MEGA BOMB - Indictment for Espionage Against Venizelos!

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Evangelos Venizelos' confession in Parliament on Thursday night, not only caused a buzz in the blog sphere on Friday, but it also prompted a citizen in Halkida to file a formal lawsuit against the leader of PASOK on charges of espionage!  HellsaFrappe has hardly edited the lawsuit, and this is because it is a legal document and we cannot reword it, it must be presented as is, - unless of course an English copy is published. Nonetheless we did our best so that it can be more readable and we apologize to Mr. Antoniou if we did not get it 100 percent right..

The text of the complaint is as follows:

Lawsuit against Evangelos Venizelos for espionage and violation of classified State Intelligence (PK 146-149).

Before the Prosecutor of the Athens First Instance Court

Complaint

From Dimitrios Antoniou, doctor, Halkida

AGAINST

1) Evangelos Venizelos for complicity and abetting (KP 14, 26, 27, 45, 46 paragraph 1) in violation of the State Intelligence (MP 146, 147) (see Paragraph 2 below) and Espionage (KP 148, 149 par) and Harbouring Criminals (CC 231) and concealment of crime see below paragraph 3, 4).

2) always responsible, on whose fault the secret documents leaked and fell and remained in private possession and power of Evangelos Venizelos, after the expiration of his term as minister of defense, namely Violation of State Secret (KP 14, 26, 27 , 146, 147) and abetting and complicity in Espionage (PC 148) (see paragraph 1 above).

3) those responsible for defense journals that -in accordance with Evangelos Venizelos- hold "defense information secret, apparently, for crimes that may arise from the trial process.

4) the "other ministers" that according to Evangelos Venizelos hold "confidential defense and other classified (information) of Greece."

On 17 January 2013, during the debate in the Greek Parliament on the proposal for conducting preliminary investigation against the tampering and poor management of the "Lagarde List", cat art. 86 Abbr. and n.3126/2003 'on the liability of ministers", Evangelos Venizelos, MP and President of PASOK confessed this incredible revelation.

"Did (you think I would not hold) a digital copy of the defense plans of the country from my run at the Ministry of Defense, of course I do... is it possible for me not to have them?'.

I would like to reiterate that Evangelos Venizelos was defense minister from 2009-2011.

Watch the above statement in the following video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU3CbYTyxgQ&feature=player_embedded

From his seat in Parliament, and in response to the objections from the main opposition SYRIZA party on the legality of possession of the private archive of classified defense secrets, Evangelos Venizelos stated the following even now that it is not defense minister:

"I possess copies of the Defense Doctrine of the country, of which I edited with my own hands" ... "I possess atypical and conventional digital copies of my tenure at the Ministry of Defence ... Of course, of course .... was it possible for me not to have them? ... Journals, digital or conventional, with defensive issues and if you open them, you will find much more information than what the current defense minister has... !"

Addressing the Opposition, in his second intervention Venizelos also added: "Such (defense and others) classified (information) (are held) by other ministers in the same way that I do ... which minister doesn't?".

Evangelos Venizelos therefore must disclose before the Prosecutor the names of these other ministers, under penalty, for refusal, additional prosecutions against him.

Watch the above statement in the following video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tVY78XyJHMU

Addressing the Opposition, and with a provocative satirical ironic tone, style and moves,  Evangelos Venizelos concluded the above remarks (by stating): "I can assure you that the country's defence shield and the confidentiality of Defence Information was not affected."

His provocative ironic style, cancels honesty, truth and the affirmative form of his declaration above. Simultaneously, the important thing is that the claim was-the-above subject is controversial events, as illegal and during 'confession, held in a private and secret power of classified defense secrets and plans of the country than this' itself, makes the "violation of confidentiality of defense information", which indeed asserted fact.

The contradictory nature of the allegations, the apparent state of panic which was at a degree of disarray over his thoughts, betrayed a panicky guilty felon, in a state of mental collapse under the weight of the revelation of his crimes against the country and the nation.

