[osint] Critics: Pentagon in blinders

There's nothing that you can do in Iraq today that will work, said Lind, one of the original Fourth Generation Warfare authors. That situation is irretrievably lost. http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news3/chtr19.htm Chicago Tribune Critics: Pentagon in blinders Long before 9/11, the military was

[osint] Iraq’s politically savvy insurgency proves its staying power

...hopeful talk of significant troop reductions by year's end - that began circulating at Pentagon briefings shortly after the successful Jan. 30 elections - has disappeared. http://www.armytimes.com/print.php?f=1-292925-895732.php June 06, 2005 Iraq's politically savvy insurgency proves its

[osint] Bush's SEC Choice Hyped 'Chinagate'

http://consortiumnews.com/2005/060805.html Bush's SEC Choice Hyped 'Chinagate' By Robert Parry June 9, 2005 George W. Bush's nominee to oversee Wall Street produced a congressional report in 1999 that laid the principal blame for China's alleged theft of nuclear secrets on the Clinton

[osint] Will the PKK Become a Tool of the US?

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=12231 Will the PKK Become a Tool of the US? Source:US Ghosts of the past Evren Deger The New Anatolian/ Ankara • Will the PKK become a tool of the US? • Will the US use the PKK to create unrest in Syria and Iran before possible attacks against these

[osint] 6 Critical Fields Ankara Crosses with Washington

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=internationalalt=hn=20443 INTERNATIONAL 06.09.2005 Thursday - ISTANBUL 05:28 [NEWS INVESTIGATION] 6 Critical Fields Ankara Crosses with Washington By ALI H. ASLAN Published: Wednesday 08, 2005 zaman.com Iraq Turkish-American relations are most problematic when the

[osint] The Turkey- U.S. Divide

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-dumanli8jun08,0,3934903.story COMMENTARY The Turkey- U.S. Divide Lack of understanding strains a vital relationship. By Ekrem Dumanli Ekrem Dumanli is executive editor of Zaman, a national newspaper headquartered in Istanbul. June 8, 2005

[osint] A Reform Agenda for the New DNI

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=887913C=thisweek Posted 06/06/05 09:12 A Reform Agenda for the New DNI By CHRIS MELLON The swearing in of John Negroponte culminated a lengthy examination of the intelligence failures associated with the 9/11 terrorist attacks and inaccurate estimates

[osint] Israel Accents Multimission Robotics for Anti-Terror Ops

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=886937C=thisweek Posted 06/06/05 09:07Print-friendly version Israel Accents Multimission Robotics for Anti-Terror Ops By BARBARA OPALL-ROME, HERZLIYA, Israel Technological advances combined with lessons learned from nearly five years of continuous

[osint] Lockheed Converts Antitank Missile

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=871327C=thisweek Posted 06/06/05 12:00 Lockheed Converts Antitank Missile Responding to an urgent request from the U.S. Marine Corps, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin has expanded the capabilities of the company#65533;s Predator antitank missile and

[osint] Bush and Blair Deny 'Fixed' Iraq Reports

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/international/08prexy.html? June 8, 2005 Bush and Blair Deny 'Fixed' Iraq Reports By ELISABETH BUMILLER WASHINGTON, June 7 - President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain presented a united front on Tuesday against a recently disclosed British

[osint] Pre-9/11 Missteps By FBI Detailed

Naturally, no one was punished and at least one promoted who choked off field requests for search warants in the Moussaoui case. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060902000.html washingtonpost.com Pre-9/11 Missteps By FBI Detailed Report Tells

[osint] Judges Are Seeking Cover on The Bench

is indemic. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2005/06/04/AR2005060401507.html washingtonpost.com Judges Are Seeking Cover on The Bench Safety Is Top Concern After Recent Attacks By David Finkel Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 5, 2005; A01 DANVILLE, Ky

[osint] Bush's Optimism On Iraq Debated

We are just paying a heavy price for mistakes made before, said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). It's dangerous when U.S. officials start to believe their own propaganda, said David L. Phillips, a former State Department consultant who worked on Iraq planning but quit in frustration in 2003 and has

[osint] Baghdad And Bust

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2005/06/04/AR2005060400119.html washingtonpost.com Baghdad And Bust Small-Business Owners Defending America Are Losing Their Shirts By Amy Joyce Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 5, 2005; F01 Stanley Adams spent more than 30 years

