Timeline of the Jovica Stanisic case
LA Times
March 1, 2009
Jovica Stanisic
A chronology of events in the case of the Serbian spy chief
Born: July 30, 1950
April 1991: Stanisic and others in Serbian intelligence allegedly oversee establishment of "special units," paramilitary groups later accused of atrocities against Bosnians and Croats.
1991: Special units allegedly "committed crimes in and attacked and took control of towns and villages" in Serb autonomous regions in Croatia.
1992: First meeting with CIA; begins clandestine cooperation with agency; turns over blueprints of bunkers built by Serb companies in Iraq.
March 1992 to 1995: Special units allegedly "committed crimes in and attacked and took control of towns and villages in the municipalities of Bijeljina, Bosanski Samac, Doboj, Sanski Most, Zvornik." Simultaneously, Stanisic cooperates with CIA, providing information on Milosevic regime and conveying communications from the U.S. to his boss.
May-June 1995: Stanisic negotiates release of 388 U.N. hostages being held by Serb Republic in Bosnia.
June-July 1995: Stanisic orders Scorpions to Serb-controlled territory near Sarajevo. Scorpions capture Muslim men and boys fleeing Srebrenica. Scorpions take six male refugees into woods and execute them, videotaping the killings.
November 1995: Attends Dayton peace conference in the United States with Milosevic.
December 1995: Aids CIA in setting up clandestine bases in Bosnia to monitor cease-fire.
February 1996: Visits CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Meets with Director John Deutch, deputy George Tenet.
July 1996: Stanisic is sent to Pale to get Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to quit his position and withdraw from politics.
October 1998: Amid suspicions that he has become too close to the CIA, Stanisic is fired by Milosevic.
March-June 2003: Stanisic is arrested in Belgrade and transferred to The Hague.
2004: U.S. government submits CIA document to The Hague listing actions taken by Stanisic to help the West and defuse crisis in Balkans.
May-June 2008: Trial is adjourned; Stanisic is granted provisional release to seek medical treatment in Serbia.
Sources: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia case information sheet; CIA sources; account Stanisic wrote in prison in October 2003
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