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March 2000 Intelligence News

• EUROPE SPY Voice of America 30 March 2000 -- The European parliament plans to vote next month on a resolution condemning the U-S-led Echelon spy network for industrial espionage against European businesses.
• CONGRESS / COLOMBIA Voice of America 30 March 2000 -- The U-S House of Representatives has approved a controversial plan to help Colombia fight drug trafficking.
• COLOMBIA / U-S AID Voice of America 30 March 2000 -- The Colombian government is eagerly awaiting final approval of a U-S anti-narcotics aid package, but some Colombians are concerned over the military aspects of the program.
• COMPUTER SECURITY Voice of America 29 March 2000 -- U-S government and private industry computer analysts say U-S federal agencies must do more to protect their computer networks from hackers and others seeking unauthorized access.
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Outlines Proposal to Support Plan Colombia 23 March 2000 -- In response to "Plan Colombia," and in consultation with the Colombian government, the U.S. administration has proposed a $1.6 billion package of assistance to Colombia.
• CONGRESS-COLOMBIA Voice of America 23 March 2000 -- President Clinton's request for one-point- three-billion dollars to combat drug trafficking in Colombia is making its way through the U-S congress.
• RUSSIA ELECTION / BOMBINGS Voice of America 22 March 2000 -- Russia's independent television channel, N-T-V, is set to broadcast a program this Friday titled "Independent Investigations." The segment examines allegations that the F-S-B, the main successor to the Soviet K-G-B, covered up its role in an attempted apartment complex bombing last September.
• Statement By The President, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 17 March 2000 -- "Today I have signed into law S. 376, the "Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act." S. 376 amends the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to establish a statutory framework for the privatization of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) and the International Mobile Satellite Organization (Inmarsat)."
• Digital Spies Are Watching You by Bill Wallace, PC World March 16, 2000 -- "They are looking for thugs and drugs," says John Pike, expert on security and intelligence issues for the Federation of American Scientists.
• America's eavesdropper loses lead in a world it helped create By BOB DROGIN Los Angeles Times 16/03/00 -- "They've got a much broader drugs-and-thugs focus," said Mr John Pike, an intelligence specialist at the American Federation of Scientists in Washington. "So they're looking for smaller needles in a bigger haystack."
• NSA Blackout Reveals Downside Of Secrecy By Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times March 13, 2000 -- "They've got a much broader drugs-and-thugs focus," said John Pike, an intelligence specialist at the American Federation of Scientists in Washington. "So they're looking for smaller needles in a bigger haystack."
• Text: U.S. Department of Justice on Cybercrime 13 March 2000 -- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a site on the Worldwide Web that is intended to serve as a clearinghouse for information on computer related crime, or cybercrime.
• U.S. Aid to Colombia Will Benefit Both Countries, Says Panel By Lauren Monsen Washington File 13 March 2000 -- President Clinton's proposed supplemental aid package to Colombia represents a sound investment in the well-being of the entire Western Hemisphere and "is just plain common sense," says Representative Benjamin Gilman (Republican of New York), chairman of the House International Relations Committee.
• COLOMBIA-US AID Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- The U-S House of Representatives will vote soon on a one-point-seven billion dollar emergency aid package to help fight drug trafficking in Colombia.
• NATO SPY Voice of America 10 March 2000 -- Top U-S Military officials say there is no evidence that a spy was lurking in NATO's headquarters at the beginning of the air war against Yugoslavia last year.
• NATO SPIES Voice of America 09 March 2000 -- A British television documentary says important targeting information was leaked to Yugoslavia during the first few weeks of the NATO's Kosovo offensive.
• MONEY LAUNDERING Voice of America 09 March 2000 -- The Clinton Administration is proposing new laws to crack down on money-laundering, the practice of channeling profits from crimes such as drug-trafficking into legitimate bank accounts.
• "Intelligence Gathering and Democracies: The Issue of Economic and Industrial Espionage" James Woolsey, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency Tuesday, March 7, 2000 -- The United States does not engage in industrial espionage in the sense of collecting or even sorting intelligence that it collects overseas for the benefit of and to be given to American corporations. American companies have no need nor interest in stealing foreign technology in order to stay ahead. In the Campbell report, there are only two cases mentioned in which allegedly American intelligence, some years -- several years ago, obtained information, secret information regarding foreign corporations. One deals with Thompson CSF in Brazil, one deals with Airbus in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Campbell is intellectually honest enough that in both cases he devotes one line in each to the fact that the subject of American intelligence collection was bribery.
• CLINTON - COLOMBIA Voice of America 07 March 2000 -- Members of Congress in both political parties have expressed serious doubts about the administration's request for aid to Colombia. They fear the plan would draw the United States into a Vietnam-style quagmire.
• MIAMI / CUBA SPY Voice of America 06 March 2000 -- A high-ranking U-S immigration official has pleaded innocent to charges he passed secret information to Cuba.
• Spence Appoints Committee Panel to Assess Terrorist Threats, House Armed Services Committee, U.S. Congress, 02 March 2000 -- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Floyd Spence today announced the appointment of the new special oversight panel of the Committee on Armed Services to assess the nature of the terrorist threat facing U.S. armed forces and national security interests.
• CUBA DIPLOMAT Voice of America 02 March 2000 -- A Cuban diplomat accused of espionage in the United States has been given a hero's welcome upon his return to his native island, after spending five days in Canada.
• MIAMI / CUBA SPY Voice of America 01 March 2000 -- For the first time since his arrest on espionage charges two weeks ago, a high-ranking U-S Immigration official has spoken publicly about charges that he passed sensitive information to the Cuban government.
• U-S / DRUG LIST Voice of America 01 March 2000 -- The Clinton administration has certified that Colombia and Mexico are fully cooperating in anti-drug efforts, and will not be subject to U-S sanctions.
• NEW POLICY ON COMMERCIAL SECURITY PRODUCTS ANNOUNCED March 1, 2000 -- The National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee (NSTISSC) has issued new guidance for acquisition of commercially available security products for national security systems across the U.S. government.