Archive for March 2012
Co-judge in Breivik trial found to have conflict of interest, steps down
The Oslo District Court (Tingrett) has decided that one of the co-judges appointed for the trial against Anders Behring Breivik has a conflict of interest and must step down, reports Verdens Gang (VG).
The individual in question, Ole Johnny Foss, has a son who is a prominent Labor Youth Organization (AUF) politician in Oslo. The shootings at Utøya occurred at the AUF’s annual summer camp for aspiring Labor Party politicians.
None of the participants of the trial questioned the neutrality of Foss until VG began writing about the circumstances over the last few weeks.
Google translation:
Breivik-lay judge is disqualified
26/03/12
One of the lay judges in terrorism case being removed because of his son’s position in the AUF.
Ole Johnny Foss, who was to be a deputy associate judge in the case were known disqualified by the Oslo City Court today. It happened after the VG first mentioned her son’s membership in the AUF.
The court will now draw a new deputy associate judge who will take part in the trial….
The son of Foss is a prominent politician in the AUF capital and committee chairman in one of the districts. He is also vice chairman of the AUF team in the same district. Five days after the terror told his son about the attacks in a Norwegian newspaper, and told also that he knew more people who lost their lives Utøya….
Original article: Breivik-meddommer er inhabil
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Related post: Court decides that regular co-judges be appointed in Breivik trial
Norwegian police have found no evidence of secret Knights Templar organization
Norwegian police have still not found any evidence of the secret organization, Knights Templar, that Anders Behring Breivik says he represents, police lawyer Pål Fredrik Hjort Kraby has told NRK.
In an interview with NRK, Kraby said: “There is according to intelligence information from British authorities and from authorities in other countries no indication that there shall have been such an organization.”
Kraby also told NRK: “On the background of that we have not found any information that supports what he [Breivik] says about this organization and the other cells, it is our theory that he wishes to create a picture of fear in society. He wants us to belive this as part of the threat picture that he wishes to convey. But, as said, we have not found any evidence of this organization.”
Various publicly known groups identify themselves as Knights Templar or use medieval crusader symbolism. Norwegian media frequently brings attention to right-wing blogger and English Defence League (EDL) co-founder, Paul Ray, who represents one such group. Ray has condemned the 7/22 attacks and has stated that he has never met Breivik.
Breivik told police that he attended the founding meeting of a secret organization called Knights Templar in London in 2002, shortly after his trip to Liberia. The Police Security Service (PST) has stated that Breivik prepared the 7/22 attacks for years and was extremely security conscious. In police questioning, Breivik explained that he changed hard drives regularly, and that what was on his computers when he was arrested is what he wanted the police to find.
Google translation:
Police believe Breivik has invented Templar organization
26/03/2012
Police believe that the terrorist accused Anders Behring Breivik has invented the organization Knights Templar and that there are other terrorist cells in order to create fear in society even after 22 July.
Anders Behring Breivik has from the first interrogation explained to police that there are two other cells are ready to conduct another terrorist attack.
He has in interviews and in his manifesto written that he is a member of the organization “Knights Templar,” and that this was formed during a secret meeting in 2002. Police have not found traces that either other cells or that the organization exists.
“It is, according to intelligence information from the British authorities and the authorities of another country no indication that there must have been such an organization,” said prosecutor Paul Fredrik Hjort Kraby told NRK….
Original article: Politiet mener Breivik har diktet opp tempelridderorganisasjon
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Related post: Norwegian police still uncertain if Breivik met Milorad Ulemek in Liberia
Related post: Norwegian police investigating possible contact between Breivik and Milorad Ulemek
Related post: Aftenposten writes that police have found no evidence of resistance network
Related Wikipedia article: Knights Templar
Norwegian police still uncertain if Breivik met Milorad Ulemek in Liberia
Aftenposten and Dagbladet have both published a story provided by the Norwegian press agency, NTB, which reports that the Norwegian police have still not received a response to their request for information from Serbian police regarding several Serbian citizens that they believe Anders Behring Breivik may have met on his trip to Liberia in 2002.
According to previous statements from the police and Breivik’s lawyers, Breivik has, throughout police questioning, refused to name his contacts. The police have, however, stated that Milorad Ulemek is one of the persons they suspect Breivik refers to when he says he met a Serbian war hero in Liberia in 2002.
The recent NTB article claims that, in February, Aftenposten reported that Breivik had communicated to police that he had met Ulemek. As far as AttackOnTheLaborParty is aware, such an article was never published by Aftenposten. If it had been, this would have been in contradiciton to all other news reports and statements by the police and Breivik’s lawyers. Also, none of the other newspapers ever reported on this alleged revelation by Breivik which is surprising given how significant such a fact would be.
On February 18th, Aftenposten wrote: “The terror accused 33 year old has claimed that he met a ‘Serbian war hero’ during his visit to Liberia. They shall have become aquainted through the internet. He has never been willing to say who this [person] was.” It thus seems that NTB’s claim that Breivik has given the name of a contact to the police is incorrect as it is based on a non existing source.
Ulemek was a commander in the Serbian forces during the Kosovan War, fighting against Muslims and NATO forces in the Balkans. At the end of the war, special forces from the Norwegian military were the first NATO ground forces entering Kosovo, and among the first to enter Pristina.
Norwegian police have sent 41 requests to 26 countries in an attempt to find out about Brevik’s contacts, reportedly with limited success. The Police Security Service (the PST) recently wrote in their evaluation report that Breivik had been planning the attacks for several years and been extremely security conscious.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
No Breivik-response from Serbia
March 25, 2012
Six months after the Norwegian police sent a formal legal request to Serbia with questions about the Serbs who may have met Breivik, a reply has not yet been received.
The request was sent 27 september last year, but a reply is lacking.
“We have not received [it],” says Kraby.
The police have sent a total of 41 such requests to 26 different countries to clear up eventual contacts and connections of Breivik abroad. In addition, the police is working on sending an additional two court requests, whereof one to China, according to Hjort Kraby.
Met Serbian?
The investigation abroad is important considering possible helpers. Breivik himself in his massive compendium “2083″ claimed that he took part in the founding of an international “Templar order” in London in the spring of 2002. The group was allegedly to lead the war against Muslims in Europe.
Breivik claims in the compendium that before the London meeting he met a Serbian “war hero” and “crusader” who was in hiding in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
Aftenposten wrote in February that Breivik has informed [the police] that the person in question is Milorad “Legija” Ulemek. Ulemek is imprisoned in Serbia and is serving a sentence of 40 years in prison for the murder of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in March 2003.
The prosecutor for war crimes in Serbia, said already in January to the NTB that they had no indications that Milorad “Legija” Ulemek was in Liberia at any time in the late 1990s or early 2000s….
Original article: Ingen Breivik-svar fra Serbia
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Serbian delay in terrorist hunt
February 18, 2012
The terror accused 33 year old has claimed that he met a ‘Serbian war hero’ during his visit to Liberia. They shall have become aquainted though the internet. He has never been willing to say who this [person] was….
Original article: Serbisk sommel i terrorjakten
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Related article: Ingen Breivik-svar fra Serbia
Related post: Norwegian police investigating possible contact between Breivik and Milorad Ulemek
Related post: Breivik travelled to Liberia in 2002
Lippestad: Law changes for Breivik would be a democratic problem and a threat to justice
TV2 has gained access to a confidential hearing note that reveals that the Labor coalition government is trying to rush through law changes to the psychiatric healthcare law (psykisk helsevernloven) that seem tailor suited for Anders Behring Breivik and that would make it legal for Norwegian authorities to construct a prison-like psychiatric hospital for a single person. According to the document, the government has issued a much shorter deadline for the hearing on the law proposal than normal.
According to TV2, in addition to what has been previously reported, the proposed law changes would make it possible for the authorities to hold a patient in a high-security mental hospital for as long as the police considered there to be “particularly high risk for attacks against the patient.” No specific threat would need to be present; it would be sufficient that the police be of the opinion that the patient was at risk. The new regulations would, therefore, in reality give Norwegian authorities the power to place an individual, for example a political prisoner, in solitary confinement for life without this being specifically sanctioned by a court.
“What one in reality is doing here is to introduce life-imprisonment in Norway,” Anders Behring Breivik’s lawyer Geir Lippestad told TV2. Lippestad says that, in his opinion, the proposed law changes appear to have been tailor suited for a single person (Breivik), and that the proposed law changes should be thoroughly discussed.
“I question how this [the law proposal] has been evaluated, and that one is using hearing deadlines that are much shorter than is normal,” Lippestad explains. “If these rules are proposed on the background of this case, and with a wish to punish this person [Breivik] in particular, then it is both a democratic problem and a threat to justice,” Lippestad said.
The Labor coalition government appears increasingly desperate to silence Breivik, who has explained that he represents the Norwegian resistance movement. Before the current law proposal was made, Dagbladet reported that the Justice Department was considering law changes that would make it illegal for Breivik to publish his book. The Justice Department also denied a BBC journalist access to Ila Prison to interview Breivik. In addition, the Attorney General has expressed a desire to introduce greater press restrictions.
Google translation:
How to keep Breivik locked up for life
21.03.2012
The government hastily introduces a new law that will keep Anders Behring Breivik locked up for life. It is in the interests of his own safety.
When TV 2 met the Minister of Justice Grete Faremo some time ago, she was clear about what the government had to do as she asked herself the question:
“How can we be certain that we do not meet the offender again?”
The answer to that is now available as a consultation document from the Health – and care ministry, which TV 2 has access to.