[osint] Trial to Reveal Reach Of U.S. Surveillance

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2005/06/04/AR2005060401319.html washingtonpost.com Trial to Reveal Reach Of U.S. Surveillance Wiretaps to Be Used Against 4 Terrorism Suspects By John Mintz Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 5, 2005; A03 For a decade, FBI agents

[osint] An Established Law Enforcement Tool

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/07/AR2005060701583.html washingtonpost.com An Established Law Enforcement Tool Post Wednesday, June 8, 2005; A20 John Mintz wrote that information gathered under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) may be used in a

[osint] The Woman Who Went To the Front of the Mosque

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2005/06/04/AR2005060401646.html washingtonpost.com The Woman Who Went To the Front of the Mosque Feminist Faces Ostracism -- or Worse -- for Praying Among Men By Teresa Wiltz Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 5, 2005; D01 MORGANTOWN,

[osint] Behind the Lone Terrorist, a Pack Mentality

with foreign terrorist groups are identified as terrorist actions. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2005/06/04/AR2005060400147.html washingtonpost.com Behind the Lone Terrorist, a Pack Mentality By Mike German Post Sunday, June 5, 2005; B01 The FBI has long maintained

[osint] Domestic Terrorism: The Threat From Within

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/06/03/DI2005060301359.html washingtonpost.com Domestic Terrorism: The Threat From Within Mike German Former FBI Agent Monday, June 6, 2005; 1:00 PM The FBI has long maintained that Timothy McVeigh , who was executed in 2001 for the

[osint] IP v.6 expanding slowly, but the time for planning is now

act together in the IT and communications worlds. Or areas like critical infrastructure or rail, land or ocean transportation protection either. //sigh// David Bier http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36019-1.html 06/08/05 IP v.6 expanding slowly, but the time for planning is now

[osint] FEMA, emergency agencies and industry fine-tune XML

might notice that there was no mention of funding for implementation. Good reason: so far nothing in the DHS IT budget to fund this effort. Guess state and local agencies will have to become NIMS compliant out of hide. David Bier http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36009-1.html 06/07/05

[osint] Another week, another few million confidential records lost

With all of the news about identity theft and terrorists and criminals profiting from that crime, one wonders when businesses will wake up. David Bier http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/10/24OPsecadvise_1.html Another week, another few million confidential records lost Sending customer

[osint] Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08clima te.html?ex=1275883200en=22149dc70c0731d8ei=5090 partner=rssuserlandemc=rss June 8, 2005 Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming By ANDREW C. REVKIN A White House official who once led the oil industry's fight against limits on

[osint] Kazakhstan Purges NGOs

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=584393 KOMMERSANT Daily, JUNE 10, 2005 Kazakhstan Purges NGOs // To prevent an orange revolution Political Technology On Thursday, the upper chamber of the Kazakh parliament approved the first reading of a draft law to alter and amend legislation on

[osint] Editor of Climate Reports Resigns

His resignation is less surprising than the fact that the lead oil industry lobbyist on global warming should have been given this kind of power over climate science and scientists, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/10/politics/11cooney.long.html? June 10, 2005 Editor of Climate Reports Resigns By

[osint] The debate's over: Globe is warming

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20050613/1a_cover13.art.htm The debate's over: Globe is warming Politicians, corporations and religious groups differ mainly on how to fix the problem By Dan Vergano USA TODAY Don't look now, but the ground has shifted on global warming. After decades

[osint] Ethnic Arab Intifada Targets Richest Iranian Oil Resource

...April 23, the Khuzestan Front's No. 2 leader Said Taher Naamahad paid a secret visit to the White House. http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1040 Ethnic Arab Intifada Targets Richest Iranian Oil Resource DEBKAfile Exclusive Report from Iran June 14, 2005, 2:53 PM (GMT+02:00) On the march

[osint] Washington Gives Way on Iran’s Nuclear Bomb, Therefore Backs ElBaradei’s Reappo

Probably the U.S. has realized the Iranian nuclear program is too advanced to be forced into shutdown and will pursue non-diplomatic methods to deter or destroy it...or the regime. David Bier http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1039 Washington Gives Way on Iran's Nuclear Bomb, Therefore Backs

