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* TWILIGHT. REVELATIONS FROM A FORMER NSA CONSULTANT by Richard Boylan, PhD © November 2000 — January 2001 and possibly Egypt, Turkey and Iran, and also draw in larger powerful states such as Russia and India. Then, with India's atten- tion diverted, China could march into areas of India it considers within its sphere of influence. The Western powers would have to respond, and global war would become a reality. ThreatCon Delta, the highest level of civil- ian threat alert condition, has been enacted because biological or nuclear incidents are considered likely to occur at any time now. Because of ThreatCon Delta, classified sec- tions of the National Security Act (amend- ed) and secret presidential national security directives have been activated. "Did you know," Z asked me, "that the President is not in charge now? FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] is!" I said that this is unconstitutional, and Z replied that the classified laws and national security directives make it legal. -- + = --- wer ep--n--- -- The following items from Dr Richard influence. The Western powers woul Boylan summarise recent disclosures by a have to respond, and global war would former US National Security Agency ecome a reality. consultant whom he refers to as ''Z"' (see TZ 8/01). We have received independent THE TERRORIST THREAT & FEMA confirmation that 'Z"' has held a high- Z said that the intelligence community level national security position. Asa expects a major terrorist strike within the result, we feel readers should be aware of _ United States this [northern] winter—most these disclosures so they may decide for likely a biological warfare agent dispersed themselves whether they ring true or across a city of note, or whether they are part of a government even a nuclear weapon det WU N TAI disinformation campaign. — Editor onated. He noted grimly = {777 that 18 Soviet nuclear war- e emerged from his vehicle in the eads have gone missing Host: lot of a fancy hotel near the and are most likely in ter- shoreline, attired in dress-casual _ rorist hands now. He con- clothes with sunglasses, thrust out his hand sidered anthrax the most and said, "Hi, I'm [Z]" (name withheld in likely biowarfare agent to this dispatch). With that, I met face-to-face be used, but added that with one of the highest-level informants in there are other killer the US national security network. What microbes also available to follows are extracts from our three-hour- terrorists. He said terrorist long conversation. groups are within the US Z was deeply concerned about current now. events in the Middle East. He said that the Z stated that the US is national security community considers that quietly on ThreatCon Delta, this is the place where war could soon’ the equivalent of the break out, which would engulf not only the Pentagon's wartime DefCon Middle East but draw in Syria, Iraq, Jordan 4 (active war) alert status. e emerged from his vehicle in the Host: lot of a fancy hotel near the shoreline, attired in dress-casual clothes with sunglasses, thrust out his hand and said, "Hi, I'm [Z]" (name withheld in this dispatch). With that, I met face-to-face with one of the highest-level informants in the US national security network. What follows are extracts from our three-hour- long conversation. Z was deeply concerned about current events in the Middle East. He said that the national security community considers that this is the place where war could soon break out, which would engulf not only the Middle East but draw in Syria, Iraq, Jordan NEXUS +67 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2001