June 2005 Intelligence News |
- US Puts Financial Sanctions on Key Syrian Officials VOA 30 Jun 2005 -- The United States Thursday moved to freeze financial assets of Syria's interior minister and its military intelligence chief for Lebanon. Administration officials said the action is aimed at prodding Damascus to end its intelligence role in Lebanon, and tighten its border with Iraq.
- Time Magazine To Cooperate In CIA Leak Probe VOA 30 Jun 2005 -- Time magazine has decided to comply with a federal court order to hand over notes from one of its reporters that could shed light on who leaked the identity of a covert CIA agent to the press two years ago. Two reporters face imprisonment in connection with the investigation
- U.S. Moves To Freeze Assets of Two Syrian Intelligence Officers Washington File 30 Jun 2005 -- The U.S. government has taken actions to financially isolate two Syrians accused of directing Syria's military and security operations in Lebanon, according to a Treasury Department press release June 30.
- Italian Government Says It Had No Prior Knowledge of Imam Kidnapping VOA 30 Jun 2005 -- An Italian cabinet minister has denied that the government had prior knowledge of the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian imam, carried out by CIA operatives in Milan in 2003.
- Arrest Warrants for CIA Operatives Could Strain US-Italian Relations VOA 30 Jun 2005 -- Relations between Italy and the United States are being tested after arrest warrants were issued last week for 13 CIA operatives suspected of abducting an Egyptian terror suspect. But the Washington Post newspaper is now reporting that some Italian officials were aware of the operation.
- General Says Guantanamo Vital for Gathering Terror Intelligence Washington File 29 Jun 2005 -- Since the detention center at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base opened in January 2002, intelligence officers have conducted 28,000 interrogations of enemy combatants, and there have been 10 reported cases of abuse over the same period, says the current commander of the facility.
- Bush Approves Recommendations on Intelligence Changes Washington File 29 Jun 2005 -- President Bush has authorized the creation of a National Security Service within the FBI to consolidate the Department of Justice's intelligence and national security elements, as well as the establishment of a National Counter Proliferation Center to coordinate U.S. intelligence activities concerning the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
- World: Tensions Rise Over U.S. Terror War 'Renditions' RFE/RL 29 Jun 2005 -- There are fresh tensions in Europe over the United States' war on terrorism. This week, an Italian magistrate issued arrest warrants for 13 alleged agents of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, accusing them of kidnapping a radical Muslim cleric in Milan and flying him to Egypt where he reportedly was tortured. It is not the first time U.S. agents in Europe have been suspected of engaging in "rendition"
- Bush Acts on WMD Commission Recommendations VOA 29 Jun 2005 -- The Bush Administration is trying to improve efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
- Russian Scientist Gets Reduced Sentence RFE/RL 29 Jun 2005 -- Russia today reduced by one year the 14-year jail term being served by a Russian physicist convicted of spying for China.
- Ahmadinejad's election 'another UK intelligence failure' IRNA 27 Jun 2005 -- The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's new president is the latest in a long line of intelligence failures by British Foreign Office, according to the Guardian newspaper.
- Colombia's President Blames Intelligence Failure for Attack VOA 27 Jun 2005 -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe traveled to the site of a recent attack by arms rebels on Colombian soldiers that left 19 dead near the Ecuadorian border and another six near Venezuela.
- Italy Orders Arrest of 'CIA Operatives' for Kidnapping VOA 25 Jun 2005 -- An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 U.S. citizens linked to the Central Intelligence Agency. Italian authorities charge the Americans abducted an Egyptian imam from Milan, in northern Italy, over two years ago.
- Middle East: Fatal Crash Proves That U-2 Spy Plane, While Seldom Seen, Is Still Often Flown RFE/RL 23 Jun 2005 -- World attention is once again focused on the seldom-seen U-2 spy plane. One of the high-altitude surveillance aircraft belonging to the United States military crashed in the Middle East yesterday, killing its pilot.
- U.S. Spy Plane Crashed At U.A.E. Air Base RFE/RL 23 Jun 2005 -- The state news agency of the United Arab Emirates, WAM, reports that the U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane that was reported down somewhere in southwest Asia earlier today crashed during landing at an air base in the U.A.E.
- Atlas on Global Environmental Change Uses U.S. Satellite Imagery Washington File 22 Jun 2005 -- A collection of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) before-and-after satellite images for 80 sites around the world is featured in a new atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that documents global environmental changes.
- PILOT DIES AFTER U-2 CRASH IN SOUTHWEST ASIA CENTCOM 22 Jun 2005 -- The pilot of a U.S. Air Force U-2 died when the plane crashed in Southwest Asia at 11:30 p.m. (GMT) Tuesday.
- Chinese Defector Presents "New Evidence" In Australia Spy Row VOA 21 Jun 2005 -- A former Chinese secret policeman who is seeking asylum in Australia has provided more evidence to support his allegations that Beijing has a network of agents carrying out surveillance on dissidents.
- Predator provides close-air support to embattled Marines in Iraq AFPN 20 Jun 2005 -- An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle destroyed an anti-Iraqi forces mortar launch site near Al Qaim on June 18 while assisting Marines under enemy fire.
- Congressman Tries to Renew Focus on US Justifications for War in Iraq VOA 16 Jun 2005 -- A Democratic member of Congress is trying to focus new attention on a document known as the Downing Street Memo, in which British officials are quoted as describing the Bush administration as having shaped intelligence findings to justify a pre-determination to go to war against Saddam Hussein.
- Russia, Belarus To Conduct Open Skies Mission over United States Washington File 16 Jun 2005 -- During the week of June 20, a joint Russian-Belarusian team will conduct its first observation mission in 2005 over the United States under the terms of the Open Skies Treaty, the U.S State Department announced June 15.
- Report: Pilot error caused Predator crash AFPN 10 Jun 2005 -- Pilot error caused the Nov. 24, 2004 crash of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle at an undisclosed military installation in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, according to an accident investigation board report released June 10.
- Australia Hints at China Spy Ring Investigation VOA 09 Jun 2005 -- Australia has given a hint that its intelligence agencies are investigating claims that hundreds of Chinese spies are operating on its soil. The allegations have been made by two Chinese men seeking asylum in Australia.
- New technology unveils hidden data in images AFPN 06 Jun 2005 -- Using the power and speed of high-performance computers, Air Force Research Laboratory engineers here are finding the keys to unlock hidden data in the digital world.
- FBI Plagued by Personnel, Technical Problems as It Seeks Overhaul VOA 06 Jun 2005 -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the top U.S. anticrime agency, has been drafted by President Bush into the war on terror. But the change has been hard for the FBI.
- More Than 180 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage in May KCNA 02 Jun 2005 -- The U.S. imperialists perpetrated more than 180 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in May, according to a military source.
