2004 Intelligence News

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December

Center for Cryptology Offers Tailored Waterfront Training Navy NewsStand 30 Dec 2004 -- In October, The Center for Cryptology Corry Station initiated a new training program for sea-based cryptologic technicians (CT), specifically tailored to individual strengths and weaknesses, in the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Strike Group (CSG), homeported in Norfolk, Va., and the USS Boxer (LHD 4) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) in San Diego.
Report: Fire caused Predator crash AFPN 29 Dec 2004 -- A fire caused an MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to crash while supporting operations near Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Aug. 17, according to an Air Force report released Dec. 29.
U.S. Energy Department Database Locates Tsunami Victims Washington File 28 Dec 2004 -- Relief agencies working to help victims of the December 26 tsunamis in the Indian Ocean are using a demographic database developed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee.
US INTELLIGENCE / CHINA VOA 28 Dec 2004 -- Challenges and shortcomings in the U.S. intelligence system made headlines this year, as President Bush signed into law the intelligence system's largest overhaul in decades. The solutions may be new, but problems in intelligence gathering are old. Recently declassified documents show American intelligence had difficulties obtaining accurate information during the Cold War, especially when the target was Communist China.
Intelligence Reform Law Encourages U.S. Engagement in Mideast Washington File 23 Dec 2004 -- A newly enacted law that overhauls the U.S. intelligence community contains provisions requiring the United States to commit to a long-term and sustainable investment in promoting engagement throughout predominantly Muslim countries.
Intelligence Law Contains Enhanced Border Security Provisions Washington File 20 Dec 2004 -- A newly enacted law overhauling the U.S. intelligence system includes provisions to strengthen border security, track and curtail terrorist travel, and increase criminal penalties for terrorist crimes.
First cryptography lab inaugurated IRNA 19 Dec 2004 -- First cryptography and security systems laboratory was inaugurated on Sunday in Science and Industry University.
Ariane Rocket Launched with Seven Satellites VOA News 18 Dec 2004 -- An Ariane rocket has lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, carrying seven satellites, including at least one that is to gather intelligence for France's military.
Burma Dismantles Military Intelligence Unit VOA News 19 Dec 2004 -- Burma's military junta has begun to dismantle a military intelligence unit formerly headed by disgraced Prime Minister Khin Nyunt.
Bush Signs Intelligence Reform Bill Into Law AFPS 17 Dec 2004 -- President Bush today signed into law a bill designed to improve coordination and effectiveness among the nation's various intelligence networks.
Mission of U.S. Intelligence Community Is Diverse Washington File 17 Dec 2004 -- The post of national intelligence director established by the new intelligence reform law will oversee a federation of executive branch agencies and organizations working separately and together. Following is a fact sheet on those organizations and their operations, as prepared by the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs.
History of Intelligence Reform Reflects Past Contingencies Washington File 17 Dec 2004 -- Established in 1947 to prevent another Pearl Harbor-like sneak attack on the United States, the U.S. intelligence community is about to undergo the most sweeping overhaul since its inception as the result of another surprise assault: the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Bush Signs Intelligence Reform Legislation Washington File 17 Dec 2004 -- President Bush has signed legislation that will dramatically change the nation's intelligence-gathering system and strengthen efforts to thwart the threat of terrorism.
BUSH INTELLIGENCE VOA 17 Dec 2004 -- President Bush has signed into law sweeping changes to U.S. intelligence operations, including a new Director of National Intelligence. The changes follow recommendations from a bi-partisan commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.
UN/LISTENING DEVICE VOA 17 Dec 2004 -- The United Nations says a listening device was discovered in its European headquarters in Geneva. The United Nations says the device was found in a room used by political leaders and other dignitaries attending U.N. meetings.
No CIA bases in Pakistan, says Army IRNA 14 Dec 2004 -- Pakistan has denied a newspaper report that US Central Investigation Agency (CIA) had set up covert bases in the country`s remote tribal regions to hunt down Osama bin Laden.
BORDER PATROL/INTELLIGENCE BILL VOA 09 Dec 2004 -- The new intelligence overhaul bill passed by the U.S. Congress includes provisions to beef up border protection, including authorization of a near doubling of Border Patrol agents in the coming years. But representatives of the agents in the field say more action is urgently needed to deal with the overwhelming numbers of illegal immigrants.
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 09 Dec 2004 -- The sweeping intelligence reform bill passed by the U.S. Congress this week and awaiting President Bush's signature reorganizes the intelligence community. But it also strengthens the government's powers to pursue terrorists, and seeks to improve ties with the Muslim world.
FOREIGN INTEL VOA 09 Dec 2004 -- Legislation approved by the U.S. Congress contains hundreds of pages dealing with the reorganization of the U.S. intelligence system, and improving domestic security. But missing from many headlines are steps U.S. lawmakers hope will increase cooperation with other countries in the war on terrorism, and help combat extremism in the Muslim world.
President Welcomes Intelligence Bill AFPS 09 Dec 2004 -- Congress has passed – and President Bush will sign – a historic piece of legislation that will revamp the nation's intelligence system.
CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION VOA 08 Dec 2004 -- Republican lawmakers who were unsuccessful in having stronger immigration provisions included in intelligence reform legislation are vowing to make the issue a top priority in the new 109th Congress in January.
CONGRESS - INTELLIGENCE VOA 08 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. Senate has given final approval to a sweeping intelligence reform bill Wednesday, a day after passage by the House of Representatives. The vote was 89 to two. The measure now goes to President Bush for his signature.
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 08 Dec 2004 -- The Senate is expected to pass a sweeping intelligence reform bill and send it to President Bush for his signature.
CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE VOA 07 Dec 2004 -- The House of Representatives has approved legislation reorganizing the nation's intelligence system. The vote was 336 to 75. The Senate is expected to follow, sending the bill, designed to improve the coordination, collection, analysis and sharing of intelligence, to President Bush who has indicated he will sign it into law.
IMMIGRATION/INTELLIGENCE BILL VOA 07 Dec 2004 -- A compromise between the House of Representatives and the Senate in Washington has cleared the way for passage of a sweeping intelligence reform bill. As part of the compromise, controversial sections to restrict illegal aliens from obtaining driver's licenses were dropped. But the debate over this issues is likely to continue.
CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE VOA 07 Dec 2004 -- Congress is moving quickly to approve wide-ranging legislation reorganizing the nation's intelligence system. Votes in the House and Senate would send the bill, designed to improve the coordination as well as collection, analysis and sharing of intelligence, to President Bush who has indicated he will sign it into law.
CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE VOA 07 Dec 2004 -- Congress is moving to debate and pass wide-ranging legislation to reorganize the nation's intelligence system. Votes in the House and Senate, expected Tuesday and Wednesday, will send the bill on to President Bush who will sign it into law.
CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE VOA 06 Nov 2004 -- House and Senate lawmakers say they have overcome one of two remaining obstacles to approval of legislation to reorganize the U.S. intelligence system, and implement other measures to strengthen defenses against terrorism. But negotiators were still working on one major outstanding issue, even as President Bush and families of people killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks issued more urgent appeals for action.
US/INTELLIGENCE REFORM VOA 05 Dec 2004 -- Leading Republican and Democratic lawmakers continue to press for passage of a landmark bill to reform U.S. intelligence agencies. The fate of the legislation appears to hinge on a few key representatives of President Bush's Republican Party, who oppose the bill in its current form.
Over 190 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage Committed against DPRK KCNA 02 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 190 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes of different missions in November, according to a military source.
Espionage scenario to question Iran`s faith in IAEA accord foiled IRNA 01 Dec 2004 -- Ministry of Information said on Wednesday that the intelligence officers have arrested an individual portraying himself as managing a company involved in manufacturing centrifuges in an orchestrated attempt to prove that Iran still has not stopped centrifuge assembling.
November
INTELLIGENCE REFORM VOA 30 Nov 2004 -- Members of the September 11th Commission are urging President Bush and Republican congressional leaders to overcome roadblocks to final approval of intelligence reform legislation. Families of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks joined in the appeals, which come less than a week before the House and Senate hold a special session likely to be the last chance to enact intelligence reform this year.
Terrorists Interested in Unconventional Weapons, CIA Says Washington File 29 Nov 2004 -- The Central Intelligence Agency sent a report to Congress in November noting that many terrorist groups and non-state actors around the world are interested in using chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons in the future.
Pakistani national arrested in Indian Capital for spying IRNA 26 Nov 2004 -- A Pakistani national has been arrested here on charges of alleged spying with police claiming to have recovered "sensitive defense related documents and photographs from him.
BUSH/INTELLIGENCE REFORM VOA 28 Nov 2004 -- The chairman of the commission that investigated the September 11th, 2001, attacks on the United States says President Bush must pressure Congress to pass intelligence reform legislation. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Thomas Kean stresses these reforms are essential to the United States' national security.
Congressional Report, November 24: Intelligence Overhaul Washington File 24 Nov 2004 -- U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert says Congress will return for a two-day session beginning December 6 and will consider legislation designed to overhaul the U.S. intelligence community.
President Directs CIA To Increase Analysts, Operatives Washington File 24 Nov 2004 -- While acknowledging the progress the CIA has already made in rebuilding its intelligence capabilities, President Bush directed the agency to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to increase the number of its intelligence analysts and field operatives.
CIA / IRAN-NOKOR VOA 24 Nov 2004 -- The Central Intelligence Agency has restated its belief that Iran has secretly pursued nuclear weapons, and also says North Korea is continuing to develop ballistic missiles that could reach parts of the United States. The CIA posted the unclassified report on its Internet website.
Russian Physicist Convicted Of Spying For China RFE/RL 24 Nov 2004 -- A Siberian court today sentenced a Russian physicist to 14 years in prison for passing space technology secrets to China.
Transcript: Defense Department Operational Update Briefing 23 Nov 2004 -- Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; and General Richard Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
INTEL REFORM: FAILURE OR COMPROMISE? VOA 23 Nov 2004 -- It has been one of the highest priorities of the 108th Congress -- to approve legislation reorganizing the U.S. intelligence system, in an effort to help prevent future terrorist attacks in the United States like those on September 11, 2001. But the Republican-controlled legislature has so far failed to do so, leaving many to wonder why the recommendations of the September 11 Commission have not been enacted.