This paper is a proposal for ending the law on mental health care, and describes a high-security treatment institution with communication control, wiretapping, strip searches, detector scanning of all that goes in and out, glass wall between Breivik and visitors….
[Psychiatrist Thor Kvakkestad] believes the government by introducing the law in this way violates the duty to report, and defendant case to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
“This is so make serious changes to current legislation, to be able to detention sick people on the basis that the police have a feeling that the person is exposed to a threat from the public,” he said to TV 2
“These are changes that require an open debate in society, the consequences of it and whether it is something we should implement in Norway must be studied thoroughly,” he adds….
Original article: Slik skal Breivik holdes innesperret resten av livet
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Google translation:
Thinks the government sneak introduce life imprisonment
22.03.2012
Anders Behring Breivik defender Geir Lippestad believe the government is trying to impose life imprisonment in Norway.
TV 2 could reveal Wednesday that the government hastily introduced a new law that will keep Anders Breivik Behring locked up for life.
Now responds Breivik defender, Geir Lippestad.
“What we do here in practice, is to impose a sentence of life imprisonment in Norway,” says Breivik defender, Geir Lippestad, to TV 2….
He said the situation must be discussed thoroughly before rules are adopted.
“I really question how this is assessed, and that you are also using the consultation deadlines are much shorter than normal,” says Lippestad….
Original article: Mener regjeringen snikinnfører livstidsstraff
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Related post: Justice Department considers law change that will make Breivik book illegal
Related post: Norwegian Justice Department blocks Breivik interview with BBC
Related post: Norway’s Attorney General expresses desire to introduce greater press restrictions
Breivik psychiatric observation completed
The court-ordered psychiatric observation of Breivik ended this past Wednesday, March 21st, VG reports. This was one week earlier than the four week maximum observation period stipulated by the court.
Google translation:
Ends Breivik observation one week before deadline
03/19/12
The Oslo District Court said in a Twitter message. This was decided after a conference between Dikemark hospital, which is responsible for the observation, and the new expert, Terje Tørrissen and Agnar Aspaas, considering Breivik’s mental health.
The observation, which started 28 February, has been carried out in a 60 square meter room in Ila. Health professionals from Dikemark have gone for days internship to spend all waking hours a day with the terror accused.
“We consider that three weeks is sufficient. Now we take the time to analyze what has emerged,” says Tørrissen to VG Nett.
According to the district court terminated the observation in the morning Wednesday – one week before the deadline expired….
Original article: Avslutter Breivik-observasjon onsdag
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Related post: Psychiatric observation of Breivik in Ila Prison commences
Breivik has made new interview agreement, journalist waiting for clearance
Anders Behring Breivik has again agreed to be interviewed by a foreign journalist, reports NRK. This time Ila Prison has sent a request to police in the home country of the journalist to conduct a background check of the journalist in question. When Breivik accepted to be interviewd by the BBC, the Justice Department blocked the interview by not granting the journalist access to the prison.
The identity of the journalist who is awaiting approval has not been made public.
Google translation:
Checking foreign journalist for Breivik interview
03.20.2012
Anders Breivik Behring has again agreed to be interviewed by a foreign journalist. Ila Prison is now in the process of a background check of the relevant journalist.
Terrorist Anders Behring Breivik (33) has previously stated that he wants to give an exclusive interview to a foreign media before the court case starts on 16 April.
Several media players have taken an interest, after the BBC recently pulled its request. Now Breivik has picked out one of the applicants that he is willing to talk to within the walls of Ila prison and detention institution.
“We have built an application for approval. After that, I know there is talk of a foreign person who wants to enter to interview Breivik,” says prison director Knut Bjarkeid to NRK.
The prison has now requested foreign police to conduct a background check on that particular journalist….
Original article: Sjekkar utanlandsk journalist for Breivik-intervju
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Related post: Norwegian Justice Department blocks Breivik interview with BBC
Court decision to deny public broadcast of Breivik’s testimony appealed
The Norwegian Editors Association and the Norwegian Press Association have appealed the decision by the Oslo District Court (Tingrett) to deny permission for the public broadcast of Anders Behrik Beivik’s testimony, Dagens Næringsliv reports. “The degree of public interest is without comparison in recent Norwegian court history,” the associations write in the appeal.
Breivik’s lawyer, Geir Lippestad, has also appealed the decision according to Rogalands Blad. “The accused believes that his views and explanations at times are taken completely out of context and are used to assign him attitudes and opinions he does not have. Only by the court permitting the broadcast of the accused’s testimony can he get an opportunity to give a conherent explanation of his actions and the background for these,” Lippestad writes in the appeal.
“A broadcast testimony will also give people a possibility to get a more nuanced view on Breivik’s accountability,” Lippestad writes.
Due to the decision by the court to reserve almost all seats in the courtroom for the press and victims and their relatives, the Oslo District Court has broken with the tradition common in democracies in which regular citizens have the right to follow court cases in person in their entirety in order to ensure that judges follow the law and that trials are fair.
Google translation:
The press want to film Breivik explanation
03/15/2012
Press Association and Editors Association has appealed that Behring Anders Breivik’s testimony should not be filmed at the trial. They point out that the case is extraordinary.
“The degree of public interest is unprecedented in recent Norwegian legal history,” said the appeal, which is passed on Court of Appeal.
Oslo District Court ruled last week that it would be a severely limited access to the broadcast of the case. Among other things, decided that it should not be allowed to broadcast the defendant’s explanation.
Norwegian Press Association and the Association of Norwegian Editors believes the court has made a number of miscalculations. They believe the decision is based on an incorrect legal interpretation and application of law, errors of fact and that it constitutes a disproportionate interference with freedom of expression.
Press Association and Editors Association appeals the decision that the press can not shoot Behring Anders Breivik’s testimony during his trial. They point out that the case is extraordinary….
Original article: Pressen vil filme Breiviks forklaring
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Google translation:
Want TV coverage
3/20/2012
Anders Breivik Behring believes the trial against him is unbalanced if he can not explain himself in open cameras and anchor refusal by Oslo City Court.
Monday sent a lawyer Geir Lippestad appeal against the refusal of direct transfer of Breivik’s statement to the Court of Appeal. Lippestad refers to the application from the Norwegian Press Association and the Association of Norwegian Editors who also has appealed the decision that the expected five-day explanation from Breivik not be broadcast.
Lippestad mentions that the decision to deny the transfer based on incorrect interpretation of the law, improper application of law and errors of fact and that it will lead to an oversimplified public reproduction of the contents in the main proceedings.
“The decision not to allow the broadcast of the defendant appealed to this explanation of the accused’s request,” says the appeal paper.
He writes that a direct transfer from the court will ensure Breivik a possibility that the public can access the explanation, “as it actually performed….”
Original article: Vil ha TV-dekning
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Related post: Oslo District Court denies broadcast of Breivik’s testimony to the public
Infiltration of the Norwegian Defence League
(For a timeline of the events reported in this post, see bottom of post.)
On Sunday, the Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet, reported claims that the Norwegian Defence League (NDL) was infiltrated for an extended period of time by members of the leftist organization, SOS Racism (SOS Rasisme).
The NDL became widely known to the Norwegian public after Janne Kristiansen, former head of the Police Security Service (PST), warned about the establishment of the group at the annual PST press conference on February 28, 2011. The day before the press conference, police sources had told VG that operative units of the police had, for a couple of weeks, been focusing on a new threat, and that it could be just a matter of time before the situation exploded.
The current leader of the NDL, Ronny Alte, has told Nettavisen that Breivik had some online contact with the NDL in February 2011, before the PST press conference, using the moniker “Sigurd Jorsalfar,” the name of the twelfth-century crusader, King Sigurd I of Norway. The left-wing magazine, Searchlight, has reported that around the same time Breivik also posted on a forum operated by the English Defence League (EDL) using the same moniker. According to Searchlight, on March 9, 2011, Breivik wrote the following:
“Do some of you know the truth about what happened to the ndl [Norwegian Defence League], there was some claims that neo-nazis had hijacked the organisation, but on the ndl site i cant really say i noticed anything like that. So my guess is that there were some kind of police pressure to stop the movement. Anyone here heard anything?”
A new version of NDL
On February 26, 2011, two days before the abovementioned PST press conference, a new NDL website was set up and the organization changed name to the Norwegian Defence Alliance (Norsk Forsvars Allianse). The Norwegian Defence League had announced plans for a demonstration in front of the Oslo Cathedral (Domkirke) on February 26, 2011, but these plans appear to have been interrupted and the demonstration never took place. Klassekampen reported on February 19, 2011, that the leftist Anti-Racist Center (Antirasistisk Senter) and several other organizations had planned a counter demonstration. In the same Klassekampen article, Remi Huseby, the then leader of the NDL, stated that after being interviewed by the Norwegian press for the first time (TV2 filming in Luton, published February 5, 2011), he had received several death threats and had, therefore, purchased a bulletproof vest.
On March 1, 2011, the day after the PST press conference, Remi Huseby announced his withdrawal as leader of the NDL. Håvar Krane took over the leadership. On March 13, 2011, VG wrote that the original (WordPress) website of the NDL was closed down after the PST press conference on February 28th, however the first post on the new (Blogspot) website is cleary dated February 26th.
The EDL appears to have accepted Håvar Krane as an interim leader:
“For the time being and up untill the planned election of new leadership on the 9th of April, Haavar Krane will function as the officially recognised spokesman and leader of the Norwegian Defence League endorsed by the EDL.
We wish Haavar Krane all the best in the work ahead, in building up a genuine Nowegian Defence League.
