INT 515 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:46:54 -0500 (CDT) IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE FUTURE FREE SUMMARY COPIES OF "INTELLIGENCE", EMAIL US AT INTELLIGENCE-ADI@WANADOO.FR INTELLIGENCE ISSN 1245-2122 N. 515, 24 March 2008 Every Two to Three Weeks Next issue, 7 April 2008 Publishing since 1980 Editor Olivier Schmidt intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr; http://perso.wanadoo.fr/intelligence-adi A one year subscription (19 issues with article index) is 330 euros. Reduced rates for personal subscriptions (180 euros). Payment by credit card possible. TABLE OF CONTENTS, N. 515, 24 March 2008 FRONT PAGE ITALY - ALDO MORO'S DEATH & COLD WAR PARAPOLITICS p.1 TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES TIMELINE FROM 3 MARCH TO 21 MARCH p.2 THE LII5A3 & REVIVING THE "FINE ART" OF SNIPING p.3 DANGEROUS WEB SITES, ROBOTS & SOFTWARE p.4 PEOPLE USA - WILLIAM J. FALLON p.5 - Philip Agee. p.6 ISRAEL - DORON ALMOG p.7 - YAIR KLEIN p.8 AGENDA COMING EVENTS THROUGH 15 MAY 2008 p.9 INTELLIGENCE AROUND THE WORLD USA - KIDNAPPING-DISAPPEARANCE-TORTURE NEWS & REPORTS p.10 - BUSH WHITE HOUSE & GOP-ASSOCIATED SCANDAL NEWS p.11 - FBI AND DATA USE & MISUSE p.12 - PIAB REPLACES PFIAB & OTHER CIA NEW p.13 - ELECTION NEWS & THE ECONOMY'S "BAD PRESS" p.14 USA/IRAQ - CHENEY'S "PHENOMENAL" PROGRESS, MCCAIN "SLIPS" p.15 USA - WARRANTLESS EAVESDROPPING IN SECRET SESSION p.16 - PENTAGON'S PRESENT, PAST & FUTURE PROBLEMS p.17 CANADA - Pro-Bush CSIS & "Radicalization". p.18 GREAT BRITAIN - KEEPING THE COVER-UP IN PLACE p.19 - ANOTHER "SPYCATCHER"? p.20 - CORRUPTION INQUIRY TARGETS BAE EXECUTIVES p.21 - CORRUPT BOSSES & QAIDA COPS p.22 FRANCE - Elections & DST/RGs Together. p.23 BELGIUM - The Belliraj Storm. p.24 ITALY - SISDE VS. PRODI & THE SICILAIN MAFIA p.25 SPAIN - MEDICAL REPORTS CONFIRM US TORTURE REGIME p.26 EUROPEAN UNION - Spain, EU Data & US. p.27 EASTERN EUROPE - MORE KOSOVOS & MORE MISSILES? p.28 COLOMBIA - THERE WERE US FORCES INVOLVED IN ACT OF WAR p.29 LATIN AMERICA - Bolivia & Brazil. p.30 EQUATORIAL GUINEA - THE LAST MERCENARY STANDING p.31 AFRICA - "A La Recherche des Terrorists Perdus". p.32 ISRAEL/PALESTINE - MORE KILLINGS PROMISED p.33 IRAQ - WAR "STATS" & POLITICAL-STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS p.34 IRAN - NO ONES HAPPY & A "DANGEROUS TURN" p.35 MIDDLE EAST - Talking & Learning From The Enemy. p.36 AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN - MORE TROUBLE & CIVILIAN DEAD p.37 TIBET - LONG-STANDING OPPOSITION TO CHINA EXPLODES p.38 --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 2 TIMELINE FROM 3 MARCH TO 21 MARCH Against the background of the Iraq War, the other major topic mentioned in our preceding "Timeline" article were the Israeli attack on Gaza, the Bush White House's warrantless eavesdropping program, and "another full crop of Bush White House/GOP corruption scandals". The first topic/conflict has disappeared from the headlines, but the two others have continued to occupy the front pages along with a new topic: revolt in Tibet and Chinese repression, which means our selection of "Asia" reports has increased significantly. War continues in Afghanistan while, next door, Pakistan's newly elected legislature is getting down to business and talking about negotiations with the Taliban, a subject which is probably makes Bush and Cheney shudder. In Eastern Europe, the fallout from Kosovo's declaration of independence is now having its impact and will probably continue to influence political development for some time. (...cut...) --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 9 COMING EVENTS THROUGH 15 MAY 2008 27-28 March, Lisbon, Second European Conference on Economic Intelligence, contact@ifie.net 31 March, deadline for paper for University of Strathclyde's conference "Reconsidering Conflict, Terror and Resolution", Glasgow, Scotland, 11-12 September 2008, scar-group@strath.ac.uk. 31 March, preliminary deadline for paper for the Third Annual Conference on Human Security, Terrorism and Organized Crime in the Western Balkan Region, 2-4 October 2008; Belgrade, Serbia, maddalena.vivona@etc-graz.at or www.humsec.eu 31 March, Amman, Jordan, SOFEX, Networking Global Security, sofexjordan.com 31 March-3 April, Washington, AIAA Missile Defense Conference, aiaa.org. 2-3 April, Sheffield, England, Sheffield University Centre for Criminological Research, Third Biannual Conference of Surveillance and Society, L.K.Burns@Shef.ac.uk or www.shef.ac.uk/ccr/ 2-5 April, Beijing, China International Defense Electronics Exhibit (CIDEX). 