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Actionable Intelligence: UAs to beef up MI assets Army News 19 Nov 2004 -- The 3rd Infantry Division “units of action” deploying to Iraq will have unmanned aerial vehicles, the Prophet collection system and more assigned intelligence assets than a typical brigade combat team.
CIA-TERRORISM VOA 17 Nov 2004 -- The man who once headed the Central Intelligence Agency unit tracking Osama bin Laden says the United States needs to develop a sharper understanding of the terrorist leader and his appeal in the Islamic world.
U.S.: Necessary Housecleaning Or Political Bloodletting At CIA? RFE/RL 17 Nov 2004 -- Several senior officials of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have resigned since President George W. Bush's new intelligence director, Porter Goss, took over in September. Most recently, the man in charge of covert operations and his deputy quit on 15 November. Last week, the agency's former number-two man left. The resignations follow a year of revelations that the CIA did a poor job anticipating the attacks of 11 September 2001 and assessing the weapons capabilities of Iraq's Saddam Hussein before he was deposed in a U.S.-led invasion in early 2003. Is the nation's leading spy agency undergoing a necessary housecleaning, or political bloodletting?
CIA TURMOIL VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- The Central Intelligence Agency is reported to be in turmoil. The top two managers of the agency's clandestine service have quit, as have several other high-ranking career officials. The reasons for some of the resignations are murky.
CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- Lawmakers are engaged in intense negotiations aimed at a possible last minute compromise on final legislation to reform the U.S. intelligence system, before the end of the 108th Congress. The White House says President Bush is weighing in on the issue
FBI/INTELLIGENCE VOA 15 Nov 2004 -- Robert Mueller, the director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, says the FBI's new focus on intelligence has made it more effective in the fight against both crime and terrorism. Mr. Mueller says new adversaries require a smarter, more sophisticated agency.
Russian Scientist Jailed To Stop Influencing Spy Trial RFE/RL 10 Nov 2004 -- A Russian court today jailed a scientist who is facing sentencing for spying for China.
NY/9-11 COMMISSION VOA 09 Nov 2004 -- With the re-election of President Bush, the 9-11 Commission that investigated the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, has renewed its push for implementation of its recommendations. Among those recommendations is the creation of a single intelligence chief.
Unmanned Aircraft Gain Starring Role in Terror War AFPS 09 Nov 2004 -- Unmanned aerial vehicles are earning star status in the global war on terror, becoming the most-requested capability among combatant commanders in Southwest Asia and increasing fourfold in that theater during the last year alone, according to the deputy director of the Pentagon's UAV planning task force.
Spies on Spying VOA 08 Nov 2004 -- As Congress considers how to craft a more effective intelligence system for the nation, Faiza Elmasry spoke with two former agents for the C.I.A about their shadowy profession… and what they think should be done to improve it.
Over 190 Cases of Aerial Espionage by U.S. in October KCNA 02 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 190 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK with the mobilization of strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes on different missions in October, according to military sources.
October
BIN LADEN/CONGRESS/INTEL VOA 29 Oct 2004 -- The first videotape to appear in more than one year showing (al-Qaida terrorist leader) Osama Bin Laden threatening new attacks on the United States is already causing renewed concern on Capitol Hill. At the same time, the videotape has thrown more attention on the failure so far of congressional negotiators to finalize legislation to reorganize the U.S. intelligence community.
9-11 FAMILIES/CONGRESS VOA 27 Oct 2004 -- With hopes all but completely faded for compromise on a final intelligence reform bill, families of victims of the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks are blaming Congress and President Bush for failing to act before the U.S. election. Differences of opinion between two organizations representing families emerged during a Capitol Hill news conference Wednesday
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 25 Oct 2004 -- The bipartisan federal commission that probed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is urging Congress to conclude its work on intelligence reform -- warning that the movement for reform could die if not acted upon this year.
CONGRESS / INTEL VOA 22 Oct 2004 -- Lawmakers negotiating a final bill on reforming the U.S. intelligence system say contentious issues still stand in the way of agreement. House and Senate members have not ruled out a deal before the U.S. election early next month, but say more time may be required to do the job right in order to protect Americans from another terrorist attack.
Levin Releases Report on Pre-War Intelligence Office of Senator Carl Levin 21 Oct 2004 -- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released a report today of an inquiry he initiated on June 27, 2003 and conducted by the SASC Minority Staff.
Department of Defense Statement Regarding The Levin Minority Report 21 Oct 2004 -- The Levin report appears to depart from the bipartisan, consultative relationship that exists between the Department of Defense and the Senate Armed Services Committee. The Department cooperated carefully with Senator Levin’s investigation, knowing that Senator Levin might decide, as he did, not to seek a unanimous -- or at least bipartisan -- report.
CONGRESS - IRAQ VOA 21 Oct 2004 -- A key Senate Democrat is accusing the U.S. Defense Department of exaggerating the threat from Iraq to justify the war.
White House Daily Briefing, October 20 Washington File 20 Oct 2004 -- Iraq: Zarqawi connection and U.S. intelligence
CONGRESS/INTEL VOA 20 Oct 2004 -- Congressional negotiators have formally begun the difficult task of reconciling House and Senate bills to reorganize the U.S. intelligence system. Their first meeting was marked by some partisan disagreement over how to come up with a compromise bill President Bush could sign before the U.S. election on November 2nd, implementing recommendations of the 9-11 Commission that investigated the September 2001 terrorist attacks.
State Department Uses Satellite Imagery as Key Foreign Policy Tool Washington File 12 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. State Department is using remote-sensing technology on board satellites in an increasing number of nonmilitary applications to support U.S. foreign policy objectives, and one of the fastest-growing applications may be humanitarian assistance.
Uzbekistan: Britain's Ambassador At Center Of Controversy Over Human Rights REF/RL 12 Oct 2004 -- Britain's ambassador to Tashkent is at the center of a controversy over comments he is reported to have made about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan and Britain's alleged use of intelligence information obtained through torture. The comments are said to have been contained in a classified memorandum written in July by Ambassador Craig Murray. The memorandum was leaked this week to the British press. According to media reports, Murray is now being prevented by Britain's Foreign Office from returning to his post pending a review of his security clearance. But the British government said today Murray is still its ambassador. Human rights groups, meanwhile, are praising Murray's courage while also questioning how such a confidential memo could have been made public.
CONGRESS / INTEL VOA 08 Oct 2004 -- Legislation to reorganize the U.S. intelligence community has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. The vote sets the stage for negotiations with the Senate on a final bill implementing recommendations of the independent commission on the September 2001 terrorist attacks.
Global Hawk UAV Makes First Flight for the Navy Navy NewsStand 07 Oct 2004 -- The first RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) slated for the Navy's Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) program made its first flight from Palmdale, Calif., to Edward’s Air Force Base Oct. 6.
HOUSE / INTEL VOA 07 Oct 2004 -- The House of Representatives is considering its version of legislation to reorganize the U.S. intelligence system, following Senate approval (on Wednesday) of a separate measure.
Army tests blimp as eye in sky Army News 05 Oct 2004 -- The Army experimented last week with the capabilities of a free-flying mobile aerial reconnaissance platform over the Washington, D.C., area.
CONGRESS - INTELLIGENCE VOA 05 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. Senate is expected to approve a sweeping reorganization of the nation's intelligence community as early as Wednesday, following the recommendations of a bipartisan commission that probed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
CONGRESS/9-11 VOA 05 Oct 2004 -- The House of Representatives will soon debate major legislation to reorganize the U.S. intelligence system, as the Senate also moves toward a vote on a separate bipartisan intelligence reform bill. Although lawmakers all believe in the objective, Democrats and Republicans continue to passionately defend their methods for achieving it
Reconnaissance Office Transforms Space ISR AFPS 04 Oct 2004 -- The National Reconnaissance Office serves as the nation's eyes and ears in space. And while other organizations are working to transform military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance on the ground, the NRO is looking at that transformation with a bird's-eye view.
Over 180 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage in September KCNA 02 Oct 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists have committed over 180 cases of aerial espionage against the northern half of Korea in September by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes on different missions.
September
Tech Project Brings Innovation to EP-3E Navy NewsStand 30 Sep 2004 -- A new technology project called Story Maker will bring critical improvements to the capability of the Navy EP-3E to identify potential hostile targets. The EP-3E is the Navy’s sole land-based signals intelligence reconnaissance aircraft.
ISR Transformation Requires Vast, Advanced Technology AFPS 30 Sep 2004 -- Using data collected through intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to its full potential requires better technology than is currently in place, the director of the Defense Information Security Agency said here.
Cooperation Key to Intel, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Transformation AFPS 30 Sep 2004 -- Transformation is a hot topic in the military community. And this week, transforming the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance model is the theme of the ISR Transformation Government Symposium here.
ISR Transformation Necessary, But Not Simple AFPS 29 Sep 2004 -- The United States, in the face of new threats, is transforming its military. It is moving from a force designed to fight the Cold War to one ready to face a new enemy that is agile and mobile.
CONGRESS - INTELLIGENCE VOA 27 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Senate has begun debate on legislation to reform the nation's intelligence community.
Blair Concedes Intelligence On Iraq Was Wrong RFE/RL 26 Sep 2004 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged today that some of Britain's intelligence on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's illicit weapons program was wrong.
Senate Approves Representative Goss to Head CIA Washington File 23 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the nomination of U.S. Representative Porter J. Goss to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
CONGRESS / C.I.A. VOA 22 Sep 2004 -- The Republican-led U.S. Senate has confirmed Congressman Porter Goss to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency by 77 to 17 votes, despite opposition from Democrats, who say he is too partisan.
CONGRESS / C.I.A VOA 22 Sep 2004 -- The Republican-led U.S. Senate has confirmed Congressman Porter Goss to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency by 77 to 17 votes, despite opposition from Democrats, who say he is too partisan.
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 21 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has approved (by a 12 to four vote) Republican Congressman Porter Goss to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency and sent the nomination to the full Senate for expected confirmation.