[osint] Musharraf Dumps Hundreds of al Qaeda Operatives Back in Afghanistan

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1037 Musharraf Dumps Hundreds of al Qaeda Operatives Back in Afghanistan DEBKAfile Exclusive Report from Pakistan June 11, 2005, 6:37 PM (GMT+02:00) Not enough US troops in Afghanistan to cope with al Qaeda-Taliban returnees from Pakistan The

[osint] EU maintains arms embargo on China

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=11478 EU maintains arms embargo on China ISN SECURITY WATCH (14/06/05) - The EU will maintain its 16-year arms embargo against China because of concerns about the nation's human-rights record and stability on the Pacific rim, completing a policy

[osint] Hizbollah in Lebanon

Hizbollah will secure influence in the new parliament and will assert that its win serves as a mandate for its present military operations. http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=11470 Hizbollah in Lebanon As long as Hizbollah remains popular in the south, Syria can retain some influence

[osint] Naval Gatling Gun Given Anti-Mortar Role

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=898544C=america Posted 06/13/05 09:02 Naval Gatling Gun Given Anti-Mortar Role U.S. Army Eyes Defense Against Iraq Insurgents By GREG GRANT The U.S. Army hopes it has found the answer to Iraqi insurgents' lethal mortar and rocket attacks in its

[osint] Raytheon Promotes Airport Missile Shield

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=913661C=america Posted 06/14/05 12:06 Raytheon Promotes Airport Missile Shield By REUTERS, LE BOURGET, France Raytheon Co. on June 13 unveiled plans for a high-tech system to protect airports from attack by shoulder-launched missiles, but said the

[osint] IRAQ:Back to Their Labs?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8185988/site/newsweek/?rf=nwnewsletter Periscope Newsweek Updated: 12:32 a.m. ET June 12, 2005 June 20 issue - IRAQ:Back to Their Labs? Now that the search for WMD is officially over, Iraqi authorities are deciding what to do with prominent Iraqi weapons scientists

[osint] The Threat Is Urgent

Al Qaeda and radical jihadists have the intent to kill us; they want to kill us. The steps we have taken have indeed put them in some disarray. But the threat is still out there. Tom and I—and I think the other commissioners—have always felt the threat is urgent. I certainly continue to think

[osint] The Country of Massacres Rises

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=585076 The Country of Massacres Rises // The atmosphere on the eve of the Kyrgyz election gets tense Strife for power Presidential election campaign was launched in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. The election is scheduled for July 10. Among the seven candidates

[osint] The Service Oil Pipeline

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=3D583190 The Service Oil Pipeline The imprisonment of YUKOS's owners and the division of their legacy was a powerful incentive to the development of democracy in Russia. It is not inconceivable that a two-party system will finally appear in the country: OOO

[osint] Rumsfeld admits post-war Iraq is no safer

new main force units to Iraq, sufficient to crush insurgent forces, the final exit strategy in Iraq may be to run like hell for the Hueys and pity the rear guard. David Bier http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=11484 Rumsfeld admits post-war Iraq is no safer US Defense Secretary Rumsfeld

[osint] UN head linked to Oil-for-Food scandal

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=11486 UN head linked to Oil-for-Food scandal ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/06/05) - Two emails dating from 1998 suggest that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan may have known about a multimillion-dollar UN contract awarded to the Swiss company that employed

[osint] LMSM, the 'Lying Mainstream Media'

Contains detailed chronology of Bush-Blair Iraq actions leading up to the invasion. David Bier http://consortiumnews.com/2005/061605.html LMSM, the 'Lying Mainstream Media' By Robert Parry June 17, 2005 The Washington Post is reasserting its august judgment over what qualifies as news

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appended below) when Bush leaves office. Especially, if a Democrat president takes over. David Bier http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=852458 Memo: Pentagon Concerned About Legality of Interrogation Techniques Document Shows Top Pentagon Officials Warned About Guantanamo Bay Interrogation Tactics Jun

[osint] Memo: Pentagon Concerned About Legality of Interrogation Techniques

below) when Bush leaves office. Especially, if a Democrat president takes over. David Bier http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=852458 Memo: Pentagon Concerned About Legality of Interrogation Techniques Document Shows Top Pentagon Officials Warned About Guantanamo Bay Interrogation Tactics Jun. 15