The following has been agreed with Haavar
1) He will do this until a new leader is elected.
2) That NDL get approval from EDL to continue on this, EDL has now approved this
3) He chooses for the time being his/NDLs own security and liason division
4) When all the new leaders are elected he is out and into the background…”
Three weeks later on March 19, 2011, Lena Andreassen replaced him as leader of NDL.
On April 9, 2011, one month after the February 28th PST press conference, and while reportedly heavily infiltrated by members of SOS Racism, the new version of the Norwegian Defence League held a demonstration in Oslo that was a complete failure. According to the recent Dagbladet article, infiltrators from SOS Racism were directly involved with the planning of this unsuccesssful (NDL) demonstration to which only a handful of NDL supporters turned up.
The Norwegian press has a strong left-wing bias and so does not typically give much press coverage to right-wing organizations and events. For example, not a single Norwegian newspaper has written about the upcoming gathering of European Defence Leagues in Aarhus, Denmark, on March 31, 2012. The staged NDL demonstration on April 9th, however, received massive coverage by all Norwegian television stations and newspapers. It is possible that some in the media may have known beforehand that the demonstration was going to be a failure, and may have been collaborating with those working to sabotage the NDL.
The entire press also gave extensive coverage to the large counter demonstration attended by various leftist groups including the Anti-Racist Center, the Oslo Labor Youth Organization (AUF), Blitz, Oslo Socialist Youth (Oslo SU), The Red Pary (Rødt), Red Youth (Rød ungdom), UFFA (anarchist group), Motmakt (anti-capitalistic organization), Young Communists (UngKom) and SOS Racism. It is unclear who orchestrated the counter demonstration, but a Facebook group and blog appear to have been created for the purpose.
On April 9th, Dagbladet wrote that Lena Andreassen attended the demonstraton virtually alone and said: “Darn, there are more journalists here than us.” Dagbladet estimated that between 700 and 1000 people attended the counter demonstration, and printed a photo showing a large crowd of leftists. In this week’s article however, Dagbladet only mentions that 30 SOS Racism members held a counter demonstration against the NDL, painting a very different picture of what happened that day.
After the failed demonstration on April 9th, the English Defence League withdrew support from the NDL, and the leaders of the organization, including Lena Andreassen and Håvar Krane, had to quit.
Darren Lee from the EDL had come to Oslo to see what was going on and had a meeting with several Norwegians after the demonstration. “We were informed that a change of leadership was desired and our leader said that we will support them [the new leadership] with everything necessary going foreward,” Lee told Dagbladet. “We seem to have supported the wrong leadership previously,” Lee also said to the newspaper.
In a message on Facebook, Tommy Robinson, head of the English Defence League, wrote the following:
“This is a message from Tommy Robinson of the English Defence League. After careful consideration and a lengthy investigation by our support group we have decided that we have no alternative but to declare a show of no-confidence in the current leadership and administration of the Norwegian Defence League.
We will no longer affiliate with, or support this version of the NDL….”
Left-wing and possible police infiltration
In this week’s article, Dagbladet, relying only on anonymous sources, claims that members of SOS Racism had infiltrated the Norwegian Defence League and secured leadership positions in the organization. The newspaper does not discuss whether these people acted as informants for the PST.
According to Dagbladet, the infiltrators used false identities and profiles on social media to get into leadership circles of the small organization. “It is tough for the psyche to work like this. One is sitting up to the neck in racism and sewer. I have really developed sympathy for police staff who work over time to reveal for example child porn,” one of the anonymous sources who followed the work being done to steer the NDL said to Dagbladet. A former board member of the NDL to which Dagbladet has spoken said that SOS Racism infiltrators made up the majority of NDL leadership at the time of the failed April 9th demonstration.
Remi Huseby, the first leader of the NDL inteviewed by the Norwegian press, is from a small coastal city called Haugesund. Haugesund is where SOS Racism has its main office and the PST also has an office in the city. In the first ever news coverage of the NDL which was published by TV2 on February 5, 2011, three weeks before the PST press conference, TV2 reporters travelled to Luton in England to film Norwegian NDL members partaking in an English Defence League demonstration. According to TV2, several other Norwegians that had planned to travel to Luton for the event cancelled their plans.
Håvar Krane, who became leader of the NDL shortly after the February 28th PST press conference, is known to have made provocative statements a week earlier, at the meeting of another right-wing organisation, SIAN (Stopp Islamisering Av Norge – Stop the Islamization of Norway), on February 21, 2011. In a voice recording published by TV2, Krane can be heard saying that he would have liked to shoot one of the members of the government in the back of the head with a Glock pistol, and he presents a scenario for attacking the Labor coalition government: “I envision the Chistmas party of the government, perfect moment to block all exits with Molotov cocktails, except the door I shall enter.”
According to this week’s article in Dagbladet, Lena Andreassen, who began “weeding out” unwanted persons from the NDL after the PST press conference, and who took over as leader after Krane, had no idea about the infiltration of the NDL by SOS Racism members. However, on March 13, 2011, two weeks after the PST press conference, Lena Andreassen told VG that, for several weeks, she had worked around the clock to get rid of undesirable people from the NDL. Andreassen also said that she had collaborated with the Oslo Police about this and that she had close contact with the PST. In the interview, she also explained that she had previously had a partner who was helped by the PST to get out of a right-wing group called Boot Boys.
After the 7/22 attacks, in the end of September 2011, Lena Andreassen was reportedly kidnapped for a month by former members of the English Defence League (EDL). She has said that she is afraid of what will happen if what she has told the police becomes publically known. The Norwegian press reportedly has copies of her statements to the police, but this information has not been published.
AUF fraud scheme and Serve the People (Tjen Folket)
In 2011, leaders of SOS Racism were found guilty of massive fraud and the organization had most of its funds confiscated. It has been revealed that, throughout the last decade, the organization had been using the identical fraud scheme that was utilized by the Oslo branch of the Labor Youth Organisation (AUF) during the 1990s to steal taxpayers’ money. In both cases, false memberships were created and paid for in order to increase subsidies. The national leader of the AUF at the time was Trond Giske (Labor), now Minister of Business.
It has also been revealed that SOS Racism, during the period in which the fraud took place, was steered by a shadow leadership group from a secretive communist organization called Serve the People (Tjen Folket) that had infiltrated and hijacked the anti-racist organization. According to the National Register of Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret), Serve the People was established on May 1, 1998, a few days after Oslo AUF leaders were found guilty by the Oslo District Court (Tingrett) of serious fraud on April 21, 1998.
The SOS fraud resulted in official membership numbers skyrocketing from around 5000 in 1999 to more than 40,000 in 2006, releasing millions of Norwegian crowns (kroner) in subsidies for anti-racism and pro-immigration activism which would have provided support for the immigration policies of the Labor Party.
It is possible that the infiltrators of NDL, in addition to being members of SOS Racism, were members of Serve the People (Tjen Folket). Some individuals facing prosecution and prison sentences for their involvement in the SOS fraud case may have been motivated to work as police informants.
Breivik kept a low profile
The PST developed a sudden interest in the NDL in February 2011. It appears that the first version of the Norwegian Defence League (NDL) was closed down a few days before the February 28th PST press conference and, if what Dagbladet writes this week is correct, was replaced by one led by left-wing infiltrators positive to the immigration policies of the Labor Party.
In Europe, state infiltration of right-wing organizations is not uncommon. Der Spiegel has reported that in Germany, the domestic intelligence agency (Office for the Protection of the Constitution) has more than 130 informants inside the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), many in leadership positions.
The PST may have had credible intelligence information that made it an urgent matter to infiltrate the political right in Norway in the spring of 2011. Statements by police sources to VG on February 27, 2011, indicate this could have been the case. It is conceivable that what led to the sudden concern was the reported phone threat to the Justice Department, and that this call took place in January or February and not in March as has been supposed.
If the Norwegian Defence League was created by or hijacked by the political left, it would seem that this either happened in collaboration with the Police Security Service (PST) or, alternatively, was outside the control of the PST and, therefore, might have interfered with police investigations.
Perhaps the NDL was initially established as a police effort to infiltrate Norwegian EDL sympathisers, but that the PST lost control over the situation when someone else, maybe politicians or journalists, not fully realizing the seriousness of the operation, got word about it and thought the situation provided a good opportunity for staging a media campaign against people opposing the Labor Party’s immigration policies.
As mentioned above, the Norwegian press has a strong left-wing bias and more than 70% of journalists vote for either the Labor Party or the Socialist Left Party. The chief editor of the once conservative newspaper, Aftenposten, Hilde Haugsgjerd, was once the leader of the Red Electoral Alliance, a far-left political party promoting revolutionary ideas and Marxism. It is, therefore, quite conceivable that some in the Norwegian media may have been involved in some sort of political propaganda campaign intended to delegitimize right-wingers.
The fact that the leader of the PST at the time, Janne Kristiansen, was hand-picked for the job by a Labor Party minister, and her appointment was widely regarded as political, could lead one to speculate as to whether the Labor Party was the architect behind the the fake version of NDL and the accompanying massive media coverage. Currently, however, there is no evidence to support such speculation.
During police questioning, Breivik has explained that if he had been a member of the Norwegian Defence League, the PST would have detected him before he could carry out the attacks. In the compendium that he published, 2083 – A European Declaration of Independence, Breivik discussed the importance of keeping a low profile to avoid being “flagged” by the secret police.
