Page 8252
1 Tuesday, 6 March 2007
2 [Open session]
3 [The accused entered court]
4 [The witness entered court]
5 --- Upon commencing at 9.06 a.m.
6 JUDGE AGIUS: Good morning, Madam Registrar. Could you call the
7 case, please.
8 THE REGISTRAR: Good morning, Your Honours. This is case number
9 IT-05-88-T, the Prosecutor versus Vujadin Popovic et al.
10 JUDGE AGIUS: I thank you, Madam. All the accused are here. All
11 the Defence teams are here, minus Mr. Bourgon. Prosecution is
12 Mr. McCloskey and Mr. Vanderpuye.
13 Ms. Frease is present in the courtroom. I suppose we can proceed.
14 Mr. Zivanovic. And conclude. And after that, before we start
15 with the next witness -- then after that, before we proceed, we need to
16 address several issues and also give you some information.
17 You would have noticed that we don't have Judge Stole with us this
18 morning. But it will only be for a short while. He's got a personal
19 problem to attend to and will be with us as soon as he can -- as he can,
20 which is expected to be either during the duration of this first session,
21 or the beginning of the second one.
22 So good morning to you, Ms. Frease.
23 THE WITNESS: Good morning.
24 JUDGE AGIUS: Mr. Zivanovic will continue and finish his
25 cross-examination within the next five minutes.
Page 8253
1 WITNESS: STEFANIE FREASE [Resumed]
2 Cross-examination by Mr. Zivanovic: [Continued]
3 Q. [Interpretation] Ms. Frease, I would just like to clarify some
4 things about the pages where the reports were collated that we talked
5 about yesterday and that you explained that that was the result of
6 exchange of information between different services that were intercepting
7 conversations. What I'm interested in -- my question is, did you hear
8 from anyone that reports were exchanged, not information, but that reports
9 were exchanged between the military structures and those that are not
10 military?
11 A. My memory is that the first time I heard that was during the
12 course of an interview in 1999.
13 Q. That reports were exchanged, not information, but reports. You do
14 make a difference between those two things, of course.
15 A. Okay, sorry. And my answer was imprecise as well. I remember
16 during that interview first hearing that there was another agency working
17 at the north site during an interview in 1999.
18 Q. Thank you. You've already told us that. Well, if you cannot
19 answer this question, I will put the next one to you. Do you know whether
20 a document drafted in the form that was given to you was given to any
21 other organ of Bosnia and Herzegovina regardless of whether it was a
22 military or a civilian organ?
23 A. And which document are you referring to?
24 Q. Ms. Frease, all the time I'm talking about the binder of 550 pages
25 or the documents that comprise that binder. We have already said that
Page 8254
1 this is the printed material on perforated paper that was then cut and put
2 together in the binder?
3 A. No, I don't have any such knowledge.
4 Q. Thank you. Can you look at this binder and tell me -- you said
5 that certain documents there do have dates. What I'm asking you is, if
6 you recall or if you know whether there are documents in this binder where
7 the dates are entered by hand, thus the copies of these documents would
8 have the dates entered by hand in ink or felt-tip pen?
9 A. I have a vague recollection of there being a very small number, I
10 mean, I'm thinking even like one, but you know, it's possible.
11 Q. I'm going to look at -- ask you to look at page 63 of this binder,
12 please. We would just need to put the page on the ELMO. The page is --
13 [In English] Would you give the binder to the witness. She'll
14 find it.
15 [Interpretation] We have that page, yes. And if you can just
16 scroll down a little bit, please. Thank you. You can see that the date
17 there is entered by hand. My question is if you entered this date or
18 somebody from the team, your team, or if the date was already written in
19 the binder?
20 A. The date would have already been written in the binder.
21 Q. Thank you. Can you look at page 101 now, please. On the
22 right-hand side of this document, at the top, you can see the date, and
23 then there is one sentence is that states, "Description of the execution
24 and expulsion of civilians."
25 A. Yes.
Page 8255
1 Q. This is something also that you or your team did not put in. Is
2 that correct?
3 A. Correct.
4 Q. And we can say that the date and the sentence were written in the
5 original, that this is not a photocopy of this document?
6 A. Well, the document that we're looking at in the binder is a
7 photocopy, and the ink, or the -- if I can just take -- and -- and to me
8 this looks like a photocopy of what would have been on the original
9 document.
10 Q. Although you didn't see the original document at all, from what I
11 understood. You only received photocopies, you did not receive the
12 originals, did you?
13 A. I believe that this is what we received, this binder.
14 Q. Excellent. And now, if you can just tell me, the photocopy, the
15 date, the 16th of July, 1995, and the description of the execution and
16 expulsion of civilians, this is something that was written in ink or
17 felt-tip pen. It wasn't on the actual copy of the document, it was
18 written on this copy of the original.
19 A. I can't say that from looking at this. To me this looks like --
20 like this -- what's written on here has been photocopied. For example,
21 the last "a" is missing on here. I can't say for sure. It looks like
22 it's been photocopied to me.
23 Q. Thank you. Can you please tell me if there is a difference
24 between this text and the marking on the page, if you can look at page
25 101. You can see that the page is marked there at the top, it says "101."
Page 8256
1 A. Right.
2 Q. Is there a difference between that page number, the ink used to
3 indicate the page number, and this text that is written there below?
4 A. It doesn't look like it to me.
5 Q. Well, let's conclude this part. This clause, 16th of July, 1995,
6 "description of the execution and expulsion of civilians," is something
7 that was not added on later, that it was on the photocopy?
8 THE INTERPRETER: Interpreter's correction, it's the break-through
9 of civilians, not the expulsion of civilians.
10 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
11 Q. Thank you. Ms. Frease, I'm going to put another question to you.
12 We found out that there was a January, February mission in 1998. I'm
13 sorry, I think that something was not entered into the transcript. The
14 answer of the witness to my question on page 5, line 9 has not been
15 entered.
16 JUDGE AGIUS: Yeah, same comment -- same comment here. What
17 happened, Mr. Zivanovic, was that you had barely finished your question
18 when the interpreters butted in to make a correction. And because of
19 that, I do not at least recall Ms. Frease answering your question. So
20 perhaps we can go back to the question and she will answer it now.
21 Do you still have it on your monitor?
22 THE WITNESS: Yes.
23 JUDGE AGIUS: Could you answer that question, Ms. Frease, please.
24 THE WITNESS: Yes, to me it appears that this notation was not
25 added later and that the second half of the question I find a little
Page 8257
1 unclear, that it was on the photocopy. Yes, it's on the photocopy. I
2 believe it was added at the time the photocopy was made. That's what it
3 appears to me.
4 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
5 Q. In other words, at the time that the photocopy was made, somebody
6 wrote this sentence in ink or felt-tip pen, is that what you're saying to
7 say?
8 A. No.
9 JUDGE AGIUS: -- try and follow as much as we can. We would like
10 to see that page that the witness is being referred to.
11 I'm sorry to interrupt you like this, Mr. Zivanovic, but I'm sure
12 you understand. Still we are a little bit lost here. Question -- your
13 answer was, "Yes, to me it appears that this notation was not added later
14 and that the second half of the question I find a little unclear. That it
15 was a photocopy -- that it was on the photocopy. Yes, it's on the
16 photocopy. I believe it was added at the time the photocopy was made.
17 That's what appears to me."
18 Do you mean to say that it was already there when the photocopy
19 was made, or that it was added at the time the photocopy was made?
20 Because that's what we have in the transcript. And the two don't seem to
21 merge harmoniously.
22 Yes, Madam Usher.
23 THE WITNESS: Yes, I find my answer also unclear. It seems to me
24 that there was a notation on the page before a photocopy was made of that
25 page.
Page 8258
1 JUDGE AGIUS: That's clear enough.
2 Mr. Zivanovic, again my apologies. Please go ahead.
3 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] Thank you.
4 Q. I wanted to go back to the dispatch of these daily reports. Well,
5 actually, before you actually talked about this January-February mission
6 which preceded the March mission that we did not know about, incidentally.
7 In light of the fact that it seems that at the time it was agreed that
8 this selection of material, of intercept material is made and the binder
9 is made, that is there in front of you, the binder of 550 pages. What I
10 would like to ask you now, since as of March you are in charge of
11 everything that has to do with intercept materials, what I would like to
12 know is whether you were informed about that?
13 A. I don't agree with your statement that I was in charge of the
14 intercept material from March. I wasn't on the March mission. I was
15 there in April. It wasn't clear at the time --
16 Q. Very well.
17 A. -- at what point I would be put in charge of the intercept project
18 or processing of the intercepts.
19 Q. Thank you. In any case, you took over the duties, if not in
20 March, then in April, from what I understood you as saying.
21 A. It -- it really wasn't -- it wasn't that clear. There wasn't a
22 date at which it was fixed that I took over the project. What I can tell
23 you is that also I mean just -- to try -- I'm not sure whether this helps
24 to clarify some of what we talked about yesterday with respect to the
25 March 3rd document that Jean-Rene Ruez signed and then my notes saying
Page 8259
1 that we received the material in March. My confusion about that comes
2 from an "IIF" report, that would be in the transcript in IIF -- report
3 that indicates, I believe, that someone else from the Office of the
4 Prosecutor, that Peter Nicholson received this material on -- in April, at
5 the end of April. I'm just trying to -- I'm trying to clarify --
6 Q. I think that you are not answering my question. You're talking
7 about a differently different topic, so I would like to ask you to answer
8 my question, in view of the time I have at my disposal. I would like to
9 ask you if you can to reply to my question. My question is, did you ever
10 take over the duties of dealing exclusively with the intercepts? Thank
11 you.
12 A. Yes, the one other thing that I wanted to add that --
13 Q. Thank you. Thank you, that is sufficient.
14 A. Well --
15 Q. All right. Go ahead.
16 A. It's just that in April we had already put together a small group
17 of people to begin to process the intercepts. So --
18 Q. Ms. Frease, you've already told us about that, about the group of
19 people in April. You've already told us during your examination-in-chief.
20 The Prosecutor questioned you about that, and you gave an answer. So I
21 don't know why you're repeating that. I assume, actually -- I know why
22 you are repeating that, but if you can just reply to my question. At some
23 point you took over custody, whether this was March, April or some other
24 month. But anyway, they were entrusted to you and my question is, when
25 you began to work on the intercepts, I assume that you were informed about
Page 8260
1 what was happening after that?
2 A. I don't understand your question.
3 Q. My question is, at one point you began the work on the intercepts,
4 you began to be in charge of that work, and you were informed by your
5 predecessors about what had happened or what had been done in that area to
6 date. Is that correct?
7 A. In general terms, yes.
8 JUDGE AGIUS: Mr. Zivanovic, yesterday you took 22 minutes, and
9 today you have already taken 20 minutes. Please bring your
10 cross-examination to an end within the next five minutes.
11 JUDGE KWON: Ms. Frease, if you could tell me what an IIF report
12 is.
13 THE WITNESS: It's an -- it's an internal document that is
14 generated when people bring evidence back to the Court. It's a
15 registration form.
16 JUDGE KWON: Thank you.
17 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
18 Q. Is it correct if I say that the authorities of Bosnia and
19 Herzegovina or the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not want to give you
20 the intercepts in the period from 1995 to March 1998 only because you did
21 not want to agree for them to make the selection of the intercepts that
22 would be handed over and that you agreed to this only in March of 1998?
23 A. I have no knowledge of that.
24 Q. Thank you. And now I'm going to move to my last topic. I would
25 like to ask you to look at 5D189. That is page 3, paragraph 4. This is
Page 8261
1 your report of the 24th of April. In the fourth paragraph there are two
2 subtitles, one is "urgent messages" and the other one is "other message."
3 Can you please read this and confirm for me the following: That this
4 gentleman, I'm not going to mention his name, told you at the time that
5 urgent messages were sent by telephone and then they were sent off by
6 teleprinter. Other messages were sent only by teleprinter?
7 THE INTERPRETER: Microphone please, Your Honour.
8 JUDGE AGIUS: I was just inquiring whether this page is being
9 broadcast or not. I can confirm it is not being broadcast.
10 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] I understood that nothing was
11 being broadcast.
12 JUDGE AGIUS: My view is always to make sure that is so.
13 THE WITNESS: Yes, that's what it says.
14 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
15 Q. Can you please tell me, you also received information that the
16 messages were being sent by modem, that they were being encrypted first
17 and so on and so forth, you know about that; right? You've heard about
18 it, right?
19 A. I don't remember knowing that specifically. I mean I remember
20 learning about it later when, after I had left the court and these
21 messages were provided.
22 Q. Thank you. My question is, did you ever check those allegedly
23 encrypted messages that were sent off? Did you check the encryption, the
24 decoding of those messages, all of those procedures of the messages that
25 were sent in that form?
Page 8262
1 A. No. On the two disks that we received while I was here, we were
2 unable to open them. Our IT section was unable to open them and we were
3 unable to open them. And after that, when I returned on this, during this
4 period of time, I did not undertake a process of determining how the
5 messages were coded and decoded.
6 Q. My last question is, is it possible that you did not do that
7 because you knew that messages were not sent in that form at all, but
8 exclusively by teleprinter?
9 A. No.
10 Q. Thank you. I have no further questions.
11 JUDGE AGIUS: I thank you, Mr. Zivanovic.
12 So I suppose that brings us to the end of the cross-examinations.
13 Mr. Vanderpuye, you said yesterday you had a short re-examination.
14 MR. VANDERPUYE: I do, Mr. President.
15 JUDGE AGIUS: Go ahead.
16 MR. VANDERPUYE: Thank you. Good morning to you, good morning
17 Your Honours, good morning counsel.
18 Re-examination by Mr. Vanderpuye:
19 Q. Good morning, Ms. Frease.
20 A. Good morning.
21 Q. Ms. Frease, you've been asked a number of questions concerning
22 this binder of 550 pages and I wonder if you could just tell us with
23 respect to the intercepts that were compiled in relation to this
24 particular case whether or not those 550 pages are included, first of all,
25 within the binder collection? That is in physical form.
Page 8263
1 A. No, they are not included.
2 Q. And can you tell us to what extent, if any, those reports played
3 in either the verifying of the intercepts or in the preparation of the
4 materials or the intercepts that are offered by the Prosecution in this
5 case?
