Tribunal Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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 1                           Tuesday, 28 June 2011

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 5             JUDGE ORIE:  Good afternoon to everyone.

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 7             JUDGE ORIE:  I hear my own words in B/C/S on Channel 4, which

 8     most likely was a small mistake.  Good afternoon again to everyone.

 9             Madam Registrar, would you please call the case.

10             THE REGISTRAR:  Good afternoon, Your Honours.  This is

11     case IT-03-69-T.  The Prosecutor versus Jovica Stanisic and Franko

12     Simatovic.

13             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

14             There are a few matters I would like to briefly raise.  There

15     seems to be a matter in relation to D239.  I was informed that there

16     might be a request to change the status from public into under seal.

17             MR. JORDASH:  Yes, there is.  I apologise for the delay.  This is

18     part of a package of documents we've been asked to have under seal.

19             JUDGE ORIE:  Mr. Groome, any objection?

20             MR. GROOME:  No, Your Honour.

21             JUDGE ORIE:  Same true for the Simatovic Defence?

22             Then D239, the status, will be changed into admitted under seal.

23             There were numbers still to be assigned to certain documents.

24     The one is a witness statement, 1D4851.

25             Madam Registrar, that would receive number ...


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 1             THE REGISTRAR:  This would be Exhibit D258 under seal,

 2     Your Honours.

 3             JUDGE ORIE:  D258 is admitted under seal.  Same is true for

 4     diagrams created by a witness and attached to the statement 1D2589, would

 5     receive number ...

 6             THE REGISTRAR:  This would be D259 under seal, Your Honours.

 7             JUDGE ORIE:  And is admitted under seal.  Yes.  Defence document

 8     1D4852 is MFI'd but it did not appear any earlier on the 65 ter exhibit

 9     list.  May I take it that there are no objections against - because that

10     should be the first step - it to be added to the 65 ter list?

11             MR. GROOME:  No objection to the addition to the 65 ter list,

12     Your Honour.

13             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  Same is true for the Simatovic Defence.  Then

14     formally this document, which was already MFI'd, is that leave it now

15     granted to add it to the 65 ter list.

16             Then we move into closed session in order to further hear the

17     evidence of the present witness.

18     [Closed session] [Confidentiality partially lifted by order of the Chamber]

19             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in closed session, Your Honours.

20             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

21             Could the witness be escorted into the courtroom.

22             Mr. Groome, I think that everyone was still waiting for an e-mail

23     message by Mr. Ignjatovic but at least I haven't seen anything.

24             MR. GROOME:  Nor have I, Your Honour.  Given his expression of

25     wishing to inform the Chamber directly, I just assumed that he had done


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 1     that and had not cc'd the Prosecution.  I'm somewhat surprise that he has

 2     not.  He was very clear that he would.

 3             JUDGE ORIE:  At least I'm not aware, but I'll further ask the

 4     Chamber staff I met an hour ago approximately, I'll further ask to update

 5     that information.  But as long as we haven't received anything, it's

 6     clear that the Chamber intends to ask the Republic of Serbia to get

 7     further details for the request for protective measures.  If we do not

 8     receive anything meanwhile spontaneously, then we'll proceed for the time

 9     being as we decided to do last Friday.

10             Mr. Jordash.

11             MR. JORDASH:  May I just address you briefly before the witness

12     comes in, please, on this issue.

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14             JUDGE ORIE:  On this issue.  Yes, now before the witness comes in

15     is not possible anymore because the witness is in.  But my recollection

16     was that he doesn't speak or understand English.

17             MR. JORDASH:  Very, very basic but he may follow.

18             JUDGE ORIE:  He may follow.  So you would prefer to ...

19             MR. JORDASH:  Well, I can -- I would request that the Court -- I

20     also spoke to Mr. Ignjatovic --

21             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.

22             MR. JORDASH:  -- and he assured me he would communicate with the

23     Chamber and he would communicate that their position was a request and

24     not a demand and that the witnesses shouldn't be concerned about being

25     prosecuted, and I would invite --


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 1             JUDGE ORIE:  Okay.  You would very much like the witness to know

 2     that.  That's clear.

