July 2006 Intelligence News |
- Army Announces Maj. Gen. Miller’s Retirement Army News Release 31 Jul 2006 -- Today at a ceremony in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, special assistant to the Director of the Army Staff, retired from the United States Army following 34 years of selfless service to the Nation – including overseas assignments in Germany, Korea, Cuba and Iraq.
- UN Calls On U.S. To Close Secret Jails RFE/RL 28 Jul 2006 -- The UN Human Rights Committee today called on the United States to immediately close all secret detention facilities used in the U.S. campaign against terrorism.
- Panel Cites Progress, Weaknesses in US Anti-Terrorist Intelligence Efforts VOA 28 Jul 2006 -- A bipartisan congressional panel reports that, while reforms of the U.S. intelligence community approved in 2004 have helped protect against new terrorist attacks, some serious weaknesses remain
- Unmanned Aircraft Give Military Added Capability AFPS 26 Jul 2006 -- The instant feedback of information supplied by unmanned aerial vehicles is bringing immediate "value added" to U.S. military operations, the Joint Staff's director for strategic plans and policy explained yesterday.
- IRAQ: Torture of detainees is commonplace, says rights group IRIN 23 Jul 2006 -- The Iraqi government has called for an investigation after New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Sunday that US military personnel regularly torture and abuse Iraqi detainees under interrogation.
- Prisoner Abuse Reportedly Continued After Abu Ghraib RFE/RL 23 Jul 2006 -- The group Human Rights Watch says in a new report that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of Iraqi detainees even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called public attention to the issue in 2004.
- Report: US Superiors Authorized Abuse of Iraqi Detainees VOA 23 Jul 2006 -- A U.S.-based human rights organization alleges that detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq were routinely subjected to beatings, sleep deprivation, stress positions and other forms of abuse by American interrogators.
- Military Commissions Protect Intelligence, Attorney General Says Washington File 18 Jul 2006 -- Military commissions are a useful way to try terrorists while protecting military intelligence and sources, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee July 18.
- US Senators Press Gonzales on Counter-Terrorism Programs VOA 18 Jul 2006 -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced tough questions Tuesday from members of the Senate about some of the Bush administration's counter-terrorism programs.
- Plame Sues Cheney Over CIA Leak Case VOA 14 Jul 2006 -- Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, have filed a civil lawsuit, accusing Vice President Dick Cheney and others of violating their constitutional rights in connection with Wilson's criticism of the Bush administration's justification for the war in Iraq.
- Former CIA Officer Sues Cheney, Others Over Leaked Identity VOA 13 Jul 2006 -- A former CIA agent has sued several top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and former presidential adviser Karl Rove for their roles in the public disclosure of her classified identity.
- Austrian detained on suspicion of industrial espionage for Russia RIA Novosti 13 Jul 2006 -- A former employee of an Austrian industrial group was detained in Innsbruck on suspicion of spying for Russia, Austrian television said Thursday.
- Kyrgyzstan expelled U.S. diplomats after secret services report RIA Novosti 12 Jul 2006 -- Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday two U.S. diplomats had been expelled from the Central Asian country on the basis of a report from the secret services.
- Carte blanche to Russian secret services RIA Novosti 10 Jul 2006 -- The State Duma has issued a "license to kill" the murderers of the Russian diplomats in Iraq .
- U.S. Aerial Espionage against DPRK at Dangerous Stage KCNA 07 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. imperialists flew strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions to commit aerial espionage acts against the DPRK on more than 1,000 occasions in the first half of the year
- EP report says EU states covered illegal CIA rendition IRNA 06 Jul 2006 -- The European Parliament debated Wednesday the interim report prepared by the EP's temporary committee's on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners.
- European Parliament says CIA responsible for illegal activities in Europe IRNA 06 Jul 2006 -- The European Parliament approved Thursday an interim report of its Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners by 389 to 137 with 55 abstentions.
- EU: European Parliamentarians Debate Issue Of CIA Renditions RFE/RL 06 Jul 2006 -- The European Parliament in Strasbourg has discussed an interim report on alleged illegal CIA arrests and transport of terrorist suspects in Europe
- Putin says using secret services abroad for anti-terror legal RIA Novosti 06 Jul 2006 -- President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that using special services overseas to combat terrorism was not a breach of international law.
- India fears China may use Nathu La to extend spy network IRNA 06 Jul 2006 -- As India and China prepare to re-open the Nathu La, the Himalayan pass on the legendary Silk Road trade route between East and West this week, some Indian military experts warn China could use the pass to extend its spy network deep into India.
- Report: CIA Closes Unit Devoted to Tracking bin Laden VOA 04 Jul 2006 -- Media reports in the United States say the Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that was devoted to tracking international terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants.
- EP to vote on report of CIA illegal activity in Europe IRNA 02 Jul 2006 -- The European Parliament will debate and vote during its session in Strasbourg on Thursday on the interim report of the EP's Temporary Committee on illegal CIA activities in Europe.
- US Attorney General, Visiting Egypt, Says No Renditions to Countries that Torture VOA 02 Jul 2006 -- U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been visiting Egypt, where he told reporters that the United States will not send terrorist suspects to countries that practice torture.
- At Least 220 Cases of U.S. Aerial Espionage Committed against DPRK in June KCNA 01 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. imperialists committed at least 220 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in June by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions, according to military sources.