6 A. They provided background, and provided us an ability to be able to
7 find the cleaner electronic copies that we are using in this trial.
8 Q. And did you have an opportunity at any point to compare
9 transcriptions as they appeared in the hard copies of the 550 page binder
10 against transcriptions as they appeared as a result of printing out the
11 electronic versions of those intercepts?
12 A. Yes.
13 Q. And did you find that there existed textual differences with
14 respect to the conversations that were transcribed between the two?
15 A. No.
16 Q. You were also asked some questions by my colleague --
17 A. There were none, let me be --
18 Q. Okay.
19 A. -- clear about that.
20 Q. You were also asked some questions by my colleague about a
21 certain --
22 THE INTERPRETER: Could the counsel and witness please make pauses
23 between question and answer.
24 MR. VANDERPUYE: I can do that.
25 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay, you've both heard what the interpreter enjoins
Page 8264
1 you to do. Please comply. It creates big problems for the interpreters,
2 so I encourage you to be as cooperative as you can. Thank you. --
3 MR. VANDERPUYE: I apologise to the court. I'm just trying to be
4 as brief as I can.
5 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you.
6 Q. You were asked some questions by my colleague about a conversation
7 that occurred on April 20th, I believe it was, between Mr. Popovic and Mr.
8 Nikolic?
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. And in particular you were asked about the transcription of tape
11 recording of that conversation and whether or not the presence or absence
12 of certain words changed the meaning or reliability of the content, as you
13 determined it? Do you recall being asked questions to that effect?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. And can I ask you, did you review any documentation or was any
16 documentation brought to your attention with respect to the veracity as to
17 the content of that communication?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. May I have please P02467 displayed in e-court, please. I just
20 want to inquire whether or not this is being broadcast. I would assume
21 not?
22 JUDGE AGIUS: I assume not as well, but I better check.
23 THE REGISTRAR: Not broadcasted.
24 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you.
25 MR. VANDERPUYE:
Page 8265
1 Q. Ms. Frease, do you recognise what's displayed in e-court now?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. And can you tell us what that is, for the record?
4 A. It's an order that was issued by the Drina Corps command with a
5 confidential number at the top dated the 20th of April. It's directed to
6 the command of the Zvornik Brigade. And it references a document, an
7 order that had been issued to the Drina Corps command by the Main Staff of
8 the VRS with respect to the deployment of two volunteers, Polish
9 volunteers.
10 Q. Okay. And in your view, is this corroborative of the intercept
11 communication of the 20th of April, 1995?
12 A. Yes.
13 Q. May I have also another document displayed in e-court, please.
14 That is P02469. Do we have a linkage problem? We do. Okay. I can hand
15 the witness a document on the --
16 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, if you could kindly do that, please.
17 MR. VANDERPUYE:
18 Q. Okay, Ms. Frease, do you recognise this document? Could you tell
19 us what it is?
20 A. This is a document that is a list of Polish volunteers, the title
21 of it says a list, it's in B/C/S. Maybe I should just read it out loud
22 and the interpreters can translate it.
23 [Interpretation] "List of fighters killed of the Zvornik Brigade."
24 Q. Now could I just refer your attention, if I could -- you will have
25 to turn some pages to get to it, but to page number 17.
Page 8266
1 A. Can you give me an ERN number?
2 Q. Yeah, the ERN number is 0082-4652. And if I could at the same
3 time have P02467 displayed again on e-court.
4 THE REGISTRAR: Page 3 again?
5 MR. VANDERPUYE: P02467 is one page. This isn't being broadcast,
6 right? Okay.
7 Q. Now, if I could just refer your attention to the name that is
8 preceded by the number 2 on that page. Do you see that name? Just don't
9 read it out, but do you see it?
10 A. Yes.
11 Q. Let me refer your attention to the document you have in front of
12 you on the ELMO and can I refer your attention to number 450 on that page?
13 Do you see that?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. And does the name that appears on 450 on ERN 0082-4652, does that
16 correspond to the number 2 on the document that's displayed in e-court?
17 A. Yes, it appears to. There are some misspellings in the name, in
18 the first and last name, but yes.
19 Q. And is that corroborative of the intercept that's dated 20th of
20 April, 1995?
21 A. Yes.
22 Q. Okay. Let me just move on to another area, if I could.
23 A. And...
24 Q. You indicated in response to some questions put to you by my
25 colleague, Mr. Ostojic, you were put some questions about an intercept
Page 8267
1 involving Mr. Beara, a series of three intercepts, one at 9.55, one at
2 9.57 and one at 10.00 a.m. Do you recall that testimony?
3 A. Yes.
4 Q. And if the course of that testimony you indicated that there was
5 an intercept that was corroborative of that 15 July intercept which was on
6 the 13th of July at 19.19; do you recall that?
7 A. Yes.
8 Q. Could I have 65 ter 1147A, please, displayed in e-court. I think
9 the B/C/S version of it is B.
10 All right. Do you see what's displayed in e-court now?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. Is this the intercept to which you had previously referred?
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. Okay. Can you tell us, first of all, how you assessed this
15 particular intercept as corroborative of the intercept referred to by my
16 colleague, Mr. Ostojic, during his questioning of you involving Mr. Beara
17 on the morning of the 15th of July, 1995?
18 A. There are several points. The content of this information -- of
19 this intercept, from the 13th of July at 19.19 references individuals and
20 locations that I'm aware of that -- that confirm the information that
21 Mr. Beara referred to in the conversations from 9.55, 9.57 and 10.00 on
22 the -- on the 15th.
23 Q. Okay. In particular, can you tell us what it is that Mr. Beara
24 refers to in the intercept on the 15th that has bearing on this particular
25 intercept?
Page 8268
1 A. From my memory, he talks about the fact that he needs 15 to 30 of
2 Indzic's guys. He first starts off saying that Furtula, who is the
3 commander of the Visegrad Brigade wasn't following the commanders orders
4 and that he needed 15 to 30 of Indzic's guys.
5 Q. Can I just stop you for a second. Can you tell us, if you know,
6 what the relationship between Indzic is to Furtula?
7 A. One of the three intercepts from the 13th -- from the 15th of
8 July, I think it's the one at 9.57, could be the one at 10.00 too, I'm not
9 sure, but it says that Boban Indzic is Fortula's deputy. So in that
10 conversation from the 15th of July, Colonel Beara goes on to say that if
11 the commander's orders had been carried out and if things had been done on
12 the 13th, then he wouldn't still be asking for the -- I don't remember the
13 exact word that he used, but for -- for what he was asking for on the
14 15th, which were Indzic's guys, Boban Indzic's guys.
15 Q. And does this give -- this particular intercept give an indication
16 as to what happened to those guys, as you put it, on the 13th?
17 A. Yes, their bus broke down.
18 Q. Could I just -- just a moment. Could we have 65 ter 1179H and I,
19 please, on the e-court.
20 All right. Do you recognise what's displayed in e-court now?
21 A. Yes.
22 Q. Okay. And I'm going to refer you to the page on the left, third
23 line up or so from the bottom. Do you see -- well, not anymore. Was the
24 third line up from the bottom. I think it is still now the third line up
25 from the bottom. Could you take a look at that, please.
Page 8269
1 A. Yes.
2 Q. And could you just tell us how that relates to the intercept that
3 you've described on the 13th?
4 A. Well, it -- it says, "Indzic, Indzic, Lukic's deputy."
5 Q. Okay. Is there a specific reference to 30 men?
6 A. Yes. 15 to 30 men.
7 Q. All right. Now, if we could just go down a little bit, please.
8 Now, I just want to refer you to what appears to be the eighth
9 line up from the bottom. Now, you had indicated previously that there was
10 some portion of the conversation which Mr. Beara purportedly was
11 essentially saying that -- essentially saying that he hadn't received the
12 30 men, the 15 to 30 men, is that right?
13 A. That's right, that that's what he needed, 15 to 30 men.
14 Q. And you can identify that on this intercept? You have to answer
15 for the record. If you can.
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. Okay. And can you tell us where it is in the intercept and what
18 it says?
19 A. It's halfway through on that first page where it says, "Look, I
20 need 15 to 30 men with Boban Indzic."
21 Q. Do you see a reference lower down in the intercept specifically
22 where Mr. Beara purportedly says, "I don't have any"?
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. "And that's why I'm asking for the third day."
25 A. Yes.
Page 8270
1 Q. Now, with respect to that particular statement, do you -- tell me
2 what you understand that to mean, what he doesn't have?
3 A. That he doesn't have the 15 to 30 men that he needs.
4 Q. The reference to the third day is the 15th?
5 A. That's right.
6 Q. And does that relate to the prior intercept on the 13th?
7 A. Yes.
8 Q. How so?
9 A. Well, there were supposed to be men from Indzic's group, Boban
10 Indzic's group who were supposed to arrive and they didn't, they couldn't,
11 because their vehicle broke down.
12 Q. Okay. Now, you had indicated previously that there was a
13 reference to Boban Indzic, and Indzic was Furtula's deputy. You see here
14 on this intercept, there is a reference to Indzic being Lukic's deputy?
15 A. That's right.
16 Q. And can you tell us, if you know, who Lukic was or is?
17 A. I assume that it refers to Milan Lukic, who was from Visegrad.
18 But that's as much as I can -- as much as I know.
19 Q. Okay. Let me refer you to a -- well, just a moment. 1179A and B.
20 A is the English version, please. In e-court.
21 THE REGISTRAR: Could the counsel please tell me the time of the
22 intercept? Because we have two documents in e-court under the same 65 ter
23 number.
24 MR. VANDERPUYE: I think it's 10.00. This is 9.57 still, what's
25 in e-court.
Page 8271
1 JUDGE AGIUS: Do you have the hard copy? We will move faster.
2 MR. VANDERPUYE: You know what, I think I can move to a different
3 area while we try locate it.
4 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you.
5 MR. VANDERPUYE: Thank you.
6 Q. You were asked a number of questions by my learned colleague,
7 Mr. Ostojic, about a certain reference allegedly made on the 15th of July,
8 1995, concerning some certain parcels.
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. Okay. And you were asked particularly whether or not you had made
11 inquiry of intercept operators about the meaning of the particular term.
12 Do you recall that?
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. Okay. Now, with respect to the meaning of that particular term,
15 did you determine, through reference to other materials, what was meant by
16 that term?
17 A. Yes, one reference in particular comes to mind.
18 Q. Okay. And can you tell us what that is?
19 A. May I refer to the index?
20 Q. Which index are you talking about?
21 A. The index to the intercepted conversations.
22 MR. VANDERPUYE: With the Court's indulgence.
23 JUDGE AGIUS: No problem with us, but does any of the Defence
24 teams have any problems? No.
25 Okay. Go ahead, Ms. Frease.
Page 8272
1 THE WITNESS: There is a conversation on the 2nd of August at 1240
2 involving Krstic and Popovic in which -- I'll -- may I just read the
3 summary? It says, "It's Popovic. Go ahead boss. Get over to Bajina
4 Basta. You know what you have to do. He has sent -- he has set out
5 towards me -- towards me." That's a question. "He's on his way. He went
6 up there because he had some parcels to check what they know."
7 MR. VANDERPUYE: Okay. If I could have 65 ter 1164A and B,
8 please, on the e-court.
9 JUDGE KWON: Before that, can we get the 65 ter number of the
10 intercept Ms. Frease just read out?
11 MR. VANDERPUYE: August 2nd.
12 THE WITNESS: I have it. 1392.
13 MR. VANDERPUYE: I think the English version on the left is not
14 corresponding to the B/C/S version on the right. The B/C/S version is
15 several pages and that's the beginning of it on the right, but the English
16 version doesn't seem to correspond to it. Is there a following page?
17 JUDGE AGIUS: Can someone help us in this? I don't think it
18 corresponds too, but I want someone to assure us of that.
19 THE REGISTRAR: There are two exhibits under 1164B.
20 MR. VANDERPUYE: Two exhibits under 1164B. Well, all right. I'm
21 referring to the one specifically on 14th July at 2102.
22 In the meantime, I have a hard copy I can provide to the witness.
23 Maybe we can proceed with the ELMO. All right. I think we have it.
24 Thank you. Could I just go to the second page of the English version,
25 please.
Page 8273
1 THE REGISTRAR: There's only one page.
2 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Ostojic.
3 MR. OSTOJIC: Thank you, Mr. President. I think on page 21, line
4 21, he's looking for the 14th and I think this document, from other
5 witnesses, was established another date, and I thought Ms. Frease already
6 testified that it was -- she thought the 15th. I'm not sure if counsel is
7 referring to this --
8 THE WITNESS: No.
9 MR. VANDERPUYE: I'm actually referring to the 14th. Insofar as
10 it relates to the definition of "parcel."
11 JUDGE AGIUS: I wanted to make sure Mr. Ostojic is okay with that.
12 So let's try and go ahead.
13 MR. VANDERPUYE:
14 Q. Ms. Frease, if I could refer you to -- all right. Do you see
15 where it says, "Number 55" in the middle of the page, on the left, in the
16 English version?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. If I could refer you to just a couple of lines below that, do you
19 see a reference to "parcels" in that line?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. And could you just read that into the record?
22 A. It's J speaking. He says, "There are big problems. Well, with
23 the people. I mean, with the parcel."
24 Q. Does that in any -- in your evaluation of what the term "parcel"
25 meant, did that play any role in determining what the meaning was?
Page 8274
1 A. Yes.
2 Q. Okay. And based upon that, is that consistent with your
3 understanding of what the term "parcel" means?
4 A. Yes.
5 Q. Can I refer you to an intercept on August 1st at 2245 hours. The
6 65 ter number on that one is 1380A and B. If I could, I'm just going to
7 refer you to -- if you can see, it appears to be a full paragraph in the
8 English version that's attributed allegedly to Mr. Beara. Could you read
9 that into the record and tell us what your assessment in terms of what the
10 definition of "parcels" is?
11 A. It's B who is defined as Ljubisa Beara, "From Caura, we were
12 there. Now we have just returned. Zoka Cavcic was also with us. So far
13 there are about 300 parcels. They, whoever captures a parcel hands it
14 over to the cops and now they are keeping that. I've talked to the chief
15 of the SUP (secretariat of the interior) from Uzice. He says, 'I can't do
16 anything for you now but we'll be in touch. But the chiefs have to make a
17 decision as to what they want to do.' So we should now tell our chief and
18 the supreme chief. They -- this is the information confirmed by my
19 people. There are up to 1.000 parcels in the place which is like ours.