 3             MR. JORDASH:  Your Honour, yes.  Thank you.

 4             JUDGE ORIE:  Now, we'll then further verify -- yes, the witness

 5     may put on his earphones.

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 7             JUDGE ORIE:  Mr. Jordash, Chamber staff and the Registry will

 8     verify whether anything can be found.  I, nevertheless, intend to

 9     proceed.  But I might say, but in more cautious terms, a few words about

10     that, if that would work to for the time being.

11             MR. JORDASH:  Thank you.

12             JUDGE ORIE:  Good afternoon, Witness DST-032.  First of all, I'd

13     like to remind you that you're still bound by the solemn declaration

14     you've given at the beginning of your testimony that you would speak the

15     truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

16                           WITNESS:  DST-032 [Resumed]

17                           [Witness answered through interpreter]

18             JUDGE ORIE:  The Chamber was informed that the Republic of Serbia

19     expressed that you would have -- that there would be no need to have any

20     concerns for you for being prosecuted for giving testimony.  Now, the

21     only thing is that we receive this in writing as well as we expect and

22     everyone is now searching in their e-mails and in the post-boxes where to

23     find that message, but since the Chamber has no reason whatsoever not to

24     trust the information which was provided by one of the parties to the

25     Chamber, and on that basis we would like to proceed at this moment.


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 1             Mr. Jordash, does this meet, more or less, your -- well, I

 2     couldn't say your concerns, but does this meet what you would like me to

 3     do at this moment?

 4             MR. JORDASH:  Yes, thank you.

 5             JUDGE ORIE:  Then please proceed.

 6             Mr. Jordash will now continue his examination.

 7                           Examination by Mr. Jordash: [Continued]

 8        Q.   Good afternoon, DST-032.  Can you hear me?

 9        A.   Good afternoon, and good afternoon to everyone else.  I can hear

10     you.

11             MR. JORDASH:  Now, I want to keep moving forward in relation to

12     some documents.  But before I do that, Your Honours should have received

13     a list of documents to be admitted pursuant to 92 ter, and we would --

14             JUDGE ORIE:  We received the list, yes.

15             MR. JORDASH:  We would seek to tender the exhibits as associated

16     exhibits.

17             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes, let me just -- the first two on the list we

18     have dealt with already.  These are not the associated exhibits, but the

19     first two we find on our list are now D258 and D259 under seal.  So,

20     therefore, we now start with 1D32 and following, is that ...

21             MR. JORDASH:  Your Honour, that's correct.  And 1D1407.

22             JUDGE ORIE:  I have numbered from 1D32 up to 1D37.  These are six

23     documents.  We then have -- perhaps I first ask Ms. Marcus whether there

24     are any objections against the first six, 1D32 up to and including 1D37?

25             MS. MARCUS:  Thank you, Your Honour.  On the 92 ter chart that we


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 1     received last week, there was a column for origin.  And with respect to

 2     1D32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37, we were told that the relevant

 3     correspondence that resulted in the provision of those documents would be

 4     provided.  We have -- to the best of my knowledge we haven't received any

 5     RFAs or any origins with respect to those documents and so we would

 6     reserve our position on authenticity until we see the correspondence for

 7     those, Your Honour.

 8             JUDGE ORIE:  Okay.  They'll be MFI'd.  Madam Registrar --

 9             MR. JORDASH:  Sorry, Your Honour.

10             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.

11             MR. JORDASH:  The RFAs have been sent to the Prosecution.

12     1D1520.  But obviously they haven't looked at them yet.

13             JUDGE ORIE:  Okay.  We MFI them for the time being.  And,

14     Ms. Marcus, could we hear from you by tomorrow?

15             MS. MARCUS:  Yes, Your Honour.

16             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  Madam Registrar, the first six documents on

17     the list would receive numbers ...

18             THE REGISTRAR:  D260, D261, D262, D263, D264, and D265.

19             JUDGE ORIE:  And we need to have them under seal.

20             MR. JORDASH:  Yes, please.

21             JUDGE ORIE:  D260 up to and including D265 are admitted under

22     seal.