[osint] Palast for Conyers: The OTHER ' Memos' from Downing Street and Pennsylvania Ave

, the original invasion title was a Freudian Slip? David Bier http://www.gregpalast.com/printerfriendly.cfm?artid=437 Palast for Conyers: The OTHER ' Memos' from Downing Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Greg Palast, unable to attend hearings in Washington Thursday, has submitted

[osint] The Downing Street Memos

The U.S. mission in Iraq seems to be drifting dangerously - and the president, once again, is not talking frankly to the country about the sacrifice that may be required, or where the troops and other resources for such an effort will come from, Six new Downing Street documents shown to the Los

[osint] MP Files Suit Against Pentagon Over Guantanamo Beating

guards were trained to react. No wonder Alberto Mora, the Navy General Counsel, warned Pentagon brass that war crimes charges might be forthcoming. David Bier http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gitmo18jun18,0,5373171.story?coll=la-home-nation MP Files Suit Against Pentagon Over

[osint] Senate Clashes Over Guantanamo Prison and Detainees' Legal Fate

Guantanamo Bay is an international embarrassment to our nation, to our ideals, and it remains a festering threat to our security, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gitmo16jun16,0,2764399,full.story?coll=la-home-nation THE NATION Senate Clashes Over Guantanamo Prison and

[osint] ETA announces partial ceasefire

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=11507 ETA announces partial ceasefire ETA logo (ISN) ISN ISN SECURITY WATCH (20/06/05) - The Basque separatist group ETA on Saturday said it would implement a partial ceasefire and vowed to halt attacks on Spain's elected officials, local media

[osint] U.S. delays bio-passport requirement for one year

The visa waiver program allows people from 27 countries to enter the U.S. for business or pleasure for up to 90 days without a visa and was used by 15 million people in 2004, according to U.S. government figures. The deadline for the issuance of biometric passports has now been pushed back to

[osint] Policy Shifts Felt After Bolton's Departure From State Dept.

Throughout his career in the first Bush administration, he was always playing the stopper role for a lot of different issues and even when there was obvious interest by the president in moving things forward, Bolton often found ways of stopping things by tying the interagency process in knots,

[osint] FBI Chief Won't Mandate Terror Expertise

The manager can make a pretty good go of it, Deputy Assistant Director John Lewis testified. But at the end of the season, he's not going to be able to win over the guy on the other side of the field who has all those same things _ plus 20 years of major experience. Lewis suggested it might take

[osint] Goss Claims He Has Idea Where Bin Laden Is

and grab or rocket policy established in the first Bush43 term. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR2005062000285.html?nav=hcmodule washingtonpost.com Goss Claims He Has Idea Where Bin Laden Is The Associated Press Monday, June 20, 2005; 12:45 PM NEW

[osint] Why George Went To War

He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999, said author and Houston Chronicle journalist Mickey Herskowitz. It was on his mind. He said, 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.' And he said, 'My father had all this political capital built up when he

[osint] Symbolic Lynching Resolution Forced Concrete Political Choice

to minorities or recruitment to fill the ranks depleted by Iraq might get even thinner. David Bier http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/23/AR2005062300465.html washingtonpost.com Symbolic Lynching Resolution Forced Concrete Political Choice By Terry M. Neal

[osint] EMP: America’s Achilles’ H eel

can produce the devices and equip them with plastic explosives to cause the progressive tube collapse that generates the pulse. David Bier http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/ EMP: America’s Achilles’ Heel Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. President, Center for Security Policy Frank J. Gaffney, Jr

[osint] War and Weakness

The Army is already the smallest it has been since the Second World War. If the current trend in volunteering for the Army continues for long, the Pentagon may have to consider disbanding units or requesting the reinstatement of the draft. Most military experts consider either option to be a

[osint] Georgian TV Says Russian Soldier Held Over Grenade Attack on Bush

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/06/24/bushgrenade.shtml Georgian TV Says Russian Soldier Held Over Grenade Attack on Bush Created: 24.06.2005 13:04 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:04 MSK, 17 hours 59 minutes ago MosNews Georgian authorities may accuse a Russian military servicemen of throwing a

