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• Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community - 2023 ODNI 6 Feb 2023, Released 08 Mar 2023
• Updated Assessment of Anomalous Health Incidents National Intelligence Council 01 Mar 2023
• IC Targeting and Collection Efforts Point Away From Adversary Involvement in Anomalous Health Incidents National Intelligence Council Released 01 Mar 2023
• 1st EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats - Towards a framework for networked defence EEAS Feb 2023, Released 07 Feb 2023
• National Intelligence Estimate - Economic and National Security Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through 2026 National Intelligence Council April 2022, Declassified 14 Jan 2023, Released 03 Feb 2023
• 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena ODNI 12 Jan 2023
• National Intelligence Estimate - Afghanistan: Implications of Taliban Rule National Intelligence Council June 2022, Declassified 05 Dec 2022, Released 16 Dec 2022
• Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and Cybersecurity - Threat Landscape EEAS/ENISA 08 Dec 2022
• Opinion of the Court: Case#: 22-13005 - Donald J. Trump v. USA - Docket#: 9:22-cv-81294-AMC Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 01 Dec 2022
• FBI, DHS Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism (October 2022) ODNI - FBI/DHS Released 25 Oct 2022
• Cyber Operations Enabling Expansive Digital Authoritarianism NIC April 2020, Declassified 05 Oct 2022, Released 25 Oct 2022
• National Security Memorandum on Partial Revocation of Presidential Policy Directive 28 The White House 07 Oct 2022
• Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities The White House 07 Oct 2022
• Chinese Space Activities Will Increasingly Challenge U.S. Interests Through 2030 NIC April 2021, Declassified 17 Sep 2022, and Released 04 Oct 2022
• National Intelligence Estimate - ISIS Core Rebuilding, Poised to Grow Globally Through 2021 NIC May 2020, Declassified 26 Aug 2022, and Released 08 Sep 2022
• Donald J. Trump v. United States of America - Notice by Investigative Team of Status Review United States District Court - Southern District of Florida 30 Aug 2022, Released 02 Sep 2022
• Donald J. Trump v. United States of America - United States' Response to Motion for Judicial Oversight and Additional Relief United States District Court - Southern District of Florida 30 Aug 2022
• Redacted Search Warrant Affidavit - CASE NO. 22-MJ-8332-BER United States District Court - Southern District of Florida Released 26 Aug 2022
• NCSC 2021 Year in Review NCSC 08 Aug 2022, Released 12 Aug 2022
• Summary of the Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba DNI Declassified 09 Jul 2022, Released 08 Aug 2022
• China's Threat to the Fed: Chinese Influence and Information Theft at U.S. Federal Reserve Banks Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Minority Media 26 Jul 2022
• Russian Forces Conducting Detentions and Forced Deportations Through Systematic Filtration Operations National Intelligence Council 06 Jun 2022, Released 22 Jul 2022 -- "We assess that Russia with the help of proxy groups almost certainly is using so-called filtration operations to conduct the detention and forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to Russia. These operations have expanded during the course of the conflict to involve the screening of possibly thousands of individual Ukrainians. The filtration process includes temporary detention, data collection, interrogation, and in some cases abuse of detainees, and takes place in a variety of temporary processing centers—often in parallel with internally displaced persons (IDP) and refugee processing."
• Aspen Security Forum Fireside Chat: CIA Director William Burns / NBC Correspondent Andrea Mitchell CIA 20 Jul 2022
• Best Practices to Protect Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights of Americans of Chinese Descent in the Conduct of U.S. Intelligence Activities ODNI May 2022, Released 31 May 2022
• Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities - Calendar Year 2021 ODNI Apr 2022, Released 28 Apr 2022
• The Role of Intelligence at a Transformational Moment - Speech by CIA Director William Burns CIA 14 Apr 2022
• Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community ODNI Feb 2022, Released 08 Mar 2022
• Complementary Efforts on Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs) - IC Experts Panel report ODNI - IC Experts Panel on Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs) Declassified on 01 Feb 2022
• Memorandum on Improving the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems The White House 19 Jan 2022
• Updated Assessment on COVID-19 Origins ODNI/NIC 29 Oct 2021
• National Intelligence Estimate: Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040 National Intelligence Council Released 21 Oct 2021
• Unclassified Summary of Assessment on COVID-19 Origins ODNI Released 26 Aug 2021
• Russian GRU Conducting Global Brute Force Campaign to Compromise Enterprise and Cloud Environments NSA/CISA/FBI/UK NCSC 01 Jul 2021
• Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism ODNI - FBI/DHS Released 14 May 2021
• Afghanistan: Women’s Economic, Political, Social Status Driven by Cultural Norms NIC 02 Apr 2021, Released 10 May 2021
• EEAS Special Report Update: Short Assessment of Narratives and Disinformation Around the COVID-19 Pandemic (Update December 2020 - April 2021) European External Action Service (EEAS) 28 April 2021
• Summary of the Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ODNI Declassified on 18 Dec 2020, Released on 05 Apr 2021
• Battling the Invisible Enemy: One Year Later DHS 26 Mar 2021 -- Volume II highlights S&T's response to COVID-19 through day 365 and beyond, including scientific studies, multifaceted support to DHS components and partners, and a look ahead to what’s next.
• Domestic Violent Extremism Poses Heightened Threat in 2021 ODNI 01 Mar 2021, Released 17 Mar 2021
• Interim National Security Strategic Guidance The White House Mar 2021
• Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities ODNI Apr 2021
• Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community ODNI 09 Apr 2021, Released 13 Apr 2021
• Global Trends 2040 - A More Contested World National Intelligence Council Mar 2021, Released 08 Apr 2021
• Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections National Intelligence Council 10 Mar 2021, Released 16 Mar 2021
• Key Findings and Recommendations: Foreign Interference Related to the 2020 US Federal Elections DOJ/DHS 16 Mar 2021
• Joint Intelligence Bulletin: Domestic Violent Extremists Emboldened in Aftermath of Capitol Breach, Elevated Domestic Terrorism Threat of Violence Likely Amid Political Transitions and Beyond DHS-FBI-NCTC 13 Jan 2021
• Assessing the Saudi Government's Role in the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi DNI 11 Feb 2021, Released on 26 Feb 2021
• DHS Strategic Action Plan to Counter the Threat Posed by the People’s Republic of China - Defending the Homeland in the Era of Great Power Competition DHS 12 Jan 2021 -- The DHS Strategic Action Plan to Counter the Threat Posed by the People’s Republic of China describes how the Department will continue to leverage the entire Homeland Security Enterprise to respond to the myriad threats posed by the Beijing regime to the American people.