23             MS. MARCUS:  Excuse me, Your Honour, just one question, please.

24             JUDGE ORIE:  I say "admitted," are MFI'd under seal.  I made a

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 1             MS. MARCUS:  Thank you, Your Honour.  Can I ask why they're

 2     admitted under seal?  Is it because we anticipate a protective measures

 3     motion from the Government of Serbia or what?  What's the reason for

 4     those documents being under seal?

 5             MR. JORDASH:  Precisely that.

 6             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes, so we will hear further submissions by the

 7     government anyhow on what should remain confidential and what should not

 8     and then we'll ...

 9             Okay so then I correct my mistake:  D260 up to D265 are MFI'd

10     under seal.

11             Next one, 1D364.  Ms. Marcus?

12             MS. MARCUS:  No objections.

13             JUDGE ORIE:  Mr. Jordash, need to be under seal?

14             MR. JORDASH:  Yes, please, for the same reason.

15             JUDGE ORIE:  I'm looking at the Simatovic Defence, apparently no

16     objections.  Then this document receives number D266, admitted under

17     seal.

18             Next one, 1D1276.

19             MS. MARCUS:  No objections.

20             JUDGE ORIE:  Under seal, Mr. Jordash?

21             MR. JORDASH:  Yes, please.

22             JUDGE ORIE:  No objections by the Simatovic Defence.

23             MS. MARCUS:  Your Honour, this is an Official Gazette, does it

24     need to be under seal?

25             MR. JORDASH:  It's a confidential issue.  Confidential Issue 18,


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 1     27th of July, 1990.

 2             JUDGE ORIE:  I can't see that it is the Official Gazette as

 3     matters stand now.  We have to consider confidentiality anyhow for all of

 4     these documents.  This will be D267 admitted under seal.

 5             Then the next one, 1D1896, rule book.

 6             MS. MARCUS:  No objections.

 7             MR. JORDASH:  Under seal, please.

 8             JUDGE ORIE:  Under seal.  No Simatovic objections.  D268 under

 9     seal, with apologies to the Registrar that I've taken over part of her

10     task.

11             Then we have two documents which are already MFI'd, D233, D236.

12     And the last one on the list is also already MFI'd, D151.  And D233 is

13     public.  And the other two, D236 and D151, are under seal.

14             MR. JORDASH:  Yes, please.  Thank you.

15             JUDGE ORIE:  Then we can proceed.

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13        A.   Yes.  I drew this diagram in Serbian.  I designated the

14     18 centres, or, rather, I put 1 through 18.  As for regular reporting, it

15     was carried out by drafting, submitting, and forwarding original or

16     primary material, or documents, in four identical copies.  Two copies

17     always remained in the centre, and you have them shown here.  It was a

18     copy for the operative who authored the document and another copy for

19     operational archives.

20             The same goes for the centre as would go for the

21     5th administration in the seat of the service.  The other two copies

22     which are marked here.  And I may indicate them to you if you wish, in

23     the small rectangle, we have one and the other.  Upon a decision by the

24     chief of centre, they were to be forwarded to the relevant

25     administrations, either the 1st or the 3rd, and another copy was to go to


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 1     the 5th administration.  It wasn't necessary for the chief of centre to

 2     come up with the formal decision on the forwarding of these documents to

 3     the administrations in the seat of the service; rather, it was understood

 4     that it would be done once he signed cover letters for each of the

 5     administrations.  Then documents would be put in separate envelopes and

 6     addressed to the relevant administrations.

 7        Q.   Thank you.  And would all information that was generated in the

 8     centres be sent to the 1st, 3rd, and 5th administration, or only certain

 9     information?

10        A.   All information -- or, rather, primary documents or originals

11     were not forwarded to all the administrations in the seat of the service.

12     Some documents, as I mentioned in my statement, such as official notes

13     which is used to document certain activities by operatives, as a rule

14     were created in two copies which would both remain in the centre.  Such

15     official notes were not forwarded to the administrations in the seat of

16     the service.

17             The diagram has one precondition and that is that there are four

18     identical copies of the document in question.  We have it shown here.

19     Two of those copies were to remain in the centre, whereas the other two

20     copies were to be sent to two different administrations.  In order to

21     fulfill the conditions of this situation, it would have to mean that

22     these documents had to be, say, associate reports, official notes of

23     interviews, and reports on the application of certain measures.

