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Norway Norway - Arjen Kamphuis, 47, Dutch citizen, Bodø, 20 Aug 2018
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thanks for update Food4Thought, there are posted a few timelines in the forum, might be easier if it was listed early but the search feature also works, a bit more to read though
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21st of October 2018 at. 7:15 p.m.
Parliament again about satellites
Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen must again answer the Storting on military satellite cooperation for the northern regions between Norway and the United States. Stortingsrepresentant Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes from SV requires the defense minister to respond in writing in the event of a conflict between the United States and another country at the risk of the Norwegian satellites and base stations being brought into conflict.
NRK revealed this summer that the Storting approved the satellite project without the Storting knowing the defense ministry's talks with the Pentagon over two years.
A planned base station must be in Tromsø.
Stortinget igjen om satellitter
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Parliament again about satellites
Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen must again answer the Storting on military satellite cooperation for the northern regions between Norway and the United States. Stortingsrepresentant Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes from SV requires the defense minister to respond in writing in the event of a conflict between the United States and another country at the risk of the Norwegian satellites and base stations being brought into conflict.
NRK revealed this summer that the Storting approved the satellite project without the Storting knowing the defense ministry's talks with the Pentagon over two years.
A planned base station must be in Tromsø.
Stortinget igjen om satellitter
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And if you click the link about NRK :
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The parliament approved satellite cooperation with the United States - without knowing about it
On Monday, the Storting provided a billion guarantee to the satellite project, without knowledge of cooperation with the US Department of Defense. Opposition parties in the Storting refuse the government and request information.
Norway and the United States agree that two Norwegian state-owned satellites in Polar Lane from 2022 should be equipped with US specially developed military sensors. These will provide US military forces - nuclear submarines, ships, aircraft and drones - a closed and secured broadband connection in all areas north of the Arctic Circle."
!) And check this (published & updated) date out!! >>Publisert 6. juni kl. 19:03 Oppdatert 20. aug. kl. 12:14
to my knowledge Arjen cancelled his vacation from Spitburgen to Bodo,exact date unknown,but if it is after June,6..well
The day at his disappearance>>this article was updated!
!) Polar
!) Twitter Bård Wormdal (@BrdWormdal) | Twitter Award-winning journalist. Author two books military intelligence, The Satellite War - a US radar in Norway made for attack of satellites, and Spionbasen 2015
I can not acces twitter ,right now...but wouldnt it be odd,..if Arjen isn't following this journalist..or other way around?!
"
The parliament approved satellite cooperation with the United States - without knowing about it
On Monday, the Storting provided a billion guarantee to the satellite project, without knowledge of cooperation with the US Department of Defense. Opposition parties in the Storting refuse the government and request information.
Norway and the United States agree that two Norwegian state-owned satellites in Polar Lane from 2022 should be equipped with US specially developed military sensors. These will provide US military forces - nuclear submarines, ships, aircraft and drones - a closed and secured broadband connection in all areas north of the Arctic Circle."
!) And check this (published & updated) date out!! >>Publisert 6. juni kl. 19:03 Oppdatert 20. aug. kl. 12:14
to my knowledge Arjen cancelled his vacation from Spitburgen to Bodo,exact date unknown,but if it is after June,6..well
The day at his disappearance>>this article was updated!
!) Polar
!) Twitter Bård Wormdal (@BrdWormdal) | Twitter Award-winning journalist. Author two books military intelligence, The Satellite War - a US radar in Norway made for attack of satellites, and Spionbasen 2015
I can not acces twitter ,right now...but wouldnt it be odd,..if Arjen isn't following this journalist..or other way around?!
OK,back to the beginning, August 20th!!!!!!!We need to narrow this time!!!!!!
Arjen could have read the update,wich update is made on that article is unclear.
Because he checks out with Luggage,after 12.00!!! at 14.00 from the hotel, and arrivés around 17.30 Rognan Station.
What or wich time/train did he took from Bodø station?
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Hi all, please make sure you are linking to MSM or LE type sources only. Individuals' posts on Twitter or any other social media forum are not allowed unless posted by an MSM journalist page. Information from personal friends or acquaintances is also considered rumor and not to be discussed. Thank you.
