Evidence Dutch terror organization destroyed

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

Theo van Gogh
Theo van Gogh 1957 – 2004

Mohammed B.AMSTERDAM – Exactly one year after the murder of the Dutch criticaster Theo van Gogh a mayor Dutch newspaper reports the destruction of e-mail traffic from the convicted murderer Mohammed B. to fellow members of the alleged terror organization ‘Hofstad groep’.

The e-mail evidence consisted of traffic between 78 e-mail addresses discovered by the police (Amsterdam) after Mohammed B. was arrested in September 2004 for a minor offence. The evidence was passed on to the Ministry of Public Affairs which in turn passed it though to the Dutch secret service (AIVD). Mohammed B. was already listed as a radical Muslim extremist by this Dutch Secret Service.

In the weeks after the murder of Theo van Gogh the investigation team asked the AIVD for e-mail and internet traffic of Mohammed B. Unfortunately the AIVD hesitated and moreover forgot to ask Microsoft to freeze and backup the hotmail account of Mohammed B. Finally on December 22, seven weeks after the murder and arrest of Mohammed B., the secret service agreed to pass on the evidence to the team. By then the hotmail account was already terminated.

Volkskrant article: Bewijsmails ‘Hofstad’ vernietigd (dutch)

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    3 Responses to Evidence Dutch terror organization destroyed

    1. Peter says:
      November 2, 2005 at 14:06

      I will not be amazed when in the near future this AIVD blunder will be used to justify Data Retention

    2. Administrator Barnhard.nl says:
      November 2, 2005 at 19:56

      I had the same idea, let hope they never make it that far.

    3. tijs says:
      November 6, 2005 at 14:28

      Did you see ‘Katja’s’ documentary in which she suggests that Mohammed B was an informant for the AIVD explaining the many ‘blunders’ they made in his arrest… It’s conspiracy theory at it’s best. :)