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Valerie Plame's CIA Unit Spied at 3rd-World Nuke Conferences

Bruce Barefoot | 18.07.2006 06:00 | Anti-militarism | Repression

Jean C. Edwards is a former CIA agent who recently listed Valerie Plame's famous CIA front company Brewster Jennings Associates as her own former employer. Edwards attended at least three conferences with nuclear engineers and scientists from Iran, Pakistan, and other prospective and actual nuclear nations, apparently to spy on them.. The conferences were held in Trieste, Italy, in 1991, 1992, and 1995 while Edwards worked for the CIA. In the lists of attendees below, Edwards is listed as Jean C. Edwards from Jamaica.

Edwards has worked as an engineer but now works as a lawyer.

The resume of Jean C. Edwards on a Washington, D.C., law firm's site was sanitized to remove the Brewster Jennings reference after the Chicago Tribune contacted Edwards.  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-060311plame-story,1,2504459.story??track=sto-relcon Before, the resume showed that Edwards worked for the CIA front company from 1985 to 1989 as an engineering consultant. News reports have always claimed that Brewster Jennings began operations several years later, in the 1990s. Edwards' resume shows that she had left Brewster Jennings and was working for the CIA when she attended the conferences.

A copy of the "uncorrrected" resume is below. The original also can be found at  http://www.jar2.com/cryptome.ru/1/H/robert-ellmann.htm (do an Edit-Find for Edwards) with more details.


RESUME COPY

The following is copied directly from the original resume.

Prior Professional Experience
Dickinson Wright PLLC, Member, 2003-2005
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Of Counsel, 2001-2003
Pepper Hamilton, Associate, 2000-2001
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, Associate,1996-2000
Central Intelligence Agency, Case Officer, 1989-1995
Congressional Research Service, Intern, 1995-1996
Elexis Corporation, Manufacturing Manager, 1985
Brewster-Jenning and Associates, Consultant, 1985-1989
Cordis Corporation, Project Engineer, 1981-1984; Regulatory Affairs Coordinator, 1979-1981

Education
1995: J.D., University of Miami, Cum Laude
1979: B.S., University of Miami, Major: Mechanical Engineering
1977: B.S., Emporia State University, Major: Physics
1977: B.A., Emporia State University, Major: French with Honors

Other Languages
French
Spanish

ICTP CONFERENCES

The conferences were at the Abdus Salam International center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in Trieste, Italy. Abdus Salam was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist from Pakistan. He was at one time the director of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). The PAEC was the focus of Pakistan's nuclear bomb research and design after a government decision in 1972 to build the bomb. Salam didn't participate in building the bomb. That effort was led by Dr. A.Q. Khan, the "father" of Pakistan's nuclear bomb.

There is another European connection. It was while working in the Netherlands that Khan acquired the information he needed to build a centrifuge enrichment plant for uranium. Khan allegedly has been responsible for distributing nuclear weapons technology to North Korea and to Muslim nations including Iran, supposedly on his own for his own financial enrichment rather than as a government effort. The Pakisistan government has him under house arrrest but unavailable for questioning.

Supposedly, Khan has admitted to providing Iran, Libya, and North Korea with technical assistance and high-speed centrifuges for nuclear enrichment. Also, reportedly Khan and his associates visited Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Chad, Mali, Nigeria, Niger (site of the famous fact-finding mission by Plame's husband, Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, which resulted in the "outing" of Plame), and Sudan. Some of these countries sent representatives to the conferences Edwards attended in Trieste.

According to news reports, Brewster Jennings and Valerie Plame investigated the A.Q. Khan network of nukes for sale.

ABOUT THE CENTER WHERE THE CONFERENCES OCCURRED

Founded in 1964, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) operates under the aegis of two United Nations Agencies, UNESCO and IAEA, and is "regularised" by a seat agreement with the government of Italy. Its goals are to:

* Foster the growth of advanced studies and research in physics and mathematics, especially among researchers from developing countries;
* Provide an international forum for the exchange of information and ideas among scientists from the North and South;
* Maintain excellent research facilities for visitors, associates and fellows, principally from developing countries, who participate in the center's research and training activities. Edwards, from the US, listed her developing country of origin as Jamaica, while she was employed by the American CIA.

