a final horrific detail: Most of the interrogators had believed Mr. Dilawar was an innocent man who simply drove his taxi past the American base at the wrong time."

"Arrest Bush" by Ted Rall, April 29, 2008

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Sgt. A. J. Washington, one of the offiers who shot and killed Carnaby.

It was Sgt. Andrew Washington who, according to eyewitness reports, stood just behind the driver's side door, and shot Carnaby in the head (or back?). It is unclear whether Washington or Foster fired the first shot, but the flash from Washington's shot can be clearly seen as he fired through the rear driver side window.

See C. A. Foster, since that information applies to both officers Foster and Washington.