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• Congress Passes Legislation on Questioning, Trying Detainees Washington File 29 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Congress has agreed on legislation governing how the United States treats and tries detainees in the War on Terror. The legislation would authorize the president to establish military commissions to try unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States.
• NATO, EU Urge Calm In Russia-Georgia Row RFE/RL 29 Sep 2006 -- NATO, the United States, and the EU have all attempted to calm the escalating spy row between Russia and Georgia.
• Iranian Government Behind Shipping Weapons to Iraq AFPS 28 Sep 2006 -- The Iranian government is behind shipping components used to make improvised explosive devices to Iraqi insurgents, a senior intelligence official in Iraq said yesterday.
• Defense Department Outlines Links Between Iraq, Iran Washignton File 28 Sep 2006 -- The deputy chief of staff of intelligence for multinational forces in Iraq says the coalition continues its effort to block foreign influence-including that of neighboring Iran.
• US Senate Passes Detainee Bill VOA 28 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Senate, following the lead of the House of Representatives, has approved legislation establishing rules for the treatment and trial of terror suspects
• U.S.: President Given Broader Powers Over Terror Suspects RFE/RL 29 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that gives President George W. Bush broad, new powers to interrogate and try suspected terrorists.
• House Approves Bush Surveillance Program VOA 29 Sep 2006 -- The House of Representatives has approved legislation providing a legal framework for President Bush's electronic surveillance program which he says is vital to preventing new terrorist attacks
• Russian Officers Detained in Georgia on Spy Charges VOA 29 Sep 2006 -- Georgian officials say four Russian officers detained in Tbilisi have been charged with spying and are expected to appear in court for a preliminary hearing
• Russian 'Spies' To Appear In Court RFE/RL 29 Sep 2006 -- The four Russian officers accused by Georgia of spying will appear in court later today.
• Russian envoy to Georgia blasts espionage charges RIA Novosti 29 Sep 2006 -- Russia's ambassador to Georgia continued Moscow's diplomatic attack on Tbilisi Friday dismissing espionage charges brought against four officers stationed in the capital.
• Georgia says 1 Russian released, 4 charged with espionage RIA Novosti 29 Sep 2006 -- The Georgian Interior Ministry said Friday that one Russian serviceman has been released and four officially charged with espionage in a scandal that threatens to wreck already tense bilateral relations.
• Russia Demands UN Security Council Meeting on Georgia VOA 28 Sep 2006 -- Russia has asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the arrest of five Russian army officers in Georgia.
• Russia Recalls Georgian Ambassador Over Spy Scandal REF/RL 28 Sep 2006 -- Russia says it has recalled its ambassador from Tbilisi, one day after Georgia detained four Russian officers on spying charges.
• US Senate to Pass Detainee Bill VOA 28 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Senate Thursday is expected to approve legislation establishing rules for the treatment and trial of terrorism suspects in U.S. custody
• Bush Urges Senate to Back Detainee Bill VOA 28 Sep 2006 -- President Bush met with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Thursday, ahead of expected Senate passage of a bill dealing with the treatment and trials of terrorism suspects
• Georgia says to give media recordings of Russian "spies" RIA Novosti 28 Sep 2006 -- Georgia's interior minister said Wednesday he would provide the media with audio and video recordings confirming that Russian officers had been spying in Georgia.
• Another seven Russian servicemen detained, released in Georgia RIA Novosti 28 Sep 2006 -- Another Russian officer and six soldiers were detained by Georgian authorities and beaten in the country's Black Sea port of Batumi, the Russian defense minister said Thursday. All were later released.
• Moscow mulls UN involvement amid Russian-Georgian 'spying' clash RIA Novosti 28 Sep 2006 -- The tense standoff in Georgia should be referred to the UN Security Council because it is destabilizing the Caucasus region, Russia's foreign minister said Thursday.
• Moscow Ridicules Georgia's Spy Charges Against Russian Officers VOA 28 Sep 2006 -- Russia has reacted angrily to Georgia's detention of five Russian officers on suspicion of spying.