Senate Committee Approves Porter Goss for CIA Director Washington File 21 Sep 2004 -- The Senate Intelligence Committee approved the nomination of U.S. Representative Porter J. Goss to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
IRAQ / INTELLIGENCE VOA 16 Sep 2004 -- A report prepared by the U.S. intelligence community offers a pessimistic outlook for Iraq, including the possibility that the country could drift toward civil war.
White House Report, September 16: Iraq Washington File 16 Sep 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said the recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency discusses challenges in that country and shows the importance of continued U.S. involvement to help the Iraqi people.
US DIPLOMAT / TAIWAN VOA 16 Sep 2004 -- A veteran U.S. State Department official has been arrested and charged with concealing a trip to Taiwan. The official, until recently an adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell, reportedly is also suspected of passing documents to Taiwanese intelligence agents.
Open Skies Treaty: Second Russian Observation Mission in the United States US Dept. of State 16 Sep 2004 -- Fact Sheet
In Bankers' View, Intelligence Sharing Needed on Terrorists Washington File 15 Sep 2004 -- The American Bankers Association (ABA) supports the goal of the USA PATRIOT Act to curb terrorist financing and is particularly pleased that it extends to all financial institutions anti-money laundering requirements that previously applied only to banks, according to the ABA's John J. Byrne.
CONGRESS / CIA VOA 14 Sep 2004 -- President Bush's nominee to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency says he is committed to reform and would be a fair and independent spy chief if confirmed by the Senate. But at a confirmation hearing, Democrats expressed skepticism
CIA Nominee Pledges Objective, Precise Intelligence Washington File 14 Sep 2004 -- The man nominated by President Bush to head the Central Intelligence Agency says he can provide the president with the objective and precise intelligence needed to enhance the country's national security.
President Discusses Reforming & Strengthening Intelligence Services The White House 08 Sep 2004 -- ". We are going to discuss intelligence reform. I will be submitting a plan to the Congress that strengthens intelligence reform -- strengthens the intelligence services. We believe that there ought to be a National Intelligence Director who has full budgetary authority. We'll talk to members of Congress about how to implement that. "
Reforming and Strengthening Intelligence Services The White House 08 Sep 2004 -- Fact Sheet: Leading the Way on Reforming and Strengthening Our Intelligence Services
Lawmakers Propose Bills to Revamp Intelligence Agencies Washington File 07 Sep 2004 -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives have introduced legislation to overhaul the U.S. intelligence community, enhance border security, and expand public diplomacy in the Islamic world.
Israeli spy satellite falls into sea after faulty launch IRNA 06 Sep 2004 -- An Israeli spy satellite has plunged into the Mediterranean minutes after it was launched into space at a site near Tel Aviv Monday, the Israeli media reported.
Iran will 'nip any plot in the bud, says intelligence minister IRNA 04 Sep 2004 -- Days after announcing the arrest of dozens for spying on Iran`s nuclear program, Intelligence Minister Ali Younesi vowed here Saturday that his ministry would `nip any plot in the bud`.
At Least 180 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage in August KCNA 02 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists perpetrated at least 180 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in August, according to a military source.
August
IRAN / SPIES VOA 31 Aug 2004 -- Iran says it has arrested dozens of alleged spies, including several it accuses of sending nuclear secrets abroad to Iran's enemies.
Iran arrests several nuclear `spies` IRNA 31 Aug 2004 -- Iran`s Information (Intelligence) Minister Ali Younesi said here Tuesday that several people had been arrested for spying on the country`s nuclear program.
ISRAEL / US SPY VOA 30 Aug 2004 -- Israel insists it is not spying on the United States, despite reports that a Pentagon analyst, under FBI investigation for passing secret information to Israel on Iran, met with a senior Israeli diplomat in Washington.
ISRAEL / US / SPY VOA 29 Aug 2004 -- Israel says it is not spying on the United States. Larry James reports from Jerusalem on Israeli reaction to news that the FBI is investigating whether a Pentagon official passed classified information to an Israeli lobby group in America that, in turn, passed it on to Israel.
DoD Response to CBS Report 28 Aug 2004 -- “DoD has been cooperating with the Department of Justice on this matter for an extended period of time. It is the DoD understanding that the investigation within the DoD is limited in its scope.”
Bush Expands Powers of CIA Chief VOA 28 Aug 2004 -- The head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency will have broad new powers under a plan by President Bush to streamline intelligence gathering in an era of terrorist threats. It is one of a series of executive orders suggested by the bipartisan commission investigating the September 11 terrorist attacks.
US/ISRAEL SPY VOA 27 Aug 2004 -- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is reported to be checking the possibility that a Pentagon employee has been passing secret information to Israel.
BUSH-INTELLIGENCE VOA 27 Aug 2004 -- President Bush has taken the first steps toward a major reform of U-S intelligence gathering. It is part of an effort to repair intelligence failures surrounding the September 11th,2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Fact Sheet: President Issues New Orders to Reform Intelligence The White House 27 Aug 2004 -- Today, the President issued a series of new, far-reaching orders which strain the limits of his authority but are essential to America's security.
A Case to Answer: A first report on the potential impeachment of the Prime Minister for High Crimes and Misdemeanours in relation to the invasion of Iraq. by Glen Rangwala and Dan Plesch for Adam Price MP ImpeashBlair.org Aug 2004 -- "This report sets out compelling evidence of deliberate repeated distortion, seriously misleading statements and culpable negligence on the part of the Prime Minister. This misconduct is in itself more than sufficient to require his resignation. (...) The core conclusion of this report is that the impeachment of the Prime Minister has a strong basis in fact, and established precedent in parliamentary law. It is on this basis that a number of parliamentary colleagues have declared their intention to bring a Commons motion of impeachment as an indictment of the methods, practices and conduct of the Prime Minister in relation to the war in Iraq." [PDF 606 Kb]
MPs publish Blair impeachment report ImpeashBlair.org 26 Aug 2004 -- Adam Price MP today published a report recommending that impeachment procedures are begun against the Prime Minister for his misconduct in relation to the Iraq war. The group of MPs, which includes two parliamentary leaders and a Conservative shadow minister, will, over the next couple of weeks seek to gather further support from their parliamentary colleagues.
AR 15-6 Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Prison and 205th Military Intelligence Brigade by LTG Anthony R. Jones and MG George R. Fay US Army 23 Aug 2004 [PDF 920 Kb]
Transcript: Special Defense Department Briefing on Results of Investigation of Military Intelligence Activities at Abu Ghraib Prison Facility 25 Aug 2004 -- General Paul Kern, Appointing Authority for The Investigation; Lieutenant General Anthony Jones, Lead Investigator; Major General George Fay, Investigating Officer
Transcript: Background Briefing on Investigations on Abu Ghraib 25 Aug 2004 -- Senior Army Official
U-S / IRAQ / ABUSE VOA 25 Aug 2004 -- A U-S Army investigation has found that 27 members of a U.S. military intelligence unit at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were directly involved in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
Report Faults Intelligence Soldiers at Abu Ghraib AFPS 25 Aug 2004 -- Military intelligence personnel did participate in abusing some prisoners in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, the three top officials in the Army's investigation said at a news conference here today.
Army Report Faults Some Military Intelligence Personnel Washington File 25 Aug 2004 -- The U.S. Army general investigating military intelligence abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad in late 2003 says there were 44 instances of detainee abuse that could generate criminal charges.
DoD Reviewing Information Classification Decisions AFPS 25 Aug 2004 -- The Defense Department is probably overly cautious in classifying information that doesn't necessarily require it and is reviewing the situation, a senior DoD intelligence official told a House subcommittee Aug. 24.
Senate to Examine Intelligence Oversight Committee Structure Washington File 25 Aug 2004 -- The U.S. Senate will begin looking at its structure of various committees assigned to oversee intelligence and homeland security issues, the Senate leadership says.
9/11 Attacks Prompting Intelligence Overhaul Washington File 24 Aug 2004 -- Responding to recommendations contained in the report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission), Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts unveiled comprehensive legislation to revamp the 15-agency U.S. intelligence community.
BUSH / INTELLIGENCE VOA 23 Aug 2004 -- President Bush says he will consider all kinds of ideas to reform the nation's intelligence community, including the sweeping plan put forward by a key senator. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts says bold action is needed to restructure all the agencies involved in intelligence-gathering.
CONGRESS - INTELLIGENCE VOA 18 Aug 2004 -- Former U.S. weapons inspector David Kay is expressing doubt over whether creating a position of a national intelligence director will resolve what he calls a crisis in the intelligence community.
RUMSFELD/INTELLIGENCE VOA 17 Aug 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is again warning that restructuring of U.S. intelligence agencies, as recommended by the nine-eleven commission, should not lead to new obstacles for the forces defending the nation. The defense chief testified before a Senate panel considering sweeping changes to the nation's intelligence community.
Intelligence Reform Won't Be Achieved Immediately, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 17 Aug 2004 -- Any U.S. intelligence system reform won't be achieved overnight, DoD's senior civilian told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
Russian Supreme Court Rejects Academic's Appeal RFE/RL 17 Aug 2004 -- The Russian Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by a former arms-control researcher sentenced for treason in what some say was a politically motivated case.
U.S.: Intelligence Restructuring Likely To Leave CIA With Less Power RFE/RL 12 Aug 2004 -- Porter Goss, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is President George W. Bush's choice to serve as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Heading the CIA has long been viewed as a powerful position. But Bush is now looking to create a new post that would have oversight over the CIA and 14 other intelligence agencies.
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 11 Aug 2004 -- Top Pentagon officials are urging Congress to ensure that creation of a national intelligence director will not jeopardize military commanders' access to timely information.
Wolfowitz Favors Intelligence-Sharing, But Urges Caution AFPS 11 Aug 2004 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told a House panel Aug. 10 that he agrees with the 9/11 Commission that there should be more information sharing among U.S. intelligence-gathering agencies.
DoD Intel Chief Addresses 9/11 Commission Recommendations AFPS 11 Aug 2004 -- The 9/11 Commission's report has the Defense Department looking closely at its intelligence mission, the department's chief intelligence officer told a House panel here today.