24             All those documents had to contain security-related information

25     that was important for the work of service.  That was the basic criterion


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 5        Q.   Once the information arrived at the 1st and the

 6     3rd administration, did all information get passed upwards or only

 7     certain information went upwards in the service?

 8        A.   Once such documents were processed in terms of archiving and

 9     registering, they were immediately sent to the relevant chiefs of

10     administrations.  Those chiefs of administrations carry out a selection.

11     In other words, they choose the documents that they will forward to the

12     respective assistants of the chief of service depending on the line of

13     work.  It depended upon their assessment.

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16             First of all, Witness DST-032, I am inclined to become a bit

17     nervous if an agenda, the same symbol, gets two explanations.  Now, what

18     I see is the legend, the original materials for 1 or 3 administration,

19     is, as far as I can see, exactly the same as the 5th administration.  I

20     also do not know exactly what it means, original materials 1 or

21     3 administration.  Is that coming from or addressed to?  That is a bit

22     unclear to me, because if I understand the diagram well, then the symbol

23     presents the kind of information which is sent in the direction of the

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 1             THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Your Honour, in the last line of

 2     the legend you will see a circle next to which there is the explanation

 3     "analytical material."  And if you look at the chief of the

 4     5th administration and the link with the deputy and the chief, the

 5     materials that travel that way are analytical materials.

 6             Whereas the 1st and 3rd administrations, as operative and

 7     instruction administrations, in line with what you said, they forward to

 8     higher authorities original material or primary documents.  These are

 9     documents which were created in the centres by operative workers

10     authorised to collect information and compile material that in our

11     terminology is called original material.  And in the rule book on the

12     work of the State Security Service from 1990, which was in force at the

13     time, they are also called primary documents.

14             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  So if I understand you well, what your

15     explanation is, is that the boxes with the diagonal cross in it, that the

16     main thing we have to understand is that that is original material and

17     that despite the legend but focusing on the diagram itself, that we can

18     see that whatever original material is received by the 5th administration

19     is not sent upwards, it is only the analytical material which is then

20     sent further up in the system; whereas if original material is received

21     by the 3rd administration or by the 1st administration, that they would

22     send that material further up in the line but they would also receive

23     that later back.  Is that a correct understanding?

24             THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Yes.  As you can see from this

25     schematic, the 5th administration receives the material we spoke about,


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 1     namely primary documents or original material.  This is where that is.

 2     Analysed, assessed, and based on that, analytical material is produced

 3     which is then sent on.

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14     question for you:  We sometimes see lines with arrows but without any

15     indication whatsoever of what kind of information is sent along those

16     lines.  I see three lines from the chief of service, direct lines, going

17     down to the 1st, the 3rd, and the 5th administration, but it doesn't tell

18     us what is transported or what is sent through these lines.  Could you

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 1     From the chief of service I see, for example, that original material goes

 2     up to him and is sent back to him.  The same is true for analytical

 3     materials which is sent from the deputy up to the chief of service and

 4     then goes back again apparently once it has been processed, or.

 5             Now, I see lines from the chief of service directly to the box of

 6     the 1st administration, the 3rd administration, and the

 7     5th administration.  Now, what is -- what information is passed through

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10     The chief of administration, for example, the 1st administration, can

11     submit a document to the chief of service.  And the chief, having

12     acquainted himself with the document, returns it for some action to be

13     taken in accordance with that document.

14             JUDGE ORIE:  So what you say is that the chief of an

15     administration can bypass the assistant chief of service and the deputy

16     chief of service and directly address the chief of service, and then he

17     could, in return, send back information to the chief of the

18     administrations?  What, therefore, is missing in the diagram is the arrow

19     up from the 1st, the 3rd, and the 5th administration directly to the

20     chief of service, because the arrow only points down and does not point

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 1     such a way that it becomes illogic.  But I do understand that the lines

 2     down from the 1st, the 3rd, and the 5th administration, without any

 3     indication of what kind of material is sent or what information is

 4     transported, that it should have arrows in both directions; is that

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13        A.   During the interview in Belgrade, the Defence representatives

14     showed me a figure for one year only, and that figure referred to

15     countering extremism and terrorism, and I believe that figure was 8.902.