Throughout its history, ICTP has welcomed some of the world's foremost physicists to its campus. J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan (first U.S. atomic bomb) Project in the United States during World War II, was an influential voice in the creation of the center and the first chairperson of ICTP's Scientific Council. Nobel Laureates Werner Heisenberg, who formulated the uncertainty principle, and Paul A.M. Dirac, who predicted the existence of antimatter, were also enthusiastic supporters and frequent visitors to the center. In all, some eighty Nobel Laureates have lectured at the center as well as many other prestigious scientists in fields ranging from elementary particles to solid-state physics to atmospheric sciences to mathematics to astrophysics.


SMR Number 842 (1995): CONFERENCE ON ULTRAFAST TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS IN OPTICAL FIBRES

SMR Number 612 (1992): THIRD TRAINING COLLEGE ON PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF LASERS AND OPTICAL FIBRES

SMR Number 540 (1991): SECOND TRAINING COLLEGE ON PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY IN LASERS AND OPTICAL FIBRES

Jean Edwards attended at least three conferences. The attendee lists are below. The conferences Edwards went to concerned the physics of fiberoptic communication systems rather than atomic energy or high-energy physics. That is because Edwards, a patent attorney now, specializes in fiberoptics. However, the list below includes persons from the nuclear research communities of most developing nations that have one. After hours, of course, Edwards could network with experts on atomic energy who are working or attending seminars at the center, including some of the world's leading physicists and many from the third world.

 http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/listOfParticipants.php?id=a02291

SMR Number: 842

CONFERENCE ON ULTRAFAST TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS IN OPTICAL FIBRES (REPOSITORY FOR LECTURE NOTES FROM THE SCANNED HISTORICAL ARCHIVE)

