‘Thousand-Hour’ Uncovers Foreign Intelligence Operations

His written confession letter was made in July, which the officer took to be a sign of Gilchalan’s serious commitment to cooperating with him.

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Ghassem Saberi Gilchalan

A 30-year-old law enforcement officer was tasked with extracting information from Ghasem Saberi Gilchalan, an Iranian national who has been convicted for passport fraud.

Meeting at a cafe in Jakarta in early December, the officer said that the information he had solicited from Gilchalan no longer concerned a counterfeit passport, but his activities in Indonesia that could be a threat to national security.