• The Government of The United States Of America -v- Julian Paul Assange JUDICIARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES 04 Jan 2021
• The Government of The United States Of America -v- Julian Paul Assange - Consolidated Annex JUDICIARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES 04 Jan 2021
• REPORT OF INVESTIGATION (Case S8934P) CONCERNING RC-26B OPERATIONS 1 - 4 JUNE 2020 USAF IG Aug 2020
• Report of the US SSCI on Russian Active Measures Campaigns & Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election - Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities USSSCI Released 18 Aug 2020
• GEC Special Report: Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem US Dept. of State Aug 2020 -- "(...) this report draws on publicly available reporting to provide an overview of Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem. Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem is the collection of official, proxy, and unattributed communication channels and platforms that Russia uses to create and amplify false narratives. The ecosystem consists of five main pillars: official government communications, state-funded global messaging, cultivation of proxy sources, weaponization of social media, and cyber-enabled disinformation. The Kremlin bears direct responsibility for cultivating these tactics and platforms as part of its approach to using information as a weapon. It invests massively in its propaganda channels, its intelligence services and its proxies to conduct malicious cyber activity to support their disinformation efforts, and it leverages outlets that masquerade as news sites or research institutions to spread these false and misleading narratives."
• Russia UK House of Commons Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament 21 Jul 2020 -- "The Report covers aspects of the Russian threat to the UK (Cyber; Disinformation and Influence; and Russian Expatriates) followed by an examination of how the UK Government – in particular the Agencies and Defence Intelligence – has responded (Allocation of Effort; Strategy, Co-ordination and Tasking; A Hard Target; Legislation; International Partnerships; and Engagement with Russia)."
• LTG Michael Flynn Retired) Transcripts ODNI Declassified and Released 29 May 2020
• Report of the US SSCI on Russian Active Measures Campaigns & Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election - Vol. 4: Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment with Additional Views - Additional declassifications USSSCI Released 2020
• Report of the US SSCI on Russian Active Measures Campaigns & Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election - Vol. 4: Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment with Additional Views USSSCI Released 21 Apr 2020
• Report of the US SSCI on Russian Active Measures Campaigns & Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election - Vol. 3: U.S. Government Response to Russian Activities USSSCI Released 06 Feb 2020
• Decision - Matter of: Office of Management and Budget-Withholding of Ukraine Security Assistance, B-331564, 16 Jan 2020
• Impeachement of Donald John Trump, President of the United States - Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatitves U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary 16 Dec 2019
• Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors 10 Dec 2019
• Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation DOJ-OIG 09 Dec 2019
• The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 03 Dec 2019 [PDF Version] -- "As described in this executive summary and the report that follows, President Trump’s scheme subverted U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine and undermined our national security in favor of two politically motivated investigations that would help his presidential reelection campaign. The President demanded that the newly-elected Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, publicly announce investigations into a political rival that he apparently feared the most, former Vice President Joe Biden, and into a discredited theory that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the 2016 presidential election. To compel the Ukrainian President to do his political bidding, President Trump conditioned two official acts on the public announcement of the investigations: a coveted White House visit and critical U.S. military assistance Ukraine needed to fight its Russian adversary."
• Report of Evidence in the Democrats’ Impeachment Inquiry in the House of Representatives - Republican Staff Report US HPSCI - Republicans 02 Dec 2019
• A cautious embrace: defending democracy in an age of autocracies House of Commons - Foreign Affairs Committee 04 Nov 2019 -- "This report focuses on three policy areas: autocracies’ influence on academic freedom; the use of sanctions against autocracies; and the UK’s cooperation with other democracies in responding to autocracies. It is necessary for the Government to engage with autocracies, for reasons of security, trade and tackling issues such as climate change and modern slavery. We concentrate in particular on Russia and China. Our evidence suggests that both have engaged in overt and covert interference in the affairs of the UK and its partners."
• Report of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election - Volume 2 Russia's Use of Social Media With Additional Views US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Released 08 Oct 2019
• Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community’s Statement on Processing of Whistleblower Complaints ICIG 30 Sep 2019 -- The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG) processes complaints or information with respect to alleged urgent concerns in accordance with the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA) and the ICIG’s authorizing statute.
• The NRA and Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset US Senate Committee on Finance 27 Sep 2019
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• Declassified whistleblower complaint Against Donald Trump 12 Aug 2019, Released 26 Sep 2019
• Memorandum of Telephone Conversation: 25 July 2019 Telephone Conversation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine The White House Released 24 Sep 2019
• Report of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election - Volume 1 Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Released 25 Jul 2019
• Challenges to Security in Space Defense Intelligence Agency Released 11 Feb 2019
• 29 January 2019 Statement for the Record by Daniel R. Coats, Director of National Intelligence to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community
• The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America DNI 22 Jan 2019
• Summary of the Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba Director of National Intelligence Released 13 Sep 2018
• The Intelligence Community Assessment: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 03 Jul 2018 -- The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) is conducting a bipartisan investigation into a wide range of Russian activities relating to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
• HC 932 - Moscow’s Gold: Russian Corruption in the UK UK House of Commons - Foreign Affairs Committee 21 May 2018
• Senate Intel Committee Releases Unclassified 1st Installment in Russia Report, Updated Recommendations on Election Security US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 08 May 2018
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence - Report on Russian Active Measures House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 22 Mar 2018 Released 27 Apr 2018
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence - Report on Russian Active Measures - Minority Views House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 26 Mar 2018 Released 27 Apr 2018
• Russian Targeting of Election Infrastrcture During the 2016 Election - Summary of Draft SSCI Recommendations SSCI 20 Mar 2018
• PM Commons Statement on Salisbury incident response: 14 March 2018 Gov.UK 14 Mar 2018
• HPSCI Minority Memo: Correcting the Record - The Russia Investigation 29 Jan 2018, Declassified and Released 24 Feb 2018
• HPSCI Majority Staff Memo on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation 18 Jan 2018, Declassified by order of the President 02 Feb 2018
• Former Director James Comey, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - 08 June 2017 Opening Statement before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• Global Trends: Paradox of Progress National Intelligence Council Released 09 Jan 2017
• Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution ODNI Released 06 Jan 2017 -- "On December 9, 2016, President Barack Obama directed the Intelligence Community to conduct a full review and produce a comprehensive intelligence report assessing Russian activities and intentions in recent U.S. elections. We have completed this report and briefed President Obama as well as President-elect Trump and Congressional leadership. We declassified a version of this report for the public, consistent with our commitment to transparency while still protecting classified sources and methods. The Intelligence Community did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election, and DHS assesses that the types of systems the Russian actors targeted or compromised were not involved in vote tallying. "
• Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States - Joint Statement for the Record January 05, 2017 - Senate Armed Services Committee
• GRIZZLY STEPPE – Russian Malicious Cyber Activity DHS-NCCIC / FBI Released 29 Dec 2016 -- This Joint Analysis Report (JAR) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This document provides technical details regarding the tools and infrastructure used by the Russian civilian and military intelligence Services (RIS) to compromise and exploit networks and endpoints associated with the U.S. election, as well as a range of U.S. Government, political, and private sector entities. The U.S. Government is referring to this malicious cyber activity by RIS as GRIZZLY STEPPE.