• US House Passes Bill on Detainee Interrogation VOA 27 Sep 2006 -- The House of Representatives Wednesday approved legislation establishing new guidelines for the handling of terrorist suspects in U.S. custody
• Analysis: Intelligence Paper Fuels Political Fire cfr.org 27 Sep 2006 -- In a 2003 memo, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld posed the question "Are we capturing, killing, or deterring and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrassas and the radical clerics are recruiting, training, and deploying against us?"
• National Intelligence Estimate on Terrorism Released AFPS 27 Sep 2006 -- The number of people identifying themselves as jihadists is increasing and spreading, but the United States has still made significant progress against terrorists, according to a declassified National Intelligence Estimate.
• Bush Releases Intelligence Report Findings on Terrorism, Iraq Washington File 27 Sep 2006 -- President Bush on September 26 authorized U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte to declassify selected portions of a report on trends in global terrorism to illustrate the report's findings are far more complex and nuanced than the characterizations reported by the media.
• Press Briefing by Homeland Security Advisor Frances Fragos Townsend The White House 26 Sep 2006
• White House Releases Parts of Secret Report VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- The Bush administration has released parts of a previously secret government assessment of the war on terror
• Rodong Sinmun Comments on Japan's Launch of Spy Satellite KCNA 27 Sep 2006 -- Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in a signed commentary denounces Japan's recent launch of a military spy satellite as part of preparations for reinvasion of the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Asia, a criminal action of seriously threatening peace and stability in the region.
• President To Declassify Intelligence Report on Iraq Washington File 26 Sep 2006 -- President Bush announced September 26 that he will release portions of a classified intelligence report that he said the American news media mischaracterized as linking Iraqi security operations with an increased terrorist threat in the United States.
• Negroponte Says Intelligence Estimate Should be Broadly Viewed AFPS 26 Sep 2006 -- The classified national intelligence estimate, "Trends in Global Terrorism," was not just an examination of Iraq and international terrorism, but far broader, the director of national intelligence said here yesterday.
• Bush to Declassify Iraq Intelligence Report AFPS 26 Sep 2006 -- Sending the U.S. military into Iraq was not a mistake, and if America had never gone into Iraq, terrorists would still be active and would still be promoting their radical movement, President Bush said here today.
• Bush Says Parts of Secret Terror Report To Be Made Public VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- President Bush says he will make public parts of a secret government assessment of the war on terror.
• Negroponte: Classified Document on Iraq War Distorts 'Broad Picture' VOA 26 Sep 2006 -- U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte says news reports of a document which says the war in Iraq has spawned a new generation of Islamic terrorists distorts what he calls the broad picture.
• U.S: Security Report Leak Sparks Furor In Washington RFE/RL 26 Sep 2006 -- A leaked report by U.S. security agencies saying the invasion of Iraq has promoted the growth of terrorist groups is sparking a major debate in Washington.
• REID: Contrary to White House PR Campaign, Bush Iraq Policies Have Made America Less Safe Office of Sen. Reid 25 Sep 2006 -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement on press reports that the National Intelligence Estimate, the most authoritative summary of the opinion of America's intelligence community, has concluded that the war in Iraq has made the threat of terrorism worse.
• Transcript: Remarks by the Director of National Intelligence Ambassador John D. Negroponte Office of the Director Of National Intelligence 25 Sep 2006
• Statement by the Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, in response to news reports about the National Intelligence Estimate on Trends in Global Terrorism Office of the Director of National Intelligence 24 Sep 2006
• U.S. Intelligence Concludes Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat RFE/RL 24 Sep 2006 -- According to a report cited by "The New York Times," U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the U.S.-led war in Iraq has given birth to a new generation of Islamic radicals and worsened the threat of global terrorism.
• Reports: US Intelligence Says Iraq War Increasing Terror Threat VOA 24 Sep 2006 -- American intelligence agencies have reportedly determined that the war in Iraq has increased the global threat of terrorism.