PST evaluation report
In a detailed evaluation report published on Friday, the PST concludes that it was not possible for the police to detect Breivik:
“Based on what we have seen through the evaluation work, Anders Behring Breivik’s activities on the internet appear in such a way that it does not stand out in relation to the activities of other participants on these pages. There is a large number of participants that voice more provoking or more extreme viewpoints than what Breivik did. This evaluation is supported by those statements that have been referred to from different research environments about this. In addition, Anders Behring Breivik had in the planning phase been thoroughly very security conscious and been careful not to write anything that would attract negative attention….”
Presenting the report at a press conference, Roger Berg, interim head of PST, said that Breivik had planned the attacks for years and been utmost security conscious. “If the PST should have detected Breivik and thereby have prevented the terror operation, we would have needed a specific tip. We did not get that…”, Berg said according to VG.
Berg also said that the 7/22 attacks require the PST to think anew, but that the PST does not believe increased surveillance is the way to go forward, stressing instead the importance of society as a whole in preventing escalation of violence.
The PST’s views are good news for Norway and civil liberties. While it is important to prevent violence, in a free democratic society citizens must have the right to be active in politics without state interference.
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Timeline of events – Spring 2011
Feb 05 – NDL leader Remi Huseby interviewed by TV2 in Luton at EDL demonstration
Feb 19 – Klassekampen reports about planned NDL demonstration and counter-demonstration
Feb 21 – Håvar Krane makes provocative statements at SIAN meeting
Feb 26 – Cancelled NDL demonstration in front of Oslo Cathedral
Feb 26 – New NDL website established, NDL renamed “Norsk Forsvars Allianse”
Feb 27 – Police sources tell VG that the police are concerned about a new threat
Feb 28 – PST annual press conference – focus on NDL
Mar 01 – Remi Huseby steps down as leader of NDL
Mar 01 – Håvar Krane becomes interim leader of NDL
Mar 09 – Breivik asks on EDL forum if anybody knows if the police were trying to stop the NDL movement
Mar 13 – Lena Andreassen tells VG that she collaborates with Oslo Police and has close contact with PST
Mar 19 – Lena Andreassen becomes new NDL leader
Apr 09 – Failed NDL demonstration at Akershus Fortress, large counter-demonstration
Apr 13 – EDL withdraws support from NDL
Apr 13 – Lena Andreassen, Håvar Krane and other leaders leave NDL
Jul 22 – Anders Behring Breivik carries out attacks
Sep 29 – Lena Andreassen kidnapped for a month by former EDL members
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Google translation [edited for clarity]:
“Anti-rasists in right-wing organization”
03/11/12
“Several people with ties to SOS Racism built up the right-wing Norwegian Defence League, says former board member….
Last 9 April, on the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Norway, demonstrated the Islam hostile and extreme-right group, Norwegian Defence league (NDL), against the “Islamic occupation” in Oslo. NDL had then about a thousand people with strong anti-Islamic attitudes and a number of well-known right-wingers as members.
Activists from the violent and extremist sister organization, the English Defence League (EDL) in the UK, to Norway to participate.
Led by anti-racists
Dagbladet can now reveal that the demonstration was organized by several anti-racists. According to several independent sources, the NDL’s management as well as other positions in the organization was infiltrated by people with close ties to SOS Racism.
“When we decided to organize the demonstration, had people who worked with SOS Racism a clear majority in the management of the NDL,” says a former member of the NDL-management to Dagbladet.
The person says that he worked to infiltrate the leadership of NDL for several years under a false name. In practice, built and operated the NDL, as they reported to SOS Racism, according to several sources.
“SOS Racism had full control of the NDL. In 2010 and until the Spring of 2011 we were working in collaboration with SOS Racism, a clear majority of the board and management of the NDL,” said the person.
In the interests of the involved persons’ safety, Dagbladet chose not to disclose their names.
Confirmed
The information confirmed by several independent sources, including people who followed the cooperation within the SOS Racism.
“It included the SOS Racism which suggested that the NDL’s demonstration of April 9th would be at Kontraskjæret at Akershus Fortress. There it was easy to make a counter-demonstrations against them.”
Only a handful of NDL sympathizers showed up. The demonstration was branded as a failure and management of the organization were replaced.
SOS Racism fielded several dozen counter-demonstrators and received much attention.
Several of those present knew of efforts to control the NDL by infiltrators, according to the Dagbladet know. Dagbladet has asked SOS Racism for an opinion on this matter. The organization confirmed that they read Dagbladet’s request, but gave no answer.
A key representative of SOS Racism, who has been pointed out by several sources as a director of NDL in 2010 and 2011, denied knowledge of the infiltration.
“What you ask about has no basis in reality,” he answers questions from Dagbladet.
False identities
Infiltrators used the fake profiles and identities on websites to get into the NDL-management. How wondered the initiators of the NDL to give them key positions, according to sources. NDL-management often met through video conferencing on the Internet, but rarely face to face.
“It’s tough for the psyche to work like that. Sitting up to their necks in racism and sewers. I’ve really got sympathy for police officers working over time to reveal, for example, child pornography,” says a source who followed the work to manage the NDL closely.
NDLs leader at this time was Lena Andreassen. She must have been unaware that she was surrounded by infiltrators. Andreassen do not want to comment on the matter.
“Would have enemy”
During the period when the NDL should have had a board majority consisting of anti-racists, the group went from being an unknown Facebook group to become nationally known.
The then leader PST Janne Kristiansen NDL mentioned as a possible threat, at a press conference in February 2011. Both PST and Oslo Police have spent considerable resources on the NDL.
“SOS Racism would have an enemy and an adversary in the debate on immigration,” says a source involved in the work.
New management
Today, the NDL under new management.
“We have become aware that last year was more infiltrators in the NDL,” said spokesman Ron Alte to Dagbladet….
Original article: “Antirasister bygde høyreekstrem organisasjon”
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Related article: - Bare et spørsmål om tid før det eksploderer (http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/terrorisme/artikkel.php?artid=10030043)
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Norwegian government considers strict regulations of chemicals to prevent further bomb attacks
The Justice Department believes Norway needs particularly strict regulations on the purchase of chemicals and substances that can be used to make bombs and explosives, reports Fædrelandsvennen.
According to the paper new, stricter regulations went into effect on November 17th of last year preventing the sale of fertilizer with a high concentration of ammonium nitrate to private individuals. The Justice Department, however, believes it may be necessary to introduce even stricter regulations in Norway than in the EU, writes Fædrelandsvennen.
Fædrelandsvennen also reports that the department has established two workgroups which will evaluate stricter regulations on access to chemicals such as those used by Anders Behring Breivik in the bomb that destroyed the Justice Department and other governmental offices in downtown Oslo. One workgroup will evaluate current regulations of access to ammonium nitrate and will hand in its recommendation on June 15th. The other workgroup will be evaluating a new proposal from the EU regarding the regulation of fourteen chemicals that can be used for making bombs. Breivik obtained several of these chemicals. The group will submit its recommendation by October 1st.
The Justice Department was directly hit by the Oslo explosion; the offices were destroyed and four members of staff died on 7/22. Former Justice Minister, Knut Storberget, stepped down in November last year after receiving death threats from a group called “The Organization for a Free Norway” (Organisasjonen Fritt Norge). As a result of the 7/22 attacks, the Justice Department was formally renamed the Justice and Preparedness Department to reflect the new political situation in Norway.
Google translation:
Norway may have stricter rules for the bomb chemicals
09.mar.2012
Two teams will arrive at a uniquely Norwegian and extra strict regulations for the purchase of chemicals and substances that can be used to make explosives and bombs.
The Justice and Preparedness Ministry has asked the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning to set up two working groups, newspaper Bergens Tidende.
One group will consider regulations for fertilizer ingredient ammonium nitrate, and the work will be completed 15 June. The mandate states that the ammonium nitrate should not be “in the wrong hands and be used in harmful activities….”
The other group will consider the EU’s proposed restrictions on access to 14 chemicals that can be used for the manufacture of homemade bombs. Several of the chemicals Anders Behring Breivik acquired, are among these, including those he imported from Poland. This group will submit its report by 1 October.
Original article: Norge kan få strengere regler for bombekjemikalier
Oslo District Court denies broadcast of Breivik’s testimony to the public
The Oslo District Court (Tingrett) announced on Friday that the press should not be allowed to film Anders Behring Breivik’s testimony in court, reports Aftenposten.
Aftenposten writes that the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) will record the entire trial and broadcast it live from the Oslo District Court to several regional district courts. The court, however, has decided that only the opening and closing remarks of the prosecutors and defence lawyers, as well as the reading of the verdict by the judge, shall be broadcast to the general public.
Verdens Gang (VG) writes that the Oslo District Court has postponed making a decision on whether testimonies of expert witnesses or police investigators should be allowed to be broadcast to the public.
“A testimony in front of open camera could contribute to shift focus from the actions he is accused of towards his ideological and political message,” Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen wrote in the decision, reports NRK. The statement is surprising as citizens have the right to defend themselves in court against charges brought against them by the state by explaining the reasons for their actions.
Breivik has previously told the court that he is a cell commander of an organization called the Knights Templar, and that he represents the Norwegian resistance movement. In police questioning, Breivik has explained that he belives the attacks were gruesome but necessary, and that the widespread censorship in Norwegian society of ideas critical of multiculturalism makes armed struggle necessary.
Leader of the Norwegian Editors Association (Norsk Redaktørforening), Nils Øy, said in an interview with Agderposten that the court announces its own failure when it uses as its main argument that it does not wish Breivik to have an opportunity to speak about his ideology. It is the task of the judges to make sure that Breivik stays on topic in court, and to interrupt him if he attempts anything else, Øy explained to the newspaper. “Here we stand ahead of the trial of the possibly worst crimnal act in historic times in Norway,” he says.