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Here is a 4th scenario as to what might have happened to Arjen (so I'm not saying that it has happened!):
- Arjen was planning to travel to Spitsberg / Svalbard
- Russians have free access to Svalbard
- Ethnic groups consist of Norwegian 59.8%, Russian and Ukrainian 20.4% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_sv.html
- Languages are: Norwegian and Russian https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_sv.html
- Barentzburg is the second-largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 500 inhabitants (2007), almost entirely Russians and Ukrainians. Barentsburg - Wikipedia
- In other words: Svalbard is actually a hole in the boundaries between Russia and Europe and facilitates physical contact with Russians without having to travel to Russia
- What if: The secret services knew Arjens background and knew about the Dutch-OPCW-Russian spies stuff. And with Trident Juncture on the way they didn't want any snooping around.
- What if the Norwegian / NATO intelligence services impeded Arjen to go to Svalbard and intercepted him at Bodo? If I'm not mistaken, his journey to Spitsberg was cancelled 1 day before. Was that done in Norway or was it done in NL?
- So, either Arjen got stuck in Bodo and couldn't travel further up North
- Or perhaps he was even apprehended and replaced by a look-alike* (a look-alike also replaced Kashogghi, so no, you don't need to have much imagination)
- Arjen was "placed in quarantine" and taken down South (Vikesa, military area), to be released after Trident Juncture
- The kayak accident was staged
* That would explain why no one ever saw him in Bodo or at the hotel, except for the receptionists while checking in and out.
- Arjen was planning to travel to Spitsberg / Svalbard
- Russians have free access to Svalbard
- Ethnic groups consist of Norwegian 59.8%, Russian and Ukrainian 20.4% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_sv.html
- Languages are: Norwegian and Russian https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_sv.html
- Barentzburg is the second-largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 500 inhabitants (2007), almost entirely Russians and Ukrainians. Barentsburg - Wikipedia
- In other words: Svalbard is actually a hole in the boundaries between Russia and Europe and facilitates physical contact with Russians without having to travel to Russia
- What if: The secret services knew Arjens background and knew about the Dutch-OPCW-Russian spies stuff. And with Trident Juncture on the way they didn't want any snooping around.
- What if the Norwegian / NATO intelligence services impeded Arjen to go to Svalbard and intercepted him at Bodo? If I'm not mistaken, his journey to Spitsberg was cancelled 1 day before. Was that done in Norway or was it done in NL?
- So, either Arjen got stuck in Bodo and couldn't travel further up North
- Or perhaps he was even apprehended and replaced by a look-alike* (a look-alike also replaced Kashogghi, so no, you don't need to have much imagination)
- Arjen was "placed in quarantine" and taken down South (Vikesa, military area), to be released after Trident Juncture
- The kayak accident was staged
* That would explain why no one ever saw him in Bodo or at the hotel, except for the receptionists while checking in and out.
If he was traveling to Svalbard, it is no reason to stop in Bodø. The normal way is flight from Oslo to Tromsø or in last instance a flight from Trondheim that have a short stop in Bodø before it goes further up north to Tromsø.
So in other words why go to Bodø if he was om his way to Tromsø where the only other possibility to go to Svalbard by flight is?
So in other words why go to Bodø if he was om his way to Tromsø where the only other possibility to go to Svalbard by flight is?
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He wasn't stuck in Bodø. Why would he have been? and why do you think that?
Could not use the kayak in Svalbard, that is probably why he did not go there. In Bodø he made day trips in the area, this was determined by his phone movements.
Could not use the kayak in Svalbard, that is probably why he did not go there. In Bodø he made day trips in the area, this was determined by his phone movements.
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Well actually seems a better recommended to kayak there then in Bodø or Rognan
Svalbard Kayak Expedition: 7 days in Isfjorden - Svalbard Wildlife Expeditions
Also am wondering about what phone movements? Cant remember seeing any of this,except the MSM from his phone on August,30th
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Yes, but the flight to Tromsø only stops for a few Minutes in Bodø to fill fuel and get the passengers to and from Bodø out and on..The other passengers are not going out so that doesn't rhyme.. Nobody is going to be stuck in Bodø in August against their will if they have payed the tickets or are drunk... In the winter it is another story..
And if he was taken out from the plane in Bodø against his will somebody would have noticed...