20 It's all crammed in over there. They said there was big trouble over
21 there. Some commotion and so on. But he says that you can't do anything
22 because those are valleys, caves and nothing can be done there. Small
23 parcels go first and the big ones are left for the end. And they will
24 probably all go in the same direction."
25 Q. Now, do you see, following that line, a further statement
Page 8275
1 attributed to Mr. Beara?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. Okay. And that statement reads, "We can't do that. Morina was
4 here and she brought some people from the ICRC and the UNHCR and they
5 filmed a pile of parcels, the motherfuckers, and they'll show that on TV."
6 Do you see that?
7 A. Yes.
8 Q. Given what you see on this page, is that something that you
9 considered in determining how to attribute a meaning to the
10 word "parcels"?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. Is it consistent with your understanding that it meant people?
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. Bear with me for one moment. Now, you were also asked some
15 questions concerning extension 155?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. And I don't recall exactly who asked the question, although I
18 think it might have been my colleague, Mr. Beara -- I mean Mr. Ostojic,
19 excuse me, Mr. Ostojic.
20 And I believe you were asked some specific questions about that
21 and you indicated, or it was suggested to you that that extension
22 corresponded to Tolimir, and you responded that that was not the
23 information that you had. Do you recall that testimony?
24 A. Yes.
25 Q. Okay. And could you tell us what information it is that you had
Page 8276
1 concerning that particular extension?
2 A. My understanding is that that was General Manojlo Milovanovic's
3 extension, but he was away for a period of several months, during this
4 period of time, and that in his absence General Miletic was using
5 extension 155.
6 Q. May I have 65 ter 2438A and B, please, displayed in e-court.
7 JUDGE AGIUS: Madam Fauveau.
8 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Mr. President, I would like the
9 Prosecutor to specify with the witness where it is that she gets this
10 information, how does she come to those conclusions and I would also like
11 for some additional time for a -- additional questions.
12 JUDGE AGIUS: Very pertinent remark, Madam Fauveau.
13 Could you please address that, Mr. Vanderpuye.
14 MR. VANDERPUYE: Address where the witness got the information? I
15 think that's exactly the question I put to her. Or maybe not. I asked
16 her what information she had, so I guess I'll follow and ask -- well,
17 what's the source of that information, if that will satisfy my colleague?
18 JUDGE AGIUS: That's exactly what your colleague wants to know.
19 MR. VANDERPUYE: Okay.
20 THE WITNESS: I should answer that question before we continue.
21 In an investigation one accumulates a lot of knowledge, and with
22 respect to General Milovanovic's absence, I don't remember -- I can't put
23 a specific document to that. But an intercept from the 28th of October
24 references extension 155, and various inquiries have been made, and we've
25 looked through the intercepts for references to 155, and I believe that
Page 8277
1 there are also other witnesses who have -- who have knowledge about the --
2 that extension and who was working on that extension at the time.
3 MR. VANDERPUYE: All right. May I refer, please, to 65 ter 2438.
4 I think it's A and B.
5 Q. Do you recognise this intercept, Ms. Frease?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. And is this the intercept to which you just made reference?
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. And can you tell us how you derive from this particular
10 intercept -- how you can attribute that extension to either Milovanovic or
11 Miletic?
12 A. If I could just take a minute to read through the whole thing.
13 Q. Please.
14 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Your Honour.
15 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Madam Fauveau.
16 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] While the witness is examining this
17 document, could I please have the exact reference of this intercept?
18 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Vanderpuye.
19 MR. VANDERPUYE: Do you mean the 65 ter number? I believe I said
20 it was 65 ter 2438A and B.
21 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Yes, but was this document on the 65
22 ter list? Because this number was not on the 65 ter list. Not on the
23 initial list anyway. It must be an added exhibit, and I would like to
24 know if the Prosecutor requested the authorisation to add this document on
25 the list.
Page 8278
1 MR. VANDERPUYE: I think I can answer that.
2 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Vanderpuye.
3 MR. VANDERPUYE: I believe that this particular intercept was
4 added -- was the result of the January 10th decision of the Court
5 permitting the addition of nine intercepts. I think in other motion we
6 called them 10, because two of them were precisely from the same date.
7 The Court had ruled on it. In fact, I think perhaps as recently as last
8 week or a week and a half ago when the Court made its decision on whether
9 or not to add an intercept operator, there was a specific reference to the
10 decision talking about the relevance of an intercept that was dated
11 January the 19th in that same motion this intercept was a part of it.
12 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Thank you very much. I believe you
13 are right.
14 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you. So let's proceed.
15 MR. VANDERPUYE:
16 Q. Okay. Have you had an opportunity to review the -- the intercept,
17 Ms. Frease?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. Okay. And can you tell us how this relates to General Miletic or
20 Milovanovic, as you've indicated?
21 A. About one-third of the way down on the conversation -- in the
22 conversation, P, who I guess is Panorama says, "Just a moment, General,
23 nobody is answering at that extension." Then they say then, "Give me 155
24 right away." And then M says, "Milovanovic." X says, "Hey Mane, tell me,
25 I needed Miletic or one of those who give permits." And then it goes
Page 8279
1 on, "Did you promise anything to Balas."
2 Q. And did that leave you with the impression that the person that
3 asked for the extension was trying to reach General Miletic at that
4 extension?
5 A. Yes.
6 Q. And is that the reason why you drew the conclusion, if you did,
7 that that extension was associated with General Miletic?
8 A. Yes, for that reason. But there's also other -- other knowledge
9 which I can't pinpoint right now.
10 Q. All right. Is it fair to say that this was part of the reason
11 that you drew that conclusion?
12 A. Yes.
13 Q. Okay, and did you rely on other information provided to you by
14 investigators, military analysts and so on?
15 A. Yes.
16 Q. Okay. I just want to refer you back, if I could, this hopefully
17 will take only a minute. I had referred you previously to an intercept on
18 August the 1st where you had read out a long paragraph. Do you recall
19 that?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. And at the beginning of the paragraph there was a reference to
22 Caura?
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. And can you tell us where that is?
25 A. Yes. It's -- it's the Visegrad Brigade.
Page 8280
1 Q. Okay. And then there's a further reference to, "We were there and
2 we've just returned."
3 A. Mm-hmm.
4 Q. Okay. And do you know what the -- what's being spoken about here?
5 I would like to -- if it's possible, to put those conversations back up
6 on the screen, that would be helpful to me.
7 MR. VANDERPUYE: It's 65 ter 1380A and B.
8 THE WITNESS: Yes. I believe that -- well, what they're referring
9 to is what Colonel Beara is referring to as having returned from Bajina
10 Basta.
11 MR. VANDERPUYE:
12 Q. And can you tell us where that is?
13 A. It's across the river, it's in Serbia. It across the Drina River
14 in Serbia.
15 Q. Is that related to the conversation that you indicated that
16 occurred, I think, on August the 2nd?
17 A. Yes, there -- conversations on the -- from the 1st to the 3rd, I
18 think that relate to this issue. Is there one more thing that I could say
19 just about this Zoka Cavcic?
20 Q. Yes.
21 A. I believe that that is a -- a typographical -- well, not -- maybe
22 not a typographical error, but that the intercept operator didn't hear the
23 name correctly. Because I believe it should be Zoka, Zoka is a nickname
24 for Zoran, first name Zoran, and there's -- the last name, instead of
25 Cavcic, I believe, should be Carkic. They sound very similar. And Zoran
Page 8281
1 Carkic was the security person at the Visegrad Brigade. At Caura -- Caura
2 was the nickname for the Visegrad Brigade, so that ties it, it's very
3 consistent.
4 Q. Okay, thank you for that. And did you consider that, by the way,
5 in assessing the reliability of the content of this particular intercept?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. Okay. And is it consistent with your understanding, historical
8 and otherwise, as concerns the events in and around the 1st of August of
9 1995?
10 A. Yes.
11 Q. And do you have any indication in relation to the parcels that are
12 being spoken about in this intercept, where they might have originated
13 from and where they were located?
14 A. Yes. That they had mostly originated from Zepa, and that they
15 were at that point located in Serbia in Bajina Basta, having swam or
16 somehow made it across the Drina River.
17 Q. And based upon your review of the intercepts is concerned, that
18 particular matter, did you have an opportunity to review an intercept in
19 which General Krstic was a participant in and around August 2nd of 1995?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. And do you recall just basically the substance of that intercept?
22 A. Yes.
23 Q. And can you tell us about that?
24 A. Yes. That was an intercept that had been picked up by both the
25 northern and the southern site for which we played -- we also had the
Page 8282
1 audio recordings and played those in court. It's a conversation between
2 General Krstic and Major Obrenovic from the Zvornik Brigade, the deputy.
3 The time in which they're talking about having encircled or trapped --
4 trapped people on minefields and General Krstic says, "Well, kill them
5 all, goddamn it, kill them all."
6 Q. Sorry, you were asked some questions -- hang on one second. Bear
7 with me one moment. You were asked some questions about the name Ljubo?
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. Okay. I think it was put to you specifically that there was a
10 person whose name appears in the intercept by the name of Ljubo Bojanovic?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. And I think my colleague had essentially asked you if there was --
13 you had some ability to distinguish between the name Ljubo as a full name,
14 first name, and as a nickname, whether or not you were able to identify or
15 distinguish essentially between Bojanovic and Beara, perhaps.
16 A. Mm-hmm, yes.
17 Q. Can I ask you, are you able to do that, or were you able to do
18 that in looking at these intercepts?
19 A. Yes.
20 Q. Okay. And how were you able to do that, if you can tell us?
21 A. Well, I remember I think there are three conversations on the 23rd
22 of July. One of them references a Major Bojanovic, and I think the one or
23 two others might just reference Ljubo, and it was -- it also happens that
24 on that date he was the duty officer at the Zvornik Brigade.
25 Q. And with respect to your ability to distinguish between the two,
Page 8283
1 did you do that as a result of how the name appeared in the -- in the
2 intercept itself or did you do that as a result of analysing the context
3 in which the name was used?
4 A. Yes, it was the context in which the name was used.
5 Q. Okay. And can you remember a specific context in which the name
6 was used?
7 A. May I refer to the index?
8 Q. Please.
9 A. In one of them his name comes up just as Bojanovic, Major
10 Bojanovic, and not as Ljubo at all. And that's on the 23rd of July at
11 6.40 in the morning.
12 Q. All right. Could I have, please, 65 ter 1307A and B displayed in
13 e-court, please.
14 All right. Do you see what's displayed in e-court now,
15 Ms. Frease?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. Do you recognise this intercept?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. Is this the intercept that you had previously -- you have just
20 spoken about?
21 A. Yes.
22 Q. Okay. And can you tell us how, in this case -- well, tell us how
23 in this case you were able to determine according to this intercept, who B
24 is attributed to? Do you see the letter B?
25 A. I do.
Page 8284
1 Q. And can you tell us, based on your view of this intercept, who
2 that relates to?
3 A. Major Bojanovic.
4 Q. Okay. Now, in this particular intercept, I think you had
5 indicated that as a result of context you could determine that it was
6 Major Bojanovic. Is that right?
7 A. Yes. Yes, because he was the duty officer. And he was -- this
8 conversation is between General Krstic and Major Bojanovic. It starts off
9 with Major -- sorry, General Krstic saying, Is everything all right? And
10 Major Bojanovic giving a report essentially of what had happened that
11 previous night, that there were some attacks, mainly without casualties,
12 that he says here that six Turks were captured. And then it goes on to
13 give an update of what's happening, that the detention facility is full,
14 there are more than 30 of them.
15 Q. All right. Are there any other intercepts that come to mind with
16 respect to the identification or distinction that you can draw between the
17 name Ljubo as it's applied to Bojanovic or as it's applied to Mr. Beara?
18 A. Well, there's this one at 8.05 also on the 23rd.
19 Q. Okay. And can you tell us what your recollection is of that
20 intercept?
21 A. I have to put it, I think, in a little bit of context. It's a --
22 the conversation previous to that is one at 8.00 in the morning between
23 Vinko and an unknown participant in which in my -- in the summary it says,
24 Vinko says, We're still catching Turks. I have some prisoners, I have
25 some wounded. I don't know what to do with them, where to send them. Did
Page 8285
1 anyone talk about an exchange for those guys from Lisaca, that letter
2 arrived stating the wounded should be sent to Zvornik hospital however
3 there is a problem with that and I would ask you for a solution today.
4 And then in the next conversation this same unknown participant,
5 who is indicated in both of these conversations by a question mark, says
6 that this unknown participant says in a previous conversation he called
7 and asked for Vinko again but Ljubo answered. And I believe that's Ljubo
8 Bojanovic again because he was the duty officer at Zvornik Brigade
9 headquarters that day.
10 JUDGE AGIUS: Stop. I'm sorry to interrupt you like that.
11 Yes, General Miletic.
12 THE ACCUSED MILETIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, what is she
13 talking about? Perhaps we can have it put on the screen. And on the
14 screen at the moment we can see a previous transcript of an intercept. We
15 would just like to be able to follow and see on the screen what the
16 witness is talking about.
17 JUDGE AGIUS: I think that's a fair comment, General Miletic.
18 Ms. Frease --
19 MR. VANDERPUYE: I have the 65 ter numbers. I just wanted the
20 witness to give the background.
21 JUDGE AGIUS: But General Miletic is perfectly right.
22 MR. VANDERPUYE: He is.
23 JUDGE AGIUS: She is reading in English. Perhaps it is being
24 translated of course. But the question is not just receiving an
25 interpretation, it's also seeing the document.
Page 8286
1 MR. VANDERPUYE: No problem. I notice the time. And I won't put
2 it up in the e-court. I just suspect it will take probably longer.
3 JUDGE AGIUS: I think we will have the break here, and after the
4 break, we will take this matter up again. And be prepared, please, to
5 have it on e-court. We'll have a 25-minute break starting from now.
6 --- Recess taken at 10.32 a.m.
7 --- On resuming at 11.00 a.m.