• Unmanned Air Vehicle ditched into the sea EADS 23 Sep 2006 -- An EADS-owned Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has ditched into the sea on Saturday morning upon approach for landing at San Javier Air Force Base (Murcia / Spain) after a test flight. The test was part of the current flight trials and is one element of the broad field of UAV activities within EADS.
• Adherence To Geneva Conventions at Heart of US Detainee Compromise VOA 22 Sep 2006 -- A key provision of international law was at the heart of the now-resolved dispute between the Bush administration and a few Senators from his Republican party over how terrorism suspects should be treated and put on trial.
• U.S.: Bush Rallies Support For Interrogations Bill RFE/RL 22 Sep 2006 -- U.S. President George W. Bush has struck a deal with recalcitrant lawmakers from his own Republican Party over how to interrogate and put on trial terrorism suspects.
• White House, Senate Republicans Reach Deal on Detainee Bill VOA 21 Sep 2006 -- The Bush administration and Senate Republicans have reached a deal on legislation relating to how terrorism suspects are treated and tried by the United States
• General: What Constitutes 'Outrages on Personal Dignity'? AFPS 21 Sep 2006 -- Detainee treatment and interrogation operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are fully compliant with the Detainee Treatment Act and Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions -- at least as best as U.S. military leaders understand Common Article 3, the general with overall responsibility for operations there said yesterday.
• Former President Clinton Speaks Out Against White House Terror Legislation VOA 21 Sep 2006 -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has voiced his opposition to anti-terrorism legislation backed by the White House, saying it would be wrong to approve torture for terrorism suspects.
• DoD Cuts Ribbon on Joint Intelligence Resource Center AFPS 21 Sep 2006 -- In keeping with the high-tech nature of intelligence collection today, officials snipped a ribbon in cyberspace to open U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance here Sept. 13.
• House Intelligence Committee Releases Report on al-Qaeda House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 20 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today released a report on the status of al-Qaeda as a threat to the United States.
• Former Secretary of State Opposes Bush's Proposed Detainee Legislation VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he is opposed to President Bush's efforts to redefine rules on the treatment of prisoners of war and the interrogation of terrorism suspects.
• Royal Air Force to put BAE Systems intelligent UAV through its paces BAE Systems 20 Sep 2006 -- BAE Systems is to work with the Royal Air Forces Air Warfare Centre on a project to integrate the companys HERTI Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) System into UK military exercises.
• SAIC Becomes Member of ESRI's Authorized Systems Integrator Program for Geospatial-Intelligence Solutions SAIC 20 Sep 2006 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced a strategic business relationship with ESRI, in which SAIC has become a member of ESRI's Authorized Systems Integrator program. Under this program, SAIC and ESRI intend to jointly develop and market system solutions and services for defense, intelligence and homeland security.
• Bush Party Members Cautiously Optimistic About Deal on Detainee Bill VOA 19 Sep 2006 -- The Bush administration and Senate Republicans are working to resolve differences over legislation dealing with the handling of terrorism suspects, and hope to reach agreement before November's congressional elections.
• Report: Canadian Authorities Gave US False Information About Terror Suspect VOA 19 Sep 2006 -- An official Canadian report says a U.S. decision to send a Canadian Muslim to Syria as a possible terror suspect was based on false information provided by Canadian law enforcement.
• Analysis: The Geneva Convention Debate cfr.org 18 Sep 2006 -- Terrorist suspects can be interrogated but not tortured under international law. But the definition of torture is open to interpretation
• Bush Urges International Cooperation, Critical Tools Needed for Terror Fight AFPS 17 Sep 2006 -- After a week of activities commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, President Bush said yesterday he's looking forward to meeting with world leaders this week to strengthen international cooperation in fighting terrorism.
• Hints of Compromise on US Prisoner Treatment Dispute VOA 17 Sep 2006 -- Both the White House and key members of the U.S. Congress are hinting at compromise on the complex issue of how best to try and treat terror suspects
• EU says US secret prisons against international law IRNA 16 Sep 2006 -- EU foreign ministers discussed the issue of secret CIA prisons during their meeting in Brussels Friday following a proposal by Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot.
