Steve Koski
New member
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRIDAY, JULY 02, 1999 18:22:45 ET XXXXX
FORMER U.S. OFFICIAL CHOSEN TO HEAD WORLD POLICE
A former U.S. law enforcement official on Friday was chosen as the lead candidate to head
Interpol, the global law enforcement organization.
Ron Noble, former Treasury undersecretary for enforcement, was named during an executive
session at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France.
Noble, 42, best known as the chief investigator of the failed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms raid on the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas, is the only person the
United States has ever nominated to head Interpol in the 75-year history of the organization.
Attorney General Janet Reno personally picked Noble for the position.
The move marks a shift in U.S. policy, and comes as American's celebrate Independence Day.
Until recently, American federal law enforcement agencies have not played an active role in
Interpol.
Founded in 1923, the International Criminal Police Organization [Interpol], using the resources
of law enforcement agencies in 177 member countries, acts as a global clearinghouse for
information on crime threats.
The organization cannot make arrests, but it does issue "red notices." Those notices are
honored by 135 countries that arrest suspects solely on the basis of a "red notice" with no
further information. The USA, however, does not currently honor Interpol's red notices.
"Interpol is a great law enforcement organization, but at the turn of the century, with
technology taking off by leaps and bounds, it is at a crossroads," Noble told USA TODAY in a
recent interview.
"You can move from country to country in hours, and from a communications and business
perspective, you can move at the speed of light with the advent of the Internet. Interpol is
the one organization that can help in getting the right people together and coordinating and
fighting crime in those areas."
FORMER U.S. OFFICIAL CHOSEN TO HEAD WORLD POLICE
A former U.S. law enforcement official on Friday was chosen as the lead candidate to head
Interpol, the global law enforcement organization.
Ron Noble, former Treasury undersecretary for enforcement, was named during an executive
session at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France.
Noble, 42, best known as the chief investigator of the failed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms raid on the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas, is the only person the
United States has ever nominated to head Interpol in the 75-year history of the organization.
Attorney General Janet Reno personally picked Noble for the position.
The move marks a shift in U.S. policy, and comes as American's celebrate Independence Day.
Until recently, American federal law enforcement agencies have not played an active role in
Interpol.
Founded in 1923, the International Criminal Police Organization [Interpol], using the resources
of law enforcement agencies in 177 member countries, acts as a global clearinghouse for
information on crime threats.
The organization cannot make arrests, but it does issue "red notices." Those notices are
honored by 135 countries that arrest suspects solely on the basis of a "red notice" with no
further information. The USA, however, does not currently honor Interpol's red notices.
"Interpol is a great law enforcement organization, but at the turn of the century, with
technology taking off by leaps and bounds, it is at a crossroads," Noble told USA TODAY in a
recent interview.
"You can move from country to country in hours, and from a communications and business
perspective, you can move at the speed of light with the advent of the Internet. Interpol is
the one organization that can help in getting the right people together and coordinating and
fighting crime in those areas."