16     Based on that, I stated in my statement that I couldn't imagine that the

17     chief of service read more than a couple of documents a day, because the

18     question, then, is what were the deputy, the assistants, the chiefs of

19     administrations, special counsellors, et cetera, do?

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10        A.   That can clearly be seen here.  You're now asking me, and I'm

11     answering, about how things were with the operative administrations, the

12     1st or the 3rd.  At the same time, though, the same document that reached

13     the chief of the 1st administration or the 3rd also reached the

14     5th administration.  The 5th administration informs the chief of service

15     in a synthetic way, not by means of individual documents.  But, rather,

16     based on the documents received by the 5th administration and that were

17     processed there and turned into analytical material no matter what they

18     were called at any point in time, the 5th administration informs the

19     chief of service in a synthetic manner so that very few situations remain

20     when the chiefs of the operative administrations can directly contact the

21     chief of service.

22             These situations are very infrequent because the chief of service

23     is already acquainted by the 5th administration by means of the

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19             MR. JORDASH:  May we have, please, on the screen, P2979.

20        Q.   I want to deal very briefly with this because you may be asked

21     about it by others, allegations in the Vreme newspaper relating to the

22     year 2000.  I think you referred to them when you attended court on

23     Friday, allegations that you'd improperly destroyed documents.  Would you

24     like to respond to that?

25        A.   Yes, I would.  This copy of the Vreme magazine was shown to me by


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 1     Defence.  I refused to read the article.  A few years back, and now I see

 2     it was in November 2004, this article appeared in the Serbian public and

 3     I didn't read it at the time either.  Now I see that a group of senior

 4     officials -- first of all, I was never a senior official of the

 5     State Security Service.  The only senior officials are the chief of the

 6     service and his deputy.

 7             JUDGE ORIE:  One second, please.  Did I understand you well that

 8     you didn't read it at the time and when it was given to you by the

 9     Defence that you also refused to read it; is that how I have to

10     understand your testimony?

11             THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] That is correct.  That is precisely

12     what I said.

13             JUDGE ORIE:  Mr. Jordash, is it of any use to comment on

14     something you haven't read.

15             MR. JORDASH:  Well, I think the witness knows the substance of

16     what he was accused of.

17             JUDGE ORIE:  Okay.  Then let's get rid of the article.

18             MR. JORDASH:  Well, there's one aspect of it that I would like to

19     ask the witness about.

20             JUDGE ORIE:  Okay.  Then you put that to the witness.  But I'm

21     not much inclined for a witness who says I don't want to read it and to

22     hear his comments on what he supposedly had not read.  And I do not fully

23     understand why you refused to read it if it is considered relevant by the

24     Defence because it obstructs the way to get the best testimony.

25             Mr. Jordash, could you please then -- let's not -- if you want to


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 1     comment on allegations, fine, let's forget about the article.

 2             If there's any specific question Mr. Jordash would like to put to

 3     you in relation to this Vreme article, he will do so.

 4             MR. JORDASH:

 5        Q.   I just want to ask you about one aspect which has been translated

 6     as follows:  That you were responsible for destroying documents related

 7     to collaborators for special purposes insofar as the centres had these.

 8     Are you aware of the term "collaborators for special purposes"?  Is that

 9     something that you've heard of before?

10        A.   I'm not sure of this term of "collaborator" or "associate for

11     special purposes."  As far as I recall, there was something 20 years ago

12     that was called "associates for particular purposes."  As for these

13     associates for special purposes, I encounter that term for the first time

14     in 1991 when I was sent to the Kosovo SDB.  There were dozens upon dozens

15     of such files in different organisational units of the Kosovo SDB.

16             I believe I need to provide an explanation to this Court.  These

17     people were associates --

18        Q.   Could you be quite brief because I've got some ground I need to

19     cover, so please be brief.

20        A.   In briefest terms possible, these are associates for particular

21     purposes who were engaged in cases of war or an immediate threat of war

22     in the former SFRY.