• President's Radio Address US Dept. of State 16 Sep 2006
• Bush Repeats Call for Congress to Pass His Version of Interrogation Law VOA 16 Sep 2006 -- President Bush has again urged Congress to pass his version of a law allowing the use of tough interrogation tactics on suspected terrorists.
• Bush Urges Congress to Pass His Version of Interrogation Law VOA 16 Sep 2006 -- President Bush on Friday urged Congress to pass a law creating military tribunals and allowing the use of tough interrogation tactics on suspected terrorists.
• Bush: Clear Rules Needed for Detainee Operations AFPS 15 Sep 2006 -- The pending legislation in Congress about detaining, questioning and trying suspected terrorists will give military intelligence professionals the clarity they need to protect the American people from another terrorist attack, President Bush said here today.
• Setting the Record Straight: JAG Leaders Say Common Article 3 Provisions Would Be "Helpful" The WHite House 15 Sep 2006
• Press Conference of the President The White House 15 Sep 2006
• Bush Challenges Any Change to His Version of Interrogation Law VOA 15 Sep 2006 -- President Bush is facing stiff opposition from key members of his own party over rules governing the interrogation of suspected terrorists and the way terror trials can be conducted.
• Bush to Speak on Terrorism Legislation VOA 15 Sep 2006 -- President Bush is expected to hold a news conference Friday as he battles the U.S. Senate over how best to try and treat terror suspects.
• Bush Suffers Setback in Congress on Terror Tribunals VOA 15 Sep 2006 -- Key Republicans in the U.S. Senate have defied President Bush's plan on how to try and treat terror suspects.
• Senate Panel Defies Bush on Treatment of Terrorists VOA 14 Sep 2006 -- The stage is set for a confrontation between the White House and the U.S. Senate on the sensitive and complex issue of how best to try and treat terror suspects. A key Senate committee has approved a proposal that has already been rejected by the Bush administration.
• United States Seeking To Clarify Geneva Treaty Obligations Washington File 14 Sep 2006 -- The Bush administration says it is working with the U.S. Congress to define U.S. obligations under Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions in order to keep its CIA interrogation program in the War on Terror operating in a manner consistent with both U.S. law and international treaty obligations.
• IAEA Complains About US House Committee Report on Iran VOA 14 Sep 2006 -- U.N. inspectors have complained to the Bush administration and a Congressional committee about its recent report on Iran's nuclear program, calling parts of the document "outrageous and dishonest."
• Successful first flight of the SIDM UAV system in France Israel Aerospace Industries 12 Sep 2006 -- EADS and Israel Aircraft Industry (IAI), have successfully completed the first flight of a MALE UAV System in France. The drone SIDM (Systeme Interimaire de Drone Male) flew from the Istres air base, the DGA (French armaments procurement agency) fly test centre with full communication package including satellite communication and line-of-sight data links.
• IAEA Letter on Iran Report by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy International Atomic Energy Agency 12 Sep 2006 -- "I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the Staff Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy, date 23 August 2006, entitled “Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States”, contains some erroneous, misleading and unsubstantiated information."
• Letter to Sen. Warner and Sen. Levin on Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions by retired military leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces and former officials of the Department of Defense 12 Sep 2006 -- "As retired military leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces and former officials of the Department of Defense, we write to express our profound concern about a key provision of S. 3861, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, introduced last week at the behest of the President. We believe that the language that would redefine Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions as equivalent to the standards contained in the Detainee Treatment Act violates the core principles of the Geneva Conventions and poses a grave threat to American service-members, now and in future wars."
• Japan Launches Third Spy Satellite to Watch Over North Korea VOA 11 Sep 2006 -- Japan has launched its third spy satellite into orbit. Like the first two, this one is intended primarily to monitor activities in North Korea.
• Successful first flight of the SIDM UAV system in France EADS 11 Sep 2006 -- EADS, in association with Israel Aircraft Industry (IAI), has successfully completed the first flight of a MALE UAV System in France. The drone SIDM (Système Intérimaire de Drone Male) flew from the Istres air base, the DGA (French armaments procurement agency) fly test centre with full communication package including satellite communication and line-of-sight data links.
