Irish Independent Tue July 14, 2003 FBI agent wanted to be debriefed under hypnosis  Diarmaid MacDermott THE chief witness against alleged Real IRA leader, Michael McKevitt, told the Special Criminal Court yesterday that he suggested hypnosis to get more information from his infiltration of dissident republicans.  FBI agent, David Rupert, said that he had raised the suggestion with the British Security Services because he felt that he was "losing" information and they said they would look at using hypnosis "if it was necessary".  Asked by defence counsel, Hugh Hartnett, if he had amnesia, Rupert replied: "No, not at all. It's a very long time and there are a lot of specifics. I don't have amnesia."  The court also heard that Rupert was paid over £276,000 sterling by the British security services between 1997 and 2002 on top of money from the FBI.  Rupert described meeting Assistant Garda Commissioner Dermot Jennings, who was then a Detective Chief Superintendent in charge of garda intelligence, in a van in Co Sligo shortly after leasing the Drowse Bar in Co Leitrim in 1996 and they talked about what he was doing.  Rupert said that he asked Assistant Commissioner Jennings about money and the garda officer said no.  "I was over here gathering information which I had been paid to do for the FBI. Now I was gathering information for An Garda Siochana and nobody had worked out how I was supposed to be paid," he said.  He agreed that he had reported to the British security service that Assistant Commissioner Jennings had said he did not care about terrorism in Northern Ireland, and that he was only interested in illegal activity in the Republic. He said he did not recall hearing that the officer was "shocked" and adamant that he never said such things.  It was the 17th day of the trial of Michael Mc Kevitt of Beech Park, Blackrock, Dundalk, Co Louth, who denies membership of the Real IRA between August 29, 1999, and March 28, 2001. He also denies directing the activities of the same organisation.