13 - 17 February 1995

Final List of Participants

Total number of visitors for this activity: 85
Directors
DENARDO Gallieno Italy denardo at ictp dot trieste dot it
HAUS Hermann A. United States of America
Lecturers
AKIBA Shigeyuki Japan
BERGANO Neal United States of America bergano at hogpa dot att dot com
BLOW Keith United Kingdom
DESURVIRE Emmanuel France
EVANGELIDES Steven United States of America
FONTANA Flavio Italy
FORK Richard United States of America fork at ebs330 dot eb dot uah dot edu
GEORGES Thierry France thierry dot georges at lannion dot cnet dot fr
GORDON James P. United States of America
HASEGAWA Akira Japan hasegawa at solitoncomm dot com
KODAMA Yuji Japan
LAMING R.I. United Kingdom
MAMYSHEV Pavel Russian Federation pavel at spin dot ho dot att dot com
MECOZZI Antonio Italy
MELCHIOR Hans Switzerland melchior at iqe ethz ch
MORK Jesper Denmark
SHIPULIN A.V. Russian Federation
WABNITZ Stephan Italy
Participants
ABRAMYAN Larisa A. Russian Federation abr at appl dot sci-nnov dot ru
AJAYI Gabriel Olalere Nigeria gajayi at yahoo dot com
AL-SHARIF Abdullah Ibraheem A. Jordan alsharif at yu dot edu dot jo
AUDOUIN Olivier France aodouin at aar dot alcatel-alsthom dot fr
BAEZ-ROJAS Jose Javier Mexico jbaez at inaoep dot mx
BERTA Martin Slovak Republic fyzibert at savba dot savba dot sk
BOITI Marco Italy boiti at lecce dot infn dot it
BUAH-BASSUAH Paul Kingsley Ghana lafoc at ghana dot com,buahbars at hotmail dot com
BUDIN Josko Slovenia natasa at lkn-pc0 dot fer dot uni-lj dot si
CHIEN Trinh Dinh Viet Nam
CRISTIANI Ilaria Italy ilaria dot cristiani at unipv dot it
DE LA TORRE Ruby Jess Ang Philippines lasers at nicole dot upd dot edu dot ph
DESBRUSLAIS Stephen R. United Kingdom
DI MURO Rodolfo Italy dimuro at com dot eng dot unipr dot it
DIOMANDE Kedro Sidiki Cote D'Ivoire kedro dot diomande at cnra dot ci
EDWARDS Jean C. Jamaica
ERGUL F. Ruyal Turkey
FRANCO Pierluigi Italy users at pcel40 dot dei dot unipd dot it
GANGOPADHYAY Ranjan India ranjan at com dot eng dot unipr dot it
GANTSOG Tserensodnom Mongolia numelect at magicnet dot mn
GAO Yangsheng People's Republic of China gys at ibm320h dot phy dot pku dot edu dot cn
GASMI Taieb Algeria gasmit at madrid dot slu dot edu
GOEDDE Christopher United States of America goedde at nwu dot edu
GOMEZ Cristina Margarita Mexico mgomez at photon dot inaoep dot mx
GRIGORYAN Vladimir Sergeyevich Armenia
GUNARTO Hary Indonesia gunarto at elins dot ugm dot ac dot id
GURYEV Vadim Russian Federation guryev at rf dot unn dot runnet dot ru
HAELTERMAN Marc Belgium mhaelter at is1 dot ulb dot ac dot be
ILEV Ilko Bulgaria bgtus at bgcict dot bitnet (subj dot : i_ilev)
JOHNSON Eugene Adjei Ghana
KALINOWSKI Hypolito Jose Brazil hjkalin at cpgei dot cefetpr dot br
KHAN Iqbal Ahmed Pakistan
KONONENKO Valerii Konstantinovich Belarus lavik at dragon dot bas-net dot by
LUCIANETTI Antonio Italy
MARAZZI Lucia Italy
MAZZALI Claudio Brazil mazza at ifi dot unicamp dot br
MEJIA BARBOSA Yobani Colombia yomejia at andromeda dot cio dot mx
MIDRIO Michele Italy users at pcel40 dot dei dot unipd dot it
MOBIUS Peter Germany
MOGILEVTSEV Dimitri Belgium kilin at adonis dot ias dot msk dot su
MOHOU Messanh Agbeko Togo
MORGAN Cliff United States of America
MUKUNDA RAO Mandavilli India mmraomandavilli at hotmail dot com
NYAMSUREN Ochirbat Mongolia
PAGANO Annachiara Italy
PEHANI Beno Slovenia
PEMPINELLI Flora Italy
PINTAR Miljenko Slovenia
RIVERA Ana Leonor Mexico rivera at ce dot ifisicam dot unam dot mx
SCHAEFER Klaus Germany sol_ks at physik dot uni-paderborn dot de
SEMENOV Vladimir A. Russian Federation semenov at fo dot gpi dot ac dot ru
SHARIF Rafiqul Islam Bangladesh microlnd at citechco dot net
SHARMA Anurag India asharma at physics dot iitd dot ernet dot in
SHENOY Mangalpady Rajaram India
SINGH Shyam India ssingh at unam dot na
SUMATHIPALA Waduwatte Lekamalage Sri Lanka
TACCHEO Stefano Italy
TADEUSIAK Andrzej Poland
TANEV Stoyan Ivanov Bulgaria
TOMAZIC Saso Slovenia
TURITSYN Sergei Russian Federation turitsyn at xerxes dot thphy dot uni-duesseldorf dot de
VANAGAS Emilius Lithuania emilius dot vanagas at ff dot vu dot lt
VIDMAR Matjaz Slovenia
WAGUE Ahmadou Senegal wague at refer dot sn
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 http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/listOfParticipants.php?id=a02228

SMR Number: 612

THIRD TRAINING COLLEGE ON PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF LASERS AND OPTICAL FIBRES (REPOSITORY FOR LECTURE NOTES FROM THE SCANNED HISTORICAL ARCHIVE)