11-13 April, Atlanta, Georgia, Historians Against the War National Conference, War and its Discontents - Understanding Iraq and the US Empire, conf@historiansagainstwar.org or historiansagainstwar.org/hawconf/ 15 April, deadline for papers for the 14th Annual Conference of the International Intelligence History Association (IIHA/AGN), "Intelligence and Dictatorships", Hamburg, Germany, on 17-19 October 2008, sshpiro@bezeqint.net 15 April, deadline for applications for the Summer Academy on Human Security: The Influence of Transnational Terrorist and Criminal Organizations on the Peace-Building Process in the Western Balkans, on 20-30 July, in Grazz, Austria, maddalena.vivona@etc-graz.at or summeracademy.etc-graz.at 15-16 April, Springfield, Virginia, Precision Strike Annual Program Review. 16 April, deadline for applications for the First Summer School on Intelligence, on 16-20 June, in Gorizia, Italy, drercolani@yahoo.co.uk, dungaro@unite.it or daniele.domus@seta.it 20 April, deadline for proposals for the 18th annual Computers, Freedom, & Privacy Conference: Technology Policy '08, on 20-23 May, in New Haven, Connecticut, eddan.katz@yale.edu or http://cfp2008.org/ 24-25 April, Omaha, Nebraska, Peter Kiewit Institute and University of Nebraska, Third International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, mandy@academic-conferences.org 28-29 April, Boston, Massachusetts, Infonortics, Search Engine Meeting, www.infonortics.com 30 April, Bordeaux, Universite Montesquieu, beginning of the second session for the "Studies of Intelligence" diploma, www.cf2r.org 1 May, deadline for submission of proposals for the Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference, 7-10 July 2008, Dundee University, david.ryan@ucc.ie 2-3 May 2008, Georgian College, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada, the Human Condition Series: 2nd Annual International Multidisciplinary Conference on "Terror", TerrorProposal@ideologiesofwar.com 4-8 May, Fort Know, Kentucky, Armor Warfighting Conference. 13-15 May, Fayettevile, North Carolina, Vehicle-borne, propelled and domestic IED threats, IED 2008, www.IED2008.com 15-16 May, Interlaken, Switzerland, Electronic Warfare Conference & Exhibition 2008. --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 10 USA KIDNAPPING-DISAPPEARANCE-TORTURE NEWS & REPORTS CIA kidnapping can be dangerous not only for suspects (0312 Telegraph, Top cop who led probe into secret CIA flights found dead): "One of Britain's most senior police officers has been found dead after taking a hill-walking trip in North Wales. Michael Todd, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, was discovered at the bottom of a cliff in Snowdonia yesterday afternoon. The police chief led an investigation into charges that Britain cooperated with secret CIA flights to transport terrorism suspects without formal proceedings." There are still many troublesome individuals questioning CIA and US kidnapping-disappearance-torture policies: 0312 AP, UN Official Denied Access to Iraq Prisons; 0312 UN, UN rights expert says he was barred from US-run Iraq prisons. But the real problem seems to be staging "trials" at Gitmo where the "opposition" seems to be gaining ground (...cut...) --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 12 USA FBI AND DATA USE & MISUSE The FBI -- along with other US federal internal security services -- seems to have made the news in a big way recently largely because of reports on flawed and misused data: 0305 Progress Report, Federal agents "secretly" profiling immigrants; 0313 NYT, FBI Made "Blanket" Demands for Phone Records - Senior officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation repeatedly approved the use of "blanket" records demands; 0314 WP, FBI Found to Misuse Security Letters - 2003-2006 audit cites probes of citizens; 0314 Progress Report, FBI misused "security letters" to obtain personal records of US citizens; 0318 LAT, FBI Provided Flawed Data for Terrorism Watch