CONGRESS - INTELLIGENCE VOA 11 Aug 2004 -- Top officials of the September 11th commission say establishing a national intelligence director would not jeopardize military operations. Pentagon officials, however, remain cautious about the plan
U.S. CHINA ARREST VOA 11 Aug 2004 -- The United States is protesting China's treatment of a Chinese-born university professor who was detained for two weeks on espionage charges. U.S. embassy officials are calling last month's detention harsh and inappropriate.
GOSS PROFILE VOA 10 Aug 2004 -- President Bush's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Congressman Porter Goss, has long experience with the intelligence community and in politics.
Bush Taps Congressman Goss to Lead CIA AFPS 10 Aug 2004 -- President Bush today announced his selection U.S. Rep. Porter Goss, a former Army intelligence officer, to take over the CIA.
BUSH / CIA VOA 10 Aug 2004 -- President Bush has nominated Florida Congressman Porter Goss to head the Central Intelligence Agency. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Mr. Goss has decades of experience with the intelligence community and is a strong proponent of reform.
President Bush Nominates Congressman Goss as Director of CIA The White House 10 Aug 2004 -- "I'm pleased to announce my decision to nominate Congressman Porter Goss as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Porter Goss is a leader with strong experience in intelligence and in the fight against terrorism. He knows the CIA inside and out. He's the right man to lead this important agency at this critical moment in our nation's history."
Army Works to Get Intelligence From Tactical to National Levels AFPS 06 Aug 2004 -- Army intelligence officials are working to beef up the amount and quality of intelligence information they get straight from the soldiers who most often interact with the Iraqi and Afghan communities.
Rumsfeld Discusses Intel Chief, Military Manning AFPS 05 Aug 2004 -- President Bush's idea of a national intelligence director outside the White House "is on the mark," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Aug. 3.
Congress Considers Panel's Intelligence Community Proposals Washington File 04 Aug 2004 -- U.S. congressional committees are contemplating the most significant transformation of the national intelligence community since its creation in 1947, but actual legislation to implement changes might not happen this year, according to members of Congress.
CONGRESS / 9-11 VOA 04 Aug 2004 -- Experts have told a congressional committee there should be no rush to implement reforms called for by the commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. As VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the experts told committee members Wednesday that rushing into some changes could weaken the country's intelligence operations.
CONGRESS / 9-11 VOA 03 Aug 2004 -- Members of the 9-11 Commission have told Congress a proposed new National Director of Intelligence must have sufficient authority to lead the nation's intelligence-gathering system. Lawmakers also heard an emotional appeal from family members of victims of the September 11th, 2001 attacks.
U.S.: Does The United States Reveal Too Much About Its Intelligence? RFE/RL 03 Aug 2004 -- Sites in the New York and Washington areas are on high alert as targets for attacks by Al-Qaeda, thanks to new cooperation among leading U.S. intelligence agencies that gathered what officials are calling detailed and alarming information. But intelligence officials have leaked to the news media what are said to be details on how this intelligence was gathered. As informative as these accounts may be, could they also interfere with future intelligence gathering?
CONGRESS/9-11 OVERNIGHTER VOA 02 Aug 2004 -- Two congressional committees hold hearings Tuesday on the recommendations of the independent 9-11 Commission that investigated intelligence and security lapses leading to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. Members of Congress have been driven by the attention given to the commission's report.
U.S.: Washington Heightens Terror Alert For Financial Institutions RFE/RL 02 Aug 2004 -- The United States has raised to "high" its security alert level for major financial institutions in the New York and Washington areas. Tom Ridge, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said "unusually specific" intelligence information suggests that Al-Qaeda attacks may occur at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, or at the New York Stock Exchange or several other financial institutions in or close to New York.
Details Provided on Raise in Threat Level for Financial Sectors Washington File 02 Aug 2004 -- Calling the new information "chilling" in scope, senior U.S. intelligence officials provided more details on the intelligence, which led the Department of Homeland Security to raise the threat level for the financial service sectors of New York City, Northern New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. to Code Orange.
BUSH / TERRORISM VOA 02 Aug 2004 -- President Bush has endorsed the creation of a national intelligence director as part of an extensive reform of the intelligence community. It was one of the key recommendations of the commission that investigated the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Bush to Set Up Counterterrorism Center, Asks for Intel Adviser AFPS 02 Aug 2004 -- President Bush will establish a National Counterterrorism Center and will ask Congress to create the position of national intelligence director, he said during a White House news conference today.
Remarks by the President on Intelligence Reform The White House 02 Aug 2004 -- "Today I'm asking Congress to create the position of a National Intelligence Director. That person -- the person in that office will be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and will serve at the pleasure of the President. The National Intelligence Director will serve as the President's principal intelligence advisor and will oversee and coordinate the foreign and domestic activities of the intelligence committee. (...) Today, I also announce that we will establish a National Counter-Terrorism Center. This new center will build on the analytical work, the really good analytical work of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, and will become our government's knowledge bank for information about known and suspected terrorists. The new center will coordinate and monitor counter-terrorism plans and activities of all government agencies and departments to ensure effective joint action, and that our efforts are unified in priority and purpose. The center will also be responsible for preparing the daily terrorism threat report for the President and senior officials."
170 Cases of U.S Aerial Espionage in July KCNA 02 Aug 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 170 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in July by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions, according to a military source.
July
White House Developing Implementation Plan for 9/11 Report Washington File 31 Jul 2004 -- President Bush's task force to address the 9/11 Commission's recommendations met for nearly two hours on July 30, according to a senior administration official.
CONGRESS / 9-11 VOA 30 Jul 2004 -- A U.S. Senate panel has begun hearings into recommendations by the September 11th commission aimed at improving the nation's ability to prevent terror attacks.
White House Report, July 29: Intelligence Reform Washington File 29 Jul 2004 -- President Bush is pleased with the progress being made by a taskforce he created to help review recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters July 28.
CHINA/U.S. SPY VOA 28 Jul 2004 -- A Chinese-born American citizen will soon go on trial in China, accused of spying for political rival Taiwan.
Over 1,200 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage KCNA 26 Jul 2004 -- U.S. imperialists committed over 1,200 cases of aerial espionage on the DPRK or more than 6 cases on a daily average from January to June this year, according to data available. Involved in the aerial espionage were latest reconnaissance planes of different missions including U-2, RC-135, E-8C, E-3, RC-7B, RC-12, RF-4, P-3 and EP-3.
U.S. AND UK PRE-WAR INTEL REPORTS: NO ONE RESPONSIBLE, 'NO ONE GUILTY' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 23 Jul 2004
Straw questionedon withdrawal of Iraq intelligence IRNA 23 Jul 2004 -- The Foreign Affairs Select Committee has written Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to ask why he had failed to tell them that a crucial piece of intelligence had been withdrawn by MI6 during its inquiry on the Iraq war last year.
IG: Individual discipline failures led to detainee abuse Army News 22 Jul 2004 -- While there is room for improvement in detainee operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, cases of reported detainee abuse there were caused primarily by individuals failing to live up to the standards of decency and Army Values they had been taught in the Army, according to an Inspector General inspection report made public during recent congressional testimony.
9-11 REPORT VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- The independent commission investigating the 2001 terrorist attacks is proposing a sweeping overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in its final report to Congress and the Bush administration.
9-11 COMMISSION/INTELLIGENCE VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- The report of the commission on the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks has recommended a major overhaul of the U.S. intelligence structure. Some changes will be harder to implement than others, as they are likely to run into bureaucratic and political resistance.
Australian Inquiry Finds Intelligence Failures on Iraq's WMD Threat VOA 22 Jul 2004 -- An investigation into Australia's intelligence agencies has cleared the government of allegations that it manipulated information to justify its involvement in the war against Iraq. The inquiry report did, however, criticize the work of the country's intelligence agencies.
Former US National Security Adviser Under Criminal Investigation VOA News 21 Jul 2004 -- Former U.S. National Security Adviser Sandy Berger has stepped down as an adviser to the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, Senator John Kerry. Mr. Berger left the Kerry campaign after his lawyers confirmed that he is under criminal investigation in the disappearance of classified documents.
Senate Panel Considers US Intelligence Reform VOA News 20 Jul 2004 -- A U.S. Senate panel has begun considering ways to reform the intelligence community, after concluding in a report earlier this month that U.S. intelligence agencies overstated the threat posed by Iraq before the U.S.-led war with that country.
BUSH/CIA VOA 19 Jul 2004 -- President Bush says he wants to reform the U-S intelligence community, and is open to all ideas. But he will not say if he supports a total restructuring.
NZ government condemns actions of Israeli intelligence agents New Zealand Government 15 Jul 2004 -- Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that there were very strong reasons to believe that the two Israelis convicted on charges relating to a fraudulent attempt to obtain a New Zealand passport were acting on behalf of Israel’s intelligence services.
BRITAIN / IRAQ INTELLIGENCE VOA 15 Jul 2004 -- The British government and intelligence services are considering changes to procedures and policies after a special commission found glaring intelligence failures before the Iraq war.
AUSTRALIA / IRAQ INTELLIGENCE VOA 15 Jul 2004 -- The Australian government says a British report has reinforced the legality of the war in Iraq, despite its criticism of intelligence used to launch the war. But the opposition Labor Party has accused Prime Minister John Howard of committing a "monumental mistake" in sending troops to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
U.S. INTELLIGENCE VOA 14 Jul 2004 -- A recent Senate report on the prewar intelligence on Iraq has painted a bleak picture of the performance of U.S. intelligence agencies. Analysts and politicians agree that the intelligence system crucially needs reform. But, as correspondent Gary Thomas reports from Washington, little real change is likely to come before the U.S. presidential and congressional elections in November.
BRITAIN / IRAQ INTELLIGENCE VOA 14 Jul 2004 -- A British investigation has found flaws in London's pre-war assessment of Iraqi's weapons threat, but the report has cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair of deceiving the nation into going to war.
U.K.: Iraq Probe Finds 'Serious Flaws' In Intelligence RFE/RL 14 Jul 2004 -- An inquiry in Britain has concluded that there were "serious flaws" in the intelligence used to make the case for war in Iraq. The report, released today, finds that much information about Iraq's alleged weapons stockpiles was unreliable. But it also says there is no evidence the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair deliberately tried to mislead the public.