27 January - 21 February 1992

Final List of Participants:

Total number of visitors for this activity: 106
Directors
AGARWAL Girish Saran India gsaprl at yahoo dot com
DENARDO Gallieno Italy denardo at ictp dot trieste dot it
SOMEDA Carlo Italy
Lecturers
ARECCHI Tito F. Italy arecchi at ino dot it
ARTIGLIA M. Italy
AUBOURG Philippe France
BHAWALKAR Dilip Devidas India
CIOFINI Marco Italy
DAINTY Christopher United Kingdom c dot dainty at ic dot ac dot uk
DE BORTOLI Marco Italy
DE GASPERIS A. Italy
DE MARCHIS Giancarlo Italy
DEGIORGIO Vittorio Italy vittorio dot degiorgio at unipv dot it
EISENSTEIN Gadi Israel
ERNSTING Niko Germany
FLYTZANIS Christos France
FONTANA Flavio Italy
FRANCINI . Italy
GAMBLING W.Alec United Kingdom
GUNTER P Switzerland
HAUSLER Gerd Germany
HUBER Gunter Germany huber at physnet dot uni-hamburg dot de
KROO Norbert Hungary kroo at power dot szfki dot kfki dot hu, kroo at office dot mta dot hu
LETARDI Tomaso Italy
MARCATILI Enrique United States of America
MELCHIOR Hans Switzerland melchior at iqe ethz ch
MEUCCI Riccardo Italy ric at ino dot it
SONA Alberto Italy 0461laur at sl dot cise dot it
SVELTO Orazio Italy
TAMBOSSO Tiziana Italy
WOODER N.J. United Kingdom
Speakers
CORTI M. Italy
Consultants
GUEKOS George Greece guekos at iqe dot ethz dot ch
SIGRIST Markus Switzerland sigrist at iqe dot phys dot ethz dot ch
Participants
ABU-SAFIA Hassan Ahmad Jordan
AL-ORAINY Abdullah Abdulaziz Saudi Arabia
ALI Gamal Abdel Fattah Egypt gfattah at hotmail dot com
APAI Pal Hungary apai at power dot szfki dot kfki dot hu
ARUN KUMAR S. India
ASHRAF Mian Mohammad Pakistan
ASHRAF ZAHID Imrana Pakistan iashraf at qau dot edu dot pk,dimrana at isb dot comsats dot net dot pk
BELAL Ibrahim Kamel Syrian Arab Republic
BERTA Martin Slovak Republic fyzibert at savba dot savba dot sk
BUAH-BASSUAH Paul Kingsley Ghana lafoc at ghana dot com,buahbars at hotmail dot com
BUDIN Josko Slovenia natasa at lkn-pc0 dot fer dot uni-lj dot si
CEBALLOS-RUANO Juan Sebastian Cuba rriera at cnm dot uo dot edu dot cu
CHEN Yang People's Republic of China
CHENG Bing-Ying People's Republic of China
DANAILOV Miltcho Bojanov Bulgaria danailovm at elettra dot trieste dot it