• Intelligence Director Reviews Changes Since September 11 Attacks Washington File 10 Sep 2006 -- The following piece was originally published in the September 10 edition of the Washington Post and is in the public domain.
• Belgium says CIA secret jails issue will effect Europe-US ties IRNA 09 Sep 2006 -- Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht was quoted saying Saturday he feels that the affair surrounding the secret CIA prisons will have a negative effect on transatlantic relations.
• Merkel Criticizes US for Secret Detention Centers VOA 09 Sep 2006 -- Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the United States for using secret overseas detention centers to interrogate terror suspects.
• Torture of Detainees "Absolutely Banned" Says State Official Washington File 08 Sep 2006 -- The use of torture and the use of evidence derived from torture is "absolutely banned" in the Bush administration's proposed procedures for military commissions trying detainees at the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba, John Bellinger, the State Department's legal adviser said September 7.
• Senate Report Rules Out al-Qaida Link with Saddam VOA 08 Sep 2006 -- A report by a Senate committee says there is no evidence former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had any relationship with the al-Qaida terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or his associates before the U.S. and allied forces invaded Iraq in 2003.
• Dutch gov't concerned over existence of secret CIA jails IRNA 08 Sep 2006 -- The usually American-friendly Dutch government expressed concern over the existence of secret CIA prisons, DPA reported on Friday.
• EU lawmakers step up pressure on governments on CIA secret prisons IRNA 08 Sep 2006 -- After Wednesday's acknowledgment by US President George W. Bush on the existence of secret CIA prisons abroad, complicit European government that turned a blind eye to their existence are now under pressure from Members of the European Parliament to expose the truth.
• US Governor Secures Release of American Journalist in Sudan VOA 08 Sep 2006 -- A U.S. state governor says Sudan has agreed to release an American journalist and two Chadian colleagues arrested and charged with espionage last month.
• UN Human Rights Chief Calls on US to Abolish Secret CIA Prisons VOA 08 Sep 2006 -- U.N. top human rights official Louise Arbour has called on the United States to abolish all of its secret overseas prisons it recently admitted using for the interrogation of terrorism suspects.
• Analysis: Bush Admits CIA-Run Prisons Exist cfr.org 07 Sep 2006 -- The treatment of terrorism suspects, once in custody, has garnered plenty of attention in the five years since September 11, 2001
• US Military Reaffirms 14 Leading Terrorist Suspects Will Be Treated Within New Guidelines VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. military says 14 suspected terrorists who have been transferred to the controversial detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba early this week are being treated according to international standards, and new guidelines.
• 14 High-Level Terrorists Processed Into Guantanamo Bay AFPS 07 Sep 2006 -- Fourteen men believed to be high-level terrorist leaders arrived in recent days at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and were transferred to Defense Department custody without incident, the commander of the U.S. military detention facility there said today.
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Rear Adm. Harris from the Pentagon 07 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Commander, Joint Task Force, Guantanamo, Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris
• Brussels Wants Investigations Into CIA Prisons RFE/RL 07 Sep 2006 -- EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini is calling on all European Union governments to investigate the presence and operations of secret CIA prisons in Europe.
• Council Of Europe: Investigators To Continue Inquiry Into Secret CIA Prisons RFE/RL 07 Sep 2006 -- Council of Europe investigators say they will continue to try to learn more details about U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secret prisons that Washington has now acknowledged existed in other countries.
• US Confirms Existence of Secret Overseas CIA Prisons VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- President Bush has acknowledged for the first time that U.S. intelligence agents interrogated terror suspects at secret overseas prisons and moved 14 of them to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• China Criticizes US Use of Secret Prisons VOA 07 Sep 2006 -- China has criticized the United States following the confirmation this week by President Bush that the Central Intelligence Agency is running prisons overseas to house terror suspects.
• High-Value Detainees Moved to Gitmo; Bush Proposes Detainee Legislation AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- President Bush today announced the transfer of 14 high-value terrorist detainees from CIA custody to confinement at the Defense Department's detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and that he asked Congress to authorize military commissions to try them.