From the above it is therefore concluded that Evangelos Venizelos holds, even now, that he is not defense minister, personal records, for the absolute personal sovereignty of his own use, classified secret defense plans of the country and and the defense  doctrine map (of Greece).

Under these conditions, and with the complicity of those responsible for their safekeeping, the possession of classified defense information by Ev. Venizelos constitutes grave crimes:

I ask

The Prosecution:

1) Evangelos Venizelos for complicity and abetting (KP 14, 26, 27, 45, 46 paragraph 1) in violation of the State Intelligence (MP 146, 147) (see below Paragraph 2), and Espionage (KP 148, 149 par) and Harbouring Criminals (CC 231) and concealment of crime (CC 232) (see below paragraph 3, 4).

2) all responsible, on whose fault the secret documents leaked and fell and remained in private possession and power of Evangelos Venizelos, after the expiration of his term as minister of defense, namely Violation of State Secret (KP 14, 26, 27 , 146, 147) and abetting and complicity in Espionage (PC 148) (see paragraph 1 above).

3) those responsible for defense journals-in Ev. Venizelos-hold classified defense information, for crimes that may arise from the trial process.

4) the (names of the) "other ministers" that according to Ev. Venizelos hold "confidential defense and other information of the country."

Because the above crimes of Ev. Venizelos are constant and flagrant felonies ("possession" of classified defense information), it is prosecuted under the current Members of Parliament, in accordance with Articles Abbr. 62. For this reason a Flagrant process must be activated immediately against him.

Suggested Witnesses: Alexis Tsipras, MP and president of SYRIZA, Panos Kammenos, MP and President of the "Independent Greeks" Aleka Papariga, MP and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece, Nikos Michaloliakos, MP and President of Golden Dawn, Fotis Kouvelis, President of DIMAR, Lykourentzos Alexander MP, Evangelos Meimarakis, President of Parliament, Maki Voridis MP, Manolis Glezos MP, Michalis Chrysochoidis MP, Andreas Loverdos MP, George Papandreou, MP (former Prime Minister).

Please search and attach the file of the minutes from the above discussion in the Greek Parliament.

Halcis (Halkida TA) 18/01/2013

The plaintiff

Dim.Anthony

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Outrage Over Venizelos Confession - "I Hold Copy Of Greece's Defence Map" At Home

In a panic to justify why he kept a memory stick at his office in regards to the Lagarde List, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos opened a can of worms on Thursday night that is not only HUGE but also dangerous for Greece's national security. The subject might of escaped the mainstream media, or maybe they ignored it altogether, but on Friday it dominated the Greek blog sphere.

"SYRIZA says that I (purposely) concealed the (Lagarde) list. From whom? From SDOE who had it (or the Greek Financial Crimes Squad)? What list? The informal digital copy?" said Venizelos and then came the WHOPPER "as if I don't have digital copies of Greece's defense plans from my run at the Ministry of Defence? Certainly I do. How do you think I went to NATO? Don't I have a copy of the defensive doctrine suggested in KYSEA (Greek Armed Forces)? Don't I take confidential information from the Foreign Ministry? So why would an informal digital copy of a (bank) list be among all the above which is being investigated by the Financial Crime?"

This INCREDIBLE and SHOCKING confession might have immediately been exploited by the leader of the SYRIZA party Alexis Tsipras, in order to impress the cameras -and hence his voters-, but in all reality it threatens national security and is a direct infringement of basic national safety standards. As viewed in the video above, Venizelos' statements sparked outrage from many parliamentarians, while SYRIZA is now calling for the intervention of the Prosecution.

Let us repeat, Venizelos confessed that he holds copies of Greece's defense map at his home which he of course said was "borrowed". How the hell do you "borrow" classified national defense plans and keep them at your home?