[osint] Italy Judge Orders Arrest of 13 CIA Agents

cause the Egyptian government to cough up Omar out of prison where he undoubtedly ended up after intercept of his phone calls about the torture. David Bier http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050624/D8AU0KV00.html Italy Judge Orders Arrest of 13 CIA Agents Jun 24, 9:28 AM (ET) By AIDAN LEWIS ROME

[osint] US acknowledges torture at Guantanamo and Iraq, Afghanistan: UN source

recommendation would be recognized by the U.S., but the publicity would be horrendous going into a mid-term Congressional election campaign. David Bier http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050624/pl_afp/unustortureguantanamo US acknowledges torture at Guantanamo and Iraq, Afghanistan: UN source Fri Jun 24

[osint] Exclusive: A Sharp New Look at 'Material Witness' Arrests

A report to be released this week by two civil-liberties groups finds nearly 90 percent of these suspects were never linked to any terrorism acts, resulting in prosecutors and FBI agents issuing at least 13 apologies for wrongful arrest. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8359249/site/newsweek/

[osint] Politics: Jeb Bush's Surprise Move

know this. Instead, Bush(44?) is spending taxpayer money on an investigation that amounts to pure and simple revenge against Mr. Schiavo. David Bier http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8359250/site/newsweek/ Politics: Jeb Bush's Surprise Move Newsweek July 4 issue - Jeb Bush's request (that a state

[osint] War of Nerves

There's simply not enough forces here. A hard truth, which the American people need to hear. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8359694/site/newsweek/ War of Nerves The politicians say we're winning. The generals aren't so sure. How Bush hopes to persuade a wary nation to stay the course. By John

[osint] The Good News and Bad News

If thousands of jihadists hone their skills in the streets and back alleys of Iraq and then return to their countries, it could mark the beginning of a new wave of sophisticated terror. Just as Al Qaeda was born in the killing fields of Afghanistan, new groups could grow in the back alleys of

[osint] Antiterror Victory?

Earlier this month, in a move long sought by Washington, Swiss deputy federal prosecutor Claude Nicati asked a Swiss federal criminal tribunal to assign a juge d'instruction (investigative magistrate) to prepare a possible criminal case against Kadi.

[osint] Syrian Changes May Presage Better Western Ties

I believe the Syrian regime has embarked on a massive plan to change itself from within in response to growing demands from inside and outside, Taqi said. Washington and all other parties should show patience and support to help this process succeed and reach its full objectives.

[osint] Battlefield Power

Special Operations Forces sometimes have to decide between carrying batteries or water, because if they land in the middle of nowhere, they can't communicate without batteries, he said. http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=885610C=thisweek Posted 06/27/05 12:58 Battlefield Power New Fuel

[osint] Summit Fiasco

The fiasco of the European summit is cause for profound pessimism, Polish Prime Minister Aleksandr Kwasniewski said afterward. http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=933914C=europe Summit �Fiasco� Lack of Action on Defense, Security Leaves EU at Risk By BROOKS TIGNER, BRUSSELS The abject

[osint] Senior Duma Official Blasts Threat of U.S. Sanctions on Russian Firms

The Washington Post reported earlier that the Bush administration was planning new measures targeting the U.S. assets of anyone conducting business with a number of Iranian, North Korean and Syrian companies. The paper quoted U.S. officials as saying the new measures would especially affect

[osint] Russian Web Site Sells Data From Biggest Ever Credit Card Scam

Credit card data is being bought and sold on what is now a profitable black market. “We saw a lot of chatter in Russian chat rooms over the weekend talking about this as a big win for the good guys, you know, the electrical crime groups,” said John Watters with iDefense.

[osint] Russia Set to Pull out of Border Treaties With Estonia

The text amended by Estonia’s parliament to include an indirect reference to the Soviet occupation of the Baltic nation “contains unacceptable statements ... that create a falsified context” for the treaties, the ministry said in a press statement released last week.