8 JUDGE AGIUS: So, Judge Stole is not yet back from his
9 appointment. As soon as he arrives he will come into -- in here and join
10 us. So for the time being, and until then, we will continue sitting
11 pursuant to Rule 15 bis, all right.
12 Yes, Mr. Vanderpuye, Ms. Frease and also do we have -- can we put
13 on e-court the document that Ms. Frease was reading from or to which she
14 was being referred?
15 THE WITNESS: Can we just make one little correction to the
16 transcript?
17 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Ms. Frease.
18 THE WITNESS: At 34/7 at 10.30.21 there was a "but Ljubo", I
19 think, but it should have been -- and I think -- sorry, I think it
20 says "for Ljubo" and it should say "but Ljubo" answered.
21 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. Thank you. So instead of "asked for
22 Vinko again for Ljubo answered," it should be "asked for Vinko again but
23 Ljubo answered."
24 THE WITNESS: Right.
25 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you.
Page 8287
1 MR. VANDERPUYE: I think we were last in the process of displaying
2 the intercepts that Ms. Frease had referred to, the first of which is the
3 8.00 intercept on the 23rd of July. The 65 ter number for that one is
4 1309. Okay. I think we have that in e-court.
5 Q. Could you take a look at that, Ms. Frease?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. Is this the intercept that you were referring to?
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. Okay. And can you tell us what about this intercept is indicative
10 of the following one, the 8.05 intercept that you referred to?
11 A. Well, the following conversation refers to the previous
12 conversation between the same two unknown participants, but -- and I don't
13 have the text of the 8.05 conversation. I'm sure --
14 Q. We'll put that up in a minute.
15 A. Yeah, of course. But this one indicates that they -- here, V,
16 Vinko Pandurevic is saying, "Well, we're still catching Turks. I have
17 some prisoners. I have some wounded. I don't know what to do with them,
18 where to send them."
19 Q. If we could please have 65 ter 13 -- 1310. 1310, I think that's
20 probably A and B as well, displayed in e-court.
21 Okay. Do you see what's displayed in e-court now?
22 A. Yes.
23 Q. And is this the conversation to which you'd previously referred?
24 A. Yes.
25 Q. And having evaluated this particular intercept, it's your position
Page 8288
1 that the Ljubo that's referred to in this intercept is not Ljubisa Beara?
2 A. Correct.
3 Q. And is Ljubo Bojanovic?
4 A. Correct.
5 Q. Okay. And why -- is that because of the context of the intercept?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. Okay. Now, you were asked several questions concerning changes,
8 modifications or alterations that were made particular to an intercept
9 involving Mr. Beara. Do you recall that testimony?
10 A. Yes.
11 Q. And you circled and marked on a document indicating certain
12 changes or modifications that you found on the respective intercept?
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. Now, in evaluating the collection of intercepts, looking at the
15 notebooks, did you come across changes of that nature, cross-outs, things
16 of that nature, that were done in a manner that was inconsistent with the
17 process by which the interceptors described these transcriptions took
18 place?
19 A. No.
20 Q. Okay. And that concludes my re-direct examination. Thank you,
21 Ms. Frease. No further questions.
22 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you.
23 Madam Fauveau.
24 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Your Honour, I would like to request
25 leave to ask a few additional questions an P2438 that was not at all
Page 8289
1 foreseen to be used with this witness and that refers directly to my
2 client.
3 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, what's your position on that, Mr. Vanderpuye?
4 MR. VANDERPUYE: Well, we have no objection.
5 [Trial Chamber confers]
6 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Zivanovic.
7 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] I have no objection, but I would
8 like to examine the witness about the documents used by the Prosecutor in
9 redirect. It's practically only one document, and that's 2469.
10 JUDGE AGIUS: What is your position on that?
11 MR. VANDERPUYE: To the extent that Mr. Zivanovic is asking for
12 leave to re-examine the witness.
13 JUDGE AGIUS: Exactly.
14 MR. VANDERPUYE: The document was presented to the witness, I
15 don't see that it's outside the scope of redirect examination, so I think
16 it's appropriate. I would defer to the Court's discretion with respect to
17 the scope that would be permitted, but I think it's -- it's relevant.
18 JUDGE AGIUS: All right.
19 Madam Fauveau first and then we'll come to you, Mr. Zivanovic, and
20 Mr. Ostojic. I think -- yes. Go ahead, Mr. Ostojic.
21 MR. OSTOJIC: Well, Mr. President, I think I am also asking for
22 leave to conduct a recross of this witness based on some of the questions
23 that were raised during --
24 JUDGE AGIUS: Which are they?
25 MR. OSTOJIC: Which areas?
Page 8290
1 JUDGE AGIUS: Which areas do you want to recross the witness
2 about?
3 MR. OSTOJIC: Utilisation of an intercept that was not testified
4 to during her direct examination; namely, the October 23rd, 1995
5 intercept. Also, utilisation and identification of Ljubo Bojanovic on 65
6 ter 1307. Also what she claims to be testimony of who this Lukic is and
7 obviously on page 19, line 17, she used the word "I assume." I'm going to
8 ask her if that is just pure speculation on her part. Specifically, I'll
9 also ask her on 65 ter 1147A which she now claims, although did not during
10 her direct examination, that that was corroborative evidence of any other
11 intercepts, specifically, the intercept dated the 15th of July, 1995. And
12 then also with respect to her identification of Ljubo, whether she's
13 identified, based upon her purported knowledge of B/C/S, whether there was
14 a dialect difference in any of Ljubo Bojanovic's intercepts, if she could
15 detect what his dialect was from and if it was consistent with the other
16 ones she claims now were Mr. Beara's. Also, I was going to ask her a
17 question with respect to this extension 155, that they claim is now
18 somebody else. And my question to that point, regardless of who is
19 extension 155. Then there it clearly indicates that the purported
20 participant, Mr. Beara, did not know whether it was General Milovanovic or
21 anyone at that extension. And then I wanted to know what her information
22 is as to what role Mr. Milovanovic had in the Main Staff or any position
23 she thinks he held at that time.
24 JUDGE AGIUS: I suppose none of you requires a lecture from us on
25 the limits to recross. Could I have a printout of this part of
Page 8291
1 Mr. Ostojic's intervention, please. Let's start with you, Madam Fauveau,
2 if you restrict yourself.
3 [Trial Chamber confers]
4 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes. Madam Fauveau and all the others, as you know
5 that -- yes, Mr. Vanderpuye.
6 MR. VANDERPUYE: Your Honour, with respect to my learned friend
7 Mr. Ostojic's submission concerning the scope of the proposed
8 recross-examination, I do object to that one. And the reason why I object
9 to it is I think there are a couple of things that maybe I should bring to
10 the Court's attention. I'm sure that you've probably already considered
11 that.
12 But first of all, with respect to the October 28th intercept, it's
13 reflected 23rd in the transcript, I think he means the 28th. Now with
14 respect to that intercept, that relates specifically to the identification
15 of the extension 155 that Mr. Ostojic rather put to the witness, not my
16 colleague, Madam Fauveau. So it is relevant to the extent that perhaps
17 Madam Fauveau wants to question the witness or recross-examine the witness
18 on -- as concerns what we have put forward is the extension of her client.
19 But is not with respect to Mr. Ostojic in terms of his recross-examination
20 of the witness. And the reason for it is directly responsive to an issue
21 that was broached by Mr. Ostojic. And he had the opportunity obviously on
22 cross-examination to explore that issue. It's not a surprise intercept;
23 it's an intercept that actually was the subject of -- of considerable
24 motion practice, and of which he was aware. And to the extent that that
25 issue was broached on cross-examination, he had that opportunity at that
Page 8292
1 point to confront the witness with the intercept to the extent that he
2 differs with her interpretation of it as she has put forward today.
3 With respect to 65 ter number 1148, I refer to 65 ter number 1147
4 on redirect examination. I think maybe that is what Mr. Ostojic is
5 referring to. In any event, that is the 13th of July 19.19 intercept
6 which was also raised in response direct response to a question that was
7 put to the witness by Mr. Ostojic in his cross-examination in the first
8 instance. Specifically asked her -- he specifically asked her, and if you
9 bear with me for one moment, I think I can get the precise question. He
10 specifically asked her about corroboration with respect to the -- to the
11 July 15th intercept and in response to that questioning the witness
12 indicated that she had referred to an -- to an intercept on the 13th of
13 July, 19.19 which was directly corroborative of the July 15th intercept.
14 That was on cross-examination. It wasn't elicited on direct and is
15 directly responsive, obviously, to the issue that arose during
16 cross-examination because Mr. Ostojic elicited that. If there was a
17 question as to what her interpretation was of that intercept or what it
18 contained, or the conclusions she draw from -- drew from it or how it was
19 corroborative of the 15th of July intercept involving his client, he had
20 every opportunity on cross-examination to do that. There was no
21 objection, there was no limitation to the scope of the cross-examination
22 as concerns that particular issue.
23 With respect to the extension 155 as concerns the questioning by
24 Mr. Ostojic, he also put forward that it was information or the position
25 of the Defence that that extension corresponded to Tolimir and the witness
Page 8293
1 responded that's not what her information was. And that is I think the
2 grounds upon which -- that was opened on re-direct examination. To the
3 extent that she had represented that her information was different to know
4 what her information was. And I think there was some question about what
5 was the basis of the information, which I think we -- was explained on
6 re-direct examination through the examination of these various intercepts
7 that indicate at least to the witness to whom that particular extension is
8 ascribed. So I don't think that Mr. Ostojic, my colleague, has set forth
9 any grounds upon which to permit re-cross-examination to the extent that
10 he actually elicited most of the information, it was -- that was the
11 subject of the re-direct examination.
12 JUDGE AGIUS: I thank you.
13 Madam Fauveau, go ahead. We'll come to each one of you. In your
14 case there is no objection on the part of the Prosecution, and therefore
15 we grant you the exceptional -- exceptional possibility to
16 re-cross-examine the witness. For the record I notice that Mr. Bourgon is
17 in the courtroom.
18 Yes, Madam Fauveau. How long do you expect to be?
19 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] I believe 20 minutes, 15 to 20, Your
20 Honour.
21 [Trial Chamber confers]
22 JUDGE AGIUS: You are limiting your cross-examination to that
23 particular intercept document that you mentioned earlier, Madam Fauveau,
24 and to nothing else, so we're giving you five minutes to do that, please.
25 Go ahead.
Page 8294
1 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Could we please show the witness
2 Exhibit P2438.
3 Further cross-examination by Ms. Fauveau:
4 Q. [Interpretation] Is it true that General Milovanovic first
5 requested to speak to a colonel?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. And that colonel could have been one of the subordinates of
8 General Miletic?
9 A. It would just be speculation. It's unclear who this colonel is.
10 Q. Very well. And then he asked to speak to a certain Dubovina?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. And then the third thing, or the third person or the third
13 extension was number 155?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. And when the person on extension 155 answered General Milovanovic,
16 that person was not General Miletic?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. And General Milovanovic said, "I was looking for Miletic." He
19 didn't say "I am looking for Miletic". Is that true?
20 A. What --
21 Q. I think there is a mistake in the transcript. General Miletic did
22 not say "I am looking for Miletic," he said in the past, "I was looking
23 for Miletic?"
24 JUDGE AGIUS: There is another mistake in the transcript, line 11.
25 It's not General Miletic who said that.
Page 8295
1 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Thank you, Your Honour. Indeed, it
2 was General Milovanovic.
3 JUDGE AGIUS: So your answer -- your question, Madam Fauveau, was
4 General Milovanovic said "I was looking for Miletic", he didn't say I was
5 -- "I am looking for Miletic." Is that correct? Would you agree to that
6 Ms. Frease?
7 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Yes, indeed, Your Honour.
8 JUDGE AGIUS: Would you agree with that proposition?
9 THE WITNESS: May I see the B/C/S version, the next page of the --
10 of the B/C/S version? But yes, in English it says "I needed Miletic or
11 one of those who gives permits. Who give permits, it says, but who gives
12 permits. Hmm...
13 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation]
14 Q. You speak B/C/S. Is it true that the first sentence is also in
15 the past tense, that the B/C/S version also says, "I was looking for
16 Miletic."
17 JUDGE AGIUS: What do the words [B/C/S spoken], as they appear in
18 the transcript, if I am reading them well, mean? Is that in the present
19 tense or in the past tense or in the past perfect.
20 THE WITNESS: I would say in the B/C/S it should be [B/C/S spoken]
21 which would be past tense. But yes, this is -- this is -- yes, this
22 should be past tense. It says -- it's a slightly shortened version for
23 what I know of the past tense.
24 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay.
25 Yes, Madam Fauveau.
Page 8296
1 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation].
2 Q. Would it not be logical, if General Miletic was on extension 155,
3 that General Miletic [sic] would have said I need Miletic, please give me
4 Miletic?
5 JUDGE AGIUS: I don't think it's a question that should be asked.
6 It can become a submission.
7 Are you in a position to answer that question?
8 THE WITNESS: Not -- no, not really.
9 JUDGE AGIUS: It's being put to you that if General Miletic was
10 on -- available on 155, or would have been available on 155, Milovanovic
11 would have said I need to speak to Miletic.
12 THE WITNESS: Maybe he just wasn't there.
13 JUDGE AGIUS: This is why I'm saying it can become a submission
14 because it allows for so much speculation as it is. Go ahead.
15 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation]
16 Q. Do you agree that upon analysing this conversation - I am limiting
17 myself to this conversation - you can absolutely not conclude that General
18 Miletic should have been or would have been on extension 155.
19 A. I think it's possible to conclude that he could have been on 155.
20 Q. But what you've just said is speculation on your part. It's also
21 possible that he could have been at the first extension, a colonel whose
22 name we don't know and who is one of his subordinates. Would you agree?
23 A. May I read the conversation?
24 Q. Yes, of course, if the Trial Chamber will allow it.
25 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. Go ahead.
Page 8297
1 THE WITNESS: The way I read it, it would have been Miletic who
2 was on 155.
3 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation]
4 Q. And can you explain to me what is the basis for this conclusion?
5 A. M says, "Then give me 155." P says, "Right away. Hello. Yes,
6 Milovanovic. Eh, Mane, tell me. I needed Miletic or one of those who
7 gives permits. Did you promise anything to Balas?" To me it indicates
8 that he was looking for Miletic or one of those who gives permits on 155.