This is categorically prohibited by law. No one is allowed to remove classified documents from their natural space, especially Greece's defence map! And when we talk about documents relating to the defense plans of the country, we suspect -since he mentioned NATO- that these are not simple documents that are classified as being "secret" or "top secret", but documents that have a stricter classification codes such as those of NATO.

(!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Doesn't he realize that it is against the law to remove such documents out of the Ministry of Defense? Doesn't he know that there is a specific series of security checks on people who have access to such confidential information so that it cannot be leaked?

Who does this man think he is?

He is totally incompetent and he totally ridiculed himself!

"He keeps copies of critical issues for the operation of the country's defense plans in his office" asked Tsipras. What "really bothers me is not the fact that he admitted that he has copies of (Greece's) defense map but when he said this members of the Parliament (or his party) clapped ... ".

Although we are very critical of SYRIZA, we tend to agree with Tsipras' point. The members of his party clapped when he said this? Have they all gone mad? This was a shocking confession and it kind of makes us wonder, is everyone in his party, and when we say everyone... we mean everyone, that incompetent? Hate to break it to them, but we are afraid that it will have grave repercussions on the PASOK leader.

By admitting that he holds such documents in his possession, Venizelos has directly violated a series of military intelligence and correspondence regulations. Classified documents must remain at the department and cannot leave the Greek Pentagon. Appointed Ministers are permitted to have access to them, but once their term as head of the Ministry is over they must be returned to the relevant departments. Besides, who in their right mind would leave a building -especially the Greek Pentagon- with such documents to begin with and then publicly confess to it as if it was nothing!

Realizing the magnitude of what was said, the PASOK party on Friday attempted to downplay Venizelos' statements, by issuing a statement claiming that Venizelos was being "humorous". At the same time the party suggested that the SYRIZA take a break before they begin attacking the socialists -and Venizelos- again.

"The Ministry of Defence should not be concerned. All the correspondence from the General Staff (and other authorities) with the political leadership is being conducted according to specified regulations."

If this was a nation that respected its citizens, its army and most importantly its reputation, then a prosecutor would intervene right away after his statement to see if this was joke or not.

Our opinion?

Simple... Venizelos is incompetent. He must step down from his post immediately if he still has some decency, and allow someone else to take over in his party, because quite frankly he is a hazard for national security and is doing more harm than good to his party. George Papandreou was indeed worse, but Venizelos is definitely just as loathing. Aside from violating two articles in the Greek constitution (Articles 146 and 147 of the Penal Code - on issues of classified information), it is expected that authorities will also launch a massive investigation to see whether or not foreign interests were able to gain access to this information and on top of this, Greece's defence map must change right away with the hope that this time, all information will remain at its natural space.

We are not legal experts here at HellasFrappe, and do not know what is going to follow, but coming back the next day and saying that you were being humorous is really not going to cut it. The reactions to this are beyond HUGE and have caused a wave of negative reactions on the social networks and the blog sphere. What bothers us the most from this shocking confession is that he basically went by the philosophy -why shouldn't I take them-.

Totally incredible!

Stay tuned frappers... 

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FINALLY - Rigs Ready For Hydrocarbons in Ionian!

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The government is working on overdrive, and from what we learn it is going to soon announce an open door competition that will allow potential investors interested in oil exploration and exploitation in the areas of Ioannina, Patras and Katakolon to strike up their bids.

The process will kick off the future production of hydrocarbons in Greece (following 20 years of complete idleness) and hopefully allow Greece to begin building its way back to development. This is because of two basic reasons: The specific areas might not have the promise of being huge petrol production areas, but nonetheless they bring investor interest with them, create jobs and hence funds for the State. Secondly, the Greek State will slowly begin building its (damaged) image on the international market and in the long-term this will attract possible investors (especially bigger players) in other State privatizations and/or ventures.

A report on defencenet, quoting sources from the Environment Ministry, claimed on Friday that the competition is in its final stage of being developed and officials should be making the relevant announcements within the next two or three weeks.