23             JUDGE ORIE:  Mr. Jordash, may I invite you to have a look at the

24     transcript.  Page 34, first line, the sentence starting with "as for

25     these associates," there seems to be a bit of an inconsistency.  It may


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 1     be a translation issue, and perhaps I also ask the specific attention

 2     from the interpreters.

 3             The witness told us that as far as he recalls 20 years ago there

 4     was called associates for particular purposes.  And then he says:  "As

 5     for these associates for special purposes," and that apparently is

 6     exactly the distinction he intends to make.  So therefore could it be

 7     that when he said "as for these associates for particular purposes,"

 8     rather than "special purposes," because I'm a bit confused.  You see the

 9     point?  He refers by a different name to what he mentioned before and he

10     uses exactly the term where he says he's uncertain about.

11             MR. JORDASH:  Your Honour, yes.

12             JUDGE ORIE:  Could you please seek it to be clarified.  Or if you

13     can live with it, then we should move on.  But it's unclear to me.

14             MR. JORDASH:

15        Q.   DST-032, what type of associates were you referring to in

16     relation to the Kosovan DB?  How would you term them?

17        A.   I was talking about, as far as I remember, about associates for

18     particular purposes.

19        Q.   Have you ever come across the term "associates for special

20     purposes" during your career in the DB?

21        A.   No.

22        Q.   Finally, do you admit or deny destroying documents in the way

23     alleged by the Vreme article, i.e., improperly?

24        A.   It wasn't only in the Vreme article, but also in different TV

25     broadcasts that they referred to it.  I claim in full responsibility that


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 1     all documentation was destroyed in keeping with the rules of the State

 2     Security Service as of 1990.  There is a problem, though, if I may

 3     explain, or actually two.

 4             First, this campaign in the media, the Vreme magazine and the TV,

 5     began in November when I was still special advisor of the BIA director.

 6        Q.   Which year?

 7        A.   2004.  I asked the then director to protect me from such

 8     allegations or such campaign.  If he was unable to do that, I asked him

 9     to ask the government to step in because I acted under the then Law on

10     the BIA Service, which decidedly states that the agency is duty-bound to

11     assist his -- their employer if accused of something that is not

12     substantiated.  That assistance encompassed a number of different aspects

13     and measures.  In both cases my request was refused.

14             The second problem was this:  It wasn't only me, but any of us,

15     we couldn't create a diagram like we did for you for the Serbian public

16     to explain what it was that we did.  We simply cannot do that because we

17     are bound by the necessity to keep state and official secrets under the

18     law.

19        Q.   Let me ask you about a different subject, DST-032.

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21             THE REGISTRAR:  We are in open session, Your Honours.

22             JUDGE ORIE:  Thank you, Madam Registrar.

23             For the parties, if possible, if we could finish the testimony of

24     this witness after two and a half hours.  You've had one hour now,

25     Ms. Marcus.  You would please try to do it as efficiently as possible,


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 1     and then I don't know how many re-examination there will be, but, of

 2     course, let's try to see whether we would achieve to finish after the --

 3     before the second break, which would mean that the next witness should be

 4     on standby, Mr. Jordash, the next witness who is scheduled for two and a

 5     half hours, which would mean that would take us well into Thursday.

 6             Could the parties consider and see whether there would be any

 7     opportunity that we would finish that witness perhaps on that Thursday.

 8     I am aware that we have a similar matter to deal with as we did with the

 9     present witness and the previous witness.  Let's see how far we can come.

10     I'm using cautious language which means that I'm not fully confident that

11     we'll make it, but I also do not exclude for that possibility if everyone

12     tries to focus on it.

13             Mr. Jordash, you're on your feet.

14             MR. JORDASH:  Only that I'd like to supplement the application

15     for protective measures.

16             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes, let's then do that tomorrow, or whether you set

17     out in detail -- I do agree with you that there are three lines which we

18     find in the application is not -- by quantity, is not overwhelming.

19             MR. JORDASH:  No, I accept that.

20             JUDGE ORIE:  Yes.  We adjourn for the day, and we resume

21     tomorrow, the 29th of June, 9.00, Courtroom II.

22                           --- Whereupon the hearing adjourned at 7.03 p.m.,

23                           to be reconvened on Wednesday, the 29th day of

24                           June, 2011 at 9.00 a.m.

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