Intelligence
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- Background Briefing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 31 Oct 2001-- This is a background briefing to provide an overview, an update on unmanned aerial vehicles. And I have some of the smartest people in the world on these subjects. The idea here is that this will be as "senior defense officials." And here is -- for your information only, of course, here is the senior defense official who we will hear from first.
- DoD News Briefing, Wednesday, 31 Oct 2001 - 2:00 pm 31 October 2001
- ESPIONAGE ARREST VOA 24 Aug 2001-- A retired U-S Air Force sergeant has been charged with conspiracy to commit espionage while working at the super-secret National Reconnaissance office.
- Internet, Code Red, Security VOA 24 Aug 2001-- On this edition of Computer Digest: Faster Internet connections… And concerns about computer security
- U-S-China Plane VOA 24 Aug 2001-- The State Department says China has spurned a U-S offer to pay about 35-thousand dollars for costs associated with the April 1st emergency landing of a U-S Navy spy plane in China after its collision with a Chinese fighter jet. China has been seeking a million dollars in U-S compensation for the incident
- RUSSIA / TOBIN VOA 24 Aug 2001-- The father of an American student paroled last week after serving 6 months of a one year prison sentence in Russia on a drug charge says his son is looking forward to seeing his family
- RUSSIA / TOBIN VOA 24 Aug 2001-- A panel of Russian judges has ordered the early release of an American student who was serving time on drug charges, in a case that had strained U-S / Russian relations
- SPECIAL ENGLISH IN THE NEWS #492 New F-B-I Director VOA 24 Aug 2001-- America's Federal Bureau of Investigation has a new director. He is a former Marine who served with honors in the Vietnam War. On Thursday the Senate confirmed President Bush's choice of Robert Mueller to lead the F-B-I.
- U-S/PERU SHOOTDOWN INVESTIGATION VOA 24 Aug 2001-- A variety of errors and confusion including language barriers are being blamed for the accidental shoot down of a missionary plane over Peru last April that killed two Americans
- CHINA/ACADEMIC CHARGED VOA 24 Aug 2001-- The Chinese government is confirming that it has charged another Chinese-born, U-S academic with spying
- CODE RED FLOPS VOA 24 Aug 2001-- Internet computer experts say the much feared code red virus continues to spread.
- CHINA-US ACADEMIC VOA 24 Aug 2001-- A human rights group says Chinese authorities have charged another Chinese born American academic with harming state security
- CODE RED ALERT VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Internet users around the world are being warned to take precautions against what could be the most crippling computer virus to infect the World Wide Web.
- F-B-I NOMINEE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- President Bush's choice to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation says his top priority is to restore public confidence in an agency plagued by some high-profile mistakes in recent years. Robert Mueller made the comments during the opening of Senate confirmation hearings Monday
- CODE RED WORM VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Internet users around the world are being warned about the threat posed by an aggressive form of cyber-sabotage known as the "code red worm". Experts say it could cripple the world wide web if precautions are not taken
- CHINESE SCHOLARS VOA 31 Jul 2001-- On the eve of Sectary of State Colin Powell's first visit to China, the Beijing government has released a trio of U-S-based ethnic Chinese scholars. Two of them have arrived back in the United States and the third is believed to be on his way.
- BUSH/CODE TALKERS VOA 31 Jul 2001-- President Bush has honored a group of Native Americans whose complex language offered U-S military an unbreakable code that helped defeat Japan in World War Two. Mr. Bush bestowed the Congressional Gold Medal the nation's highest honor on surviving members of the so-called Navajo code talkers at a ceremony in U-S Congress
- CHINA-US CITIZEN RELEASE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- China has deported a U-S citizen who had been convicted of
spying.
- GAO TRIAL VOA 31 Jul 2001-- A U-S-based scholar is set to stand trial in Beijing for espionage next week, just days before a visit by U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell
- CHINA/U-S/SPY PLANE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- China has criticized the U-S Congress for rejecting its compensation claim for services provided after an American spy plane made an emergency landing in southern China in April
- F-B-I / SENATE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- U-S lawmakers are sharply criticizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation after the agency admitted that nearly 200 laptop computers and hundreds of its weapons were stolen or lost. It is the latest embarrassment for the F-B-I, which is still dealing with the aftermath of the arrest of agent Robert Hanssen on espionage charges earlier this year
- F-B-I CHALLENGES VOA 31 Jul 2001-- The Senate is expected to hold confirmation hearings in the next few weeks for President Bush's choice to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Last week, the president announced that veteran federal prosecutor Robert Mueller has agreed to head the F-B-I, a world famous crime-fighting agency that has weathered several embarrassing setbacks in recent years
- ESPIONAGE TODAY VOA 31 Jul 2001-- F-B-I agent Robert Hanssen is the latest in a series of spies who have been caught working for Russia and the former Soviet Union. How many more spies are there? How serious is the problem, and can it be remedied?
- HANSSEN PLEA VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Former veteran F-B-I agent Robert Hanssen has pleaded guilty to spying for Russia and the former Soviet Union, in a plea bargain agreement with federal prosecutors that will spare him the death penalty, but send him to jail for life
- The Senate is expected to hold confirmation hearings in the next few weeks for President Bush's choice to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Last week, the president announced that veteran federal prosecutor Robert Mueller has agreed to head the F-B-I, a world famous crime-fighting agency that has weathered several embarrassing setbacks in recent years VOA 31 Jul 2001-- United States officials say China has submitted an exaggerated bill of charges in connection with the incident in which a U-S E-P-3 surveillance plane made an emergency landing on China's Hainan Island
- CHINA / SPY PLANE RETURN VOA 31 Jul 2001-- The remains of a crippled U-S surveillance plane have been transported out of China in parts and are being flown back to the United States
- HANSSEN PLEA VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Accused U-S spy and former F-B-I agent Robert Hanssen has agreed to plead guilty to espionage charges in order to avoid the death penalty
- U.S. Russia: Does 'Spy Game' signal 'Reversion To Cold War?' Foreign Media Reactions 30 Mar 2001-- Overseas editorial concern that U.S.-Russian relations--already "fraying fast" over accumulated grievances on U.S. missile defense, U.S. scrutiny on Chechnya, and U.S. officials' comments on Russia's proliferation record--were on a downward spiral spiked in recent days, amid news of the "tit-for-tat spy expulsions." Whether the world was witnessing a Cold War redux or simply a further "chill" in U.S.-Russian ties was debated in papers from Russia to Europe, Asia and Latin America. Several voices in European capitals and Asia fretted about a "reversion to Cold War attitudes" between Washington and Moscow, which could have negative security repercussions in Europe with "Russia at its back" and in East Asia, if--as a Seoul writer put it--"the two nations struggle for hegemony" in that region. A larger group of commentators--some in leading papers in London, Paris and Germany--concluded that while "a chill wind may be blowing...that is still a long way from being a cold war." Russian media fell on both sides of the debate: Some lambasted the Bush team for "picking the road of confrontation" and "instilling the spirit of the Cold War." Others dismissed the idea of "Cold War-2," since "Russia cannot afford another Cold War" and the U.S., in their view, is more intent on ignoring Russia than confronting it. Overall, while editorials acknowledged that the "spy game" is played by both sides, several chastised the U.S., in particular, for giving Moscow "the cold shoulder" and treating Russia as a "second-rate" power.