PRESS CONFERENCE: OPENING STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD BUTLER OF BROCKWELL KG GCB CVO Butler Commission/Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction 14 Jul 2004 -- "Thank you for coming to this press conference on the Report of the Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction which I have chaired and which the Government has published today."
Butler Report: Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction Committee of Privy Counsellors 14 Jul 2004 [PDF 1 MB]
U.S.: Did Intelligence Blunders Leave The Country More Vulnerable To Attack? RFE/RL 13 Jul 2004 -- In a report issued on 9 July, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed what many had long suspected -- that the analysis provided by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) vastly overstated Saddam Hussein's arsenal of chemical and biological weapons. For many, this raises the question of whether the United States diverted resources to address a limited threat from Iraq that would have been better used against Al-Qaeda, which is blamed for the attacks of 11 September 2001.
U.S.: Ex-Spy Says Senate Report Could Bring Needed Change At CIA RFE/RL 12 Jul 2004 -- In June, George Tenet announced his decision to quit his job as director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). That announcement came amid evidence the CIA had provided President George W. Bush with faulty intelligence before the Iraq war. A harsh Senate (upper house) report issued on 9 July appears to prove how bad the CIA's information really was. What impact will the report have on the American intelligence community?
Blair confirmed Iraq had no usable WMD before war, says Cook IRNA 12 Jul 2004 -- Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has questioned the veracity of Tony Blair`s justification for invading Iraq by disclosing that the Prime Minister confirmed Saddam Hussein had no useable weapons of mass destruction before the war.
US / INTELLIGENCE VOA 11 Jul 2004 -- Following the release of a Senate report that harshly criticizes U.S. intelligence gathering and analysis, lawmakers are shifting their focus to whether and how to make sweeping changes to the American intelligence community.
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 09 Jul 2004 -- A congressional report blames U.S. intelligence agencies for overstating the threat of Iraq's weapons in the months leading up to the war in that country last year.
BUSH INTELLIGENCE VOA 09 Jul 2004 -- President Bush has welcomed a Senate investigation into intelligence lapses in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Democratic challenger John Kerry says Mr. Bush went to war without a plan to win the peace.
REPORT ON THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S PREWAR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS ON IRAQ Select Committe on Intelligence 09 Jul 2004 [PDF 23.4 MB]
Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq: Conclusions Select Committe on Intelligence 09 Jul 2004 [PDF Version 1.89 MB]
UK ministers warned about misuse of intelligence services IRNA 09 Jul 2004 -- Next week`s report on the use of intelligence in the lead-up to the Iraq war will warn ministers that they must not misuse the intelligence services for partisan reasons.
Remarks by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet at farewell ceremony honoring him Central Intelligence Agency 08 Jul 2004
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 08 Jul 2004 -- The U.S. Senate is expected to release a report Friday blaming the Central Intelligence Agency for faulty intelligence used to justify the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
Over 180 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage in June KCNA 02 Jul 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 180 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in June by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions, according to military sources.
June
RUSSIA / QATAR VOA 30 Jun 2004 -- Russia's foreign minister has rejected the finding by a court in the Gulf State of Qatar that two Russian security agents were involved in the assassination of a former Chechen rebel leader in Qatar earlier this year. The comment came came shortly after the court in Qatar sentenced the two men to life in prison for the February killing, and said the murder had been ordered by Russian officials.
UN / IRANIANS EXPELLED VOA 29 Jun 2004 -- The United States has expelled two Iranian security guards at Iran's mission to the United Nations.
Iran`s foreign ministry slams US expulsion of two UN mission guards IRNA 29 Jun 2004 -- Iran deplored the expulsion of two guards of its mission at the United Nations in New York.
CIA Suspends Interrogation Tactics on Terrorist Suspects VOA News 27 Jun 2004 -- A U.S. newspaper says the CIA has stopped using some interrogation methods on terrorist suspects while officials study the legality of the measures.
CONGRESS/IRAQ/AL QAIDA VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved an amendment calling on the to conduct an audit of any evidence it provided to the Bush Administration and Congress concerning a relationship between Iraq and the al-Qaida terrorist network before September 11th, 2001. The measure came as part of House action on legislation to fund U.S. intelligence agencies. That package passed the House, 360 to 61, late Wednesdat.
CONGRESS/IRAQ/AL QAIDA VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved an amendment calling on the CIA to conduct an audit of any evidence it provided to the Bush Administration and Congress concerning a relationship between Iraq and the al-Qaida terrorist network before September 11th, 2001. The measure came as part of House action on legislation to fund U.S. intelligence agencies.
CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE VOA 23 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. House of Representatives is considering (Eds: Update as needed after final vote) legislation providing an estimated 40-billion dollars for U.S. government intelligence operations. Final approval of the bill was marked by strains in normally cooperative relations between Democrats and Republicans on intelligence spending
Pakistan to strengthen intelligence agencies network, says PM IRNA 19 Jun 2004 -- Dubbing recent wave of killings as terror acts, Pakistan on Saturday decided to strengthen its network of intelligence agencies to effectively combat the menace.
Response to a question at the press conference following the meetings of the Eurasian Economic Community Interstate Council and Collective Security Treaty Organisation’s Collective Security Council President of Russia 18 Jun 2004 -- "I can confirm that, following the events of September 11, 2001 and up until the beginning of military operations in Iraq, Russian intelligence did indeed receive on several occasions information that official organisations in Saddam Hussein’s regime were preparing terrorist attacks on U.S. territory and against U.S. military and civilian targets abroad. This information was indeed passed on through our cooperation channels to our U.S. colleagues."
CIA Contractor Indicted for Abuse of Afghan Detainee Washington File 17 Jun 2004 -- A 38-year-old North Carolina man has been indicted for assaulting an Afghan detainee while working as a contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency at a U.S. military base in Asadabad, Afghanistan.
Minju Joson on Resignation of Tenet KCNA 14 Jun 2004 -- The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States is a group of swindlers and plotters exaggerating, processing, fabricating and spreading information in order to encroach upon the sovereignty of other countries and nations and topple legitimate governments, says Minju Joson in a commentary Saturday.
Russian Supreme Court Overturns Espionage Acquittal RFE/RL 09 Jun 2004 -- Russia's Supreme Court today overturned the acquittal of a Russian physicist on espionage charges and ordered a new trial.
EU: 'First Step' Taken Toward Setting Up Joint Intelligence Capability RFE/RL 08 Jun 2004 -- European Union officials today announced that the bloc will step up cooperation between the intelligence agencies of its 25 member states.
U.S.: After Director Tenet’s Resignation, CIA Faces Likely Reform RFE/RL 07 Jun 2004 -- The resignation of Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet last week has prompted efforts to reform the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Tenet said he resigned for personal reasons, but the CIA had come under increasing criticism for intelligence failures related to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks and the Iraq war.
Secretary of Defense Statement on the Resignation of George Tenet 03 Jun 2004 -- George Tenet is an enormously talented public servant. I join the President in regretting George's decision to leave the government, and wish him the very best.
CHALABI / U-S VOA 03 Jun 2004 -- The man once considered by many senior Pentagon officials to be the most likely future leader of a free Iraq is at the center of an espionage controversy. U-S officials are investigating whether Ahmad Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, leaked sensitive intelligence information.
TENET RESIGNS / REACT VOA 03 Jun 2004 -- The resignation of Central Intelligence Director George Tenet has prompted bipartisan calls for reforming U-S intelligence agencies.
U-S INTELLIGENCE VOA 03 Jun 2004 -- The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F-B-I), Robert Mueller, has proposed the creation of an intelligence service within his organization and repeated his opposition to calls for a new and separate domestic spy agency.
President Praises Tenet's Tenure AFPS 03 Jun 2004 -- President Bush today praised CIA Director George Tenet for doing what he said was a "superb job on behalf of the American people," after accepting Tenet's letter of resignation June 2.
White House Report, June 3: CIA Director Resigns Washington File 02 Jun 2004 -- President Bush told reporters June 3 that he has accepted a letter of resignation from Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, effective in July.
Bush Announces CIA Director George Tenet's Resignation Washington File 02 Jun 2004 -- President Bush announced June 3 that he had accepted the resignation of his director of Central Intelligence, George Tenet.
Remarks by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet to Employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and the US Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency 03 Jun 2004 -- "For the past nine years, I have been privileged to be part of a great American family—the family of American Intelligence. I have lived in the heart of the CIA family. In that long and eventful time, we have shared moments of success and disappointment, of happiness and sorrow. Today, I share with you news that I gave the President last evening. I have decided to step down as Director of Central Intelligence, effective July 11th, the seventh anniversary of my being sworn in as DCI."
BUSH/TENET VOA 03 Jun 2004 -- The director of U-S Central Intelligence has resigned. V-O-A's Paula Wolfson reports President Bush says George Tenet is leaving his post as head of the intelligence community for personal reasons.
CIA Director Tenet Resigns VOA News 03 Jun 2004 -- The head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has resigned. George Tenet says he is stepping down for personal reasons.
Bush Consults Lawyer in Probe Over CIA Leak VOA 03 Jun 2004 -- The White House says President Bush has consulted an outside lawyer in the grand jury investigation into who leaked the name of a covert CIA operative to the news media last year.
At Least 190 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage Committed in May KCNA 02 Jun 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists committed at least 190 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in May by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions, according to military sources.
May
India's intelligence in crisis after double agent disclosure IRNA 29 May 2004 -- India`s external intelligence service has been rocked by revelations that Ravinder Singh, a joint secretary-level officer of the country suspected of having defected to the United States, may have been a double agent.
BEIJING FORGED DOCUMENTS OF TAIWAN'S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES: ICHRD CNA 28 May 2004 -- The Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy (ICHRD) of China criticized Beijing's Ministry of State Security Friday for forging documents of Taiwan's intelligence agencies to accuse exiled mainland Chinese pro-democracy activists of working for the Republic of China government.