Yes, but the flight to Tromsø only stops for a few Minutes in Bodø to fill fuel and get the passengers to and from Bodø out and on..The other passengers are not going out so that doesn't rhyme.. Nobody is going to be stuck in Bodø in August against their will if they have payed the tickets or are drunk... In the winter it is another story..
And if he was taken out from the plane in Bodø against his will somebody would have noticed...
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Stuck as in: he didn't get to travel further on to Tromsø - Svalbard.
Not stuck as in: he couldn't move around in Bodø.
It's just an idea.
I wasn't thinking of a flight to Bodø, but by train from Trondheim to Bodø. A stop in Bodø, and then someone might have stopped him to travel further on to Tromsø - Svalbard. Since there are so many secret service agents in Bodø ...
But it's just an idea. There is no proof and I certainly can't investigate this idea.
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Investigation into the very mysterious disappearance of a Dutch hacker
Last August, Arjen Kamphuis literally disappeared from the radar. This computer expert was supposed to spend a holiday on his own in Norway. Since then his friends, the police have been looking for him, without success. Le Monde [ paywall ] is dedicating an incredible investigation to him. Behind the investigation, the portrait of an atypical character emerges.
Behind his thin glasses, Arjen Kamphuis' fine eyes smile gently. Her long blond hair pulled backwards. And his giant stature. Above the picture, in red letters, this word: MISSING
Arjen Kamphuis mysteriously disappeared on August 20. He was last seen in Bodø , a modern port at the entrance to a Norwegian fjord. His best friend: Ancilla, as she presents herself on Twitter, posted the notice on August 31. Friends, colleagues, family are very, very worried: Arjen Kamphuis is a great hiking enthusiast, he had gone on holiday to Spitsbergen and had brought a kayak, although he had never used one before.
In the days that followed, the press picked up on the disappearance of Arjen Kamphuis. He is presented as an associate of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. Quickly, on the net, the conspiracy machine gets carried away: if someone close to Assange has vanished, he must necessarily have been kidnapped by the American secret services.
Is the hypothesis credible? Not according to his relatives. In its investigation, Le Monde went to meet Arjen Kamphuis' friends. His best friend Ancilla: Linde Van Leest of her real name (32 years old). Former playmate, especially for fetishist magazines, converted to politics. She was the head of the list for the Pirate Party in the last Dutch elections. A friend of his: Jos Weijers, Quadra computer scientist by day, hacker by night. His colleagues: two former NSA employees, partners of the start-up they co-founded.
All of them affirm that Arjen Kamphuis is not a close associate of Julian Assange. Even if he's actually met him before. His secret activity (since he does have one) is to help and train journalists who need it to secure their data. Especially in war zones. He regularly goes on a secret mission. "Where bullets meet bits," he writes on his Twitter account.
What happened on August 20? From the testimonies of friends and the investigation, several points emerged. Arjen Kamphuis never went to Spitsbergen. He spent 10 days in two hotels in Bodø, 1200 km from there, on the mainland. He had bought a plane ticket to return to Amsterdam on August 22nd from Trondheim... 700 km down South. A flight he never took.
On August 20, Arjen Kamphuis left his hotel and took the train to the bottom of the fjord in Rognan, 85 km away. His phone pinged in the area and the train controller remembers his luggage that was blocking the corridor.
On September 11, (not far from there) a fisherman finds a bag containing the missing person's passport, credit card and money.
The same day, the famous kayak was discovered on land on one side of the fjord. The luggage, however, cannot be found.
The fjords and surrounding mountains have been checked by the Norwegian police. His friends note that the kayak was found near the town of Fauske, "facing a very special mountainous peninsula, since it houses a Norwegian station for intercepting satellite signals and detecting electronic signatures from planes and ships. This station, which belongs to the Norwegian intelligence services and may work for NATO, is not clandestine - the three white domes containing the interception devices are visible from afar - but discretion reigns over the exact nature of its activities," Le Monde wrote.
"On the same bank of the fjord, in Reitan, between Bodø and Fauske, there is another strategic installation, hidden in an underground gallery: the Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Headquarters, which includes a cyber defence centre." (*)
For Arjen Kamphuis' friends, the man cannot have been there simply to hike. These installations encapsulate everything he is passionate about.
On September 20, the searches were abandoned but a new lead appeared later on.
On August 30, ten days after his disappearance, Arjen Kamphuis' phone connected to three relays in southern Norway, 1,600 kilometres from Bodo.