• Review of the Unauthorized Disclosures of Former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)15 Sep 2016, Released 22 Dec 2016
• Executive Summary of Review of the Unauthorized Disclosures of Former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden US House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 15 Sep 2016. [Press Release]
• S. REPT. NO. 107- 351 / H. REPT. NO. 107-792: Report Of The Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001 - DECLASSIFIED Part Four Dec 2002, Released 15 Jul 2016
• The Litvinenko Inquiry: Report into the death of Alexander Litvinenko Chairman: Sir Robert Owen Released 21 Jan 2016
• National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2016 (Strategy) ODNI Released 18 Nov 2015
• The FBI: Protecting the Homeland in the 21st Century 9/11 Review Commission Released 25 Mar 2015
• Unclassified Version of March 6, 2015 Message to the Workforce from CIA Director John Brennan: Our Agency's Blueprint for the Future Central Intelligence Agency 06 Mar 2015 -- The "Agency's leadership team has made a number of decisions building upon the Agency's Strategic Direction that are designed to strengthen our Agency in the years ahead. (...) The initiatives described below are driven by two fundamental shifts in the national security landscape. The first is the marked increase in the range, diversity, complexity, and immediacy of issues confronting policymakers; and the second is the unprecedented pace and impact of technological advancements."
• Feinstein Statement on CIA Accountability Review Board, IG Reports Office of Sen. Feinstein 14 Jan 2015 -- “"Let me be clear: I continue to believe CIA’s actions constituted a violation of the constitutional separation of powers and unfortunately led to the CIA’s referral of unsubstantiated criminal charges to the Justice Department against committee staff."
• Final Report of the Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation Network Accountability Board - Redacted version CIA Dec 2014, Released 14 Jan 2015
• July 2014 CIA Office of Inspector General Report of Investigation: Agency Access to the SSCI Shared Drive on RDINet - Redacted Version CIA - OIG 18 Jul 2014, Released 14 Jan 2015
• NSA Reports to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) National Security Agency Released 24 Dec 2014 -- Following a classification review, the National Security Agency (NSA) is releasing in redacted form NSA reports to the President’s Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB). The release includes quarterly reports submitted from the fourth quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2013. The materials also include four annual reports (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) which are consolidations of the relevant quarterly reports.
• CIA Director John O. Brennan Response to SSCI Study on the Former Detention and Interrogation Program CIA 11 Dec 2014
• CIA's June 2013 Response to the SSCI Study on the Former Detention and Interrogation Program Central Intelligence Agency 27 Jun 2013, Released 08 Dec 2014
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report: Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program - Foreword, Findings and Conclusions, and Executive Summary Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Released 09 Dec 2014
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report: Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program - Additional Views Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Released 09 Dec 2014
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report: Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program - Minority & Additional Minority Views Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Released 09 Dec 2014
• Feinstein Statement on Redactions in Detention, Interrogation Study Office of Sen. Feinstein 05 Aug 2014 -- “After further review of the redacted version of the executive summary, I have concluded that certain redactions eliminate or obscure key facts that support the report’s findings and conclusions. Until these redactions are addressed to the committee’s satisfaction, the report will not be made public."
• Press Conference by the President The White House 01 Aug 2014 -- "And when we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line. And that needs to be -- that needs to be understood and accepted. And we have to, as a country, take responsibility for that so that, hopefully, we don't do it again in the future."
• Law Enforcement Disclosure Report - Legal Annexe Vodafone June 2014 -- This annexe to Vodafone’s Law Enforcement Disclosure report seeks to highlight some of the most important legal powers available to government agencies and authorities seeking to access customer communications across the 29 countries of operation covered in this report. Whilst the legal powers summarised here form part of local legislation in each of those countries and can therefore be accessed by the public, in practice very few people are aware of these powers or understand the extent to which they enable agencies and authorities to compel operators to provide assistance of this nature.
• USAF RPA Vector: Vision and Enabling Concepts 2013–2038 United States Air Force 17 Feb 2014, Released 4 Apr 2014 -- This document refines the Air Force strategic vision for the future of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) and reemphasizes the inherent potential and emerging capabilities of small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS). The RPA Vector outlines concepts and capabilities needed over the next 25 years. It can inform the capabilities planning and requirements development process as well as inform the CFLIs as they execute their responsibilities for implementation planning in the plans, programming, budgeting and execution process.
• Remote Control: Remotely Piloted Air Systems – current and future UK use - Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes UK House of Commons Defence Committee 25 Mar 2014
• Remote Control: Remotely Piloted Air Systems – current and future UK use - Volume II: Written evidence UK House of Commons Defence Committee 25 Mar 2014
• Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ben Emmerson UN Human Rights Council 28 Feb 2014
• Testimony of James R Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 04 Feb 2014
• Testimony of James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence before the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 29 Jan 2014
• Presidential Policy Directive 28 -- Signals Intelligence Activities The White House 17 Jan 2014
• Remarks by the President on Review of Signals Intelligence The White House 17 Jan 2014
• FACT SHEET: Review of U.S. Signals Intelligence The White House 17 Jan 2014
• Review Of The Terrorist Attacks On U.S. Facilities In Benghazi, Libya, September 11-12, 2012, Together With Additional Views United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released 15 Jan 2014
• Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2013-2038 DoD Released 23 Dec 2013
• Liberty and Security in a Changing World: Report and Recommendations of The President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies 12 Dec 2013, Released 18 Dec 2013
• Civil Action No. 2013-0881: KLAYMAN et al v. OBAMA et al, Memorandum and Order by Judge Richard J. Leon, issued 16 Dec 2013
• Civil Action No. 2013-0851: KLAYMAN v. OBAMA et al, Memorandum and Order by Judge Richard J. Leon, issued 16 Dec 2013
• Uncorrected Transcript of Evidence UK Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament 7 Nov 2013 -- Sir Iain Lobban, Director, Government Communication Headquarters; Mr Andrew Parker, Director General, Security Service, MI5; Sir John Sawers, Chief, Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 - "Today's open session, being the first ever, will involve an examination of a number of issues involving the Intelligence Agencies. It will include current controversies; it will include the threats that the Agencies are working to counter; the Agencies' conduct when performing their duties; the legal and policy framework within which they must operate; whether they need special legal powers; and whether it is right and necessary for them to receive, each year, £2 billion of public funds to carry out their work."