9 Q. But do you agree that before speaking to extension 155 he tried to
10 reach two other people and found no one?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. So how can you rule out the possibility that Miletic should have
13 been either with the colonel whom he was first looking for, or with
14 Dubovina?
15 A. [Microphone not activated]... right now.
16 JUDGE KWON: Could you speak again?
17 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, because the -- your microphone was not
18 activated all the time.
19 THE WITNESS: It seems to be fading in and out like it was a
20 couple of days ago.
21 JUDGE KWON: Can I ask Ms. Frease. What's the first word that the
22 man on extension 155 said for the first time to Milovanovic? Was
23 it "yes"?
24 THE WITNESS: Yes, that -- yes.
25 JUDGE KWON: If Milovanovic had expected Miletic, he could have
Page 8298
1 noticed it is not Miletic by hearing "yes" from this man. Am I correct?
2 THE WITNESS: Yes, that's what it appears to be.
3 JUDGE KWON: Thank you. Proceed, Ms. Fauveau.
4 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] I would like to ask leave to show
5 the witness 5D128 that directly refers to the phone number that could be
6 the number of General Miletic, and it will be my last question.
7 JUDGE AGIUS: Go ahead.
8 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Could we show the witness Exhibit
9 5D128.
10 Q. Would you look at the introduction to this conversation. It
11 refers to Panorama 166, the phone number that the operator thought
12 belonged to General Miletic.
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. Can you allow for the possibility that General Miletic was never
15 at 155 but rather at 166?
16 A. No.
17 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] I have no other questions, Your
18 Honour.
19 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you, Madam Fauveau.
20 Mr. Zivanovic, you only referred -- you also referred to just
21 one -- I just have one -- I need to find.
22 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] It's document 2469 from the
23 Prosecutor's list.
24 JUDGE AGIUS: So you too have five minutes and your re-cross is to
25 be limited to re-examining the witness on this or in relation to this
Page 8299
1 document and to nothing else or anything that arises out of it but nothing
2 else.
3 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] Thank you.
4 Further cross-examination by Mr. Zivanovic:
5 Q. [Interpretation] Ms. Frease, can you please look at this document,
6 2469. You saw it a little bit earlier. It's the list of those killed
7 from the Zvornik Brigade.
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. You told us that the list, or a part of the list, number 450, I
10 think that's the number, confirms the conversation of the 20th of April.
11 We can look at item 450, and I think that is on page 003246.
12 THE INTERPRETER: Could the counsel please repeat the number.
13 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] The number is 450. That's three
14 or four pages before that one.
15 THE WITNESS: Mr. Zivanovic, could -- could you read back my --
16 what I said about that document and whether I used the word "confirms."
17 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
18 Q. Then I will just have to find that in the transcript. It's page
19 14 from -- actually from pages 11 to 14, 9 to 11.
20 THE INTERPRETER: We cannot hear the counsel.
21 JUDGE AGIUS: Mr. Zivanovic.
22 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] Lines are 18 to 20, and it's page
23 14, line 18 -- 18. Yes.
24 Q. Are you able to find it?
25 A. I don't -- I can't -- I'm not able to scroll through or I don't
Page 8300
1 know how to scroll through the document to -- I mean my transcript. I
2 can't do it.
3 JUDGE KWON: It's page 15.
4 JUDGE AGIUS: Judge Kwon is suggesting --
5 JUDGE KWON: Line 14 of page 15.
6 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] From line 14.
7 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Vanderpuye.
8 MR. VANDERPUYE: I think maybe it's just a question of a term of
9 art, but I think the question is -- that was put to the witness was
10 whether it was corroborative of the intercept which is a different
11 question than Mr. Zivanovic has posed which is whether or not she can
12 confirm something, and those are two different concepts and two different
13 questions and I think that's what the distinction is and maybe we can
14 resolve it relatively quickly this way.
15 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Zivanovic.
16 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] I just said if that corroborates
17 the intercept of the 20th of April.
18 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, that's -- that's what line 18 on page 15 tells
19 us. So -- and Mr. Vanderpuye is correct, the question that was put was
20 whether it was corroborative of the other intercept.
21 Anyway, could you rephrase your question, please.
22 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
23 Q. I'm just noting that you told us that this document, the list, of
24 those killed from the Zvornik Brigade supports the intercept of the 20th
25 of April. Did you say that --
Page 8301
1 A. [Previous translation continues]...
2 Q. -- or did I understand you incorrectly?
3 A. Sorry, my answer wasn't recorded. And my answer is, yes, that it
4 supports the intercept of the 20th of April.
5 Q. Can we now look at the list, please, that was on the screen a bit
6 earlier. And this is item 450. When you said that it corroborates the
7 intercept, you were talking about item 450 where we have the name of one
8 of the Polish volunteers?
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. First, I would like to ask you this: My learned friend, the
11 Prosecutor, already submitted that to you, that in the intercept and in
12 the document that you were shown before that the names of two Polish
13 volunteers are mentioned. Did you find the name of the second Polish
14 volunteer on this list of persons who were killed?
15 A. No.
16 Q. Thank you. Can you please tell me now if in the last column there
17 is a date -- or the column, the one but last, there is the date, the 14th
18 of September, 1995?
19 A. Yes.
20 Q. Thank you. Can we note that this is almost five months after this
21 conversation?
22 A. Yes.
23 Q. Can you please tell me now, can you tell me in which way does this
24 name, the name of this person who was killed, five months after the
25 intercept at a place called Ostrelj here, how does that corroborate the
Page 8302
1 content of that conversation?
2 A. Could we go back to the first page of this document so that we're
3 able to see the headings of each of the columns. Okay. So column 4, I'll
4 read it in B/C/S for the translation. [Interpretation] "Participation in
5 the VRS."
6 [In English] Then if we go back to number 450 on that list, you
7 will see that he participated from the 21st of April, 1995. So one day
8 after he had been assigned to the Zvornik Brigade. And then it gives his
9 date of death as the 14th of September, 1995.
10 Q. Ms. Frease, I just am interested in the following: Does that mean
11 that the veracity of this intercept is corroborated by the fact that he
12 joined the army of Republika Srpska on the 21st of April, the day after
13 this conversation?
14 A. I would say that the contents of the intercept -- let me start
15 from the other end. I would say that this document corroborates the
16 contents of the material contained within the intercept dated the 20th of
17 April, 1995, along with the document, the order that was received in which
18 the two men -- the two Polish volunteers were deployed to the Zvornik
19 Brigade.
20 Q. I just want to clarify the contents because the contents are
21 different. There's a lot of stuff in that document. Does that mean that
22 you are corroborating, and you say that you believe that the document is
23 reliable because the intercepted conversation was recorded on the 20th of
24 April and, from this document, it turns out that already on the 21st of
25 April he joined the VRS, he became a member of the army of Republika
Page 8303
1 Srpska. That just that corroborates your assertion that this -- that that
2 confirms or corroborates this intercept?
3 A. I need to re-read your question. It's a little long. Or if you
4 can summarise it, otherwise, I'll just re-read it and see if I can give
5 you an answer.
6 I'll have to go through it bit by bit, I think. When you say
7 there is a lot of stuff in that document, I assume you mean this list of
8 people who died while in the service of the VRS, correct?
9 Q. No, you are not. We are talking about just one topic, we're
10 talking about the intercept of the 20th of April and on the other hand we
11 are talking about this part of the list for which you say that it
12 corroborates this intercept of the 20th of April. So I'm asking you if
13 just the fact that the Polish volunteer who was killed joined the army of
14 Republika Srpska on the 21st of April, 1995, is that piece of information
15 that you claim asserts the contents of the intercept of the 20th of April,
16 1995?
17 A. That is not the only piece of information. The other information
18 comes from the tape and the documents, and this just further reinforces
19 the intercept.
20 Q. But this specific document that is in front of you, only this
21 corroborates that intercepted conversation?
22 A. Yes, it also corroborates the intercepted conversation.
23 Q. When you say "also," from this document, is there anything else
24 that corroborates that intercept?
25 JUDGE AGIUS: She has already answered that question,
Page 8304
1 Mr. Zivanovic. Please bring your cross-examination to an end.
2 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] Well, all right. In that case, I
3 have no other questions. Thank you.
4 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you. As regards your request, Mr. Ostojic, to
5 re-cross the witness, we have followed your submissions as they are
6 reflected in the transcript from page 38, line 24 to line 14 on page 39
7 and we have also reviewed the submissions of your colleague,
8 Mr. Vanderpuye from page 39, line 22 to lines 42, line -- page 42, line 1.
9 In each of the instances that you claim you have a right to
10 re-cross the witness, we come to the conclusion that no such authorisation
11 should be given, giving such authorisation for the reasons that you
12 yourself specified would run against the basic principles as in the
13 jurisprudence of this Tribunal and in relation -- or regulating re-cross,
14 we in particular would refer to the response of Mr. Vanderpuye that
15 explains in detail why in some of these instances re-cross shouldn't be
16 granted and we fully agree with those reasons. Where Mr. Vanderpuye's
17 response doesn't touch on some of your submissions such as, for example,
18 ask one -- wanting to ask the witness whether by "I assume" she means that
19 she is speculating when she refers to certain Lukic. Again, this is not a
20 matter that can be reserved for re-cross re-cross. So the matter ends
21 there.
22 Yes, Mr. Bourgon.
23 MR. BOURGON: Thank you, Mr. President. I do have some -- an
24 issue to raise with the witness. It's a very short issue that deals with
25 the same documents that were used by my colleague, Mr. Zivanovic. And the
Page 8305
1 reason for asking leave at this time to ask the question to the witness,
2 is because these documents were -- are new documents which the Defence was
3 not given warning in advance that they would be used in redirect until we
4 got the list this morning.
5 JUDGE AGIUS: What is your question?
6 MR. BOURGON: The question is very simple. My colleague says, and
7 that's on page 14, and it's on line -- the question simply is my colleague
8 asked a question to the witness, Was documentation brought to your
9 attention concerning this intercept? And she said, Yes. And then with my
10 colleague, they looked at documents number 2468, 2467, and 2469 and I
11 would just like to know when these documents were brought to the attention
12 of the witness and to ask also one question concerning one document, which
13 is 2468. And I will quote the exact page.
14 And Mr. President, the question was asked by my colleague, it's on
15 page 13, lines 5 to 7, and it goes like this: "You were asked some
16 questions by my colleague about a conversation that occurred on 20 April.
17 I believe it was between Mr. Popovic and Mr. Nikolic." Answer was, "Yes."
18 Then the question was: "Can I ask you, did you review any documentation
19 or was any documentation brought to your attention with respect to the
20 veracity as to the contents of that communication?" The answer
21 was, "Yes."
22 My question is simple, when was this documentation brought to the
23 attention of the witness?
24 JUDGE AGIUS: I think we don't need you to respond to that. I
25 think in both instances it's perfectly all right to proceed with a
Page 8306
1 re-cross.
2 Go ahead, Mr. Bourgon. You've got five minutes and not more,
3 please.
4 MR. BOURGON: Thank you.
5 Further cross-examination by Mr. Bourgon:
6 Q. Ms. Frease, two questions for you. So I will read again what I
7 just said from the transcript and I refer to the 20th of April
8 conversation, so you know which conversation I'm talking about.
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. The question by my colleague was, "Did you review any
11 documentation or was any documentation brought to your attention with
12 respect to the veracity as to the content of that communication?" Your
13 answer was, "Yes." And then we proceeded to look at document 2467. My
14 question is very simple: When was this documentation brought to your
15 attention? A long time ago as part of your project or just recently?
16 A. Is document 2467 the order?
17 Q. Indeed it is.
18 A. That documentation was brought to my attention a long time ago.
19 When I say a long time ago, I believe sometime in January.
20 Q. January of this year?
21 A. That's right.
22 Q. So just to be clear, because I'm not quite sure what the date was,
23 was that before the beginning of your testimony for the first time before
24 a Trial Chamber?
25 A. Yes.
Page 8307
1 Q. Thank you.
2 MR. BOURGON: Can we show the document 2467 to the witness. Can
3 we have the document displayed on e-court. And if we can have the English
4 version as well, please.
5 Q. Now, Ms. Frease, in response to a question by my colleague, you
6 answered that this was an order issued by the Drina Corps command, and you
7 explained that it was the -- it dealt with the fact that the deployment of
8 two volunteers, Polish volunteers. My question is, on this document which
9 was brought to your attention, do you know who is the signatory of this
10 document, Radenko Jovicic?
11 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Vanderpuye.
12 MR. VANDERPUYE: Maybe I was under the misapprehension, but I
13 thought that Mr. Bourgon had indicated that his examination was limited to
14 the question of when it was, that the document in question was brought to
15 the witness's attention. But obviously that is within the description of
16 the Court. I would just simply raise it just for a point of clarification
17 and if that's not the case, then it simply is --
18 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, you may be right, but I think it would be
19 dangerous on our part to anticipate. So we'll stop Mr. Bourgon if he goes
20 beyond, but let's first hear the answer to this question and then your
21 next question and we will see whether it is related or not.
22 MR. BOURGON: Thank you.
23 Q. So do you know who is Radenko Jovicic?
24 A. Yes, I believe I do. And if I want to be absolutely certain, if I
25 could refer to the index of names, we can make absolute certain.
Page 8308
1 Q. What was his job? That's mostly what I'm interested in. What
2 position did he hold at the time?
3 A. May I refer to the index?
4 Q. Absolutely.
5 A. His position was chief of reinforcements and personnel for the
6 Drina Corps.
7 Q. And my last question is simple. Did you, when you were shown this
8 document, when it was brought to your attention, did you establish any
9 link between this document coming from reinforcement and security at any
10 level within the Drina Corps?
11 A. No.
12 Q. Thank you. I have no further questions.
13 MR. BOURGON: Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to follow up
14 after that, when we come to the admission of documents, I will have a
15 submission to make at that time. Thank you, Mr. President.
16 JUDGE AGIUS: I think we'll have -- need another session for -- to
17 conclude the admission of documents.
18 Yes, Mr. Haynes.
19 MR. HAYNES: I'm not sure that either of the Pandurevic Defence
20 team or the Borovcanin Defence team formally indicated that they have no
21 questions of this witness, but if we didn't, I do now.