The phone was "circulating" at high speed. Maybe he was on a train. Once switched on, the device loaded the SMS messages and waiting messages. Then, after 20 minutes, a German SIM card was inserted, this model can contain two cards.
And then Arjen Kamphuis' phone disappeared again.
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* There is a place called Reitan 800 kms south of Bodø, and even south of Trondheim. I cannot find a place called Reitan between Bodø and Fauske.
This article of RTBF is a summary of the report in Le Monde that is behind a paywall.
I like the snippet about Arjen's luggage blocking the corridor in the train. That must have been a lot of luggage. Where did it go? and did it all fit in the kayak?
Last August, Arjen Kamphuis literally disappeared from the radar. This computer expert was supposed to spend a holiday on his own in Norway. Since then his friends, the police have been looking for him, without success. Le Monde [ paywall ] is dedicating an incredible investigation to him. Behind the investigation, the portrait of an atypical character emerges.
Behind his thin glasses, Arjen Kamphuis' fine eyes smile gently. Her long blond hair pulled backwards. And his giant stature. Above the picture, in red letters, this word: MISSING
Arjen Kamphuis mysteriously disappeared on August 20. He was last seen in Bodø , a modern port at the entrance to a Norwegian fjord. His best friend: Ancilla, as she presents herself on Twitter, posted the notice on August 31. Friends, colleagues, family are very, very worried: Arjen Kamphuis is a great hiking enthusiast, he had gone on holiday to Spitsbergen and had brought a kayak, although he had never used one before.
In the days that followed, the press picked up on the disappearance of Arjen Kamphuis. He is presented as an associate of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. Quickly, on the net, the conspiracy machine gets carried away: if someone close to Assange has vanished, he must necessarily have been kidnapped by the American secret services.
Is the hypothesis credible? Not according to his relatives. In its investigation, Le Monde went to meet Arjen Kamphuis' friends. His best friend Ancilla: Linde Van Leest of her real name (32 years old). Former playmate, especially for fetishist magazines, converted to politics. She was the head of the list for the Pirate Party in the last Dutch elections. A friend of his: Jos Weijers, Quadra computer scientist by day, hacker by night. His colleagues: two former NSA employees, partners of the start-up they co-founded.
All of them affirm that Arjen Kamphuis is not a close associate of Julian Assange. Even if he's actually met him before. His secret activity (since he does have one) is to help and train journalists who need it to secure their data. Especially in war zones. He regularly goes on a secret mission. "Where bullets meet bits," he writes on his Twitter account.
What happened on August 20? From the testimonies of friends and the investigation, several points emerged. Arjen Kamphuis never went to Spitsbergen. He spent 10 days in two hotels in Bodø, 1200 km from there, on the mainland. He had bought a plane ticket to return to Amsterdam on August 22nd from Trondheim... 700 km down South. A flight he never took.
On August 20, Arjen Kamphuis left his hotel and took the train to the bottom of the fjord in Rognan, 85 km away. His phone pinged in the area and the train controller remembers his luggage that was blocking the corridor.
On September 11, (not far from there) a fisherman finds a bag containing the missing person's passport, credit card and money.
The same day, the famous kayak was discovered on land on one side of the fjord. The luggage, however, cannot be found.
The fjords and surrounding mountains have been checked by the Norwegian police. His friends note that the kayak was found near the town of Fauske, "facing a very special mountainous peninsula, since it houses a Norwegian station for intercepting satellite signals and detecting electronic signatures from planes and ships. This station, which belongs to the Norwegian intelligence services and may work for NATO, is not clandestine - the three white domes containing the interception devices are visible from afar - but discretion reigns over the exact nature of its activities," Le Monde wrote.
"On the same bank of the fjord, in Reitan, between Bodø and Fauske, there is another strategic installation, hidden in an underground gallery: the Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Headquarters, which includes a cyber defence centre." (*)
For Arjen Kamphuis' friends, the man cannot have been there simply to hike. These installations encapsulate everything he is passionate about.
On September 20, the searches were abandoned but a new lead appeared later on.
On August 30, ten days after his disappearance, Arjen Kamphuis' phone connected to three relays in southern Norway, 1,600 kilometres from Bodo.