• Administration White Paper: Bulk Collection Of Telephony Metadata Under Section 215 Of The USA Patriot Act US Dept. of Justice Released 9 Aug 2013 -- "This white paper explains the Government’s legal basis for an intelligence collection program under which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains court orders directing certain telecommunications service providers to produce telephony metadata in bulk. The bulk metadata is stored, queried and analyzed by the National Security Agency (NSA) for counterterrorism purposes. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (“the FISC” or “the Court”) authorizes this program under the “business records” provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 50 U.S.C. § 1861, enacted as section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Section 215)."
• Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2013 DoD Released 6 May 2013
• Draft White Paper: Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen Who Is a Senior Operational Leader of Al-Qa'ida or An Associated Force 08 Nov 2011 Released 08 Feb 2013
• Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds National Intelligence Council Dec 2012 -- "Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment in the National Intelligence Council’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future." [PDF 20.5MB]
• Statement by President Obama on the Resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus The White House 09 Nov 2012
• Full Investigative Report on the U.S. National Security Issues Posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and ZTE U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Released 08 Oct 2012
• Federal Support for and Involvement in State and Local Fusion Centers U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs - Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations Released 03 Oct 2012
• Remarks of John O. Brennan: "The Ethics and Efficacy of the President’s Counterterrorism Strategy" The White House 30 Apr 2012
• Air Force Priorities for a New Strategy with Constrained Budgets 01 February 2012
• AF/ST TR 11-01, Energy Horizons: United States Air Force Energy S&T Vision 2011-2026 31 January 2012
• Unclassified Statement for the Record on the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 31 January 2012
• Defense Budget Priorities and Choices 26 January 2012
• Fact Sheet: The Defense Budget 26 January 2012
• Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC), Version 1.0 17 Jan 2012
• Foreign Spies Stealing US Economic Secrets in Cyberspace - Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage, 2009-2011 Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive Oct 2011
• Targeting US Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from the Defense Industry Defense Security Service October 2011 [PDF]
• Army Inspectorate Review into the Implementation of Policy, Training and Conduct of Detainee Handling Army Inspectorate, British Army 15 July 2010
• DNI RELEASES BUDGET FIGURE FOR 2010 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM Office of the Director of National Intelligence 28 Oct 2010 -- Consistent with Section 364 of the "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010," Public Law 111-259, the Director of National Intelligence is disclosing to the public the aggregate amount of funds appropriated by Congress to the National Intelligence Program (NIP) for Fiscal Year 2010 not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal year.
• DOD Releases Military Intelligence Program 2010 Topline Budget DoD 28 Oct 2010
• Message from the Director: Lessons from Khowst Central Intelligence Agency 19 Oct 2010 -- "Earlier this year, I directed that a task force of seasoned Agency professionals conduct a review of the Khowst attack. The purpose was to examine what happened, what lessons were learned, and what steps should be taken to prevent such incidents in the future. In addition, I asked Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Charlie Allen, a highly accomplished former Agency officer, to conduct an independent study of the Khowst attack and to review the work of the task force. They concurred with its findings. One of CIA’s greatest strengths is our ability to learn from experience, refine our methods, and adapt to the shifting tactics of America’s enemies."
• Rights Groups File Challenge To Targeted Killing By U.S. Center for Constitutional Rights 30 Aug 2010 -- The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit challenging the government's asserted authority to carry out "targeted killings" of US citizens located far from any armed conflict zone.
• Speech: NGA Change of Command Ceremony DoD 09 Aug 2010
• United States of America -v.- Anna Chapman and Mikhail Semenko, 28 June 2010 [PDF]
• United States of America -v.- Defendant # 1, a/k/a "Christopher R. Metsos," Defendant #2, a/k/a "Richard Murphy," Defendant #3, a/k/a "Cynthia Murphy," Defendant #4, a/k/a "Donald Howard Heathfield," Defendant #5, a/k/a "Tracey Lee Ann Foley," Defendant #6, a/k/a "Michael Zottoli," Defendant #7, a/k/a "Patricia Mills," Defendant #8, a/k/a "Juan Lazaro," and Vicky Pelaez, 28 June 2010 [PDF]
• Transcript: Remarks by the President in Announcement of James R. Clapper Jr. as Director of National Intelligence The White House 05 Jun 2010
• The Obama Administration and International Law US Dept. of State 25 Mar 2010
• Briefing by Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Brennan, and Press Secretary Gibbs, 1/7/10 The White House 07 Jan 2010
• Remarks by the President on Strengthening Intelligence and Aviation Security The White House 07 Jan 2010
• Maryland Scientist Charged with Attempted Espionage US Dept. of Justice 19 Oct 2009
• United States Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan 2009-2047 18 May 2009
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Deptula and Col. Mathewson from the Pentagon DoD 23 Jul 2009 -- Presenter: Lt. Gen. David Deptula, Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR and Col. Eric Mathewson, Director, Air Force UAS Task Force
• Report No. 2009-0013-AS: Unclassified Report On The President's Surveillance Program Offices of Inspectors General of the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence 10 Jul 2009 -- Title III of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act of 2008 required the Inspectors General (IGs) of the elements of the Intelligence Community that participated in the President's Surveillance Program (PSP) to conduct a comprehensive review of the program. The IGs of the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence participated in the review required under the Act. The Act required the IGs to submit a comprehensive report on the review to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committee on the Judiciary.