22 JUDGE AGIUS: I think I said it yesterday at some point in time,
23 is it just Mr. Josse and Madam Fauveau and Mr. Zivanovic left, and I had a
24 confirmation of that. Thank you.
25 So, Ms. Frease, we come to the end of your testimony. I wish to
Page 8309
1 thank you on behalf of everyone for having come over to testify in this
2 trial. And we wish you a safe journey back home.
3 THE WITNESS: Thank you.
4 [The witness withdrew]
5 JUDGE AGIUS: I see that we don't have a list from you, from the
6 Nikolic team. All right. So let's start with the Prosecution list. This
7 has, I understand, been circulated. Mr. Vanderpuye.
8 MR. VANDERPUYE: Thank you, Mr. President. I think that we had
9 distributed -- okay. We did, in fact, distribute --
10 JUDGE AGIUS: I'm taking it for granted. Unless I hear any
11 declaration to the contrary.
12 MR. VANDERPUYE: Okay. I guess I should go through them number by
13 number. The first --
14 JUDGE AGIUS: Well, let's confirm, first, that all the Defence
15 teams have got a copy of the Prosecution lists of intended documents.
16 Yes, Mr. Ostojic.
17 MR. OSTOJIC: Thank you, Mr. President. If we can just identify
18 which documents we get -- from time to time many documents just so we have
19 the most current one, which I think we do.
20 JUDGE KWON: A quick question to Mr. Vanderpuye whether this
21 includes the exhibits shown in re-direct.
22 MR. VANDERPUYE: Okay. The list of exhibits to tender do not
23 include the exhibits that were shown in redirect. And in particular --
24 are you referring in particular to documents that Mr. Bourgon and
25 Mr. Zivanovic had cross-examined about? That's correct, it does not
Page 8310
1 reflect that.
2 JUDGE KWON: My question is whether you wish to tender it or not?
3 MR. VANDERPUYE: We do, most definitely.
4 JUDGE AGIUS: So they need to be identified.
5 MR. VANDERPUYE: Yes.
6 JUDGE AGIUS: I think Ms. Frease has testified on different days.
7 MR. VANDERPUYE: They were identified actually on the
8 Prosecution's exhibits for re-direct, which we furnished as a courtesy to
9 Defence counsel before the re-direct was undertaken.
10 JUDGE AGIUS: We need to know whether --
11 JUDGE KWON: There are some exhibits which were not used during
12 the course of redirect. For example, 2468, did you use that?
13 MR. VANDERPUYE: I did not use 2468; you're right.
14 JUDGE KWON: That's the point.
15 MR. VANDERPUYE: You're right. I can identify for the record
16 which ones they are. I would imagine you would expect me to do that, or
17 alternatively I suppose we could amend the list and I could submit it in
18 writing at a later point but ...
19 JUDGE KWON: If it is the only addition, I'm fine with it.
20 MR. VANDERPUYE: Okay, I believe it is the only one. So in
21 addition to the Prosecution's exhibits to tender, if there are objections,
22 I can address those individually, but we do intend to tender all of the
23 exhibits that are listed on that sheet. And in addition to that, we would
24 like to tender what's demarked -- demarcated as P02438 which was the
25 October 28th intercept; P02467 and P02469. The P02467 was the order, that
Page 8311
1 was referred to, indicating the two names of the volunteers, signed by
2 Jovicic. The ERN number on that document was 0433-3819. And then the
3 last one which was P02469 was the list of Zvornik Brigade dead.
4 So I would be offering those documents in addition to what is
5 indicated on the exhibits to tender sheet that had been previously
6 provided.
7 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. Now, shall we go through the list?
8 First of all, are there any objections from the Defence teams in relation
9 to any of these documents?
10 MR. BOURGON: Thank you, Mr. President. We do object to the
11 documents 2467 and 2469, and I can explain why at this time or if you want
12 me to do that at a later time.
13 JUDGE AGIUS: Go ahead now.
14 MR. BOURGON: Thank you, Mr. President. First of all, I'd like to
15 refer the Trial Chamber that these are two documents which do not appear
16 on the Prosecution's Rule 65 ter list of exhibits.
17 JUDGE AGIUS: Sorry, because I'm losing my voice. But prior to
18 your arrival in the courtroom today Madam Fauveau raised the same issue in
19 relation to P2468, it was 2468 that she referred to actually, if you look
20 at the transcript. And that matter was addressed by Mr. Vanderpuye who
21 explained how 24 -- that document, together with others were included in
22 the 65 ter list following a decision that we took 12th -- I forgot the
23 dates now, but 12th January, I think it was. Or 10 January.
24 So maybe you can verify that because I understand that these were
25 in the same category.
Page 8312
1 MR. BOURGON: I will indeed, Mr. President. Although I note to
2 that's documents were not included in the list of documents --
3 JUDGE AGIUS: In the original one, no.
4 MR. BOURGON: The fact that they were not on the Rule 65 ter list,
5 that's one thing. The second issue is that these documents were not
6 included in the list of documents to be used with the witness. So before
7 a witness begins the testimony we should be given a list of documents that
8 are likely to be used by the Prosecution. These documents were not there.
9 They appeared for the first time on the list given with the witness this
10 morning. Now, that's the second issue.
11 The third issue is, once we -- once we have these documents, the
12 question I asked to the witness, the Prosecution has been aware of the
13 existence of this document, the Prosecution has shown the witness, the
14 witness those two documents or there were three -- these three documents
15 and yet there were never -- they were never included in a list given to us
16 that they were likely to be used with this witness. If they come into
17 this later time and times in terms of redirect and give us a list this
18 morning and they include these documents at the last minute, we believe
19 that is not the proper procedure to be followed. That is over and above
20 the fact they were not initially in the Rule 65 ter and I will check the
21 transcript for the issue that, Mr. President, you just mentioned. So
22 those are the bases for the objection that these three documents from
23 2467, 68 and 69 should not be admitted even should not even be given a
24 number for identification. Thank you, Mr. President.
25 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Vanderpuye.
Page 8313
1 MR. VANDERPUYE: Well, I think there are two issues at play here.
2 First, has to do with the requirements of 65 ter as they relate to the
3 question of unfair surprise to the Defence. I think first of all in
4 addressing that concern or that consideration of my colleague, there has
5 to be a balance that is struck in terms of the notice requirements under
6 65 ter together with the question of what the Defence reasonably can
7 anticipate in terms or rather as is predicated upon their
8 cross-examination. That is to extent that the Defence raises an issue
9 that directly relates to an issue, a document for example that the
10 Prosecution has that fairly addresses on re-direct examination, a question
11 put by the Defence, I think that the Court should examine that in relation
12 to the requirements of 65 ter. That is, that the Defence can't claim
13 unfair surprise in violation of 65 ter when the issues that they've raised
14 on cross-examination essentially elicit that information.
15 I should also point out that reference to corroborative
16 information of the intercept which is dated the 20th of April, 1995, that
17 was made -- a specific reference to corroborative information as regards
18 that intercept was raised in the Defence submission on the 9th, I believe,
19 of January of this year. And there was a very specific reference to
20 documents corroborating that particular intercept which was -- which was
21 deferred, for which an application to submit those documents on the
22 Prosecution's 65 ter list or amend the list to reflect those documents was
23 deferred pending a decision on the admissibility of the -- of the given
24 intercept.
25 So the Defence has been aware, if they read the submission, that
Page 8314
1 there -- such documents do, in fact, exist. And in a sense to attack the
2 reliability, the veracity, and the credibility of the particular intercept
3 steps into the hornet's nest, as it were. Because that particular attack
4 directly implicates what the Defence has been on notice of for well over a
5 month. And that particularly, if the language is correct, is a submission
6 that we made back in January detailing the documents that are at issue.
7 Moreover, we have ERN numbers that were -- were indicated in -- in the
8 submission itself. One relating to the document that Judge Kwon just
9 referred to that we didn't use in redirect which I submit we could have
10 used in redirect. Naming the writer of the document also indicating the
11 ERN number, the ERN number of 04333820 was specifically cited in that
12 submission.
13 Moreover, the -- the other document that I had indicated had been
14 written or indicated had been penned by Jovicic which we are using was
15 also mentioned in the same -- also mentioned in the same submission. As
16 well as the document relating to -- relating to the killed and actions.
17 With ERN numbers. So there is not a position here, I think, that
18 Mr. Bourgon can advance genuinely that A, he is surprised by fact that the
19 Prosecution had these documents or surprised by the fact that the
20 Prosecution would deign to use them in redirect examination where his
21 colleague has specifically and pointedly attacked the witness's ability to
22 establish the viability of the intercepting question.
23 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you.
24 Yes, Mr. Bourgon. Are you withdrawing your objection?
25 MR. BOURGON: Not at all, Mr. President. What I'm saying is
Page 8315
1 that -- first of all, when this witness was called to testify, we were
2 given the list of exhibits, and the idea was they wanted to lead evidence
3 about the 20 of April intercept. That was the Prosecution, as part of its
4 case, they want to lead evidence as part of the intercept. It is our
5 submission that if they are going do that and they know of the existence
6 of any other documents that either tend to corroborate or that can be used
7 by the witness, it should be placed on that list of exhibits given to us
8 ahead of time.
9 Furthermore, Mr. President, I'm looking right now, doing a final
10 verification concerning whether these documents were ever admitted on the
11 Rule 65 ter list and the answer I have right now, subject to final
12 verification, is that they were never admitted under the Rule 65 ter list
13 of exhibits. What was admitted is the intercept itself, but none of the
14 other material my colleague is referring to in his submission. These
15 documents were not admitted on the Rule 65 ter list of exhibits. I may be
16 wrong, I am doing a final verification. The answer I come up with right
17 now, at this stage, these documents are not on the Rule 65 ter list. They
18 are not placed on the list of exhibits to be used with the witness and
19 they pop up on the last morning on redirect. We're given a list and these
20 documents suddenly appear. Moreover, I look at the use of these documents
21 and what these documents are intended to show has nothing to do with what
22 my colleague raised in his cross-examination concerning whether there
23 are -- these two Polish volunteers existed. That's not what my colleague
24 tried to do in his cross-examination and that's not what the witness was
25 trying to answer either.
Page 8316
1 Thank you, Mr. President.
2 JUDGE AGIUS: Mr. Vanderpuye, and let's conclude it here.
3 MR. VANDERPUYE: I think I can make it relatively brief. I don't
4 know if Mr. Bourgon was here when Madam Fauveau raised the objection -- to
5 the intercept and perhaps this is the source of the confusion. But the
6 objection was raised with specific regard to the intercept which I
7 indicated was part of a 65 ter amendment application which had been
8 granted and I don't think that's in dispute. With respect to the
9 documents in question, I have submitted that those documents were
10 submitted in relation to -- were part a submission by the Prosecution in
11 relation to the admissibility of the April 20th intercept, which I think
12 was a separate submission all on its on, in which corroborative
13 information was specifically indicated in relation to that intercept, and
14 was reserved from being added to the 65 ter list pending the decision on
15 the admissibility of the intercept in question.
16 JUDGE AGIUS: As regards the other proposed Prosecution exhibits,
17 are there any objections? We hear none.
18 So let's start from the back. All the intercepts that are being
19 proposed will be marked for identification purposes, as per our constant
20 practice. The other documents, 1070, 65 ter number, 1074, I'm referring
21 to the 65 ter numbers, the intercept authentication binder.
22 [Trial Chamber and registrar confer]
23 JUDGE AGIUS: The -- this last has already got a Prosecution
24 number. It was miffed already, and this is the other intercept
25 authentication binder prepared by Ms. Frease. Then 1084, which is index
Page 8317
1 to the code-names; 1085, index to names and positions of individuals;
2 1086, colour map of locations; 1087, 1088, 1089, the same, colour maps;
3 P2399, is a receipt of -- for diskettes, 240 receipt for printouts; 2443,
4 index to code-names referenced; and 2444, index of names and positions of
5 individuals referenced. So these are all being admitted.
6 Now we come to 2438, 2467, 2469. I understand -- just want to
7 make -- have a confirmation, you are not tendering 2468, are you?
8 MR. VANDERPUYE: No, we're not.
9 JUDGE AGIUS: So it's 2438, 2467, 2469, if you could give me some
10 time to confer with my colleagues, please.
11 [Trial Chamber confers]
12 JUDGE AGIUS: Mr. Bourgon.
13 MR. BOURGON: Before you enter the final decision, I would like if
14 we could confirm whether, yes or no, these documents were subject of an
15 application by the Prosecution. Again, the information I have from my
16 team is that there were never any application made for these specific
17 documents. There is an application dated 9th of January where the
18 Prosecution, according to the information I have, says that an application
19 will be filed. And no application, to our knowledge, has been filed and
20 I'm still checking that information.
21 JUDGE AGIUS: I think it shouldn't take more of our court time.
22 Could you please, Mr. Vanderpuye, or Mr. McCloskey, file with the Trial
23 Chamber, of course with a copy, the history of -- as -- or filing as it
24 relates to these three documents, please.
25 Yes, Mr. McCloskey.
Page 8318
1 MR. McCLOSKEY: Yes, we will do that, Mr. President. But I also,
2 to clarify the Prosecution's position and policy on the use of documents
3 in re-direct, as you know, we do have a great respect for the system that
4 you have set up for 65 ter. It is not our interpretation of your rulings
5 that a document used on re-direct must have a 65 ter number. If -- of
6 course it must be used properly on redirect to -- to rebut or contradict
7 something on direct. But were I to get 65 ters for every possible
8 document that may be used on redirect, I would need to apply for thousands
9 of documents. So the mere fact that whether or not we have or not, I
10 don't know we'll check, but the mere fact that something doesn't a 65 ter
11 number should not be dispositive of whether it's admissable on redirect.
12 I imagine the same thing will come up when it is the Prosecution's turn to
13 cross-examine witnesses. Must we have a 65 ter number to cross-examine
14 witnesses? I will ask Mr. Bourgon his position of that, we'll discuss it,
15 but we know each other well enough, that I have a feeling I know his
16 response.
17 JUDGE AGIUS: I don't think this deserves more court time.
18 Actually, Mr. Bourgon, in his intervention, did say it's not 65 ter you
19 need to seek permission first. Declare it that it is not a 65 ter
20 document and seek permission before you proceed to make use of it. This
21 is how I read, at least, his intervention.
