The Washington Times Inside the Ring By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough March 25, 2005 [Excerpt]
Spy penetrations Pentagon officials tell us one of the major problems for the new Iraqi government and its security and military services is a lack of good counterintelligence. Iraqi insurgents have succeeded in planting covert agents inside a number of key agencies, we are told. The penetrations include compromises uncovered so far in the Iraqi prime minister's office, senior levels of the ministry of defense and the security forces in charge of Baghdad International Airport. In one case, a private Iraqi company that bid on a security contract for the airport was found out to have been a front for Iraqis connected to the insurgency, the officials said. The officials said counterintelligence efforts to find and neutralize the insurgents in Iraq have been very difficult and have not been given a high priority by either Iraqi or U.S. and coalition officials. http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050324-114419-7900r.htm