• Protecting Our Security and Our Values The White House 21 May 2009 -- Remarks of President Barack Obama at the National Archives Museum
• Former Vice President Cheney - Remarks at the American Enterprise Institute 21 May 2009
• Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2009-2034 DoD Apr 2009
• Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency: Interrogation of al Qaeda Operative 01 Aug 2002, Released April 2009 [PDF Version 1.95MB]
• Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency: Re: Application of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A to the Combined Use of Certain Techniques in the Interrogation of High Value al Qaeda Detainees 10 May 2005, Released April 2009 [PDF Version 1.22MB]
• Memorandum for John Rizzo, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency: Re: Application of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A to Certain Techniques That May Be Used in the Interrogation of a High Value al Qaeda Detainee 10 May 2005, Released April 2009 [PDF Version 3.16MB]
• Memorandum for John Rizzo, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency: Re: Application of United States Obligations Undert Article 16 of the Convention Against Torture to Certain Techniques That May Be Used in the Interrogation of High Value al Qaeda Detainees 30 May 2005, Released April 2009 [PDF Version 1.22MB]
• Secretary of Defense Gates: Budget Press Briefing Department of Defense 06 Apr 2009
• Critical Intelligence Community Management Challenges Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Inspector General 12 November 2008, Released 03 Apr 2009
• MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID S. KRIS, ASSOCIATE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL - Re: Constitutionality of Amending Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to Change the 'Purpose' Standard for Searches September 25 , 2001, Released March 2, 2009 [PDF Version 3.7MB]
• Executive Order Ensuring Lawful Interrogations Jan. 22, 2009
• Executive Order Review of Detention Policy Options Jan. 22, 2009
• Executive Order Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities Jan. 22, 2009
• MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILES - Re: Status of Certain OLC Opinions Issued in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 15 Jan 2009 -- The purpose of this memorandum is to confirm that certain propositions stated in several opinions issued by the Office of Legal Counsel in 2001-2003 respecting the allocation of authorities between the President and Congress in matters of war and national security do not reflect the current views of this Office. We have previously withdrawn or superseded a number of opinions that depended upon one or more of these propositions. For reasons discussed herein, today we explain why these propositions are not consistent with the current views of OLC, and we advise that caution should be exercised before relying in other respects on the remaining opinions identified below [PDF Version]
• Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry Into The Treatment Of Detainees In U.S. Custody US Senate Armed Services Committee Released 11 Dec 2008 -- "The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of "a few bad apples" acting on their own. The fact is that senior officials in the United States government solicited information on how to use aggressive techniques, redefined the law to create the appearance of their legality, and authorized their use against detainees. Those efforts damaged our ability to collect accurate intelligence that could save lives, strengthened the hand of our enemies, and compromised our moral authority. This report is a product of the Committee's inquiry into how those unfortunate results came about."
• 2008 Defense Intelligence Strategy May 2008
• ODNI and DoD Chief Information Officers Embrace Information Sharing Between Interagency Computer Networks 12 May 2008 -- The chief information officers for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have announced their intent to better integrate their computer networks to enhance national security.
• Transcript: Background Briefing with Senior U.S. Officials on Syria's Covert Nuclear Reactor and North Korea's Involvement Office of the Director of National Intelligence 24 Apr 2008
• Opinion: Interrogation Experts Call for Senate to require Adherence to Army Field Manual 13 Feb 2008
• 43 Retired Generals and Admirals to U.S. Senate: Require Single Standard for Interrogations 12 Feb 2008 -- "As retired military leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces, we write to express our strong support for Section 327 of the Conference Report on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 2082. Section 327 would require intelligence agents of the U.S. government to adhere to the standards of prisoner treatment and interrogation contained in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Collector Operations (the Army Field Manual)."
• Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2007-2032 DoD Dec 2007
• Letter to The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and The United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 12 Dec 2007 -- "As retired military leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces, we write to express our strong support for Section 327 of the Conference Report on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 2082. Section 327 would require intelligence agents of the U.S. government to adhere to the standards of prisoner treatment and interrogation contained in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Collector Operations (the Army Field Manual). "
• National Intelligence Estimate: Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities Office of the Director of National Intelligence November 2007, Released 03 Dec 2007 [PDF Version]
• National Intelligence Estimate: Prospects for Iraq's Stability: Some Security Progress but Political Reconciliation Elusive Office of the Director of National Intelligence August 2007, Released 23 Aug 2007
• Director's Statement on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report Executive Summary Central Intelligence Agency 21 Aug 2007 -- Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael V. Hayden on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report Executive Summary
• National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland Office of the Director of National Intelligence July 2007, Released 17 Jul 2007
• Commanding General David H. Petraeus' Letter about Values Multi-National Forces - Iraq 10 May 2007 -- "Our values and the laws governing warfare teach us to respect human dignity, maintain our integrity, and do what is right. Adherence to our values distinguishes us from our enemy. This fight depends on securing the population, which must understand that we - not our enemies - occupy the moral high ground." [PDF Version]
• ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen "High Value Detainees" in CIA Custody International Committee of the Red Cross February 2007
• President Bush Attends Swearing-In of Mike McConnell as Director of National Intelligence The White House 21 Feb 2007
• Unclassified Executive Summary from (Classified) Report No. 07-INTEL-4 "Review of Pre-Iraqi War Activities of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy" Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense Released 09 Feb 2007
• National Intelligence Estimate: Prospects for Iraq's Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead Office of the Director of National Intelligence January 2007, Released 2 Feb 2007
• President Bush Nominates John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State and Vice Admiral Mike McConnell as Director of National Intelligence The White House 05 Jan 2007
• Fact Sheet: John Negroponte and Mike McConnell: The Right Choices for Deputy Secretary of State and Director of National Intelligence The White House 05 Jan 2007
• Court Order Filed in ACLU v. Nat'l Security Agency United States Court of Appeals for the Six Circuit 04 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• Staff Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy: Recognizing North Korea as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 28 Sep 2006 -- "This report provides an unclassified assessment of the dangers posed by North Korea to help the American public understand the seriousness of this threat and to suggest ways that U.S. intelligence analysis and technical collection against Pyongyang must be improved"
• Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States:" dated April 2006 Office of the Director of National Intelligence April 2006, Released Sept. 26, 2006
• al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence September 2006 -- "Almost five years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States remains a nation at war. Al-Qaeda and Islamist extremist terrorist groups with like-minded goals and ideologies remain one of the most immediate strategic threats to the national security of the United States. Nonetheless, the threat we face today is quite different from the terrorist threat that we faced prior to September 11, 2001."
• 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."
• 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."
• 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."
• 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
• Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy Released 23 Aug 2006 -- "This report provides an unclassified assessment of the Iran question to help the American public understand the seriousness of the Iranian threat and to discuss ways U.S. intelligence collection and analysis against Iran must be improved."