Iraq: Governing Council’s Chalabi, Iran Reject Espionage Charges RFE/RL 24 May 2004 -- Ahmad Chalabi, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and former favorite in Washington circles, has in recent weeks come under increasing U.S. criticism -- including allegations he passed American secrets to Iran. Chalabi and Iran have both denied the claims, although Tehran admits it has had an ongoing dialogue with Chalabi and other members of the Governing Council.
Iran rejects 'baseless' US intelligence charges IRNA 23 May 2004 -- Iran Sunday described as `baseless and unfounded` Washington`s accusations that the Iraqi National Council chief Ahmad Chalabi had passed sensitive US intelligence to Tehran.
U-S/TERROR/INTEL VOA 14 May 2004 -- U-S law enforcement officials are taking steps to address a major failure exposed by the 2001 terrorist attacks - the lack of intelligence-sharing among federal, state and local police agencies.
DABV01-04-Q-0064: National Criminal Intelligence Service The Coalition Provisional Authority wish to provide fully functioning criminal intelligence offices at the National and Governorate level, including the computer infrastructure and a commercial off the shelf (COTS) criminal intelligence database software package.
At least 210 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage against DPRK in April KCNA 03 May 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 210 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in April by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions, according to military sources.
April
MILITARY MUM ON REPORT ABOUT INTELLIGENCE WAR WITH BEIJING IN UKRAINE KCNA 30 Apr 2004 -- The Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) of the Ministry of National Defense declined to make any comment Friday on a media report that intelligence agents from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have engaged in a fierce intelligence war in Ukraine.
HONG KONG FBI CHIEF VOA 22 Apr 2004 -- The head of the U-S Federal Bureau of Investigation says Washington's partnership with Beijing and Hong Kong is strong in the fight against terrorism - but warned the need for vigilance remains high.
ZIMBABWE/SECURITY VOA 21 Apr 2004 -- The Zimbabwe government has stepped up its intelligence operations, according to human-rights workers, trade unionists, and journalists. The 2004 national budget has tripled funds for the Central Intelligence Organization.
Iraq/U.S.: New Book Contradicts CIA Director's Intelligence RFE/RL 20 Apr 2004 -- The failure to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq has focused attention on the work of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The agency's director, George Tenet, says President George W. Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq last year was based on the best information available at the time. But a new book on the lead-up to the Iraq war portrays Tenet as a man who found this evidence convincing, even as Bush himself expressed skepticism.
MAC CLOSELY MONITORING REPORTED BEIJING SPY CRACKDOWN CNA 17 Apr 2004 -- The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) will closely monitor developments in a reported new mainland Chinese crackdown on Taiwan espionage activities in mainland China, a senior official said Friday.
NATO takes major step forward towards putting Eyes in the Sky NATO 16 Apr 2004 -- In an important decision for NATO, the Conference of National Armaments Directors today endorsed an earlier decision of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Steering Committee to move forward expeditiously towards the signing of a contract, by Spring 2005, with the Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) consortium (made up of EADS, Galileo Avionica, General Dynamics Canada, Indra, Northrop Grumman and Thales) for the Design and Development of a NATO-owned and operated AGS core, based on the solution offered by TIPS for a mix of manned and unmanned air platforms, with their interoperable ground stations.
INTELLIGENCE UNIT MUM OVER REPORTS ABOUT BEIJING SPY CRACKDOWN CNA 15 Apr 2004 -- The Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) stayed buttoned up Thursday amid reports from Hong Kong that Beijing cracked down on a Taiwan spy ring before the March 20 presidential election, arresting several officers of the People's Liberation Army.
9-11 PROBE VOA 14 Apr 2004 -- The director of the U-S Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday that it will take another five years to improve the agency's ability to counter al-Qaida and other terrorist threats. C-I-A Director George Tenet made the comment to the independent commission investigating the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
U-S INTELLIGENCE REFORM VOA 14 Apr 2004 -- The failure to detect the September 11th plot has heightened calls for changes in the U-S intelligence apparatus. Both the F-B-I -- responsible for domestic intelligence -- and the C-I-A -- the foreign intelligence arm -- have come under criticism at the hearings of the commission investigating the terrorist attacks. But changing the way U-S intelligence agencies do business and interact with each other won't be easy.
FORMER SECURITY OFFICIAL DENIES LEAKING SECRETS TO MAINLAND CHINA CNA 13 Apr 2004 -- A retired senior officer from the National Security Bureau (NSB) claimed Tuesday that he went to work in mainland China because he did not know he was forbidden by law from visiting the mainland even after retirement, but he added that would be prepared to subject himself to investigation to prove he did not leak classified information to the mainland authorities.
White House Releases Text of Declassified Intelligence Briefing Washington File 11 Apr 2004 -- The White House released on April 10 the declassified text of the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB), titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike U.S.," and a fact sheet explaining how the PDB was viewed by the administration before the terrorist attacks on the United States September 11, 2001.
Committee Hears DoD's Plans for Intelligence Transformation AFPS 09 Apr 2004 -- DoD officials testified before the Senate Armed Services Strategic Subcommittee April 7 on plans to transform intelligence programs within the department.
Russia: Researcher Sutyagin Convicted Of Espionage RFE/RL 06 Apr 2004 -- A Moscow court yesterday found a Russian nuclear-weapons expert guilty of espionage for the United States and Britain, ending another high-profile treason case against a prominent researcher. Igor Sutyagin, an arms expert from Moscow's respected USA-Canada Institute, could receive a jail term of up to 20 years when he is sentenced on 7 April.
Powell Says U.S. Intelligence On Iraq Mobile Labs Flawed RFE/Rl 03 Apr 2004 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has acknowledged that information he presented to the United Nations Security Council aimed at justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was not "solid."
U.S. Aerial Espionage Numbers More than 220 KCNA 02 Apr 2004 -- The U.S. imperialists' aerial espionage against the DPRK with strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes of different missions in March numbered more than 220, according to military sources.
THREE SUSPECTS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR MAINLAND CHINA CNA 02 Apr 2004 -- Three men, including a middle-ranking technician with the military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CIST) , were indicted Friday on charges of spying for mainland China.
TERRORISM/AFRICA VOA 01 Apr 2004 -- The Africa subcommittee of the U-S House of Representatives has heard testimony from a State Department official and other witnesses about efforts to prevent al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from establishing sanctuaries in African countries. Some lawmakers and experts say the United States needs to intensify its intelligence-gathering in African countries to reduce their vulnerability to terrorist infiltration:
CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE/AL-QAIDA VOA 01 Apr 2004 -- Congressional Democrats have announced a plan for reorganizing the country's intelligence system, based on lessons learned from both the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq. The announcement comes as committees heard more testimony from a U-S counter-terror official about the war against the al-Qaida organization:
Harman and Intelligence Dems Outline 10 Recommendations For Immediate Action - April 1, 2004 -- In an effort to fix the many problems that have plagued United States intelligence in the post-Cold War era, Congresswoman Jane Harman (CA-36), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, with her Democratic colleagues on the Committee, sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to acknowledge shortcomings in prewar intelligence and outlining steps that he can take now to improve intelligence.
March
JAPAN / U-S ESPIONAGE VOA 29 Mar 2004 -- A Japanese researcher indicted in the United States on industrial espionage charges has been released from detention by a court in Tokyo. The court rejected a U-S request to extradite the doctor.
ISRAEL/IRAQ VOA 28 Mar 2004 -- An Israeli parliamentary committee has criticized the country's intelligence agencies for overestimating the dangers posed by Iraq on the eve of last year's war. At the same time, the committee says both the spy agency Mossad and the Israeli military failed to warn of efforts by Libya to build atomic weapons.
CIA Chief Says U.S. Has Maintained Focus on al Qaeda AFPS 24 Mar 2004 -- Both the Clinton and Bush administrations "cared deeply about the challenge of terrorism" and were committed to disrupting the al Qaeda network, the nation's director of central intelligence told the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States here today.
Stressing Intelligence in War on Terror AFPS 18 Mar 2004 -- In a war on terrorism, intelligence is everything. Knowing the enemy and taking the fight to the enemy is the best way to deal with terrorists, the commander of the Army's 1st Armored Division said during a news conference today in Baghdad.
UK government rebuked for lack of cooperation in Iraq war inquiry IRNA 18 Mar 2004 -- The Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday criticised the lack of cooperation by British ministers in giving evidence to its inquiry into the decision to go to war in Iraq.
IRAQ ANNIVERSARY: INTELLIGENCE AND WEAPONS VOA 17 Mar 2004 -- Saddam Hussein's presumed possession of weapons of mass destruction was a key rationale for the war in Iraq. But one year after the beginning of the conflict, no such weapons have been found and experts and politicians alike have more questions than answers. Many of them revolve around the performance of U-S intelligence agencies in Iraq
Kelly inquest not to be reopened IRNA 16 Mar 2004 -- Local Oxfordshire coroner Nicholas Gardiner Tuesday ruled out reopening the inquest into the death of former Iraq arms inspector Dr David Kelly despite medical doubts that he committed suicide by slashing his wrist.
Republican Senator Rejects Democratic Allegations of Misuse of Intelligence Washington File 12 Mar 2004 -- As the U.S. presidential election campaign heats up, a prominent Republican senator from Arizona, Jon Kyl, has offered a rebuttal to Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy's allegations that the Bush administration distorted intelligence assessments to justify the war in Iraq.
IRAQ / SPY VOA 11 Mar 2004 -- U-S authorities have arrested a former journalist and congressional staffer on charges she worked as an Iraqi spy.
TWO MEN INDICTED FOR SPYING FOR BEIJING CNA 11 Mar 2004 -- A former civilian worker of the Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) was indicted Thursday by prosecutors for spying for Beijing, along with another civilian MIB worker who was accused of helping him.
Al Qaeda Damaged, But Still Committed to U.S. Attacks AFPS 09 Mar 2004 -- Though al Qaeda's leadership structure has been seriously damaged, the organization remains "as committed as ever to attacking the U.S. homeland," the nation's top intelligence official said today on Capitol Hill.