[osint] Forewarned

...the world's most powerful military machine failed to recognize the risk of irregular warfare, and had no contingency plan for fighting it once it began. But there already is one thing we can say for certain: Rumsfeld and the gang were warned of the risk -- clearly and unequivocally -- before

[osint] Italians Detail Lavish CIA Operation

Milan prosecutors and police spent the last two years documenting Americans' role in the Feb. 17, 2003 disappearance of Hussan Mustafa Omar Nasr, 42, an Egyptian cleric. On Thursday, a Milan judge ruled that there was enough evidence to warrant the arrest of 13 suspected CIA operatives on

[osint] In Italy, Anger at U.S. Tactics Colors Spy Case

I feel the international community must struggle against terrorism and international terrorist groups in accordance with international laws and the rights of the defendant, he said. Otherwise, we are giving victory to the terrorists. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/eu

[osint] Focus: Secret memos fuel US doubt on Iraq

Criticising this administration's arrogance and intermittent incompetence does not mean hoping that it fails. For the security of all of us, it has to succeed. A post-war occupation of Iraq could lead to a protracted and costly nation-building exercise, warned one memo in July 2002. The US

[osint] Milan Mystery: Did Italy Have Role in Kidnapping Case?

For the first time in Italy's judicial history, a person who resided stably in our country, prosecutors alleged in the documents, was taken in a completely illegal action, also from the point of view of international law, from the Italian judicial authorities and forcibly removed to a third state.

[osint] Army Moves to Advance 2 Linked to Abu Ghraib

Grhaib scandal surfaced. David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/29/international/mi ddleeast/29detain.html June 29, 2005 Army Moves to Advance 2 Linked to Abu Ghraib By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, June 28 - The Pentagon has promoted or nominated for promotion two senior Army officers who

[osint] Test Faults Processing of Passports

Insufficient oversight by the State Department allows criminals, illegal immigrants and suspected terrorists to fraudulently obtain a United States passport far too easily, according to a report on the test by the Government Accountability Office to be released Wednesday.

[osint] 'Washington Post' Visits Downing Street, Probes War Plans

On July 23, the equivalent of a war cabinet met in the P.M.'s office. According to the minutes, American military action was now seen as inevitable”; the National Security Council had no patience with the U.N. route. And there was the now-famous observation that the intelligence and facts were

[osint] Government Security Expo and Conference (GOVSEC), May 25-26, 2005

before making up your mind about where the U.S. really stands threatwise in the world. http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/govsec/050525/archives.cfm?id=5691type=wmhigh David Bier ** Breakfast Keynote Presentation Charles Phalen, Assistant Director, Security, U.S

[osint] Time Magazine to Cooperate in Plame Case Probe

Fitzgerald's investigation focuses on whether senior Bush administration officials knowingly leaked Plame's name to syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak after her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, alleged in a Times opinion piece that the Bush administration had twisted intelligence

[osint] The High Cost of a Rush to Security

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2005/06/29/AR2005062903063.html washingtonpost.com The High Cost of a Rush to Security TSA Lost Control of Over $300 Million Spent by Contractor to Hire Airport Screeners After 9/11 By Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post

[osint] Troops' Silence at Fort Bragg Starts a Debate All Its Own

at best. Some piece of work this has all turned out to be. But what can you expect from a guy who couldn't even risk showing up for his NG flight physical? David Bier http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/30/politics/30speech.html? June 30, 2005 Troops' Silence at Fort Bragg Starts a Debate All Its Own

[osint] SHEIKH SABAH LAUDS TALKS; Frank, important; ‘Leaving with relief’

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/world/Viewdet.asp?ID=5263cat=a 3rd July 2005 : Web Edition No: 12228 SHEIKH SABAH LAUDS TALKS; Frank, important; ‘Leaving with relief’ WASHINGTON (Agencies): Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah said he and President George W. Bush

[osint] Iraqi paper blasts Syrian minister

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNewsarti cle=UPI-1-20050702-10252100-bc-iraq-syria-edits.xml Iraqi paper blasts Syrian minister BAGHDAD, July 2 (UPI) -- An Iraqi newspaper Saturday lashed out at Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa, accusing him of playing cat and mouse with Iraq and

[osint] Foreigners 'behind most Iraq suicide attacks'

The bombers are recruited from Sunni communities, smuggled into Iraq from Syria after receiving religious indoctrination, and then quickly bundled into cars or strapped with explosive vests and sent to their deaths... “I still think 80% of the insurgency, the day to day activity,is Iraqi †the

[osint] A Kurdish Thought On July 4th

Kurds are learning from the history of liberated colonies, especially those who refused to belittle themselves by the humiliating and abusive British kingdom in the late 18th century. The idea that all people are created equal and entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness became a

[osint] Why Film Director Steven Spielberg Should Avoid Malta this week

The Palestinian Jihad Islami plans this week to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its founder, Fathi Shikaki’s assassination in Malta. He took five bullets from two motorcyclists as he stepped out of his Malta hotel in October 1995. http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1048 Why Film Director

[osint] Canadian's Lawyers Blame U.S.