22 MR. McCLOSKEY: We do need to know from the Court whether you
23 expect us to seek 65 ter numbers for documents we use on redirect, because
24 it is not currently our intention to do so.
25 JUDGE AGIUS: We will defer our decision on these three documents
Page 8319
1 until after we have historical -- yes, Mr. Zivanovic.
2 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] I would only wish to say that I
3 support Mr. Bourgon's request.
4 JUDGE AGIUS: I am sure Mr. Bourgon is quite happy to hear that.
5 So I -- I am not going to ask other Defence teams whether they support
6 Mr. Bourgon. I take it for granted that you all do.
7 So our decision is deferred on this. We will come back.
8 Now, before we -- yes, yes. Before we -- we adjourn -- not
9 adjourn, before we have the break, let's start with the first list of
10 Defence documents. Mr. Zivanovic has got 20 documents that he seeks to
11 tender, the first five of which are not yet translated, and so in any
12 case, will be marked for identification.
13 Yes, Mr. Zivanovic.
14 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] Yes, I have submitted the list,
15 and some documents are being translated. They will be delivered as soon
16 as we have the translations. Thank you.
17 JUDGE AGIUS: Now, may I ask the Prosecution, you have a copy of
18 this -- you have a copy of this list? Mr. Vanderpuye.
19 MR. VANDERPUYE: Yes, we do.
20 JUDGE AGIUS: And do you object to the introduction of -- or the
21 admission of any of these documents, subject to what I said about marking
22 them for identification in certain cases?
23 MR. VANDERPUYE: We have no objection to the use of these
24 documents. There are, as I recall, some information reports and personal
25 notes of -- of the witness.
Page 8320
1 JUDGE AGIUS: Yeah, but you released them.
2 MR. VANDERPUYE: This is true. I don't know whether or not they
3 contain information. My recollection is that they do contain information
4 or may that require some redaction, but other than that, I don't think
5 there is an issue with respect to those.
6 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. --
7 MR. VANDERPUYE: I don't know if my learned colleague may object
8 to having them tendered -- admitted under seal, but that's what I would
9 propose.
10 JUDGE AGIUS: What I propose is something different. Do you wish
11 to contribute anything on this matter, Mr. Zivanovic?
12 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] No.
13 JUDGE AGIUS: So it can be easily dealt with.
14 Does any of the other Defence teams object to the admission of any
15 of these documents? The 1D documents? None.
16 So the first five will be marked for identifications. The others
17 are being admitted with the following proviso, that when it comes to
18 5D189, 5D191, namely, information report of Ms. Frease and personal notes
19 on the April 1998 visits to the northern and southern sites, these are
20 adopted but these last two documents will not be released or made
21 available to the public before the Prosecution has had time to go through
22 them and suggest -- suggest redactions to Mr. Zivanovic. This exercise
23 needs to be done by not later than the end of business of tomorrow. And
24 Mr. Zivanovic and Mr. Vanderpuye will come back to us and then we will
25 lift the confidentiality afterwards. Yes.
Page 8321
1 [Trial Chamber confers]
2 JUDGE AGIUS: Judge Kwon is pointing out that they are marked as
3 5D documents and they are basically madame -- the last two, yeah. 5D189
4 and 5D191. So perhaps what I have said will be applied to your documents
5 rather than Mr. Zivanovic. So you need to consult with both of them,
6 particularly Madam Fauveau, who is the one who sought the introduction in
7 the first place.
8 All right. And then you need to come back to us after tomorrow so
9 that we finalise this matter.
10 [Trial Chamber confers]
11 JUDGE AGIUS: So the others are admitted as I stated. The Miletic
12 Defence team, we have -- Madam Fauveau, we have 12 documents. Is that
13 correct?
14 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Your Honour, that's right. And I
15 would like to say that the document 5D160 is not translated yet, and I
16 will let you know as soon as a translation is available.
17 JUDGE AGIUS: So let's start with number 7 is the intercept which
18 is not translated, that will be marked for identification on a temporary
19 basis until translated. 189 and 190 and -- and 189 and 18 -- 191 we have
20 already dealt with. I think 190 has to be dealt with in the same manner.
21 Because it's an internal memorandum, and you will need to look into that
22 and communicate first with the -- Madam Fauveau and later on with us.
23 Are there any objections in regard to the admission of any of
24 these documents, please?
25 MR. VANDERPUYE: No, there's no objection.
Page 8322
1 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. Thank you. My other question to you is
2 in the list itself the -- for example, the first document refers to the
3 northern site. Does it, on the -- on the face of it, because if it does,
4 I think we will need to keep these under seal.
5 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] Yes. Your Honour, I believe that
6 the five -- the first five documents will either have the name of the unit
7 or the name of the site. So it is preferable that those documents be
8 placed under seal.
9 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. My preference is to keep them in their
10 integrity and preserve them under seal. So from 5D182, 184, 183, 185, 186
11 will remain under seal. And number 11, you need to check whether the
12 names of the sites or the unit is mentioned, and proceed accordingly,
13 Madam Registrar. If the names of the sites are mentioned there, obviously
14 they have to be kept under seal. As to 5D128, I cannot remember what it
15 was. What's 5D128, if you could remind us, Madam Fauveau.
16 MS. FAUVEAU: [Interpretation] It's an intercept from the SDB, and
17 in fact it should be placed under seal because I believe the name of the
18 operators is on those documents.
19 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you. Then it will be kept under seal and it
20 is also marked for identification as per our practice.
21 Then last but not least there is the Gvero Defence team that
22 wishes to tender three documents. Mr. Josse 6D22, 23 and 45.
23 MR. JOSSE: That's right, Your Honour. I have nothing to add.
24 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay. And Mr. Vanderpuye, any objections.
25 MR. VANDERPUYE: No, there is no objection.
Page 8323
1 JUDGE AGIUS: Any one of the Defence teams wishes to object?
2 None. They are so admitted.
3 And that brings us to the break. Next witness is 179, is that
4 correct? Yeah. All right. And he enjoys --
5 [Trial Chamber confers]
6 JUDGE AGIUS: One issue we would like to raise with you, while
7 take advantage of your presence in the courtroom, Mr. McCloskey, is the
8 following: We are acting under the presumption, or understanding that
9 there are only three more intercepts operators left. Is that correct?
10 MR. McCLOSKEY: I hate to put this back on Mr. Vanderpuye. He is
11 my intercept expert. We have two that -- two regular intercept operators
12 and one tactical intercept operator who is a bit of a different animal.
13 And so I -- if that's the three you're referring to, I'm -- I believe
14 there's one other intercept that -- an acts-and-conduct intercept and we
15 are trying to trace down the handwriting of who that belongs to, I believe
16 it's a 21st Division person, and I'm told that that's it. We haven't
17 found that person yet, but I believe we'll be able to find him. And I
18 don't think the person has very many intercepts. But that is the one
19 caveat I would add. But we're -- we're close to the end.
20 JUDGE AGIUS: You are close to the end. We are happy to hear that
21 because we will soon have use for you. Can you identify these witnesses
22 without mentioning the names? When is the next one, 179.
23 MR. McCLOSKEY: Yes, that witness is ready to go. He's -- he's
24 here. It should be five or 10 minutes on -- on direct. It --
25 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay. The other one, is it 186?
Page 8324
1 MR. McCLOSKEY: Yes.
2 JUDGE AGIUS: And would the third one, the -- would it be 75?
3 MR. McCLOSKEY: That sounds familiar. Yes.
4 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. So we are due to finish these three
5 witnesses shortly. In other words, I wanted to make sure that you haven't
6 spaced them out. Okay. All right.
7 MR. McCLOSKEY: They're here. We put them altogether and they're
8 ready to go.
9 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay. Next thing I wanted to bring to your
10 attention at earlier on in the day, I signed a decision on Rule 94 bis on
11 some outstanding issue relating to the applicability of Rule 94 bis and
12 that in the wake of the issues that you raised last week in relation to
13 what you should put to witness on cross-examination and what you should or
14 are bound or not bound to disclose to the other party, we have of course
15 had time to discuss. We utilised that time, and we had meant to come with
16 an oral decision, we decided to hand down a -- an order, a written order
17 setting out the guidelines that you asked for and perhaps going a little
18 bit beyond. You will be able to see in the course of the day.
19 Before we bring in the witness also, and I think we can postpone
20 the break by a couple of minutes further, I think -- I think this can
21 wait -- I think this can wait until -- until after we hear. Except for --
22 there is a motion -- no, I'll come to you on this after the break. Let's
23 have a 25-minute break now. We didn't have any redactions, no? Yeah, 25
24 minutes. Thank you.
25 --- Recess taken at 12.33 p.m.
Page 8325
1 --- On resuming at 1.01 p.m.
2 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes. Is there a reason why the witness -- all
3 right.
4 So this will be Witness number 179 [sic].
5 [Trial Chamber and registrar confer]
6 [The witness entered court]
7 JUDGE AGIUS: Good afternoon to you, sir.
8 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Good afternoon.
9 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. Welcome to this Tribunal. You are about
10 to start your evidence as a Prosecution witness. Before you do so, you
11 are required to make a solemn declaration that you will testify the truth.
12 Madam Usher is going to hand you the text. Please read it out aloud and
13 that will be your undertaking with us.
14 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] I solemnly declare that I will speak
15 the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
16 WITNESS: WITNESS PW-154
17 [Witness answered through interpreter]
18 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you so much, sir. Please make yourself
19 comfortable. We have put in place two protective measures for you which I
20 understand have already been explained. One is the use of a pseudonym.
21 You are Witness PW-154. And you will not be referred to by name. The
22 second is we are going to hide your face by distorting your image and that
23 I suppose has been explained to you. I just want to confirm that this is
24 to your satisfaction.
25 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Yes.
Page 8326
1 JUDGE AGIUS: Mr. McCloskey will go first and then he will be
2 followed with -- by members of the Defence teams.
3 Go ahead, Mr. McCloskey.
4 MR. McCLOSKEY: Thank you, Mr. President.
5 Examination by Mr. McCloskey:
6 Q. First, Witness, we're going to show you a sheet. It's been marked
7 P02461. Is that your name on the sheet?
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. Okay. And were you born in -- and grew up in Bosnia and
10 Herzegovina?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. And did you do your JNA mandatory service from August 1976 through
13 October 1977?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. And during that time in the JNA, were you trained as a -- in radio
16 relay communications?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. And did you spend a good part of your time working as a
19 switchboard operator for radio relay?
20 A. Yes. While I was doing my military service.
21 Q. Okay. And when the war broke out in 1992, did you become a member
22 of the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. And in July 1995, did you work as an intercept operator in what we
25 have been referring to as the southern site?
Page 8327
1 A. Yes.
2 Q. All right. And I had told you previously what we meant by the
3 southern site; I don't think there is any doubt there. Okay.
4 And when you worked there at this southern site, did you work
5 according to the procedures set in place at the time?
6 A. Yes, yes.
7 Q. Okay. And in my office recently, have I shown you the original
8 handwritten notebook entries and typed printout entries for two
9 intercepts?
10 A. Yes.
11 Q. And for the record, that first intercept is 65 ter 1314, dated 23
12 July at 1132 hours. The second one is P02454 at 23 July at 1358 hours.
13 Now, when you saw those original notebooks, did you recognise your
14 handwriting for both those intercepts?
15 A. Yes.
16 Q. And so were you the one that had transcribed those intercepts from
17 a tape into the notebooks?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. All right. And did you -- can you tell us between the handwritten
20 notebook and the typed printout, what do you feel reflects the most
21 accurate version of the -- of the intercept that you heard?
22 A. The handwritten version.
23 Q. All right. And in the two -- in each of the two intercepts, did
24 you notice one mistake in the typed-written version, for each of the two
25 intercepts?
Page 8328
1 A. Yes, I did.
2 Q. Okay. And perhaps I can save a little time by just referring to
3 the intercept at 1132 hours, the -- did you -- do you recall that in the
4 handwritten version you had written the word "personally," basically that
5 Krstic had wanted Vinko to report to him personally?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. And when you reviewed the typewritten version, was
8 that "personally" left out of the typed version?
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. Okay. And the next intercept on 23 July at 1358 hours, in your
11 handwritten version, did you note down in the intercept a number "272"?
12 A. Yes.
13 Q. And in the printout version, was it mistyped and put "292"?
14 A. Yes.
15 MR. McCLOSKEY: I don't have any further questions, Mr. President.
16 JUDGE AGIUS: I thank you, Mr. McCloskey.
17 Who is going first? I have on my list, subject to updates,
18 Popovic Defence team, 20 minutes; Beara Defence team, 30 minutes; Nikolic
19 Defence team, 20 minutes; Borovcanin Defence team, 10 minutes; Miletic, 20
20 minutes and none for the remaining two Defence teams.
21 So, Mr. Zivanovic.
22 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] Thank you, Your Honour.
23 Cross-examination by Mr. Zivanovic:
24 Q. [Interpretation] Good morning, sir. I have had occasion to read
25 your statement, and I would only like you to say whether you can confirm
Page 8329
1 some points from your statement.
2 The first refers to the date. I see that you stated in your
3 statement that you were not sure whether you had entered the dates into
4 the notebooks. Can you confirm this?
5 A. Yes.
6 Q. My second question is the following: You said you never typed out
7 the texts of the conversations but only entered them into the handwritten
8 notebooks?
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. And finally, you also said that, as regards the typing and
11 forwarding these statements further on, you had nothing to do with this?
12 A. That's right.
13 THE INTERPRETER: Could there be a pause between question and
14 answer, the interpreters request.
15 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
16 Q. You also said --
17 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay. Witness, since both Mr. Zivanovic and
18 yourself speak the same language, you tend to go fast between question and
19 answer, and there is overlapping too. So please allow a short pause
20 before you start answering any questions that are put to you.
21 Mr. Zivanovic.
22 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] Thank you.
23 Q. And finally, you said that at (redacted) you used only empty tapes and
24 that these tapes were not reused. Can you confirm this as well?
25 JUDGE AGIUS: One moment. We have to be careful, Mr. Zivanovic.
Page 8330
1 Please redact. Please don't refer --
2 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] My mistake, I apologise.
3 JUDGE AGIUS: Don't refer to the sites by their name. Simply as
4 the northern site or the southern site.
