[osint] Fatah gunmen abducted the Egyptian naval attachéto put Hamas leaders on the spot

The day after the Hamas election victory last month, 50 Egyptian military instructors departed the Gaza Strip as a safety precaution and because they judged hopeless any chance of training or setting up any Palestinian unit that they could control. http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=1868

[osint] Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen suddenly throws open Jericho lock-up

Abu Mazen thus renews Yasser Arafat's revolving-door policy for terrorists... http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=1869 Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen suddenly throws open Jericho lock-up and frees 56 convicted terrorists February 9, 2006, 3:11 PM (GMT+02:00) Among the men freed

[osint] Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information

...Cheney authorized Libby to release additional classified information, including details of the NIE, to defend the administration's use of prewar intelligence in making the case for war. A defendant can make a claim that he is just a victim of Washington politics or doing the bidding for someone

[osint] IRAQ: Suspected bird flu case appears in south

The boy developed symptoms on 1 February and died four days later after being hospitalised for severe pneumonia. Our team has already reached Kurdistan [in northern Iraq] to help with prevention programmes and evaluate the situation in the area, said Maria Cheng, a spokeswoman for the WHO in

[osint] Mehlis Report on the Hariri assassination II

In late October 2005, the commission was approached by another new witness, who has submitted a comprehensive and coherent statement regarding plans to assassinate Mr. Hariri. The witness has been assessed to be credible and the information he has submitted to be reliable. The information is

[osint] Cheney Spearheaded Effort to Discredit Wilson

I don't know Joe Wilson, Cheney said, in response to Russert, who quoted Wilson as saying there was no truth to the Niger uranium claims. I've never met Joe Wilson. And Joe Wilson - I don't who sent Joe Wilson. He never submitted a report that I ever saw when he came back ... I don't know Mr.

[osint] DeLay Rejoins House Appropriations Committee

Allowing Tom DeLay to sit on a committee in charge of giving out money is like putting Michael Brown back in charge of FEMA, Mr. DeLay was also given a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving the disgraced lobbyist

[osint] Bush Offers Details of 2002 Plot in Defense of Terror Strategy

Their plot was derailed in early 2002, when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key Al Qaeda operative, he said. Subsequent debriefings and other intelligence operations made clear the intended target and how Al Qaeda hoped to execute it. Please note that the NSA domestic spying and the CIA had

[osint] Italy may put CIA agents on trial in absentia

If no helpful action has been taken by early March -- as appears increasingly likely -- then prosecutors will close their investigation, the well-placed source said. The next step will be to go to trial, he said. The European Parliament and the Council of Europe are watching the Italian case

[osint] Secret Court's Judges Were Warned About NSA Spy Data

Mueller and Justice officials went to Lamberth, who agreed that day to expedited procedures to issue FISA warrants for eavesdropping, a government official said. The requirement for detailed paperwork was greatly eased, allowing the NSA to begin eavesdropping the next day on anyone suspected of a

[osint] US plans massive data sweep

Little-known data-collection system could troll news, blogs, even e-mails. Will it go too far? The core of this effort is a little-known system called Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement (ADVISE). Only a few public documents mention it. ADVISE is a research