...Canadian criminal charges should be brought against U.S. agents responsible for spiriting the Canadian man in 2002 to Syria, where he was imprisoned and allegedly tortured for almost a year. Drawing parallels to the charges brought against CIA operatives by a Milan magistrate last week,

[osint] Pipelines Send Illegal Immigrants to U.S.

Several al-Qaida leaders believe operatives can pay their way into the country through Mexico and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry, Jim Loy, deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told a congressional committee in February. Further, he said,

[osint] More questions on missing imam

...as the Bush administration was leaking its plans for war back in the summer of 2002, planning was equally advanced for a jihadist response to a US occupation of Iraq. http://warincontext.org/2005_06_26_archive.html#112016896649846992 More questions on missing imam By Michael Isikoff and Mark

[osint] Abducted imam aided CIA ally in war on terror

When you find an important member of an organization, the senior prosecution official said, you don't arrest him immediately, you follow him. When Nasr disappeared in February (2003), our investigation came to a standstill. What mystified the Italian authorities was why the CIA would want to take

[osint] Central Asians demand pullout of Western military bases

Considering that the active phase of the military anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan has finished, member states ... consider it essential that the relevant participants in the anti-terrorist coalition set deadlines for the temporary use of bases in Central Asia, the declaration read.

[osint] London Blasts Claimed by Al Qaeda

Today's blasts in London have been claimed by Al Qaeda's European chapter, Qaeda't al-Jihad in Europe. http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/000884.php London Blasts Claimed by Al Qaeda Today's blasts in London have been claimed by Al Qaeda's European chapter, Qaeda't al-Jihad in Europe. A

[osint] Much Ado about the WTO

http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=589227 Much Ado about the WTO // The Ukrainian opposition goes after the microphones A confrontation Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko yesterday signed a decree dismissing First Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandr Fokin, who accused his boss the day

[osint] London Blasts Claimed by Al Qaeda

Today's blasts in London have been claimed by Al Qaeda's European chapter, Qaeda't al-Jihad in Europe. http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/000884.php London Blasts Claimed by Al Qaeda Today's blasts in London have been claimed by Al Qaeda's European chapter, Qaeda't al-Jihad in Europe. A

[osint] So, Mr Bremer, where did all the money go?

The auditors have so far referred more than a hundred contracts, involving billions of dollars paid to American personnel and corporations, for investigation and possible criminal prosecution. They have also discovered that $8.8bn that passed through the new Iraqi government ministries in Baghdad

[osint] U.K. Officials Face Big Task in Bombings

In the end, authorities will have to identify whatever failings exist, if any, in the intelligence system that allowed this attack to take place, because it is an intelligence failure, http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050707/D8B6QUC80.html U.K. Officials Face Big Task in Bombings Jul 7, 6:39

[osint] So, Mr Bremer, where did all the money go?

The auditors have so far referred more than a hundred contracts, involving billions of dollars paid to American personnel and corporations, for investigation and possible criminal prosecution. They have also discovered that $8.8bn that passed through the new Iraqi government ministries in Baghdad

[osint] A short interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

to be stabilized before we leave or it becomes both a roiling civil war AND a huge terrorist training ground (albeit one already) whose products will be exported to our shores...and subways. David Bier http://www.antichimp.com/ A short interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

[osint] A short interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peac

to be stabilized before we leave or it becomes both a roiling civil war AND a huge terrorist training ground (albeit one already) whose products will be exported to our shores...and subways. David Bier http://www.antichimp.com/ A short interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

[osint] A short interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

to be stabilized before we leave or it becomes both a roiling civil war AND a huge terrorist training ground (albeit one already) whose products will be exported to our shores...and subways. David Bier http://www.antichimp.com/ A short interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

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