5 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation] I do apologise. It's my mistake.
6 JUDGE AGIUS: Go ahead.
7 MR. ZIVANOVIC: [Interpretation]
8 Q. Can you confirm this? That is that only empty tapes were used and
9 that they were not reused?
10 A. They were not reused, to the best of my knowledge.
11 Q. Thank you. And finally, could we go into private session for just
12 a moment, please? Because I will mention a name.
13 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay. Let's go into private session for a short
14 while, please.
15 [Private session]
16 (redacted)
17 (redacted)
18 (redacted)
19 (redacted)
20 (redacted)
21 (redacted)
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Page 8331
1 [Open session]
2 JUDGE AGIUS: We are in open session now.
3 Ms. Nikolic.
4 MS. NIKOLIC: [Interpretation] Good morning, Your Honour.
5 Cross-examination by Ms. Nikolic:
6 Q. [Interpretation] Good morning, sir. I would like to put a few
7 questions to you related to the first intercept disclosed to us by the
8 Prosecutor. It's Exhibit 1314. Could we please have 1314A and B in
9 e-court?
10 Before the document is put in e-court, sir, the question I wish to
11 put to you is the following: When you listened to a conversation, what
12 was the first thing you would note down?
13 A. First, I would note down the date, the time, and the participants.
14 Q. And where would you get the time information?
15 A. Frequency and then the time, the hour, of course.
16 Q. And where would you note down this information?
17 A. Can you repeat? I didn't understand your question.
18 Q. Where did you write down this information?
19 A. In the notebook or on this paper we had to use for the machines.
20 Q. Could you please explain to us what sort of paper this was?
21 A. Well, it was the kind of paper used for typewriters or notebooks.
22 Just plain paper.
23 Q. I apologise, but your reply to my question as to where would you
24 get down -- where would you get the information from about the time has
25 not entered the transcript. So can you repeat your answer again, please?
Page 8332
1 A. We would get the information about the time using the clock. The
2 clock was there and then we would say 11.32, for example.
3 Q. Did you use your personal watches or was there a -- were there
4 clocks on the equipment you used at the location where you intercepted
5 these conversations?
6 A. Well, there were clocks on the equipment, to the best of my
7 recollection, but there was also a clock there, near this equipment.
8 Q. And which of the two did you use to decide what the time was? Did
9 you use your personal clock or what was on the equipment?
10 A. I can't remember that. I really don't recall.
11 Q. When you started listening in to a conversation and when you noted
12 down the information you just mentioned, the frequency, time and
13 participants, how did you determine who the -- the participants were if
14 they didn't introduce themselves?
15 A. Well, in this case this gentleman introduced himself, General
16 Krstic, of course he would be designated as K because he was a
17 participant. And then we would hear who the next participant was, Mr.
18 Cerovic. So we noted them down in the order they spoke in.
19 Q. Sir, would you be kind enough to carefully read this conversation,
20 because according to my analysis, I never found that Mr. Cerovic
21 introduced himself as a participant.
22 A. Well, he couldn't have. Because...
23 Q. I don't see --
24 A. Just a moment, please. There's Mr. Krstic here. I don't know
25 how, but...
Page 8333
1 JUDGE AGIUS: Let me put the question. Can you give us an
2 explanation why at the beginning of this intercept transcript there is
3 also the name of Colonel Cerovic or -- Cerovic anyway? How come there is
4 the name if he did not -- if in the text itself there is nothing
5 indicating that he introduced himself?
6 MS. NIKOLIC: [Interpretation] Thank you, Your Honour.
7 JUDGE AGIUS: Witness, could you answer that question, please?
8 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Just a moment, please. This
9 K, "Hello, Krstic." It was probably General, or rather Cerovic. No, I
10 can't answer that question. I can assume that possibly it's General
11 Cerovic where Krstic says Mr. -- Or rather General, but I'm not sure.
12 MS. NIKOLIC: [Interpretation]
13 Q. You don't actually know how the name of Cerovic came to be noted
14 as one of the participants. When you carefully look at the text of the
15 entire conversation?
16 A. No, I'm not competent to answer that question. I can't answer.
17 Q. Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
18 JUDGE AGIUS: I thank you, Ms. Nikolic. Who is going next? Mr.
19 Lazarevic is inviting --
20 MR. LAZAREVIC: I believe that Your Honours will be pleased to
21 hear that we have no cross-examination for the witness.
22 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. Thank you. So that eliminates -- yes,
23 Mr. Petrusic.
24 MR. PETRUSIC: [Interpretation] Can we please look at Exhibit P2454
25 on the ELMO.
Page 8334
1 Cross-examination by Mr. Petrusic:
2 Q. [Interpretation] Sir, could you please clarify the following: The
3 term "operator" when you said that you were an operator in the army, is
4 that the same type of work that you carried out as an operator at the
5 southern location?
6 A. Yes, it was more or less the same kind of work.
7 Q. So you are trying to say that as a soldier, while you were serving
8 your military term of duty, you intercepted conversations and that was a
9 task that was given to you by a command of yours?
10 A. No, that's not what I did. I worked on radio relay equipment, and
11 there were no conversations for interception. There was nothing like
12 that.
13 Q. So it would be more like setting up radio relay connections,
14 setting up antennas, directing antennas, it had to do more with that
15 technical aspect of the work? Is that correct?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. Can we please just make sure to make a pause between my question
18 and your answer, because of the interpretation.
19 First, I hope that this document is not being broadcast, the
20 document that is on the e-court, on the screen right now. Is this your
21 beginning at the end of the conversation? Actually, we see an irregular
22 line. Does that mean that at the top and at the bottom of the page that
23 is your personal mark, that's how you marked this conversation? Can you
24 see that at the end and at the beginning of the conversation?
25 A. Just one moment, please.
Page 8335
1 Q. Can you see underneath number 5 there is an irregular line that
2 ends on the number 3?
3 A. I don't know. I can't remember. That most probably is not
4 something that I made. I didn't put that line there. It's possible that
5 it's a typo or something.
6 Q. You put this marking in there, 255.950. Can you please tell me
7 what that indicates?
8 A. That indicates the frequency.
9 Q. Which frequency is that?
10 A. Well, I really don't remember. My commander or somebody more
11 expert would know that better. They're the ones who did that. I don't
12 know that.
13 Q. Then you put in the time?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. As well as the participants X, Colonel Deic?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. And Miletic?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. Based on just these two parameters, the frequency 255 and the
20 time, were you able to determine where the conversation was taking place,
21 the location of the conversation?
22 A. No, no. I -- I'm not an expert for those matters. There is an
23 expert who is versed in that, the commander.
24 Q. So you are trying to tell me that on the basis of the frequency
25 and the time you were not able to establish the location where the
Page 8336
1 conversation was coming from?
2 A. I wasn't able to do it, but other expert people were able to do
3 that. I wasn't able to do that, but others could. Do you understand?
4 Q. From what I can understand, any further insistence on these
5 questions -- well, I withdraw the question.
6 You, as an operator, did you ever receive from your commander an
7 order about which elements needed to be entered into the notebooks?
8 A. No.
9 Q. Did you hear these speakers before on the communications? Did you
10 hear them speak before?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. You had the opportunity to hear Colonel Deic before?
13 A. I really cannot remember. I really cannot give you an answer to
14 this question. It's been a long time since then.
15 Q. Well, let us clear up this matter. I'm asking you if you had had
16 the opportunity to hear these speakers before, you said yes. After that,
17 I asked you if you had heard Colonel Deic before, and you say that you
18 cannot answer that.
19 A. I did listen to all of the participants, but I cannot remember.
20 Q. Which speakers were you able to recognise by their voice?
21 A. Well, these people here, whose names are down on the papers. They
22 were the participants, the speakers. We couldn't recognise the X person,
23 so it means X indicates an unidentified speaker. The person with the
24 letter D is of course this Mr. Deic.
25 Q. You don't know, you didn't hear Miletic introduce himself by his
Page 8337
1 first and last name. You didn't hear himself -- himself introduce
2 himself?
3 A. Well, in the text it says Miletic. And then in the text it says,
4 "Is Miletic there?" Deic says, "Yes."
5 Q. Can you read the conversation?
6 A. Yes. "Is Miletic there?" So an unknown person picked up the
7 phone. Deic says, "Yes." X says, "Let me speak to him." D, "Just one
8 moment." X, "Very well, very well." And then M says, "Hello." X, "Mico,
9 hello. It's open." Meaning the line was open. There -- had to be
10 careful. And then later, Miletic answered and there were no more
11 introductions after that.
12 Q. Where do you see that? I mean, you only assume that it's Miletic?
13 A. Well --
14 Q. I'm asking you if you assume that this is Miletic or you can see
15 that from this conversation?
16 A. Based on this conversation, I assume that it was Miletic.
17 Q. Do you know that Mico was a very common name in that area of the
18 former Yugoslavia?
19 A. I cannot remember that. I don't recall that.
20 MR. PETRUSIC: [Interpretation] Perhaps Your Honours, we would need
21 to move into private session.
22 JUDGE AGIUS: Let's do that. Let's move into private session.
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14 JUDGE AGIUS: I take your suggestion, Mr. McCloskey.
15 Please slow down. And if you could raise your voice a little,
16 Witness, that would help.
17 Yes, go ahead. Incidentally, are you aware, because I don't speak
18 the language, are you aware if we have missed anything substantial? All
19 right. Let's go ahead. If you draw your -- our attention to anything
20 we'll -- we'll give it attention.
21 MR. PETRUSIC: [Interpretation]
22 Q. Witness, would each or any Miodrag, Milodrag, Milomir, could each
23 one of those names have the nickname Mico?
24 A. Yes.
25 MR. PETRUSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honour, I have no further
Page 8339
1 questions for this witness.
2 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you. Who is next? Mr. Meek.
3 MR. MEEK: Thank you, Your Honour.
4 Cross-examination by Mr. Meek:
5 Q. Good afternoon, Witness. How are you?
6 A. Good afternoon. How are you?
7 Q. I'm fine, thank you. Earlier today on page 75, lines 24 to 25 and
8 page 76, lines 1 and 2 you answered a question posed by Mr. McCloskey that
9 the handwritten versions of these intercepts were the most accurate in
10 regards to the typed version. Do you remember that, sir?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. Could you explain for me, please, why that is your opinion and
13 position?
14 A. I think so. I wrote that in my own hand. I didn't add anything.
15 That's what was spoken. And that's what I wrote down at that time.
16 Q. Witness, do you also believe that that would hold true with other
17 intercept operators that you worked with at your location?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. Now, I take it that you, at some point, kept one notebook
20 containing intercepted conversations from the period around the fall of
21 Srebrenica. Is that correct?
22 A. Yes.
23 Q. You also, it's my understanding, kept a stack of notes of
24 conversations from a location. Is that correct?
25 JUDGE AGIUS: Mr. McCloskey. One moment.
Page 8340
1 MR. McCLOSKEY: I think this may be another witness, I'm -- I'm --
2 apologise, but because there's no facts in the record regarding that,
3 and -- and it sounds very familiar, but I get them mixed up as well,
4 but...
5 JUDGE AGIUS: Yes, Mr. Meek. I'm not in a position to know who is
6 correct. Go ahead.
7 MR. MEEK: I would just like to follow up on the last question.
8 He did say that he did keep a notebook containing intercepted
9 conversations from that period around the fall of Srebrenica, and he -- so
10 I would just like to follow up on that, if I might.
11 JUDGE AGIUS: That's different. Okay. Go ahead.
12 MR. MEEK:
13 Q. Witness, where did you keep that notebook?
14 A. In front of the equipment on the desk.
15 Q. And how long did you keep the notebook, sir?
16 A. We used it until it was filled. Perhaps for a day or two. After
17 that we would be given other notebooks or papers, typewriting paper.
18 Q. Thank you. Now -- so you never kept one after, say, the end of
19 July or the middle of August of 1995. Is that correct?
20 A. No, there was no need.
21 Q. And Witness, where would you turn in these notebooks and who would
22 you turn them in to when you finally did?
23 A. They were taken by the commander.
24 Q. Do you have any personal knowledge of what the commander did with
25 these notebooks after he received them, sir?
Page 8341
1 A. They were probably sent off to the command.
2 Q. Well, I thank you for that answer. That's speculation on your
3 part. Do you have any personal knowledge of what happened to those after
4 you turned them into the commander? That was my question, sir.
5 A. They were taken to the command. That's it. The commander took
6 them to the command.
7 Q. And can you tell me then how the commander took them to the
8 command? Did he drive them, and if so, were you with him?
9 A. No, I really couldn't give you an answer to that. Please believe
10 me.
11 MR. MEEK: Your Honours, I have no further questions.
12 JUDGE AGIUS: Thank you. That I take it concludes the
13 cross-examination of this witness. Because both Mr. Haynes and Mr. Josse,
14 I suppose, you don't mean to -- to cross-examine this witness.
15 MR. JOSSE: I can confirm that, Your Honour.
16 JUDGE AGIUS: Okay. So, Witness, I thank you so much for having
17 come over to give testimony. On behalf of the Tribunal, I wish you a safe
18 journey back home. You will now receive all the attention you require.
19 So before we adjourn, I just want to make sure that we've got it
20 right. Next witness is number 186, correct?
21 MR. McCLOSKEY: That's correct.
22 [The witness withdrew]
23 JUDGE AGIUS: All right. So I want to make sure that everyone is
24 prepared for him. And possibly even the other -- for the following
25 witness, Witness number 75 as it looks, because you had put them together
Page 8342
1 in one day together with Ms. Frease. Okay.
2 So, documents.
3 MR. McCLOSKEY: Mr. President, the P02461, the pseudonym sheet,
4 and 1314A, B, C, the first intercept and P02454A, B, C, the second
5 intercept.
6 JUDGE AGIUS: Any objections? None. And the intercepts of course
7 will be marked for identification as per our policy. All right.
8 Just -- I don't think there is any markings that would identify
9 the witness, so -- but please look into them to see whether they -- any of
10 the others need to be under seal.
11 We stand adjourned until tomorrow. Thank you.
12 --- Whereupon the hearing adjourned at 1.45 p.m.,
13 to be reconvened on Wednesday, the 7th day of
14 March, 2007, at 9.00 a.m.
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