Nov. 17 Leader Says Gov't, CIA & EYP To Blame for Xiros' Escape

The alleged leader of the notorious November 17 terrorist group, Alexandros Giotopoulos, on Tuesday blamed authorities over the escape and/or disappearance of November 17 convicted murderer/terrorist Christodoulos Xiros. Giotopoulos, who is serving 17 life terms plus 25 years for apparently masterminding 17 murders, a plethora of bombings, robberies as well as other crimes, said that intelligence agencies such as Greece's EYP, the CIA and other authorities did nothing to prevent this from happening.

In a letter, that was published in the Tuesday edition of the Eleftherotypia paper, Giotopoulos said that authorities did "nothing" to prevent the escape of Xiros.

    "So, all those guys in the counter terrorism unit, EYP (Greek National Intelligence Service), the government and the CIA didn't know that Christodoulos had taken six permits (for leave) in 18 months? What did they do to prevent his disappearance? Nothing," said Giotopoulos.

He claimed that when another convicted member of the group, Vasilis Tzortzatos, was released on leave, six cars with officers from the counter terrorism monitored his every move but no such force was dispatched to shadow Xiros.

Giotopoulos also questioned why Xiros received a prison leave, especially after setting fire to his cell in 2011. According to the article in Eleftherotypia, Xiros received permission to visit senior prison wardens after that incident, as well as members of the Conspiracy of Fire Cells Conspiracy guerrilla group, and even hardcore criminals.

     "Who gave the order? Certainly not not director or the prison warden. They have no such power, nor would they assume such responsibility. The order came from above. From the counter terrorism unit, EYP and, thus, from the government that supervises them," he stated.
     "So let's not try to blame the guards who were simply executing orders. Those responsible are the ministers who are now howling and screaming with hypocrisy, while the situation suits them. They've stopped issuing permits during the short time of the (Greece's EU) presidency and are preparing to effectively abolish them afterwards."

In the letter, Giotopoulos also questioned why an ghost fingerprint that was allegedly discovered in a hideout in his partner's home on the island of Lipsi in 2002 was never matched.

     "Twelve years later" he said, "they have found nothing. Which means that there was no fingerprint. This was a fabrication against me either by the counter terrorism unit or EYP. And instead of staying quiet, they are now using the TV channels to show ... that there are fugitive members N17."

It should be reminded that Xiros failed to return from prison leave earlier this month. On Monday Xiros reappeared after releasing a shocking video on (the Soros-backed) Indymedia website, vowing to wage an armed campaign against those he claims are destroying Greece.

Sources:

• http://www.defencenet.gr/defence/item/%CE%B1%CE%B3% 
• http://infognomonpolitics.blogspot.gr/2014/01/blog-post_9218

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