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July 2001 Intelligence News

  • CODE RED ALERT VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Internet users around the world are being warned to take precautions against what could be the most crippling computer virus to infect the World Wide Web.
  • F-B-I NOMINEE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- President Bush's choice to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation says his top priority is to restore public confidence in an agency plagued by some high-profile mistakes in recent years. Robert Mueller made the comments during the opening of Senate confirmation hearings Monday
  • CODE RED WORM VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Internet users around the world are being warned about the threat posed by an aggressive form of cyber-sabotage known as the "code red worm". Experts say it could cripple the world wide web if precautions are not taken
  • CHINESE SCHOLARS VOA 31 Jul 2001-- On the eve of Sectary of State Colin Powell's first visit to China, the Beijing government has released a trio of U-S-based ethnic Chinese scholars. Two of them have arrived back in the United States and the third is believed to be on his way.
  • BUSH/CODE TALKERS VOA 31 Jul 2001-- President Bush has honored a group of Native Americans whose complex language offered U-S military an unbreakable code that helped defeat Japan in World War Two. Mr. Bush bestowed the Congressional Gold Medal the nation's highest honor on surviving members of the so-called Navajo code talkers at a ceremony in U-S Congress
  • CHINA-US CITIZEN RELEASE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- China has deported a U-S citizen who had been convicted of spying.
  • GAO TRIAL VOA 31 Jul 2001-- A U-S-based scholar is set to stand trial in Beijing for espionage next week, just days before a visit by U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell
  • CHINA/U-S/SPY PLANE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- China has criticized the U-S Congress for rejecting its compensation claim for services provided after an American spy plane made an emergency landing in southern China in April
  • F-B-I / SENATE VOA 31 Jul 2001-- U-S lawmakers are sharply criticizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation after the agency admitted that nearly 200 laptop computers and hundreds of its weapons were stolen or lost. It is the latest embarrassment for the F-B-I, which is still dealing with the aftermath of the arrest of agent Robert Hanssen on espionage charges earlier this year
  • F-B-I CHALLENGES VOA 31 Jul 2001-- The Senate is expected to hold confirmation hearings in the next few weeks for President Bush's choice to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Last week, the president announced that veteran federal prosecutor Robert Mueller has agreed to head the F-B-I, a world famous crime-fighting agency that has weathered several embarrassing setbacks in recent years
  • ESPIONAGE TODAY VOA 31 Jul 2001-- F-B-I agent Robert Hanssen is the latest in a series of spies who have been caught working for Russia and the former Soviet Union. How many more spies are there? How serious is the problem, and can it be remedied?
  • HANSSEN PLEA VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Former veteran F-B-I agent Robert Hanssen has pleaded guilty to spying for Russia and the former Soviet Union, in a plea bargain agreement with federal prosecutors that will spare him the death penalty, but send him to jail for life
  • The Senate is expected to hold confirmation hearings in the next few weeks for President Bush's choice to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Last week, the president announced that veteran federal prosecutor Robert Mueller has agreed to head the F-B-I, a world famous crime-fighting agency that has weathered several embarrassing setbacks in recent years VOA 31 Jul 2001-- United States officials say China has submitted an exaggerated bill of charges in connection with the incident in which a U-S E-P-3 surveillance plane made an emergency landing on China's Hainan Island
  • CHINA / SPY PLANE RETURN VOA 31 Jul 2001-- The remains of a crippled U-S surveillance plane have been transported out of China in parts and are being flown back to the United States
  • HANSSEN PLEA VOA 31 Jul 2001-- Accused U-S spy and former F-B-I agent Robert Hanssen has agreed to plead guilty to espionage charges in order to avoid the death penalty
  • Northrop Grumman Delivers First TUAVR Radars and Spares to the Army Northrop Grumman 17 Jul 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES3) has announced the delivery of two Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Radars (TUAVR) and spares to the U.S. Army's Communications and Electronics Command's (CECOM) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, following the completion of formal government acceptance testing.
  • Northrop Grumman Takes Delivery of VTUAV Prototype From Schweizer Aircraft Company Northrop Grumman 03 Jul 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS) took delivery Monday of a second unmanned prototype of the Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) from Schweizer Aircraft Company, the airframe manufacturer.



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