DAS Subhasis India physd at burdwan dot ernet dot in
DIAZ ARENCIBIA Pedro M. Cuba
DUCHOWICZ Ricardo Argentina
EDWARDS Jean C. Jamaica
FAYE Mamadou Senegal
FELLNER Ivan Slovak Republic fellner at uakom dot sk
FURMAN Alexander Russian Federation furman at vip1 dot ioffe dot rssi dot ru
GANTSOG Tserensodnom Mongolia numelect at magicnet dot mn
GASMI Taieb Algeria gasmit at madrid dot slu dot edu
GONZALES Jose Venezuela
GRIEBNER Uwe Germany
HAMADTO Salih Abdulmageed Sudan
ILIEV Jordan Bojanov Bulgaria
ITURBE-CASTILLO Marcelo David Mexico
KAR Subrat India subrat at ictp dot trieste dot it
KAWASE Liliana Rocha Brazil
KRATTIGER B. Switzerland
KUNDAELI Herald Nkya United Republic of Tanzania
KUTOR John Kwaku Ghana
LIMPONGSA Ahtit Thailand
LIPSICH Alejandro Sergio Argentina
LUPEI Voicu Romania
MAJEED Mansoora Pakistan mmajeed at physics dot sdnpk dot undp dot org
MASERI Fabrizio O.A. Belgium
MATEUS Enes Angola
MATHUTHU Manny Zimbabwe mathuthu at science dot uz dot ac dot zw
MELCHOR Armando Mexico
MOHAN Devendra - Nassa Devendra Mohan India vand66 at yahoo dot com
NGUYEN Toan Ngoc Viet Nam mntoan at ims dot ncst dot ac dot vn
OMARA Magdy Mohamed Omar Egypt
PANDE Mandaar Bhaskar India
PANTELIC Dejan Vladoje Serbia and Montenegro
PHAM Van Hoi Viet Nam
PIETROSEMOLI Ermanno Venezuela ermanno at ula dot ve
RACEK Milos Slovak Republic
RAFI Mohammad Pakistan
RAHMAN M. Mushfiqur Bangladesh
RASIAH Ignatius Joseph Malaysia irasiah at alchemy dot chem dot utoronto dot ca
ROSU Haret N. Romania rosu at ifug dot ugto dot mx
SCHINCA Daniel Carlos Argentina
SCHIRRMACHER A. Germany
SZCZOT Feliks Poland
TACHATRIPHOP Sukanya Thailand
TANCEVSKI Ljubisa Slovenia
TAVASSOLI Mohammad Taghi Islamic Republic of Iran tavasoli at iasbs dot ac dot ir
TORRES Pedro Ignacio Colombia
TORRES-CISNEROS Miguel Mexico j sanchez at xochijl dot inaorp dot mx
URSU Ioan Romania
WAGUE Ahmadou Senegal wague at refer dot sn
WANE Sada Tamimou Senegal sadatwan at refer dot sn
YANG Tianli People's Republic of China
YASEEN Muhammad Pakistan
YU Ming People's Republic of China
ZAHID Mohammad Choudhry Pakistan zahid at isb dot paknet dot com dot pk
ZAND Mansour Islamic Republic of Iran
ZANJANI (YOUSEF) Rasoul Islamic Republic of Iran