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The groups vying for the areas noted above already include:

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George Papandreou, who only drops by Greece when the sh**t hits the fan, or when he has to vote on something, is apparently going to be a speaker at a "speculator" conference that is set to be held for the big players of the hedge fund market. Yes... This man, (who still insists that he has no business with the clan of Soros, or with hedge fund scum) is going to stand alongside some pretty big names in the market.

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The conference will be held in Las Vegas,at the famous Bellagio hotel, and from what we learn Papandreou is going to be surrounded by very big names in the hedge funds market. The same market that managed to make a lot of money from driving Greece to economic turmoil. First off is Daniel Loeb of Third Point, who managed to make some $500 million from Greek bonds alone. Other (mboumboukia) speakers include Nouriel Roubini (George Soros' buddy in crime) and (surprise, surprise) Nicolas Sarkozy.

We do not know the topic of his speech, but we bet our bottom dollar that it is affiliated with the conference. The audacity of this man to even agree to appear alongside these people. They should not be allowed to speak at public events, in our opinion they should be behind bars.

Who in their right mind would pay hard earned money to even go see them? Our guess is that the only ones that would are those few who do not know when enough is enough, who do not care that their casino market games destroy nations and millions of people and those who have literally sold their souls to the almighty green dollar.

Shame on all of them, and shame on Papandreou for even accepting to appear alongside these men.

But then again, we are not surprised. This is the quality of the man who governed this country for two years and told the world how corrupt and lazy we were in order to help his buddies capitalize on our misery. And this is the true face of the man who toppled Costas Karamanlis in 2009 and the only chance we ever had as a nation to stand proud.

Kamaroste ton!

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Czechs charged With Espionage in Greece Freed After 4 Months In Jail

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After four months in a Greek jail facing spying charges, two Czech computer games developers are set to return home very soon. The pair, who were arrested for taking photos of a military facility on the island of Lemnos, have been freed on bail in the wake of a fresh ruling from the Athens authorities stating that they do not represent a security threat. Martin Pezlar, 28, and Ivan Buchta, 33, are developers for a Prague-based computer games maker named Bohemia Interactive. While on holiday in September on the island of Lemnos, located near the Greek-Turkish border, they took photos of a local army base – they say with a view to using the pictures in connection with a new project.

The two were subsequently arrested on charges of espionage that could have carried sentences of 20 years behind bars. However, they have just been released on bail of EUR 5,000 each, following lobbying from the Czech president, prime minister and foreign minister. Indeed, Greece’s prime minister, Antonis Samaras, personally informed his Czech counterpart, Petr Nečas, about the decision on Tuesday.

The Czech consul in Athens, Blanka Kovácsová – who visited the pair last week – outlines the turning point in the case. “The commission that decided on their charges decided that their activities did not threaten the security of the Greek state. On that basis, agreement to bail was granted. But that doesn’t mean that the trial will not take place. It will take place within 18 months of their arrest, or it should.”  But perhaps it will not. Pezlar and Buchta’s Czech lawyer, Dagmar Raupachová, is optimistic her clients will not actually be tried for spying. “The situation regarding the evidence in the case file does not support the possibility of the crime of espionage being proven. I read between the lines of yesterday’s decision that there will be a change of legal qualification.”

That is likely to mean that the charge of spying will be replaced with one of taking photographs without a permit. That normally carries a fine in Greece, so in view of the fact the games developers have already spent several months in prison, they may well face no further punishment.

Buchta and Pezlar have received support from people in the Czech Republic and in the international gaming industry. Their fathers travelled to Greece to visit them in detention, while they have been allowed to phone home.  Buchta’s mother Hana said she was overjoyed at the news. “It’s wonderful, of course, wonderful. We’ve been waiting for this news for over four months, so we’re incredibly happy. I’m hugely relieved but the ultimate relief won’t come until I see him and hug him at the airport.” The pair would return to the Czech Republic. philotimo-leventia