In their application for broadcasting from the trial, the Norwegian Editors Association and the Norwegian Press Association emphasized that the broadcasting of the court would provide an important opportunity for the public to check the conduct of the court. However, as the recent publication of the indictment and reporting from the last court proceeding show, the Norwegian press frequently censors or omits factual details. Despite a large number of journalists being present at the February court hearing, only two publications appear to have published the brief statement Breivik made in its entirety. Because of incidences such as these, many informed readers in Norway have a deep distrust of the media, and are not confident that media reporting from the trial will be accurate. It is against this background that the importance placed by the Norwegian Editors Association and the Norwegian Press Association on a live broadcast must be understood. A live broadcast would help reduce speculation by the general public as to whether the trial was fair.
Usually regular citizens have the opportunity to attend trials so that they can see for themselves whether the judge follows the law. Apparently, however, this will not be the case in the trial against Breivik. A large number of seats in the courtroom have been reserved for news organisations, whose lack of thoroughness in reporting is ironically reflected by the fact that the list of news organizations that have requested accreditation has not been published anywhere else than on this blog. In addition, the Oslo District Court has announced that it will give preferential treatment to victims of the attacks and their relatives when deciding who shall be given access to the limited number of seats available to the public in the court room. According to newspaper reports, it seems that, in reality, this policy will make it impossible for members of the general public to follow the trial.
Thus it appears that the court places little emphasis on the importance of maintaining the tradition common in democracies in which regular citizens can follow trials in order to control whether the judges in question follow the law, and to check if the press accurately reports what is being said during the trial.
Breivik’s appearance in court is expected to be important for the court in deciding whether Breivik is legally accountable or not. Denying the broadcast of Breivik’s testimony will, therefore, make it very difficult for the general public to evalute whether the judgement of the court in this matter seemed reasonable, and to what extent the Oslo District Court had upheld justice in this case.
The decision to allow the broadcast of several participants in a trial, but not the person accused, also indicates that the court is not concerned about being perceived as partial. This is noteworthy, as both the Justice Department and Supreme Court were victims of the bomb attack in Oslo, and Breivik has stated in court that he does not recognize the Oslo District Court as legitimate because he believes the court receives its authority from the Labor Party.
Google translation:
The press cannot film Behring Breivik explanation
09.mar.2012
But the press will film portions of the trial, including the reading of the indictment.
The Oslo District Court said in a statement Friday afternoon.
The court on application from the Association of Norwegian Editors and the Norwegian Press Association issued the press permission to broadcast the opening of main proceedings in which the indictment read out, and introductions from the prosecutor and defense counsel in the case.
In addition, the press allowed to film during the closing procedures in the July 22-trial.
Under the procedures summarizes the prosecutor and defense counsel that has emerged during the presentation of evidence and draw conclusions about guilt, questions about mental incapacity and a penalty. Also verdict will be open for filming.
The media will not broadcast the parts of the trial in which Behring Anders Breivik explains itself. The same applies when the victim from Utøya and government quarter explanatory.
This is in line with what the practice has been in previous trials….
Original article: Pressen får ikke filme Behring Breiviks forklaring
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Google translation:
Breivik’s explanation could not be filmed
09/03/12
Oslo City Court does not allow media to film Behring Anders Breivik’s testimony in the trial against him starting in April.
The district court decided on Friday the scope of what can be transferred directly from the terror case. Permission is granted to the opening of the trial and the parties’ opening speeches broadcast. Also the final procedures will be transferred.
Neither Breivik’s own testimony or the victim’s testimony, however, can be transferred directly. When the Oslo District Court has received evidence of the prosecution task, it will be decided whether the explanation from the professionals, like police investigators, or others may be transferred….
Original article: Breiviks forklaring kan ikke filmes
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Google translation:
Cannot film Breivik in court
03/09/12
The court feared in part that openly would affect Breivik to talk more about politics than about the acts he has committed….
Because of very great public interest, has a total Norwegian press corps asked Oslo District Court if you send the greater part of the July 22 trial, than is normal in major criminal cases.
Also defending Geir Lippestad have requested the most transparency on behalf of his client.
The terrorist suspect 33-year-old has even asked for minimal restrictions on filming during the trial because he wants to reach out to as many people as possible.
In her statement writes Judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen, among other things:
“The court believes there is a real danger that the defendant’s testimony would be affected if the broadcast, directly or edited broadcasts. One explanation for the open camera will be able to contribute to turning the focus away from the actions he is accused of, and against his ideological and political message….”
General secretary, Nils E. Øy, in the Norwegian Editors’ Association is disappointed with the decision of the court, and alerts rematch. Friday it was investigated whether the decision from the Oslo District Court could be appealed to the Court of Appeal.
It was unclear whether there was such a possibility, but likely to appeal court to make a decision on this issue within a few days, said.
Original article: Får ikke filme Breivik i retten
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Google translation:
Rematch on televised Breivik
09/03/2012
The judges in the case of terrorism fears that Anders Breivik Behring will testify differently in court if what he says will be broadcast in the media….
Chairman Nils Øy in the Norwegian Editors’ Association is disappointed with the decision of the court. The main argument of the judges for denying the transfer is that they will not give Breivik a soapbox for his ideology, experience Øy as an admission of failure from the judges. He says it is their job to keep Breivik to issue and cancel his explanation if he tries to talk about something else.
“Here we are facing the trials for perhaps the worst crime in historical time in Norway, said Øy to emphasize the importance of the case….”
Original article: Omkamp om TV-overført Breivik
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Related article: Breivik demands to be tried by military court (Breivik krever å bli stilt for militærdomstol)
Related post: AUF and prosecutors do not wish broadcast of Breivik’s testimony
Breivik does not regret, would have done the same again
Speaking to NRK, Anders Behring Breivik’s attorney, Geir Lippestad, said that Breivik has requested him to say on his behalf that he does not regret what he did, and that he would have done the same again. “He is very clear on what I should communicate with the press, if I am asked: ‘Say that I do not regret,’” said Lippestad to NRK.
Lippestad also told NRK that Breivik is not suprised that he has been charged with terror and murder, but he is disappointed about the prosecutors’ request for forced psychiatric care.
Google translation:
Breivik asked me to say that he has no regrets
07.03.2012
Anders Behring Breivik ask defender Geir Lippestad to say that he does not regret the terrorist actions, and that he would have done it again.
Wednesday it was clear that the Attorney General has chosen to prosecute Breivik by Penal Code section 147a, also referred to as terrorist section. But the charge is changing little Breivik himself.
“He is very clear on what to communicate with the press, if I am asked: ‘Tell him I do not regret,’” said Lippestad to NRK at Bergen Airport Flesland today.
“He said he would have done the same again if he could choose,” said the defender….
Original article: “Breivik ber meg si at han ikke angrer”
Incomplete Breivik indictment presented to the public
State’s Attorneys, Inga Bejer Engh and Svein Holden, presented the indictment of Anders Behring Breivik at a press conference in Oslo on Wednesday. Initially, the State’s Attorneys had decided to censor the document, a very unusual decision. They said they wished to keep confidential the names of the victims and details about what happened on Utøya. According to Aftenposten, after the newspaper wrote about it, the State’s Attorneys changed their view.
The Norwegian press, however, have apparently decided to censor the indictment themselves.
According to Norwegian law, prosecutors can withold indictments from the press or prohibit some of their contents from being published if the contents would pose a threat to national security, but this does not appear to be the case in this instance. According to AttackOnTheLaborParty’s sources, Norwegian journalists have been given complete copies of the indictment.
It appears that all Norwegian newspapers have removed detailed descriptions of injuries and the causes of death for those listed as killed in the indictment, and have censored the names of those individuals who were injured by the explosion or the shooting at Utøya. The degree of censoring is not uniform and it is possible to parse information from several news sources. However, since none of the newspapers have published the indictment in its entirety, some uncertainty remains as to what the original eighteen page indictment looks like.
From what has been reported by the Norwegian media, the following can be established: Breivik is charged with having comitted an act of terrorism and premeditated murder, with the intent of causing serious disruption to the functioning of the executive branch of the government. The prosecutors request that Breivik be sentenced to psychiatric care but they do say, however, that if evidence is brought forward during the trial which suggests that he is legally accountable for his actions, they may request a prison sentence.
The indictment is reportedly divided in two sections: one related to the bombing outside the Prime Minister’s office, and one for the attack on Utøya. On Utøya, all but two of the victims, who died from drowning or falling, died from being shot. The majority of the victims were shot in the head, and it appears that most victims were shot more than once.
Some individuals were shot very many times, but because of the withholding of information, the indentities of these victims remain uncertain. The Norwegian media has previously reported that several participants at the Utøya summer camp were relatives of well known Labor politicians.
Over 200 individuals who received smaller injuries from the explosion in front of the Prime Minister’s office and several governmental departments, including the Department of Justice, have been omitted from the indictment. Also, people who were directly shot at by Breivik on Utøya, but not hit, have been left out of the indictment.
It is unusual for the State’s Attorneys not to prosecute for all crimes committed when evidence is readily available, and the judgement of the State’s Attorneys in this matter has been criticized. Some victims from Utøya have stated that they feel overlooked by the court system. The State’s Attorneys have justified their decision by saying that prosecuting in a regular fashion would have required a very thorough court case in which evidence had to be presented as to whether Breivik intended to harm each person in question.