The phone was "circulating" at high speed. Maybe he was on a train. Once switched on, the device loaded the SMS messages and waiting messages. Then, after 20 minutes, a German SIM card was inserted, this model can contain two cards.
And then Arjen Kamphuis' phone disappeared again.
BBM
* There is a place called Reitan 800 kms south of Bodø, and even south of Trondheim. I cannot find a place called Reitan between Bodø and Fauske.
This article of RTBF is a summary of the report in Le Monde that is behind a paywall.
I like the snippet about Arjen's luggage blocking the corridor in the train. That must have been a lot of luggage. Where did it go? and did it all fit in the kayak?
Reitan is ca. 25 km from Bodø centrum on the way to Fauske, it is not much beside a couple of houses and the military centre.. Next year it will be a train station with stop on the local train there too, to get there you have to take the bus to/from Fauske or drive... You find a map here on their facebook: FOH Reitan - Bodø, Norway - Military Base | Facebook
It is not much space for luggage on the local trains and no place dedicated to luggage so bikes, larger bags and so on is normally blocking the corridor... Last time I took train it was a couple of large bags and a bike in the corridor and it was not easy to walk to the next room...
It is not much space for luggage on the local trains and no place dedicated to luggage so bikes, larger bags and so on is normally blocking the corridor... Last time I took train it was a couple of large bags and a bike in the corridor and it was not easy to walk to the next room...
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Thanks Lorrie, the place did not make it to google maps when I looked it up.
Still wondering what is the point of taking a train to Rognan, if you want to go to Fauske or even to Reitan. Doesn't make sense to go all the way back with all that luggage if you can also take a bus from Bodø.
IMHO, on August 20, Arjen Kamphuis took the train to Rognan because he wanted to go to Rognan, and not because he wanted to go to Fauske or Reitan, two locations that he might have visited with ease already while he was staying in Bodø if he had wanted to do so.
Get a good bloodhound and follow his tracks from Rognan Station!
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Thank you Zazara and Lorrie,
You can find a map and some information on Reitan, on page 5, #99 and page 24 #467.
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Forsvarets Operative Hovedkvarter (FOH) - PDF
Before the security centre of Reitan was stationed between Bodo and Fauske (2009), it had been stationed near or at Stavanger.
You can find a map and some information on Reitan, on page 5, #99 and page 24 #467.
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Page 24:
Forsvarets Operative Hovedkvarter (FOH) - PDF
Before the security centre of Reitan was stationed between Bodo and Fauske (2009), it had been stationed near or at Stavanger.
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Hello @Family of Arjen, I see that you haven't been around here for a while. Perhaps you are still reading? I hope you are.
Things have become very quiet about Arjen. There was a publication in Le Monde that we cannot read and of course we would like to. Well, I sure would.
I was wondering about the idea that family and friends have when it comes to the direction of the search. My impression from the outside and from afar is that they rely heavily on the phones that pinged. And perhaps they are waiting fot those phones to connect to the net again. As far as we are aware, the phones have not pinged again.
Is that correct?
You may have noticed *cough* that I am a supporter of feet on the ground and of searches with specialised dogs. I would plan these searches in Rognan and retrace Arjen's steps there. I would also search with dogs in Rogaland, where he was possibly seen.
Also, I'd take a few steps back and trace his steps between the hotel and the railway station. What did he do with himself all his luggage between leaving the hotel at 2 o'clock and boarding the train 2.5 hours later?
That is quite a lot of work, and someone has to do it. IMHO Arjen is worth it.
Things have become very quiet about Arjen. There was a publication in Le Monde that we cannot read and of course we would like to. Well, I sure would.
I was wondering about the idea that family and friends have when it comes to the direction of the search. My impression from the outside and from afar is that they rely heavily on the phones that pinged. And perhaps they are waiting fot those phones to connect to the net again. As far as we are aware, the phones have not pinged again.
Is that correct?
You may have noticed *cough* that I am a supporter of feet on the ground and of searches with specialised dogs. I would plan these searches in Rognan and retrace Arjen's steps there. I would also search with dogs in Rogaland, where he was possibly seen.
Also, I'd take a few steps back and trace his steps between the hotel and the railway station. What did he do with himself all his luggage between leaving the hotel at 2 o'clock and boarding the train 2.5 hours later?
That is quite a lot of work, and someone has to do it. IMHO Arjen is worth it.
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