 http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/listOfParticipants.php?id=a02206

SMR Number: 540

SECOND TRAINING COLLEGE ON PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY IN LASERS AND OPTICAL FIBRES (REPOSITORY FOR LECTURE NOTES FROM THE SCANNED HISTORICAL ARCHIVE)

21 January - 15 February 1991

Final List of Participants:

Total number of visitors for this activity: 92
Directors
DENARDO Gallieno Italy denardo at ictp dot trieste dot it
GUEKOS George Greece guekos at iqe dot ethz dot ch
MATERA Manlio Italy
TOSCO Federico Italy
Lecturers
ARECCHI Tito F. Italy arecchi at ino dot it
ARIMONDO Ennio Italy arimondo at mail dot df dot unipi dot it
BAETS R. Belgium
BURKHARD H. Germany
CIOFINI Marco Italy
CONSORTINI Anna Italy anna dot consortini at unifi dot it
DAINTY Christopher United Kingdom c dot dainty at ic dot ac dot uk
DELVO Pierin Italy
EVANGELIDES Steven United States of America
MAZZINGHI Piero Italy
MELCHIOR Hans Switzerland melchior at iqe ethz ch
MEUCCI Riccardo Italy ric at ino dot it
MOGENSEN Gregers Denmark
NEYER A. Germany
NIKOLAUS Bernd Germany
PANTANI Luca Italy
PELLAUX Jean-Paul Switzerland
RIZZI Maria Luciana Italy
SALIMBENI Renzo Italy salimbeni at mailbox dot ieq dot fi dot cnr dot it
SAPIA A. Italy
SELVARAJAN Ananthvijaya India
SIGRIST Markus Switzerland sigrist at iqe dot phys dot ethz dot ch
SONA Alberto Italy 0461laur at sl dot cise dot it
SPANO Paolo Italy
TIZIANI Hans Germany
UBOLDI E. Italy
WILKINSON J. United Kingdom
Consultants
SINGH Jasbir Atma Malaysia
Tutors
MATTIUSSI Gianni Italy
Participants
AHMAD Irshad Pakistan
AL-HAWAT Sharif Hassan Syrian Arab Republic
AREGA Mesfin Ethiopia
BACALZO Fe Alma Tanjuan Philippines
BAKASOVA Kushneruck Natalia Vladimirovn Russian Federation
BAKASSOV Aiaz Asanbekovich Russian Federation
BAL Bijay Bhushan India
BANSI Lal India bansi at iitk dot ernet dot in
BARANCIRA Thaddee Burundi
BELLEZA ZAMORA Eduardo Peru
BERTA Martin Slovak Republic fyzibert at savba dot savba dot sk
BRAUN Motter Luci Fortunata Brazil
BROGGI Francesco Italy
BUAH-BASSUAH Paul Kingsley Ghana lafoc at ghana dot com,buahbars at hotmail dot com
CHATTOPADHYAYA Udit India
CHIRAN (IORDACHESCU) Sanda Romania
DABROWSKI Ludwik Italy
DANAILOV Miltcho Bojanov Bulgaria danailovm at elettra dot trieste dot it
DEB Sukhendu India
EDWARDS Jean C. Jamaica
FALLAHI Mohammad Taghi Islamic Republic of Iran
FARAMAWY Fahmy Kassem Egypt
GASMI Taieb Algeria gasmit at madrid dot slu dot edu
GHOLAP Ashok Vasudeo India gholapav at yahoo dot com
HOANG Ngoc Cam Viet Nam hoang at sci dot lpi dot msk dot su
HOSSEINI TEHRANI Atoussa Islamic Republic of Iran
IBRAHIM Samir Atwa Egypt
KALINOWSKI Hypolito Jose Brazil hjkalin at cpgei dot cefetpr dot br
KAREMERA Claver Marembo Rwanda kmarembo at yahoo dot fr
KAZADI Kabamba Mwenda Democratic Republic of the Congo
LIN Qiang People's Republic of China qlin at zju dot edu dot cn
LIU Yu-Pu People's Republic of China
LLUESMA Eliseo Gallego Argentina
MAHMOOD Shahid Pakistan shahid at physics dot khi dot sdnpk dot undp dot org
MAHMOODILARI Mohammad J. Islamic Republic of Iran
MASUKIDI Lele-Sadi Democratic Republic of the Congo
MOHAMED Kumankattil Ahamed India
MOUKDAD Shokri Syrian Arab Republic
MUNYEME Geoffrey Zambia gmunyeme at natsci dot unza dot zm
PIRACHA Naveed Khaliq Pakistan
PURWOHARDJONO Subarkah Indonesia
RAHIMULLAH Khan India
RAICS Peter Hungary
RIZVI S. Aftab Ahsan Pakistan
SARDAR Mohammad Ayub Pakistan
SHAN Ying People's Republic of China
SHEIKH Tariq Maqbool Pakistan
SHEN Aidong People's Republic of China
SINGH Mukesh Pratap India msingh at physics dot iitd dot ernet dot in
SOUZA Eunezio Antonio Brazil
SUBHASH Narayanan India subhashn at vsnl dot com
TAVASSOLI Mohammad Taghi Islamic Republic of Iran tavasoli at iasbs dot ac dot ir
VU Van Luc Viet Nam
WANG Zhong People's Republic of China
WIAFE-AKENTEN John Ghana ustlib at ust dot gn dot apc dot org
YANG Guoguang People's Republic of China
ZHOU Jianying People's Republic of China
ZHOU Yueliang People's Republic of China
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Bruce Barefoot


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