Sir, The failure to find any trace of Madeleine McCann rightly troubles millions
of us, in the UK and in continental Europe. No one can now doubt the urgent need
to have hard, fact-based evidence to replace the rumour and innuendo so far
being pushed.
One important, but apparently unused, means of securing it could be the UK’s
intelligence community, in particular a little-known agency, JARIC, the Joint
Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, based at RAF Brampton.
JARIC is a world leader in analysing CCTV, aerial and satellite imagery,
collected from all over the world. It should be ordered both to overfly the
target area of Praia da Luz immediately and collect any aerial imagery of it
that can be found, dating back to May 2, 2007 (the day before Madeleine went
missing), as well as any images that may be extant. It should also be instructed
to examine any satellite images of the target zone for the period after May 2.
It is perfectly possible that the European Commission’s satellites which track
fishing boats may also be able to shed light on Madeleine’s fate. JARIC will
quickly tell us.
JARIC cannot task itself; it must receive its instructions from the Prime
Minister or from the Ministry of Defence. They should instruct JARIC and its
other colleagues in the British intelligence community to intervene at once.
PROFESSOR ANTHONY GLEES
Director, Brunel University
Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies
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