A more thorough court case could possibly have revealed more information about which governmental departments suffered the most staff injuries, and whether any politicians were injured in the Oslo explosion. Similarly, it could have made the full course of events at Utøya better known.
Google translation:
Attorney censor names and details of the terror charges
01.mar.2012
The district attorney has decided to scramble all the names of those killed and those who were tried were killed, both in its ministries and Utøya in the indictment against Anders Behring Breivik….
Original article: Statsadvokaten sladder navn og detaljer i terrortiltalen
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Google translation:
Turns – disclose all charges
02.mar.2012
Yesterday, prosecutors decided that the names and details of the terror charges against Anders Behring Breivik would censor. Today they turned completely….
Original article: Snur – offentliggjør hele tiltalen
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Google translation:
Here is the indictment against Anders Breivik Behring
07/03/12
VG publish here all the indictment against Anders Breivik Behring. We have omitted the names of the injured from the ministries and Utøya, and also excluded damage to the descriptions in the indictment:
Hereby sets Anders Breivik Behring, b 2/13/1979 currently in custody pursuant to Penal Code § 39 indicted by the Oslo District Court for the acquisition of a judgment on the transfer to compulsory mental health care, see Mental Health Act, Chapter 5, in a psychotic state to have made an otherwise criminal act, namely the violation of:
I
In Penal Code § 147a, first paragraph, a and b, see § § 148 first paragraph, first sentence option and 233 subsections of having committed a terrorist act, by violating Penal Code § 148 first paragraph, first sentence alternative (to cause cracking whereby loss of life or widespread destruction of foreign property can be easily caused) and Penal Code § 233 subsections (premeditated murder and there are particularly aggravating circumstances), with the intent to interfere seriously a function of fundamental importance in society, as the executive authority, or cause serious fear in a population.
Basis:
Friday 22 July 2011 approx. at. 15.17 Grubbegaten in Oslo, after prior consideration and planning, he parked a VW Crafter van with registration number 99834 BR outside the entrance to the high-rise ministries, the offices including the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice.
Together, stayed there at least 250 people in high-rise building and the surrounding ministerial offices, and approx. 75 people in the streets in the immediate vicinity. In the car he had placed a bomb made of approx. 950 kg, consisting among others of fertilizer, diesel and aluminum.
He ignited a fuse with approx. seven minutes burn time, and then left the site on foot and on a previously deployed getaway car, a Fiat Duplo with registration VH 24605.
The bomb exploded at. 15.25.22 with tremendous firepower and shock wave in line with his intentions, and brought a large number of people who lived in the buildings of the Government buildings or on street level, in immediate danger, and caused massive property damage of the same buildings and surrounding buildings.
The explosion killed him following eight persons, all of which were caused extensive blast damage, thus:
The explosion killed him following eight persons, all of which were caused extensive blast damage, thus:
1. Jon Vegard Lervåg (32)
He found himself at the entrance to the high-rise.
2. Ida Marie Hill (34)
She was located at the entrance to the high-rise building and near the van.
3. Hanne Ekroll Løvlie (30)
She was off the entrance to the high-rise.
4. Annelise Holter (51)
She was in the reception area on the first floor of the high-rise.
5. Hanne Marie Orvik Endresen (61)
She was in the lobby on the first floor of the high-rise.
6. Kjersti Berg Sand (26)
She was in the reception area on the first floor of the high-rise.
7. Kai Hauge (32)
He was in Grubbegaten high-rise building at the entrance to the main entrance.
8. Tove Knutsen Åshill (56)
She was located near the fountain of Einar Gerhardsen place.
At the explosion, he tried also to kill a large number of people, including the others who were in high-rise building and the street level around it. He failed in his enterprise, but nine people were seriously injured physically, thus:
9. Male (61)
He was near the fountain of Einar Gerhardsen place.
10. Female (47)
She was located near the fountain of Einar Gerhardsen place.
11. Male (25)
He was in Grubbegaten by Einar Gerhardsen place.
12. Male (67)
He was on the fifth floor of the tower block, in an office at Grubbegaten.
13. Female (23)
She was in the lobby on the first floor of the high-rise.
14. Female (61)
She was in the seventh floor of the tower block.
15. Female (50)
She was in the eleventh floor of the high-rise.
16. Male (30)
He was the second floor of R4, in an office at Grubbegaten.
17. Male (55)
He was on Johan Nygaardsvold space between high-rise building and Akersgata.
Furthermore, at least another 200 people injured by the explosion, with varying damage assessment, including lacerations, fractures and hearing loss, a number of which were treated in hospital / emergency room or subjected to other medical treatment.
In addition, many of the above and other injured persons who were near the explosion, as well as survivors / relatives, had psychological after-effects of varying severity caused by what is described above.
Bomb explosion led to a number of government offices, including the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Justice and Police, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Health and Care Services, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education could not be used, and the ministries were not able to attend and perform its duties as the executive authority until it was gone for some time.
The explosion and its effects also created serious fear in parts of the population.
II
Penal Code § 147a, first paragraph b, see § 233, first and second paragraphs of having committed a terrorist act, by violating Penal Code § 233 subsections (premeditated murder and there are particularly aggravating circumstances), with the intent to cause serious fear in a population.
Basis:
Friday 22 July 2011, after having dealt with as described in item I, he drove the getaway car for Hole municipality, where he knew that the organization Labour Youth (AUF) held its traditional summer camp at Utøya. There, there were 564 people. By pretending to be a police officer and wearing a uniform-like outfit, he was – among other things, brought a semiautomatic rifle, branded Ruger Mini 14 cal. 233 and a semiautomatic pistol branded Glock 9 mm – transported to Utøya on board the ferry M / S Thorbjorn, where he arrived about. at. 17.15.
Until he was arrested the same day approx. at. 18.35, he shot, after prior consideration and planning, with a rifle and / or gun at a number of people who found themselves on the island, in the water or aboard ships, including civilians who came to the rescue, and exposed them for instant death.
There was panic and fear of death in children, adolescents and adults during the shooting, reinforced by the fact that there were limited opportunities to flee or hide. While he was moving around all over the island he shot at people fleeing and / or hiding and / or which he brought out with information that the police had arrived.
He killed 69 people, of which 67 were struck by the fatal shot, fired with the described weapon. Two people died of injuries from falling and / or drowning while trying to get away without being hit by shots. The people were killed, thus:
1. Trond Berntsen (51)
He was the Information House and the pier.
2. Monica Elizabeth Bosei (45)
She was located between the Information House and the pier.
3. Rune Havdal (43)
He found himself between the information the House and Café building.
4. Hanne Anette Fjalestad Balch (43)
She was located outside the main entrance to the café building.
5. Snorre Haller (30)
He found himself outside the main entrance to the café building.
6. Rolf Christopher Johansen Perreau (25)
He found himself outside the main entrance to the café building.
7. Lejla Selaci (17)
She found herself in front of the Café building.
8. Steinar Jessen (16)
He was located near the outdoor stage at the Café building.
9. Birgitte Smetbak (15)
She was on the campsite at the Café building or inside the building.
10. Gunnar LINAK (23)
He was on the campsite southwest of Café building.
11. Margaret Boyum Clubs (16)
She was in the doorway between the hall and Lille Grand Hall of Café building.
12. Silje Merete Fjellbu (17)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
13. Guro Vartdal Håvoll (18)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
14. Ronja Sweet Johansen (17)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
15. Mona Abdinur, (18)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
16. Sondre Driving (17)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
17. Bendik Rosnæs Ellingsen (18)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
18. Eivind Hovden (15)
He was in the Great Hall of Café building.
19. Bergum Lene Maria (19)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
20. Elisabeth Trønnes Lie (16)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
21. Henrik André Pedersen (27)
He was in the Great Hall of Café building.
22. Ida Beathe Rogne (17)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
23. Aleksander Aas Eriksen (16)
He was in the corridor in the Little Hall of the Café building.
24. Eva Kathinka Lütken (17)
She was on the Love Trail.
25. Tore Eikeland (21)
He was on the Love Trail.
26. Tarald Kuven Mjelde (18)
He was on the Love Trail.
27. Norwegian Life and Mary Johannesen (17)
She was on the Love Trail.
28. Monica Iselin Didriksen (18)
She was on the Love Trail.
29. Asta Sofie Dahl Helland (16)
She was on the Love Trail.
30. Anders Kristiansen (18)
He was on the Love Trail.
31. Bano Abobakar Rashid (18)
She was on the Love Trail.
32. Andreas Edvardsen (18)
He was on the Love Trail.
33. Silje Hagen Stamnes (18)
She was on the Love Trail.
34. Sondre Furseth Dale (17)
He was in the water between the slope below the trail and Love Naked ruins.
35. Simon Sæbø (18)
He was in the area at the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
36. Modupe Ellen Awoyemi (15)
She was in the top of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
37. Sharidyn Meegan Ngahiwi Svebakk-Bohn (14)
She was in the area at the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
38. Marianne Sandvik (16)
She was in the area at the slope below Kjærlighetsstien.
39. Gizem Dogan (17)
She was in the woods east of School House.
40. John MUO (15)
He was in the woods east of School House.
41. Even Flugstad Malmedal (18)
He was in the water at the Proud Mountain.
42. Syvert Knudsen (17)
He found himself at Pride Mountain.
43. Synne Røyneland (18)
She was at the Pride Mountain, probably in the water / water edge.
44. Torjus Jakobsen Blatt Mann (17)
He was the Bolshevik.
45. Ingrid Berg Heggelund (18)
She was located by the Bolshevik.