List, Audit Says - A Justice Department study says inaccurate and outdated information resulted in innocent people being kept on the list while real threats were not added in a timely fashion; 0318 IHT/NYT, Bad terror data given by FBI, audit shows. But the FBI has also made the news recently for more correct uses of security data: 0218 Interwire, Intelwire Releases FBI Documents Cited In 9/11 Commission Report; 0223 EPIC, Accountability of fusion centers - EPIC Seeks Documents On Limiting the Accountability of Fusion Centers; 0305 Science Daily, US cities at high risk for terrorist attacks identified; 0311 FAS, The FBI as a foreign intelligence organization. (...cut...) --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 13 USA PIAB REPLACES PFIAB & OTHER CIA NEW There seems to be no ambiguity in the press concerning the Bush White House's recent replacement of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) by "user-friendly" the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB): 0304 Progress Report, White House guts Intelligence Oversight Board; 0305 Progress Report, Bush appoints loyalist Fran Townsend to Intelligence Board; 0314 Boston Globe, President Weakens Espionage Oversight - Board created by Ford loses most of its power; 0321 Progress Report, President Bush appoints Gen. Peter Pace to the Intelligence Advisory Board. But Bush White House damage to the CIA and US foreign intelligence was already done by "faith-based intelligence" used to justify the invasion of Iraq: 0309 LAT, Senate Panel Critiques Prewar Claims by White House; 0310 McClatchy, Exhaustive Review Finds No Link Between Saddam and al-Qaida. (...cut...) --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 15 USA/IRAQ CHENEY'S "PHENOMENAL" PROGRESS, MCCAIN "SLIPS" This fortnight's news on the Iraq War in Washington seems to be neatly divided into two categories: I. Getting the true story out; II. Keeping the true story from getting out. In the first category, we would put: 0312 ABC, Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored?; 0313 Truthout, Withdrawal From Iraq; 0319 McClatchy, Iraq Surge Has Failed in Its Main Purpose; 0320 FAS, DoD report on captured Iraqi documents. In the second category, we would put: 0311 Progress Report, Shenon - Zelikow designed Bush's pre-emptive war doctrine in 2002; 0311 Progress Report, Iraq - Douglas Feith's Blame Game; 0317 McClatchy, Cheney Cites "Phenomenal" Iraqi Security Progress as Bombing Kills 40; 0321 Progress Report, The Maverick [McCain] Makes It Up. (...cut...) --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 21 GREAT BRITAIN CORRUPTION INQUIRY TARGETS BAE EXECUTIVES The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was denied the opportunity to pursue its investigation into allegations of state-sanctioned corruption linked to the multi-billion dollar BAE Systems/Saudi Arabia Al-Yamamah arms deal in the 1970s and 1980s. The deal involved the former Saudi ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar (currently head of Saudi intelligence), various minor members of a House of Saud, and a network of agents used to facilitate payments. Now, the SFO has channelled its investigative energies into commission payments involving the company's chief executive, Mike Turner, and linked to arms sales to Romania, the Czech Republic, Tanzania and South Africa in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (...cut...) --------------------------------------------- Intelligence, N. 515, 24 March 2008, p. 26 SPAIN MEDICAL REPORTS CONFIRM US TORTURE REGIME Judge Baltasar Garzon, who sits at the National Court in Madrid, decided to withdraw extradition warrants for two British citizens, Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes, and "archive the case" against both men (see "USA - Bush Kidnapping-Disappearances-Torture Policies"; INT, n. 514 11). That decision has provided irrefutable medical evidence that the CIA and Pentagon, with the public support of President George W. Bush, has subjected inmates at Guantanamo Bay to a cruel and brutal regime of systematic mental and physical abuse, a practice which qualifies as "torture" under the Geneva Convention and the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). (...cut...) ---------------------------------------------