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 09 Mar 2004 -- The head of the Central Intelligence Agency says he does not believe the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to justify the war in Iraq. C-I-A Director George Tenet appeared before a Senate panel Tuesday
`N0 MEANS' TO DO WIDESPREAD ILLEGAL TELEPHONE BUGGING: MIB CNA 08 Mar 2004 -- The Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) has neither the means, nor the necessity, nor the nerve to illegally bug 80 percent of the telephone conversations made in Taiwan, a senior MIB officer said Monday.
CHINA SPY ARRESTS VOA 03 Mar 2004 -- Authorities in China's Guangdong province will issue a verdict in a few days against a British citizen charged with espionage. The man is one of three people arrested last year in China while traveling on Hong Kong travel documents.
BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 01 Mar 2004 -- In a major blow to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Britain's main opposition party has pulled-out of a new inquiry examining the country's pre-war intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction.
Over 200 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage Committed in February KCNA 01 Mar 2004 -- The U.S. imperialist warmongers committed more than 200 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in February by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions, according to a military source.
AUSTRALIA IRAQ VOA 01 Mar 2004 -- A parliamentary report in Australia has cleared the government of deliberately lying about the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Although the report criticizes intelligence agencies for their judgments about the threat posed by Iraq, it says the government was far more cautious about pre-war intelligence than the United States and Britain.
February
UN: World Body To Secure Premises After Latest Spy Charges RFE/RL 27 Feb 2004 -- A UN spokesman has asserted the inviolability of UN premises, saying reports of British spying on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, if true, were illegal and undermined his work. A former British cabinet minister said yesterday that the spying took place in the buildup to the war on Iraq. The allegation follows reports of British plans to spy against some Security Council members last year and a charge by Mexico's former ambassador about U.S. spying.
Straw confirms Mexico query on UK spying ahead of Iraq war IRNA 27 Feb 2004 -- Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has confirmed that the Mexican government has asked him to clarify whether Britain GCHQ spying agency was involved in placing surveillance on other members of the UN Security Council in the run up to the Iraq war.
BRITAIN/SPYING VOA 26 Feb 2004 -- A former member of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government says Britain spied on U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan in the tense diplomatic period before the war in Iraq. It was during this time that the United States and Britain were trying to secure a Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force to oust Saddam Hussein.
U-N / BUGGING CONTROVERSY VOA 26 Feb 2004 -- A U-N spokesman says any bugging of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's phones -- if it happened -- would be a violation of international law.
PM press conference - 26 February Number 10 Downing Street 26 Feb 2004 -- "QUESTION: Well, let's pick up on that last one then since you invite us to. What is your general attitude to surveillance or bugging of friendly countries or United Nations officials? Do you accept to do that would be against the Vienna Convention? PRIME MINISTER: I'm not going to comment on the work that our security services do. No Prime Minister has done that. I'm not going to comment on it. Do not take that as an indication that the allegations that were made by Clare Short this morning are true. Simply understand, I am not going to comment on the operations of our security services. "
PRESS BRIEFING: 3.45PM THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2004: CLARE SHORT/KATHARINE GUN Number 10 Downing Street 26 Feb 2004 -- "Asked to explain the security implications in admitting whether or not the UK had been eavesdropping on Kofi Annan in the light of the fact that the Government had been perfectly happy to use intelligence to produce a dossier on Iraq, the PMOS pointed to the contrast between the dossier, which had been a response to a demand for public information and had been prepared in a very carefully controlled way so as not to reveal anything which might put the security services at risk, and remarks which, whether intentional or not, had served the purpose of undermining confidence in the securities services."
Statement On R v Katharine Gun 26 Feb 2004 -- "Senior Treasury Counsel prosecuting this case gave advice, with which the Director of Public Prosecutions fully concurred, that there was no longer a realistic prospect of convicting Katharine Gun."
Pak intelligence agency chief replaced IRNA 26 Feb 2004 -- Citing no reasons, Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has replaced the director general of Pakistan`s Intelligence Bureau (IB).
Blair to decide whether to expel Short over Annan spies claim IRNA 26 Feb 2004 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair hinted Thursday that disciplinary action may be taken against his former cabinet colleague Clair Short for claiming that his government spied on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war.
CONGRESS/C-I-A LEAK VOA 25 Feb 2004 -- Democrats and Republicans have had more sharp exchanges over ongoing investigations into who disclosed the identity of an undercover C-I-A officer to a newspaper columnist last year. Democrats attempted to advance a special "resolution of inquiry" that would require the Bush administration to release all documents relating to the case of Valerie Plame.
CONGRESS - INTELLIGENCE VOA 24 Feb 2004 -- The director of the Central Intelligence Agency is warning that the al-Qaida terrorist network remains capable of striking the United States on a scale similar to that of September 11th, 2001, despite U-S efforts aimed at dismantling the organization. Director George Tenet made his comments before a U-S Senate panel Tuesday
Tenet Briefs Senate on Terror Threats AFPS 24 Feb 2004 -- The al Qaeda is "seriously damaged," but the main threat facing the United States remains terrorist groups armed with catastrophic weapons, said George Tenet, the director of Central Intelligence.
Defense Intell Chief Outlines World Security Climate AFPS 24 Feb 2004 -- The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency outlined the security environment for members of the Senate Intelligence Committee during testimony today.
World: CIA Chief Says Al-Qaeda Hurt But Still Dangerous RFE/RL 24 Feb 2004 -- The director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said today that the war against terrorism has done serious damage to Al-Qaeda, but the network and its imitators remain the greatest threat to America and its allies.
CONGRESS / INTELLIGENCE VOA 23 Feb 2004 -- The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet, is expected to face tough questioning from Democrats Tuesday when he appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee. It will be Mr. Tenet's first appearance before Congress since former U-S weapons inspector David Kay blamed faulty intelligence for the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
CIA admits it didn't give all weapons data to UN, says report PLA Daily 23 Feb 2004 -- The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has acknowledged that it did not provide the United Nations with information about some sites in Iraq highly suspected of housing illicit weapons before the war, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Iraq: Prewar Intelligence Said Weapons Of Mass Destruction Would Be Hard To Find RFE/RL 16 Feb 2004 -- A U.S. newspaper reports that American intelligence analysts warned three months before the Iraq war began that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction -- if they existed -- might never be found. But the report, published 13 February in "USA Today," says this view was not passed on to U.S. President George W. Bush.
Debriefer/Interrogator Harding Security Associates Posted: 2004-02-13 - OCONUS: Position requires access to classified information. A current active Government clearance is required. We are staffing many positions for Debriefer/Interrogators.
Debriefer - Harding Security Associates Posted: 2004-02-13 - OCONUS: Position requires access to classified information. A current active Government clearance is required. We are staffing many positions for Debriefer/Interrogators.
Bush Names Last Two Members to Commission to Study U.S. Intelligence on WMD Washington File 12 Feb 2004 -- White House Report, Feb. 12: WMD Intelligence Commission, ambassadorial nominations
Al Qaeda under pressure for new strike: spy chief PLA Daily 12 Feb 2004 -- Al Qaeda is under pressure to strike another "high-value" Western target and may be looking at attacking chemical plants or shooting down planes with surface-to-air missiles, a top German intelligence official said Tuesday.
Russia: Security Services Looking For Broader Powers In Wake Of Subway Bombing RFE/RL 11 Feb 2004 -- In the wake of last week's bombing on the Moscow subway, which killed at least 39 people, Russian security services are demanding broader powers and harsher punishments to more effectively fight terrorism. They point to the controversial USA Patriot Act of 2001 as an example of the type of national security reforms they, too, are seeking.
PENTAGON/RUMSFELD/INTELLIGENCE VOA 11 Feb 2004 -- year ago, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seemed to have no doubts about the intelligence he was receiving on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Now he and other top Pentagon officials are taking what appears to be a more cautious line when it comes to assessing the accuracy of U-S intelligence.
Rumsfeld Sees Presidential Intelligence Commission as Useful Tool Washington File 10 Feb 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the presidential commission on intelligence announced by President Bush February 6 is "part of an ongoing process of lessons learned."
IRAQ / WEAPONS VOA 10 Feb 2004 -- The United States and Britain are launching separate, independent inquiries into their pre-war intelligence assessments that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. London and Washington used the weapons argument as the main reason for going to war, but to date no such weapons have been found, and the former lead U-S weapons inspector says he doesn't believe they exist.
Commission to Review U.S. Intelligence on WMD Washignton File 09 Feb 2004 -- Independent, bipartisan group to report its findings by March 31, 2005
Congresswoman Harman on Four Steps to Better Intelligence Washignton File 09 Feb 2004 -- This column by California Congresswoman Jane Harman, ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was published in the Washington Post February 8 and is in the public domain.
Wolfowitz Defends Administration's Pre-War Reading of Intelligence Washignton File 09 Feb 2004 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz defends the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq based on the intelligence that was available at the time, rather than on the word of Saddam Hussein, whom he characterizes as "a madman and a proven liar."
Leaders assess role of intelligence in Iraq war Army News Service 09 Feb 2004-- In the Silent Warrior Conference Room at Fort Huachuca, Jan. 23, there were more stars to be seen than on a cold, clear winter’s night.
Pakistan, Britain to put the bugging issue behind IRNA 09 Feb 2004 -- Pakistan and Britain have agreed to put the bugging issue of Pakistan High Commission in London behind and maintain their close friendship and cooperation in all fields, a spokesman said Monday.
Former UN chief weapons inspector doubtful about Iraq intelligence PLA Daily 09 Feb 2004 -- Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix on Sunday expressed his doubts on Iraq weapons intelligence by saying that Britain and the United States dramatized intelligence information to bolster the argument for the war against Iraq.
BUSH - IRAQ - NBC VOA 04 Feb 2004 -- President Bush is again defending his decision to invade Iraq and says he will cooperate with a commission he has established to find out why pre-war intelligence appears to have mistakenly concluded that Iraq had stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons.
Powell Offers No Apologies for Iraqi Intelligence Assessments Washington File 06 Feb 2004 -- One year after he presented evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to the Security Council, Secretary of State Colin Powell February 6 defended U.S. intelligence and said that divisions in international relations over the war in Iraq were being repaired.
BUSH/INTELLIGENCE VOA 06 Feb 2004 -- President Bush has announced a bipartisan commission to investigate U-S intelligence failures, specifically regarding intelligence prior to the Iraq war on weapons of mass destruction.