46. Isabel Victoria Sogn Green (17)
She was located by the Bolshevik.
47. Guys Mustafa Qasim (19)
He was the Bolshevik.
48. Carina Borgund (18)
She was located by the Bolshevik.
49. Tina Sukuvara (18)
She was in the area at the Pump House.
50. Ruth Benedichte Vatndal Nilsen (15)
She was in the area at the Pump House.
51. Henrik Rasmussen (18)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
52. Espen Jørgensen (17)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
53. Porntip Ardam (21)
She was at the Pump House.
54. Thomas Margido Antonsen (16)
He found himself at the Pump House.
55. Ismail Haji Ahmed (19)
He found himself at the Pump House.
56. Fredrik Lund Schjetne (18)
He found himself at the Pump House.
57. Hanne Kristine Fridtun (19)
She was at the Pump House.
58. Emil Okkenhaug (15)
He found himself at the Pump House.
59. Havard-lived house (21)
He found himself at the Pump House.
60. Victoria Stenberg (17)
She was at the Pump House.
61. Sverre Fleet Bjørkavåg (28)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
62. Diderik Aamodt Olsen (19)
He was in the area at the Pump House.
63. Tame Liparteliani (23)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
64. Kevin Berland Daae (15)
He was on the water’s edge on Sydspissen.
65. Karin Elena Holst (15)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
66. Rafal Mohamad Jamil Jamil (20)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
67. Andrine hills Espeland (16)
She was located on the waterfront at Sydspissen.
68. Earl Odegaard (17)
He fled the island by a swim, but died of drowning out Sydspissen.
69. Andrew Dalby Grønnesby (17)
He fled and fell off a cliff at the western tip of the island and into the water.
In addition to the above murder, he tried to kill a lot of people, but without success in his enterprise. During murder trials he shot and injured 33 people, thus:
70. Female (20)
She was on the tent.
71. Male (19)
He was on the tent.
72. Female (19)
She was on the tent.
73. Girl (16)
She was on the tent.
74. Girl (15)
She was on the tent.
75. Girl (16)
She was on the tent.
76. Girl (15)
She was on the tent.
77. Female (21)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
78. Girl (16)
She was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
79. Boy (17)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
80. Male (19)
He was in the Minor Hall of the Café building.
81. Female (21)
She was in the doorway between the hall and the corridor Lille in the Café building.
82. Male (19)
He was first in the Great Hall of Café building.
83. Female (19)
She was in the Great Hall of Café building.
84. Girl (17)
She was on the Love Trail.
85. Girl (17)
She was on a rock ledge on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
86. Boy (17)
He was in the water below Kjærlighetsstien.
87. Female (19)
She was located between the waterfront and the Love Trail.
88. Boy (17)
He was in the water under the Love Trail.
89. Girl (17)
She was located on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
90. Girl (14)
She was located on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
91. Girl (17)
She was on a rock ledge on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
92. Male (19)
He found himself on a rock ledge on the cliffs below Kjærlighetsstien.
93. Girl (16)
She was at the Pump House.
94. Male (20)
He found himself at the Pump House.
95. Male (20)
He found himself at the Pump House.
96. Boy (16)
He was near the western tip.
97. Boy (15)
He was near the western tip.
98. Male (21)
He was on Sydspissen.
99. Girl (16)
She was on Sydspissen.
100. Girl (17)
She was on Sydspissen.
101. Girl (17)
She was on Sydspissen.
102. Female (18)
She was on Sydspissen.
A number of the other people who stayed on Utøya received physical injuries fractures, cuts, etc.. in their attempts to save himself and others.
In addition, a significant number of people who were on the island, survivors / relatives and people who came to the aid of boats and otherwise, had psychological after-effects of varying severity caused by what is described above.
The actions of Utøya created serious fear in parts of the population.
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The defendant has committed very serious crimes to an extent not previously experienced in our country in modern times.
In his own view is legitimate actions, and an obvious and apparent danger of a new serious crimes of the same nature is undoubtedly present.
Needs of public protection requires judgment on the transfer to compulsory mental health care, and the terms of Penal Code § 39 paragraph 1 is met.
Penal Code § 49 shall apply on appealing lens mail In Section 9-17 and post II, item 70 to 102
It will be closed claim forfeiture of three weapons (a semi-automatic rifle of the mark Ruger Mini 14 cal. 233, a semi-automatic pistol of the mark Glock 9 mm and a shotgun from Benelli brand) and associated ammunition.
Furthermore, it will be closed claim confiscation of objects used in the manufacture of the bomb as provided under the attractive post’s I, and clothing / equipment, etc.. used in the exercise of those in the mail I and II described actions.
Any claim for compensation / damages from the survivors and the victim will be made by counsel, see Criminal Procedure Law § 428 and § the same law 264 b, second paragraph.
How the case is presented in the indictment date there is no basis for claiming extraordinary punishment, Penal Code § 44 first paragraph.
Prosecutors take an express reservation that it is still at trial can be closed claims imprisonment or custody with the time frame of 21 years, based on the overall presentation of evidence in court, the defendant and the defense must prepare for. In that case, the Penal Code § 62 to apply.
The indictment is taken out after attorney general’s orders.
Oslo District Attorney’s Office, 5 March 2012
Svein Holden – Inga Bejer Engh…
Original article: Her er tiltalebeslutningen mot Anders Behring Breivik
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Google translation:
52 of the victims of Utøya died of gunshot to head
07.mar.2012
The deaths of 69 AUF-ers on Utøya in Hole municipality is part two of the comprehensive indictment against Behring Breivik.
For these conditions are Behring Breivik indicted for premeditated murder under particularly aggravating circumstances, with the intent to cause serious fear in a population.
The charges are detailed throughout all the killings that took place on Utøya, and explains the cause of death for the killing. In the indictment it emerges that 56 of the 69 victims were shot in the head, and 52 of these reported gunshot wounds to the head to be the direct cause of death.
67 were killed by the deadly shots, while two people died of injuries from falling and drowning.
564 people were on Utøya that day. He arrived Utøya approx. at 17.15 and had with him a Ruger Mini
14 cal. 233/2 automatic rifle and a Glock 9 mm semiautomatic pistol.
- It has been difficult
Prosecutors Inga duly Engh and Svein Holden thinks they have reached the best solution when it comes to charges against Breivik. See excerpts from the press conference.
“Until he was arrested the same day approx. at. 18.35, he shot, after prior consideration and planning, with a rifle and / or gun at a number of people who found themselves on the island, in the water or aboard ships, including civilians who came to the rescue, and exposed them to the immediate danger. ” , according to the indictment.
Several were killed after Behring Breivik said police had arrived and therefore cover more young people out of the caches.
“There was panic and fear of death in children, adolescents and adults during the shooting, reinforced by the fact that there were limited opportunities to flee or hide. While he was moving around all over the island he shot at people fleeing and / or hiding and / or which he brought out with information that the police had arrived. “
Aftenposten in this context chosen to anonymize the slain police officer except Trond Berntsen and general manager of Utøya, Monica Elizabeth Bosei. The information is based on the charges, and details of work description, injuries and cause of death, we have omitted.
The House Information
The officer Trond Berntsen, born 1960. Were between Information House and the pier when he was shot several times with the gun.
Monica Elizabeth Bosei, born 1966. General manager of Utøya, was located between the Information House and the pier when she was shot several times.
By and at the Café building
Male, born 1967. Was located between the information the House and Café building, was shot five times.
Female, born 1967. Was located outside the main entrance to the café building and was shot three times.
Male, born 1981. Was located outside the main entrance to the café building and was shot three times.
Male, born 1986. Was located outside the main entrance to the café building when he was shot three times.
Girl, born 1994. Found himself in front of the Café building when she was shot twice.
Boy, born 1995. Was located near the outdoor stage at the Café building when he was shot at least twice.
Girl, born 1996. Was on the campsite at the Café building or inside the building when she was shot twice.
Male, born 1988. Was on the campsite southwest of Café building, and was shot twice.
Girl, born 1995. Was in the doorway between Minor Hall and Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Girl, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot six times.
Female, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot at least three times.
Girl, born 1994. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot at least three times.
Girl, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot three times.
Boy, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot five times.
Boy, born 1993. Was in Little Hall building in the Mediterranean, and was shot eight times.
Boy, born 1996. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Female, born 1992. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot at least three times.
Girl, born 1995. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Male, born 1984. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot three times.
Girl, born 1993. Was in the Great Hall of Café building, and was shot at least twice.
Boy, born 1994. Were in the corridor within the Little Hall in Café building, and was shot six times.
The Love Trail
Girl, born 1994. Was on Love trail, and was shot twice.
Male, born 1990. Was on Love trail, and was shot once.
Male, born 1993. Was on Love trail, and was shot five times.
Female, born 1994. Was on Love trail, and was shot three times.
Female, born 1993. Was on Love trail, and was shot at least twice.
Female, born 1994. Was on Love trail, and was shot three times.
Male, born 1993. Was on Love trail and was shot twice.
Female, born 1992. Was on Love trail, and was shot twice.
Male, born 1992. Was on Love trail, and was shot three times.
Female, born 1993). Love was on the trail, and was shot twice.
Boy, born 1994. Was in the water between the slope below the trail and Love Naked headland, and was shot four times.
Male, born 1992. Were in the area of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot twice.
Girl, born 1995. Was located in the upper slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot four times.
Girl, born 1997. Were in the area of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot twice.
Girl, born 1995. Were in the area of the slope below Kjærlighetsstien, and was shot at least once.
