The Americans thought he was a spy but he told them he

The Americans thought he was a spy but he told them he was just doing it for fun.”The OSI said in a statement: “It is unknown if any hacker actually read, copied or took any other action with the Korean files or any other sensitive data. The Korean files were on the Griffiths Air Force Base computer system and therefore they could have been accessed. It is our opinion that the hacker who accessed the Korean file system learned of its existence from a bulletin board system or another hacker. It is possible the hacker could have read the Korean files.”Scotland Yard’s Computer Crime Unit is able to prosecute the boy under the terms of the Computer Misuse Act, which allows for crimes committed overseas by Britons, to be dealt with in UK courts.

A spokesman confirmed that a report had been sent to the CPS.The Internet, designed in the 1960s by US Defence engineers to enable them to communicate quickly by computer, is now available to anyone who pays a small fee.. Frederick West had confessed to the murder of 12 women, including two of his daughters, but told police his wife was not involved, her solicitor claimed last night. Rosemary West, 41, is jointly charged with her husband with murdering nine of the dozen victims most of whom were recovered from the couple’s home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester.
The disclosure came as the controversy continued over the security procedures that allowed West, 53, a man who if found guilty would have become one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers, apparently to hang himself in his cell while awaiting trial. After a day of conflicting accounts, Derek Lewis, the head of the Prison Service, revealed last night that West had not been given high surveillance priority and was not checked every 15 minutes, despite claims by prison officers to the contrary.

Earlier in the day, the Home Office had refused to discuss West’s risk status.Mr Lewis told BBC Radio 4: “Mr West was not assessed as being a suicide risk at the time of his death and therefore such precautions were not in force.”He added that the decision was taken by the local staff and the medical team at the prison and rejected suggestions of ministerial involvement.Earlier the Government’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Judge Stephen Tumim, called for 24-hour surveillance of likely suicide victims and Labour demanded a review of how potentially dangerous inmates were supervised.As a police investigation into West’s death on Sunday at Winson Green prison, Birmingham, got under way, Judge Tumim said he had called for 24-hour observation of suicide risk prisoners in 1991, and said that West should have shared a cell. West’s solicitor, Tony Miles, added: “It inevitably raises important and fundamental questions as to the safety and security of prisoners and the res-ponsibility that the Home Office must take for the Prison Service.”Before Mr’s Lewis’s statement, John Bartell, general secretary of the Prison Officers Association, claimed that a decision had been taken some time ago to lift the special watch – 15-minute checks – on West, that he had been placed on when he was first brought into Winson Green.Mr Bartell added: “One would assume with a high-profile prisoner such as this that at least the minister would have been informed.”Leo Goatley, Mrs West’s solicitor, yesterday maintained that the case against his client had always been “flimsy” and was now “flimsier”.He said West initially insisted he knew nothing about the murders. “But when he was confronted with the reality of what was buried at Cromwell Street, he made a truthful and candid admission and that included a statement that Rose had nothing to do with it.”Further reports, page 3Leading article, page 13Paul Vallely, page 14. Chechen forces repulsed the Russian onslaught on Grozny for a third day yesterday as evidence mounted of an overwhelming political crisis for President Boris Yeltsin. The assault on the capital collapsed after Chechens, armed with machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades, beat off attempts to seize the presidency, symbol of the mostly Muslim republic’s three-year drive for independence.

The secessionist green, red and white flag was still flying atop the palace yesterday.
As night fell, Chechen soldiers attempted to encircle and wipe out three groups of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles in the east and west of Grozny.But Russian artillery and snipers poured fire on them and aircraft roared over the blacked- out city, bombing in the west. The pale orange of flares periodically lit up the sky.Twenty to thirty armoured vehicles were in a defensive circle near the House of Culture, about 15 near the tram station, and about 10 at the railway station. The city centre is devastated, with five-storey apartment buildings ripped apart, trees shreddedand the main square black from fire and explosions.Hundreds of Chechen soldiers patrolled openly, hunting down Russian snipers left behind by their retreating army. Soldiers, armed with assault rifles, grenades and the all-important anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades, could be seen in every neighbourhood. Chechen soldiers typically hunt tanks in groups of about 30, armed with 10 RPGs.The depth and ferocity of resistance appeared to surprise Russian authorities, whose claims of almost total victory on Sunday were replaced by more sober accounts of a tactical redeployment and admission yesterday that “several dozen” armoured vehicles had been lost in the assault. The Russian army launched a combined tank and air assault on New Year’s Eve, intending to make short work of paramilitary forces loyal to Dzhokhar Dudayev. But Mr Dudayev is still directing operations in a suburban bunker.Mr Yeltsin’s failure to end the revolt with minimum loss of life has cost him the sympathy of most liberal politicians and important sections of the armed forces.