• 06-10204: American Civil Liberties Union et al., v. National Security Aagency / Central et al. Memorandum and Order by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor issued 17 Aug 2006. [PDF]
• 06-10204: American Civil Liberties Union et al., v. National Security Aagency / Central et al. Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor issued 17 Aug 2006. [PDF]
• Draft report - Part II (Explanatory memorandum): Alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving Council of Europe member states Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe 07 Jun 2006
• Report on the Progress of the Director of National Intelligence in Implementing the "Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004" Office of the Director of National Intelligence May 2006
• Unclassified Executive Summary: A Review of the FBI's Handling and Oversight of FBI Asset Katrina Leung U.S. Department of Justice , Office of the Inspector General May 2006
• Testimony of General Michael V. Hayden before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence May 18, 2006. Full Hearing Transcript: Morning / Afternoon
• President Bush Discusses NSA Surveillance Program The White House 11 May 2006
• Transcript: Press Briefing by Ambassador John Negroponte on the Nomination of General Hayden for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency The White House 08 May 2006
• President Nominates General Michael Hayden as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency The White House 08 May 2006
• Statement by CIA Director Porter Goss Central Intelligence Agency 05 May 2006
• President Accepts Resignation from CIA Director Porter Goss The White House 05 May 2006
• The U.S. Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Strategic Vision US Air Force Released 22 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• Secretary General's report under Article 52 ECHR on the question of secret detention and transport of detainees suspected of terrorist acts, notably by or at the instigation of foreign agencies. Council of Europe 28 Feb 2006
• Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Armed Services Committee 28 Feb 2006
• Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States 28 Feb 2006 -- Testimony by Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, before the Senate Committee on Armed Services
• Secretary General's report under Article 52 ECHR on the question of secret detention and transport of detainees suspected of terrorist acts, notably by or at the instigation of foreign agencies. Council of Europe 28 Feb 2006
• Senate Speech: Seeking the Truth on Spying on Americans at Home Office of U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd 15 Feb 2006 -- Senator Byrd on Wednesday called for a thorough investigation into possible violations of intelligence law and the Constitution by the Bush Administration.
• Prepared Statement of Hon. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States 02 Feb 2006 -- Testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wartime Executive Power and the NSA's Surveillance Authority
• Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United State 02 Feb 2006 -- Testimony by Ambassador John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
• Transcript: Remarks By General Michael V. Hayden: What American Intelligence & Especially The NSA Have Been Doing To Defend The Nation Office of the Director of National Intelligence 23 Jan 2006
• Information Memorandum: Alleged secret detentions in Council of Europe member states Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe 22 January 2006
• Legal Authorities Supporting The Activities Of The National Security Agency Described By The President U.S. Department of Justice 19 Jan 2006 -- As the President has explained, since shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001, he has authorized the National Security Agency (“NSA”) to intercept international communications into and out of the United States of persons linked to al Qaeda or related terrorist organizations. The purpose of these intercepts is to establish an early warning system to detect and prevent another catastrophic terrorist attack on the United States. This paper addresses, in an unclassified form, the legal basis for the NSA activities described by the President (“NSA activities”).
• Boxer Asks Presidential Scholars About Former White House Counsel's Statement that Bush Admitted to an 'Impeachable Offense' Office of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer 19 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today asked four presidential scholars for their opinion on former White House Counsel John Dean's statement that President Bush admitted to an "impeachable offense" when he said he authorized the National Security Agency to spy on Americans without getting a warrant from a judge.
• VICE CHAIRMAN ROCKEFELLER REACTS TO REPORTS OF NSA INTERCEPT PROGRAM IN UNITED STATES Office of Senator Jay Rockeffeller 19 Dec 2005 -- Senator Releases His '03 Letter to White House Raising Questions About White House Actions and Need for Congressional Oversight
• Rockefeller '03 letter to House Raising Questions About White House Actions and Need for Congressional Oversight Office of Senator Jay Rockeffeller 17 Jul 2003, Released 19 Dec 2005 [PDF 564KB]
• Transcript: Press Briefing By Attorney General Alberto Gonzales And General Michael V. Hayden, Principal Deputy Director Of National Intelligence Office of the Director of National Intelligence 19 Dec 2005
• Press Conference of the President The White House 19 Dec 2005
• Radio Address by the President to the Nation The White House 17 Dec 2005 -- "In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on our nation, I authorized the National Security Agency, consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations. "
• Transcript: Remarks Upon Her Departure for Europe US Department of State 05 Dec 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States does not permit or tolerate the torture of any terrorists detained in its custody.
• DoD Directive No. 3115.09: DoD Intelligence Interrogations, Detainee Debriefings, and Tactical Questioning 03 Nov 2005 -- "By the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense under references (a) through (c), this Directive: (...) Consolidates and codifies existing Departmental policies, including the requirement for humane treatment during all intelligence interrogations, detainee debriefings, or tactical questioning to gain intelligence from captured or detained personnel(...); Assigns responsibilities for intelligence interrogations, detainee debriefings, tactical questioning, and supporting activities conducted by DoD personnel (...); Establishes requirements for reporting violations of the policy regarding humane treatment during intelligence interrogations, detainee debriefings, or tactical questioning." [PDF 1.19MB]
• Levin Says Newly Declassified Information Indicates Bush Administration's Use of Pre-War Intelligence Was Misleading Office of US Senator Carl Levin 07 Nov 2005 -- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) said today that newly declassified information indicates the Bush Administration's use of pre-war intelligence was misleading.
• White House Official I. Lewis Libby Indicted Office of Special Counsel 28 Oct 2005 -- Senior White House official I. Lewis Libby was indicted today on obstruction of justice, false statement and perjury charges
• The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America Office of the Director of National Intelligence Released 26 Oct 2005 -- "The New concept of 'national intelligence' codified by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act passed by Congress in 2004 has its origins in the tragedy of September 11, 2001 and President Bush's National Security Strategy of the United States of America." [PDF 696 KB]
• FACT SHEET: CREATION OF THE NATIONAL HUMINT MANAGER Central Intelligence Agency 13 Oct 2005
• Letter by Retired Military Leaders to Senator John McCain 03 Oct 2005 -- "We strongly support your proposed amendments to the Defense Department Authorization bill concerning detainee policy, including requiring all interrogations of detainees in DOD custody to conform to the U.S. Army's Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation (FM 34-52), and prohibiting the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by any U.S. government agency."
• 04cv04151: ACLU, et al. v. Dept. of Defense, et al. Opinion and Order by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein issued Sep 29, 2005 Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motions for Partial Summary Judgment [PDF]
• UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS [UAS] ROADMAP 2005 Office of the Secretary of Defense, 04 August 2005
• Criminal No. 1:05CR225: USA v. Lawrence Anthony Franklin, Steven J. Rosen, Keith Weissman US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 04 Aug 2005 -- Conspiracy to communicate national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it; Counts 2-4: Communication of national defense information to parsons not entitled to receive it; Count 5: Conspiracy to communicate classified information to agent of foreign government
• House Report 109-101 - INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 JUNE 2, 2005- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• Addendums to the Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD [PDF]
• President Nominates Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence The White House 17 Feb 2005 -- " I'm pleased to announce my decision to nominate Ambassador John Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence. The Director's responsibility is straightforward and demanding. John will make sure that those whose duty it is to defend America have the information we need to make the right decisions. John understands America's global intelligence needs because he spent the better part of his life in our foreign service, and is now serving with distinction in the sensitive post of our nation's first Ambassador to a free Iraq."
• Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project National Intelligence Council December 2004, released January 2005 -- "Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project is the third unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next decade and a half to influence world events. Mindful that there are many possible "futures," our report offers a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss."
• Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 July Through 31 December 2003. Central Intelligence Agency Released November 23, 2004
• Report of an Inquiry into the Alternative Analysis of the Issue of an Iraq-al Qaeda Relationship Office of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee 21 Oct 2004 -- "This report is the result of an inquiry initiated on June 27, 2003 by Senator Carl Levin, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and conducted by the SASC Minority Staff. The report focuses on 1) the establishment of a non-Intelligence Community source of intelligence analysis in the office of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith; and 2) the extent to which policy makers utilized that alternative source rather than the analyses produced by the Intelligence Community (IC) with regard to the Iraq-al Qaeda relationship." [PDF 206 Kb]
• White House Memo on H.R. 10 / S. 2845 The White House 18 Oct 2004 -- "As the House Senate conference on intelligence reform legislation (H.R. 10 / S. 2845) meets, the Administration urges the Conferees to reach agreement on an effective bill to strengthen the nation's intelligence capabilities that both Houses can pass and the President can sign into law as soon as possible to meet the nation's security needs. There are many good provisions in both bills and the President endorses the best of each as outlined in this letter to strike a reasonable compromise that will best reorganize our intelligence capabilities and will make the country safer and stronger."
• S. 2845 US Senate 6 Oct 2004 -- To reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
• H. R. 10 US House of Representatives 24 Sep 2004 -- To provide for reform of the intelligence community, terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination, and for other purposes
• Iraq Survey Group Final Report Central Intelligence Agency 30 Sep 2004 -- " Given Iraq's investments in technology and infrastructure improvements, an effective procurement network, skilled scientists, and designs already on the books for longer range missiles, ISG assesses that Saddam clearly intended to reconstitute long-range delivery systems and that the systems potentially were for WMD. (...) Iraq Survey Group (ISG) discovered further evidence of the maturity and signifi cance of the pre-1991 Iraqi Nuclear Program but found that Iraq's ability to reconstitute a nuclear weapons program progressively decayed after that date. (...) Saddam never abandoned his intentions to resume a CW effort when sanctions were lifted and conditions were judged favorable (...) In spite of exhaustive investigation, ISG found no evidence that Iraq possessed, or was developing BW agent production systems mounted on road vehicles or railway wagons."
• Key Findings of the Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction 30 Sep 2004 [PDF 193 Kb]
• 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]
• 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]
• Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations August 2004 [PDF 5.71 Mb]
• Detainee Operations Inspection Department of the Army: The Inspector General 21 Jul 2004 -- "This inspection report responds to the Acting Secretary of the Army's 10 February 2004 directive to conduct a functional analysis of the Army's conduct of detainee and interrogation operations to identify any capability shortfalls with respect to internment, enemy prisoner of war, detention operations, and interrogation procedures and recommend appropriate resolutions or changes if required." [PDF 2.287 Mb]
• 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."
• Report of the Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies Australian Goverment 22 Jul 2004 -- "On 4 March 2004, the Prime Minister appointed Mr Philip Flood to inquire into the Australian intelligence agencies, consistent with a recommendation of the earlier report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee into ASIO, ASIS and DSD (PJCAAD) inquiry into intelligence on Iraq 's weapons of mass destruction. The report of this inquiry - Report of the Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies - considers the effectiveness of the intelligence community's current oversight and accountability mechanisms and the delivery of high quality and independent intelligence advice to the government, and includes case studies on Iraq , Jemaah Islamiyah and the Solomon Islands."
• Revealing Some of the Top Secret Follow-on Reconnaissance Satellite Imagery & Data from Open Sources By (c) Charles P. Vick 7 Jun 2004 -- "Declassification of formerly classified U.S. intelligence imagery, documents and the former Soviet Union/Russian space industry histories are helping fill in large gaps in the historical record of the Soviet side of the manned Lunar race as illuminated by both Russian and American perspectives. (...) This present research report covers a ten step process to identify the data that can now be defined from open sources in spite of it not having yet been declassified by the U. S government."
• The Soviet Manned Lunar Race Milestones As Seen in the CORONA/KH-1- 4B, GAMBIT/KH-7, GAMBIT/KH-8 & HEXAGON/KH-9 Imagery: Events in the Development of the SL-12/Proton-Zond & SL-X-15/N1-L3 Boosters By © Charles P. Vick 10 Jul 2004 -- "Declassification of formerly classified U.S. intelligence imagery, documents and parts of the former Soviet Union/Russian space industry, and Baikonur Cosmodrome histories, are helping fill in large gaps in the historical record of the Soviet side of the manned Lunar race as illuminated by both Russian and American perspectives. This documents purpose is to identify what the actual activity of the N1-L3/ "J" vehicle and the Proton/Zond/ SL-12 vehicles were on the Baikonur Cosmodrome regardless of what the U. S. intelligence community thought was going on. It also was developed to define what actual activities were observed by U. S. intelligence versus those that were not imaged or monitored by U. S. SIGINT operations."
• Butler Report: Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction Committee of Privy Counsellors 14 Jul 2004 [PDF 1 MB]
• REPORT ON THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S PREWAR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS ON IRAQ Select Committe on Intelligence 09 Jul 2004 [PDF Version 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]
• INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005: Committee Report to H.R.4548 with Minority Views [To accompany H.R. 4548] U.S. House of representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 21 Jun 2004 [PDF 232 Kb]
• TAGUBA REPORT - HEARING ARTICLE 15-6 INVESTIGATION OF THE 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE On 19 January 2004, Lieutenant General (LTG) Ricardo S. Sanchez, Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Seven (CJTF-7) requested that the Commander, US Central Command, appoint an Investigating Officer (IO) in the grade of Major General (MG) or above to investigate the conduct of operations within the 800th Military Police (MP) Brigade.
• Declassified August 6, 2001 Daily Presidential Brief: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US The White House Declassiffied and Approved for Release 10 Apr 2004 -- "Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate Bin Ladin since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US. Bin Ladin implied in US television interviews in 1997 and 11998 that his followers would follow the example of WOrld Trade Center bombing Ramzi Yousef and "bring the fighting to America."" [PDF 214 Kb]
• Inquiry into Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Australia Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD Released on 01 Mar 2004 -- "The United States and the United Kingdom argued that war against Iraq was necessary because Iraq had defied, over a period of 12 years, United Nations Security Council resolutions, which sought the disarmament of Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. In particular, both governments and the Australian government which joined in the coalition, argued that intelligence had revealed that Iraq continued to possess and indeed was increasing its holdings of weapons of mass destruction. (...) The arguments about the need to go to war were controversial (...) In Australia, the Senate referred this matter to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD on 18 June 2003. The Committee was asked to consider the nature, accuracy and independence of the intelligence used by the Australian government and the accuracy and completeness of the presentation of that intelligence by the Australian government to the Parliament and people of Australian."