By Skolestua
Girl, born 1994. Was in the woods east of School House, and was shot twice.
Boy, born 1995. Was shot three times with the gun.
Proud Mountain
Male, born 1992. Was in the water and was shot once.
Boy, born 1993. Was shot three times.
Female, born 1993. Were probably in the water / water edge, and was shot three times.
Bolshevik
Boy, born 1993. Was shot once with the pistol or rifle.
Female, born 1992. Was shot three times-
Girl, born 1994. Was shot three times.
Male, born 1992. Was shot four times.
Female, born 1993. Was shot three times.
The Pump House
Female, born 1992. Was shot once.
Girl, born 1995. Was shot once with the pistol or rifle.
Male, born 1993. Was shot three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Male, born in 1994. Was shot at least three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Male, born 1990. Was shot three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Boy, born 1995. Shot twice with the gun and / or rifle.
Male, born 1991. Shot once.
Male, born 1992. Shot once.
Female, born 1991. Shot three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Boy, born 1995. Shot three times.
Male, born 1989. Shot four times.
Girl, born 1993. Shot three times with the pistol and rifle.
Male, born 1983. Shot twice.
Male, born 1992. Was in the area at the Pump House, the seashore or in the water. Was shot once with a pistol or rifle.
Sydspissen
Female, born 1988. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot twice with the gun and / or rifle.
Boy, born 1996. Was located on the waterfront. Was shot at least three times with the gun and / or rifle.
Girl, born 1995. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot once.
Girl, born 1991. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot at least once with the pistol or rifle.
Girl, born 1994. Was located on the waterfront, and was shot three times with the gun.
Boy, born 1994. Fled from the island by a swim, but died of drowning.
Western tip of
Boy, born 1994. Fell off a cliff into the water. Died of injuries from falling and / or drowning….
Original article: 52 av ofrene fra Utøya døde av skudd i hodet
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Google translation:
Breivik shot 56 of 69 victims in the head
07.mar.2012
Of the 69 who were killed on Utøya 22 July, 56 were shot in the head. The indictment against Anders Behring Breivik describes terror in all its cruelty…
Original article: Breivik skjøt 56 av 69 ofre i hodet
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Google translation:
Not mentioned in the indictment: “He tried to kill me”
07/03/12
More AUF higher disappointed by the omission
After swimming for their lives from Anders Behring Breivik’s bullets, it’s hard not to be part of the charges, says Bjorn Ihler (20) in Oslo AUF….
“All involved feel that part of the case, so it is important and appropriate to be part of the indictment. He tried to kill me too,” says Ihler to VG Nett….
A total of 119 persons mentioned by name in the indictment. These are all the 77 who lost their lives, and others who were hit by bullets or shrapnel from the bomb in the government building….
There were 889 people in danger during the attacks, 325 people near the bomb in Oslo and 564 people on Utøya when shooting began.
“Those who are not mentioned by name in the charge will still appear in person group descriptions in the trial,” says Holden….
Original article: Ikke nevnt i tiltalen: “Han prøvde å drepe meg også”
Police questioning of Breivik continues, Breivik refuses to name people he has met
The police questioning of Anders Behring Brevik continues in parallel with the psychiatric observations of him at Ila Prison, reports Dagbladet. According to Dagbladet, Breivik met with police for more than ten hours of questioning on Thursday last week.
Dagbladet writes that trips abroad, money transfers, and the organization, Knights Templar, were topics in the police questioning this week. According to Dagbladet, Breivik has explained to the police that other people have been invovled, but that he will not reveal who they are.
“He does not want to explain himself about others. He does not want to say anything about who he has met and he does not want to confirm what countries he has been to before the police present documentation. He says he does not want to contribute with information that can lead to other people being arrested,” one of Breivik’s lawyers, Tord Jordet, said to Dagbladet.
Google translation:
Grilled Breivik about the mysterious U.S. dollars
02/03/2012
For ten hours the police questioned Anders Behring Breivik about large sums of money paid out to unknown persons abroad.
There is talk of several large money transfers, said defender Tord Jordet Dagbladet.
Police have previously denied that Breivik has held assistants. Yet they are very concerned about who it is who has got the big money transfers.
“One of the transactions was more than 40 000 dollars. Some of the transfers have been made between overseas accounts he has disposed of, to make it difficult to track where the money came from, and to give him access to money without being subject to tax. Other transfers are made directly to other people,” said Jordet….
Original article: Grillet Breivik om mystiske dollar
Police union leader warns Justice Minister about new PST head appointment
Verdens Gang (VG) reports that police union leader, Lasse Roen, who represents the Police Security Service (PST) staff, issued a stark warning to Justice Minister, Grete Faremo (Labor), not to recruit the new head of PST in the same manner as her predecessor, Knut Storberget, hired Janne Kristiansen.
Storberget (Labor), who was controversial because of his attempts to make blasphemy illegal and to introduce the use of the hijab to the Norwegian police force, and who recently stepped down after receiving death threats, had hand picked Kristiansen for the job. The appointment was by many regarded as a political one.
Arne Johannessen, national head of the Norwegian Police Union (Politiets Fellesforbund), which represents more than 10,000 Norwegian police officers, recently strongly criticized how the previous head of the PST was hired, stating that Storberget steered around several good applicants with strong professsional integrity and relevant police experience, when he picked Janne Kristiansen. In an interview with VG, Johannesen said that to hire a new PST chief with little leader experience and no police-professional background is like risk-sport.
Now the union leader representing PST employees made it clear that PST workers do not want Justice Minister Faremo to recruit a new boss by calling around. “In the last round, many sat and waited for a phone call. Now we want potential applicants to actually apply [for the job] and not [just] wait for a call from the Justice Minister to be encouraged to apply,” Roen said to VG.
Roen also said to VG that the police officers at the PST see a need for several changes in the application process, but that they have not been heard. He said the most important thing is that the application process is made better. “If the applicants openly stand forward on [the] application list, they also contribute to a more fair and open process now. The last time a new PST-chief was to be hired, uncertainty was created as to whether the process was open and genuine,” said Roen to VG.
Roen has also previously stated to VG that the PST staff do not want another political appointement.
Janne Kristiansen has been investigated by the Special Unit of the Police Force (Internal Affairs) after her apparent slip of the tongue during a parliamentary hearing in which she accidentally revealed that Norway’s Military Intelligence Service has operative agents in Pakistan, but the case has now been closed.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
PST employees warns Faremo against telephone recruitment
Thursday Minister of Justice Grete Faremo announced the position as head of the Police Security Service. Faremo places more demands to the new pst boss, among other things, that he should be able to handle the media in a confident manner and that the person must have completed a law degree or other relevant education.
Do not need to have a legal degree
Earlier Thursday Progress Party leader of the Justice Committee [Per Sandberg] made critical remarks regarding Faremo not to a greater extent encourages people with practical law enforcement or military backgrounds to apply for the prestigious job. He has the support of the PST staff.
- To name a specific law degree in the announcement text can provide signals that it is what is desired. We had wanted a broader announcement, where the Ministry also took more consideration to potential applicants with other backgrounds.
- I think there are people other than lawyers who can fill that position, says Lasse Roen….
Original article: PST-ansatte advarer Faremo mot telefon-rekruttering
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Related post: National Police Union leader warns Justice Department about appointment of new PST head
Related post: Head of PST steps down, PST staff do not want another political appointment
Norwegian government proposes law changes to allow one-man psychiatric hospitals, strict control of political prisoners in psychiatric institutions
Verdens Gang (VG) reports that Health Minister, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Labor), has submitted a new law proposal for hearing rounds. In the new law proposal, the Labor coalition government proposes major changes to the rights and treatment of citizens committed by the court system to psychiatric care.
The proposed changes to the psychiatric healthcare law (psykisk helsevernloven), which appears tailor-suited for political prisoners, would allow for the creation of special high-security psychiatric institutions. “We open for the establishment of health facilities with particularly high-security, but where the main focus shall be treatment,” Strøm-Erichsen told VG.
According to the new law proposal, it would be legal to construct a psychiatric hospital for a single person. It would also be possible to place such a one-man psychiatric hospital inside an existing prison. In addition, the new law would make it legal for high-security psychiatric hospitals to search patients’ belongings, read their mail, and control phonecalls and visits, writes VG.
According to VG, the government has proposed a rapid time schedule for the hearing so that the new law can be approved by parliament before the verdict against Anders Behring Breivik is ready. Strøm-Erichsen, however, claims that the new law is not created specifically for Breivik. “This is not a special law for this [court] case, but shall be a general possibility for people that need extra hight security around them,” Strøm-Erichsen said to VG.
Google translation:
The Government will build Breivik hospital
03/01/12
The Government will establish a high-security hospital, which can accommodate Anders Behring Breivik – if he is sentenced to compulsory psychiatric care.
An entirely fresh bill allows for such a short hospitalization can be built inside the walls of Ila Prison….
The government would not build a hospital just Breivik, but also for other particularly dangerous psychotic persons sentenced to compulsory psychiatric care….
High security hospital will have far greater powers than psychiatry has had to date, among other things, to examine the patients, checking personal belongings, and to check mail, visitors and telephones.
Original article: Regjeringen vil bygge Breivik-sykehus
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Hearing document – in Norwegian [opens pdf].
Related post: Government evaluating legality of construction of one-man psychiatric hospital inside prison for Breivik
Related post: Norway’s Attorney General expresses desire to introduce greater press restrictions
Related post: Justice Department considers law change that will make Breivik book illegal
[post title edited 03/23/12]
[second paragraph edited 03/26/12]