Bush Announces Members of Intelligence Commission AFPS 06 Feb 2004 -- President Bush today announced seven members of an independent commission that will look into U.S. intelligence capabilities.
U.S.: Bush, Aides Go On Offensive To Counter Suspicions Of Iraq Intelligence Failures RFE/RL 06 Feb 2004 -- For the past two weeks, former UN and U.S. weapons inspector David Kay has been causing many people to reassess not only the quality of U.S. intelligence gathering but also the validity of President George W. Bush's reasons for going to war in Iraq. Now, the Bush administration is mounting a vigorous response.
President Bush Announces Formation of Independent Commission The White House 06 Feb 2004 -- "Good afternoon. Today, by executive order, I am creating an independent commission, chaired by Governor and former Senator Chuck Robb, Judge Laurence Silberman, to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction."
DEFENSE MINISTER MUM ON REPORTS ABOUT MAINLAND ARREST OF TAIWAN SPIES CNA 06 Feb 2004 -- Minister of National Defense Tang Yiau-min declined to make any comments Friday on media reports that mainland China has busted a large Taiwan intelligence network by secretly arresting a number of Taiwanese spies in a raid.
Blair dismisses ex-spy chief's assault on Iraq weapons dossier PLA Daily 06 Feb 2004 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday dismissed a fresh attack on the government's Sept. 2002 Iraq dossier claiming Saddam Hussein was able to deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes.
CIA chief defends prewar intelligence PLA Daily 06 Feb 2004 -- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief George Tenet on Thursday defended the agency's prewar intelligence on Iraq, saying that the intelligence was not manipulated and "No one told us what to say or how to say it."
MALAYSIA / NUKE TRANSFERS VOA 06 Feb 2004 -- Malaysia is downplaying allegations that a company controlled by the prime minister's son has been involved in transferring parts for Libya's nuclear weapons program and is involved in the nuclear black market.
WMD INTEL PROBES: BOTH BUSH AND BLAIR UNDER 'INCREASING PRESSURE' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 05 Feb 2004
C-I-A /PAK NUKE VOA 05 Feb 2004 -- The director of the Central Intelligence Agency says the activities of Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan were uncovered in large part by U-S and British intelligence agencies. Mr. Khan was pardoned by President Pervez Musharraf for selling Pakistani nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
IRAQ/INTELLIGENCE VOA 05 Feb 2004 -- C-I-A Director George Tenet has delivered a strong defense of pre-war U-S intelligence about Iraq's suspected weapons of mass destruction but says many questions still need to be answered about why no weapons have been found. The top U-S intelligence official spoke out just days after his chief Iraq weapons hunter concluded Saddam Hussein probably had no banned weapons at the time of the U-S led invasion last year.
CONGRESS - INTELLIGENCE VOA 05 Feb 2004 -- Congressional Democrats are criticizing C-I-A Director George Tenet for not taking responsibility for faulty intelligence on Iraq's weapons before the United States went to war in that country. They are reacting to a speech by the Central Intelligence Agency chief in Washington Thursday.
Tenet Details Intelligence About Iraq's Weapons Program AFPS 05 Feb 2004 -- It is still too soon to know if prewar intelligence estimates about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs were accurate, the U.S. director of central intelligence said here today.
CIA Head Defends WMD Intelligence On Iraq RFE/RL 05 Feb 2004 -- For the second straight day, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush had a senior official make a public defense of the intelligence that was used to justify the invasion of Iraq last March.
45-minute Iraq claim returns to haunt Blair government IRNA 05 Feb 2004 -- The British government`s claim that Saddam Hussein`s regime could use weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes was `not a hug issue` before the Iraq war, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon insisted Thursday.
Rumsfeld says prewar intelligence on Iraq not manipulated PLA Daily 05 Feb 2004 -- US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said on Wednesday he was confident that the prewar intelligence on Iraq was not manipulated by the Bush administration to justify its war rationale.
Rumsfeld Defends Intelligence Community Before Senate AFPS 04 Feb 2004 -- No administration official put pressure on any analyst to manipulate intelligence data to hype the threat of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programs, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today.
Rumsfeld Defends Iraq Intelligence RFE/RL 04 Feb 2004 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says there is no definitive proof that Iraq lacked weapons of mass destruction before the war.
BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 04 Feb 2004 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair is defending his decision to go to war in Iraq, sweeping aside concerns about the validity of the intelligence that led to his decision.
PENTAGON/RUMSFELD VOA 04 Feb 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has strongly denied the Bush Administration manipulated intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program to bolster its case for military action to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Iraq: One Year Later, Doubts Cloud Powell's Historic Address To UN Security Council RFE/RL 04 Feb 2004 -- One year ago, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell made an extraordinary presentation to his counterparts on the UN Security Council. He unveiled classified intelligence material, using a sound and video display to try to prove that Saddam Hussein was maintaining a program of weapons of mass destruction in defiance of international demands. But in the absence of any major weapons discoveries since then, both the U.S. and British governments are now mounting investigations into intelligence failures.
Anti-war MPs question Butler`s credibility to chair Iraq inquiry IRNA 04 Feb 2004 -- A group of anti-war Labour MPs have expressed objections to Prime Minister Tony Blair`s decision to appoint former Cabinet Secretary Lord Butler to head the new inquiry into the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Blair announces independent inquiry into intelligence for Iraq war PLA Daily 04 Feb 2004 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair followed the example of US President George W. Bush Tuesday, announcing that an independent inquiry will be launched into the intelligence used to justify his decision to go to war with Iraq.
IRAQ-INTELLIGENCE VOA 03 Feb 2004 -- The failure to find any stockpiles of banned weapons in postwar Iraq has set off a political firestorm about the intelligence that the Bush Administration used to justify the war. The former chief U-S weapons inspector says assertions that Iraq possessed stockpiles of banned weapons of mass destruction were wrong, and President Bush has ordered a probe into the prewar intelligence. But there is still plenty of debate about whether U-S intelligence analysts were wrong - or wronged.
CONGRESS / IRAQ VOA 03 Feb 2004 -- Opposition Democrats in Congress are calling President Bush's decision to appoint a commission to investigate intelligence before the war in Iraq "insufficient." Republicans say Mr. Bush is taking the right steps to address the issue:
BRITAIN/IRAQ INQUIRY VOA 03 Feb 2004 -- British government has announced a special bi-partisan committee to investigate the handling of intelligence used to make its decision to go to war in Iraq. Monday, President Bush made a similar announcement in Washington.
Pakistan: Did U.S. Intelligence Fail On Islamabad's Nuclear Proliferation Too? RFE/RL 03 Feb 2004 -- U.S. concern about Pakistan's possession of nuclear weapons was heightened after the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Shortly afterward, President George W. Bush even sent his defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, to Islamabad to make certain that Pakistan was keeping its weapons secure. At that time Rumsfeld concluded that the program was safe. But now the founder of Pakistan's atomic-bomb program has admitted sharing nuclear-weapons secrets with Iran, North Korea, and Libya.
U.S./U.K.: Bush, Blair Vow To Probe Iraqi Intelligence Failures, But Critics Skeptical RFE/RL 03 Feb 2004 -- The leaders of the U.S. and Britain are both calling for investigations into the intelligence used as the basis for going to war against Iraq. The moves by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair come amid growing pressure to explain why none of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction has so far been found.
Former chief weapons inspector questions US pre-emptive strike policy PLA Daily 03 Feb 2004 -- David Kay, the former chief weapons inspector, said Sunday that flawed intelligence about Iraq's prewar weapons program put into question the US preemptive strike policy against countries deemed a threat to the United States.
Blair remains opposed to inquiry into decision for Iraq war IRNA 03 Feb 2004 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair confirmed Tuesday that there would be a new inquiry into intelligence gathering on pre-war Iraq but said he remained against it including the political judgement to go to war.
British intelligence review includes Iran IRNA 03 Feb 2004 -- Foreign Secretary Jack Straw Tuesday announced a wide-ranging review of British intelligence on weapons of mass destruction (WMD), focusing on the failure to find arms in Iraq, but also extending to other `countries of concern`, including Iran.
TRIPARTITE COMMISSION CONCLUDES SIXTH MEETING CENTCOM Release 02 Feb 2004-- Afghanistan, Pakistan and U.S. Delegations Agree on Intelligence Cooperation
TONY BLAIR 'VINDICATED' BY HUTTON REPORT US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 02 Feb 2004
Bush to Form Independent Commission to Study Intelligence on WMD Washington File 02 Feb 2004 -- President Bush told reporters February 2 that he will form an independent, bipartisan commission to study intelligence on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction around the world, but he said he wants to meet first at the White House with David Kay, the former head of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG).
BUSH IRAQ WEAPONS WRAP VOA 02 Feb 2004 -- President Bush has decided to order an independent investigation into alleged failures of U-S intelligence after the chief U-S weapons inspector in Iraq failed to find any weapons of mass destruction there. The decision amounts to a reversal for the president, who had built his case for going to war on Saddam Hussein's failure to give up chemical and biological stockpiles.
BUSH IRAQ WEAPONS VOA 02 Feb 2004 -- President Bush is setting up an independent investigation to look at intelligence gathered prior to the Iraq war -- specifically, assertions that Saddam Hussein had amassed stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.The announcement came shortly before Mr. Bush met at the White House with the former chief U-S weapons inspector in Iraq, David Kay.
BUSH IRAQ WEAPONS VOA 02 Feb 2004 -- President Bush is setting up an independent investigation to look at intelligence gathered prior to the Iraq war -- specifically, assertions that Saddam Hussein had amassed stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. The announcement came shortly before Mr. Bush met at the White House with the former chief U-S weapons inspector in Iraq, David Kay.
BRITAIN / IRAQ INQUIRY VOA 02 Feb 2004 -- The British government says it will announce soon whether to follow the U-S lead and order an inquiry into the intelligence on whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Bush To Order Probe Into Prewar Iraq WMD Charges RFE/RL 02 Feb 2004 -- U.S. President George W. Bush today said that he will establish an independent panel to investigate prewar intelligence which claimed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.