• Remarks as prepared for delivery by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet at Georgetown University: Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction 5 February, 2004 -- "I have come here today to talk to you-and to the American people-about something important to our nation and central to our future: how the United States intelligence community evaluated Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs over the past decade, leading to a National Intelligence Estimate in October of 2002. I want to tell you about our information and how we reached our judgments. I will tell you what I think-honestly and directly."
• Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Dr David Kelly C.M.G. by Lord Hutton The Hutton Inquiry 28 Jan 2004
• Iraqi weapons of mass destruction - Intelligence and Assessments Intelligence and Security Committee Sep 2003 -- "The purpose of this Report is to examine whether the available intelligence, which informed the decision to invade Iraq, was adequate and properly assessed and whether it was accurately reflected in Government publications. This Report does not judge whether the decision to invade Iraq was correct." [PDF 600 Kb]
• Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 January - 30 June 2003 Central Intelligence Agency Released November 2003 -- "As required by Section 721 of the FY 1997 Intelligence Authorization Act, the following are country summaries of acquisition activities (solicitations, negotiations, contracts, and deliveries) related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and advanced conventional weapons (ACW) that occurred from 1 January through 30 June 2003. We have excluded countries that already have established WMD programs, as well as countries that demonstrated little WMD acquisition activity of concern." [PDF Version 151 Kb]
• A Review of the FBI's Performance in Deterring, Detecting, and Investigating the Espionage Activities of Robert Philip Hanssen U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General August 14, 2003 -- In this report, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) examines the performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in deterring, detecting, and investigating the espionage of Robert Philip Hanssen, a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent. Hanssen's espionage began in November 1979 - three years after he joined the FBI - and continued intermittently until his arrest in February 2001, just two months before his mandatory retirement date. In addition to its management responsibility to detect espionage among its employees, the FBI is the lead agency for detecting and investigating espionage committed in the United States.
• S. REPT. NO. 107- 351 / H. REPT. NO. 107-792: Report Of The Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001- By The House Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence And The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, December 2002, Released 2003
• NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE: IRAQ'S CONTINUING PROGRAMS FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION [EXCERPTS] October 2002 -- As Released by The White House on July 18, 2003 -- "We judge that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions. Baghdad has chemical and biological weapons as well as missiles with ranges in excess of UN restrictions; if left unchecked, it probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade. (See INR alternative view at the end of these Key Judgments.)"
• SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL HOLDS BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ JULY 18, 2003 -- The National Intelligence Estimate is the work product of about six intelligence agencies that pulled together all the information -- this is a particular one with regards to the weapons of mass destruction program of Saddam Hussein, as you see. It is titled "Iraq's Continuing Programs For Weapons of Mass Destruction."
• Press Release: CODEL Goss Visit to Baghdad Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. House Of Representatives July 15, 2003 -- "Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Porter Goss (R-FL), Ranking Democrat Jane Harman (D-CA), and Congressmen Jim Gibbons (R-NV) and Robert "Bud" Cramer (D-AL) conducted a 3-day oversight mission focused on Iraq. (...) On July 10th, the CODEL met Coalition officials in Baghdad to review the efforts underway to determine the status of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program and establish security in Iraq following Operation Iraqi Freedom." [PDF]
• STATEMENT BY GEORGE J. TENET, DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Central Intelligence Agency 11 Jul 2003 -- "Legitimate questions have arisen about how remarks on alleged Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa made it into the President's State of the Union speech. Let me be clear about several things right up front. First, CIA approved the President's State of the Union address before it was delivered. Second, I am responsible for the approval process in my Agency. And third, the President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound. These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the President."
• The Decision to go to War in Iraq, Ninth Report of Session 2002-03, Volume I United Kingdom House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee July 7, 2003 -- "This Report seeks to establish whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, within the Government as a whole, presented accurate and complete information to Parliament in the period leading up to military action in Iraq, particularly in respect of weapons of mass destruction. The focus on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction is because their removal was the Government's prime objective." [PDF 1.03 Mb]
• H.R.2417 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Reported in House)
• INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 House Report 108-163, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 108TH CONGRESS 1st Session
• Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2002-2003 United Kingdom Intelligence and Security Committee June 2003 -- "This Annual Report covers the period May 2002 to April 2003 and is the second Annual Report produced by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) under the chairmanship of the Rt. Hon. Ann Taylor MP. The Committee also produced a special Report Inquiry into Intelligence, Assessments and Advice prior to the Terrorist Bombings on Bali 12 October 2002 in December 2002." [PDF 443 Kb]
• Iraqi Mobile Biological Warfare Agent Production Plants Central intelligence Agency 28 May 2003 -- "Coalition forces have uncovered the strongest evidence to date that Iraq was hiding a biological warfare program. (...) The design, equipment, and layout of the trailer found in late April is strikingly similar to descriptions provided by a source who was a chemical engineer that managed one of the mobile plants. Secretary of State Powell's description of the mobile plants in his speech in February 2003 to the United Nations (see inset below) was based primarily on reporting from this source." [PDF Version 741 Kb]
• FBI's Management Of Information Technology Investments, Report No. 03-09, December 2002 U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, December 19, 2002 -- Effective use of information technology (IT) is crucial to the FBI's ability to meet this priority as well as its other critical responsibilities. However, reviews conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the General Accounting Office (GAO) have found major weaknesses associated with the FBI's IT. (...) We found that the lack of critical IT investment management processes contributed to missed milestones and led to uncertainties about cost, schedule, and technical goals. Specifically, despite $78 million in additional funding, the FBI missed its July 2002 milestone date for completing the physical IT infrastructure upgrades to field offices, including new computer hardware and networks. (...) In addition, the user application component of Trilogy, recognized by FBI officials as the most important aspect of the project in terms of improving agent performance, is at high risk of not being completed within the funding levels appropriated by Congress." [PDF 2.71 Mb]
• Counterterrorism Intelligence Capabilities and Performance Prior to 9-11 A Report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader - 17 July 2002
• USIGS Migration Plan National Imagery and Mapping Agency Acquisition & Technology Directorate Program Plan - 28 September 2001 - UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY