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### Viewing cable 09ATHENS683, GREEK LAW ENFORCEMENT FACES BIG HURDLES IN MEETING TERRORIST

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09ATHENS683 | 2009-04-28 14:27 | 2011-06-06 08:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Athens
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ATHENS 000683

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    E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/04/28
    TAGS: PTER ASEC ABLD PREL KCRM GR
    SUBJECT: GREEK LAW ENFORCEMENT FACES BIG HURDLES IN MEETING TERRORIST
    CHALLENGE

    REF: ATHENS 214; ATHENS 114

    CLASSIFIED BY: Daniel V. Speckhard, Ambassador; REASON: 1.4(B), (D)

    Summary
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    ¶1. (C) As domestic terrorist groups and violent anarchist gangs
    continue the heightened level of activity that they initiated
    following the December 2008 riots, Greek law enforcement is looking
    for help.  At the request of the Greek Ministry of Interior,
    Scotland Yard recently conducted an assessment that identified
    weaknesses ranging from the strategic (the lack of a Greek
    interagency counterterrorism plan) to the logistical (poor sharing
    of investigative resources between units) to the tactical
    (inadequate use of surveillance cameras).   Many of these
    shortcomings can be explained by Greek legislation, which severely
    constrains law enforcement, and by a political context in which
    leaders have an ingrained reluctance to support tougher law
    enforcement.  While we have found Greek law enforcement officials
    to be good partners in many cases, it is likely that their
    weaknesses in capacity and coordination increase the security
    threat faced by Embassy Athens and Americans in Greece.  End
    Summary.

    Reaching Out, Getting Tough Messages Back
    -----------------------------------------

    ¶2. (C) As post laid out in ref B in January, Greek law enforcement
    faces severe constraints in its ability to deal with the security
    challenges it faces from domestic terrorist organizations,
    increasingly violent anarchist gangs, and the huge and increasing
    influx of illegal aliens who use Greece as an entry point into the
    European Union.  In our own work with Greek law enforcement
    officers on specific cases, we have found them open to cooperation
    and eager to adopt advanced international practices where they can.
    There have been some success stories, most notably in the run-up to
    the 2004 Olympics, when the USG and others supported a significant
    training program that did increase the professional level of law
    enforcement.  But the riots late last year, which followed the
    accidental police shooting of a teenage protester and which law
    enforcement officers were unable (or not permitted) to contain,
    demonstrated the continued gulf between the size of the threat and
    the capacity of Greek law enforcement.  Since January, the news has
    not gotten any better.  As post has reported, terrorist groups both
    old and new have struck with increasing regularity, and
    anarchist-aligned gangs have become bolder in carrying out
    firebombings, daylight crowbar rampages in posh neighborhoods,
    arson, and other violence.  Banks, other businesses, and government
    facilities are the most common targets, but the attacks have
    recently branched out to include a number of churches in Athens and
    Thessaloniki April 9.  Law enforcement agencies, meanwhile, have
    been subjected to one public embarrassment after another, including
    leaked documents, prison escapes, and the February 4 shooting of a
    contract security guard outside the U.S. Ambassador's residence by
    an apparently deranged police officer.

    ¶3. (C) In response to growing concern over the level of violence,
    Constantinos Bitsios was brought into the position of Secretary
    General of the Ministry of Interior.  Previously the diplomatic
    advisor to Prime Minister Karamanlis, Bitsios is well-connected
    both within the government and with the international community,
    and he appears to have a mandate to improve the conduct of Greek
    law enforcement.  Bitsios has reached out to a number of Embassies
    for recommendations and assistance.  The most prominent response
    thus far has been from the British, who brought in Scotland Yard
    experts to conduct an assessment of Greece's counterterrorism
    posture.  The resulting report, shared with Bitsios and separately
    with us in late March, identifies weaknesses at a variety of
    levels.  It concludes that Greece lacks a "coordinated government
    CT strategy" and in particular lacks a media campaign to deliver
    key messages.  It notes that Greek legislation places far more
    constraints on investigations than is typical for European law
    enforcement agencies, including in the use of technical
    surveillance, access to financial and communications data, and
    biometric data.  It also identifies the existence of three
    different departments within the Greek police, who deal
    individually with international terrorism, domestic terrorism, and
    anarchist groups, without a plan for sharing of resources or
    information, as a key weakness in terms of operational activity.

    ¶4. (C) In briefing us on the report, British Embassy law
    enforcement liaison Kevin O'Shea said that although the British
    wanted to help Greek law enforcement where they could, they did not
    foresee Scotland Yard launching a long-term project as Greek press
    reports had suggested.  O'Shea said this was partly because of
    British budgetary constraints, but also because in his view most of
    the fundamental weaknesses in Greek law enforcement were grounded
    in legislation and unlikely to change in the short term.  Of the
    areas assessed, O'Shea predicted the British were most likely to
    end up working with the Greeks on an overall counterterrorism
    strategy.  The British have also stayed in close touch with us, the
    Dutch, and other countries the Greeks have approached, making
    practical suggestions such as encouraging the Dutch to look into
    supporting public prosecutor training.

    Lessons from the Past; Implications for the Future
    --------------------------------------------- -----

    ¶5. (SBU)  We have a relatively good working relationship with Greek
    law enforcement officials, and have found them open to new concepts
    and to working with us on specific cases in which there are U.S.
    interests.  We have provided different kinds of training at
    different times, although in many cases that training is now
    getting old.  The training before the 2004 Olympics, especially the
    1,450 Greek officers trained by DS/ATA from 2002 to 2004, had a
    significant impact, contributing to a substantial improvement in
    public views of law enforcement.  Even today, despite the ongoing
    difficulties, most Greeks would admit (even if grudgingly) that
    today's police force is better than that of a generation or two
    ago.  While we have not conducted police training on that scale
    since the Olympics, Embassy LEGAT has provided training to nearly
    200 police officers and 50 military personnel over the past 18
    months, most of them specifically in counterterrorism-related
    topics.  In the last year, DHS/ICE trained 120 Greek police,
    immigration, and customs officials in the areas of human
    trafficking, counterfeit document detection, and cyber crime.
    Since September 2008, DEA has trained about 300 Greek police, Coast
    Guard, and Special Control Service officials on undercover
    operations and related topics.

    ¶6. (C) Nevertheless, Greek law enforcement officials face legal,
    political, and organizational challenges that limit their ability
    to disrupt and roll up terrorist organizations.  For example, they
    have made no arrests of members of Revolutionary Struggle (RS), the
    group that launched the RPG at the Embassy in January 2007, and RS
    has been one of the leading participants in the latest round of
    violence.  These limitations have a number of consequences,
    including one of special concern to us: an increased security risk
    to the Mission.  We have not been targeted in recent violence,
    although some American companies (most notably Citibank) have been.
    Given the deep-seated anti-Americanism of the Greek far left, and
    these groups' past targeting of the U.S., the danger that they will
    turn their sights to us is very real.  The current generation of
    Greek terrorists has thus far managed to avoid any significant
    arrests; they may believe they can act with impunity.  Unless Greek
    law enforcement is able to break up some of these groups at this
    stage, we and other potential targets in Greece will face a
    continuously more skilled and extensive terrorist threat.

    ¶7. (SBU) As outlined in ref A, post recommends re-starting a DS/ATA
    program, as was done prior to the 2004 Olympics, to strengthen the
    capacity of Greek law enforcement bodies to deal with the
    significant threats they faces and which also threaten U.S.
    interests.  It would begin with an assessment of Greece's
    counterterrorism needs, and subsequent training would focus on such
    areas as SWAT, explosive ordnance demolition (EOD), political
    violence, hostage negotiations, and major case management.

    SPECKHARD

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