• Bush: Successful Programs Have Prevented Further Attacks AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- Nearly five years after America "awoke to a nightmare attack" on Sept. 11, 2001, the nation is thankful that terrorists haven't succeeded in launching another attack on U.S. soil, but recognizes that it's not for the terrorists' lack of trying, President Bush said at the White House today.
• Analysis: Bush Bows to High Court Ruling on 'Detainees' cfr.org 06 Sep 2006 -- The treatment of terrorism suspects, once in custody, has garnered plenty of attention in the five years since September 11, 2001
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Deputy Assistant Secretary Stimson and Lt. Gen. Kimmons from the Pentagon 06 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Cully Stimson and Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Lt. Gen. John Kimmons
• Leading Terrorist Detainees Transferred to Guantanamo VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. government has transferred 14 alleged terrorist leaders to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the first new arrivals at the controversial facility in two years
• Top Terror Suspects Transferred to Guantanamo VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- President Bush has for the first time acknowledged the existence of secret CIA prisons holding top terror suspects and is asking Congress to approve the creation of military commissions to put them on trial
• Pentagon Releases New Rules for Treatment of Detainees Washington File 06 Sep 2006 -- The Defense Department released new guidelines for the treatment and interrogation of detainees in the War on Terror September 6 that require, at a minimum, that all detainees in the custody of the Defense Department be treated in a manner consistent with the requirements of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions that prohibits cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
• Bush Says High-Level Detainees Will Face Fair Military Trial Washington File 06 Sep 2006 -- President Bush announced that he is sending draft legislation to the U.S. Congress that specifically would authorize U.S. military commissions to try captured terrorist suspects and would clarify the rules governing how U.S. interrogators may question detainees to gather intelligence against terrorist organizations and prevent potential terrorist activities.
• Pentagon Issues New Rules on Detainees VOA 06 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Defense Department has issued new rules for the treatment of detainees and for conduct by interrogators that officials say are designed to ensure humane treatment and prevent the kind of abuses that have happened in recent years
• President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists The White House 06 Sep 2006
• Fact Sheet: The Administration's Legislation to Create Military Commissions The White House 06 Sep 2006
• Army Publishes New Intelligence Manual Army News Release 06 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Army announced today the publication of Field Manual (FM) 2-22.3, "Human Intelligence Collector Operations."
• Army releases new interrogation manual Army News 06 Sep 2006 -- The Army announced today the publication of Field Manual 2-22.3, "Human Intelligence Collector Operations."
• New Documents Outline Detention, Interrogation Policies AFPS 06 Sep 2006 -- A new policy directive and field manual released today establish crystal-clear guidelines on U.S. military detention and interrogation policies and further the Defense Department's longstanding policy of humane treatment for all detainees, defense officials told Pentagon reporters today.
• NSB DENIES INTELLIGENCE LINKS WITH THINK TANK IRNA 06 Sep 2006 -- The National Security Bureau (NSB) has denied a Chinese court's accusation that it had asked a local think tank to gather intelligence about China.
• AIR FORCE PILOT PROSECUTED FOR `LEAKING MILITARY SECRET' CNA 05 Sep 2006 -- An Air Force jet fighter pilot has been referred to the Military Prosecutor's Office on charges of "leaking military secrets," the Air Force General Headquarters announced Tuesday.
• Sagem Défense Sécurité transforms Danish UAVs for Canadian Forces Sagem (Safran group) 01 Sep 2006 -- The Canadian Ministry of Defence has just awarded Sagem Défense Sécurité (SAFRAN Group) a contract to standardize Danish Army Sperwer tactical UAV systems according to Canadian specifications.
• MND DEFENDS INCREASE IN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE BUDGET CNA 01 Sep 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Friday that an increase in the military intelligence budget for the coming year will mainly be used for counterintelligence operations which have nothing to do with politics.
• U.S. Commits Over 180 Cases of Aerial Espionage against DPRK KCNA 01 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 180 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with various missions in August, according to a military source.