Current Investigations
- Special investigator raps Berlin's probe of CIA flights IRNA 30 Apr 2008
- Background Briefing with Senior U.S. Officials on Syria's Covert Nuclear Reactor and North Korea's Involvement DNI 24 Apr 2008
- US Lawmakers Criticize Bush Admin. Over Intelligence on Syria VOA 27 Apr 2008 -- US legislators are criticizing the Bush admin. for only recently disclosing intelligence it had about an alleged secret Syrian nuclear reactor
- Man Arrested for Disclosing National Defense Information to Israel US Department of Justice 22 Apr 2008
- Former US Army Engineer Accused of Spying for Israel VOA 22 Apr 2008 -- A former U.S. Army engineer has been arrested and accused of passing American military secrets to Israel during the 1980s
- US lawmakers, Russia & Litvinenko case RIA Novosti 02 Apr 2008 -- The US House of Rep. endorsed a resolution that urges the Kremlin to aid Britain in the investigation into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.
Intelligence Reform
- Justice Dept, Congress & Interrogation Techniques VOA 27 Apr 2008 -- The US Justice Dept has sent correspondence to Congress which defends the use of controversial interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects.
- Pentagon Reviews Policy of Videotaping Interrogations VOA 13 Mar 2008
- Bush, Democrats Clash Again Over Surveillance Law VOA 13 Mar 2008
- Bush: House Version of Terrorist Surveillance Bill Would Undermine Security VOA 13 Mar 2008 -- Pres. Bush says a terrorist surveillance bill now being considered in the US House of Rep. is dangerous to national security
- 556th becomes newest UAS squadron AFPN 11 Mar 2008
- President Bush Vetoes Waterboarding Ban VOA 08 Mar 2008 -- Pres. Bush vetoed legislation that would have limited CIA interrogation techniques
- Bush Urges US Congress to Pass Surveillance Bill VOA 28 Feb 2008
- Background Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on FISA The White House 26 Feb 2008
- Bush: Congress Must Act Now to Protect US VOA 23 Feb 2008 -- Bush says Congress' failure to reauthorize a wiretapping law is irresponsible
- Bush Administration Pressures for Surveillance Law VOA 17 Feb 2008
Operations
- US, UK Reaper ops combined in Afghanistan AFPN 08 May 2008
- April Aerial Espionage Committed against DPRK KCNA 01 May 2008
- US & torture of Afghan prisoners RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2008 -- The ACLU said it has obtained DoD documents that confirm the US ignored the use of torture by special forces in the interrogation of Afghani prisoners.
- Predator mishap occurs on Balad runway AFPN 04 Apr 2008
- New Intelligence Report Says Iraq Situation Improving VOA 04 Apr 2008
- US & ROK March Air Espionage Against DPRK KNCA 01 Apr 2008
- CIA Chief Says Al-Qaida Found Safe Haven in Pakistan VOA 30 Mar 2008
- Ex-CIA agent: German officials told of abductions IRNA 12 Mar 2008
Foreign Intelligence
- Afghanistan: 2 Iranians Detained On Suspicions Of Spying RFE/RL 07 May 2008 -- Two Iranian men have been detained in Afghanistan in separate incidents on suspicion of spying near NATO and Afghan military installations.
- Berlin & scandal over spying on Afghan minister IRNA 25 Apr 2008 -- The German govt played down a scandal involving allegations that its foreign intelligence agency eavesdropped on the Afghan Trade & Industry Minister
- Israel's Shin Bet Admits It Held Palestinian Suspects' Relatives as Pressure Tactic to Win Confessions VOA 14 Apr 2008
- German suspected of spying for Russia pleads guilty RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2008 -- German national Werner Franz G., 44, accused by German prosecutors of spying for Russia, has pleaded guilty
