Intelligence Reform
- Bush Signs Expanded Wiretap Law VOA 10 Jul 2008 --President Bush has signed legislation expanding the government's surveillance powers
- Bill to Overhaul US Wiretap Law Clears Senate Hurdle VOA 09 Jul 2008 -- Legislation to revise U.S. surveillance law survived a key test vote in the Senate Wednesday, despite opposition from some majority Democrats to a provision protecting telephone companies from possible privacy lawsuits
- Bill to Overhaul US Wiretap Law Clears Senate Hurdle VOA 26 Jun 2008
- House of Rep. Approves Foreign Surveillance Bill VOA 20 Jun 2008
- PHR: Has Evidence US Military Tortured Detainees VOA 18 Jun 2008 -- A group of American doctors that promotes human rights says it has examined 11 former detainees who were held by the U.S. military, and determined they were systematically tortured with the complicity of medical personnel
- Sen. Levin: DOD Sought Cruel Interrogation Methods VOA 17 Jun 2008
Current Investigations
- ACLU: Justice Dept Memo & Violations of Anti-Torture Laws VOA 24 Jul 2008 -- A newly released memo shows DoJ told the CIA in 2002 that violations of anti-torture laws were acceptable under certain conditions.
- Germany hands Litvinenko materials to Russia RIA Novosti 24 Jul 2008
- Ashcroft to Congress: Waterboarding Isn't Torture VOA 17 Jul 2008 -- Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft testified before a congressional panel about controversial interrogation techniques, including water boarding
- Bush Blocks Congressional Inquiry on CIA Leak Case VOA 16 Jul 2008 -- Pres. Bush refused to comply with a congressional request for documents relating to the leak of the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Wilson
- Ex-Pentagon Aide Denies Favoring Torture of Prisoners VOA 15 Jul 20008 -- A key former defense official has testified under subpoena about the Bush administration's authorization of harsh interrogation techniques
- Russia denies role in Litvinenko death RIA Novosti 08 Jul 2008 -- Russian investigators said they made substantial progress in investigating the 2006 killing of a Russian security service defector in London
- Cheney Aide, Former Justice Official Testify on Interrogation VOA 26 Jun 2008 -- U.S. lawmakers questioned the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and a former Justice Department official about the Bush admins approval of harsh interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists
- Amnesty: European Govs Fall Short on Probing Rendition Role VOA 24 Jun 2008 -- A new report by Amnesty International accuses European govts of doing nothing to investigate long-standing accusations of aiding the U.S. government in illegally transporting and detaining suspected terrorists
- McClellan: Bush Lost Public's Confidence VOA 20 Jun 2008
- Senate Report: Bush Admin. Exaggerated Iraq Threat VOA 06 Jun 2008
- Background Briefing with Senior U.S. Officials on Syria's Covert Nuclear Reactor and North Korea's Involvement DNI 24 Apr 2008
Operations
- MQ-9 Reaper enhances Air Force capabilities in Iraq AFPN 22 Jul 2008
- Predator crashes in Afghanistan AFPN 22 Jul 2008
- Ceaseless Aerial Espionage Committed against DPRK KCNA 01 Jul 200
- New Yorker: Congress Approved Major Expansion of Covert Ops in Iran VOA 29 Jun 2008 -- A published report says the U.S. Congress agreed late last year to a request to fund a major escalation of covert ops against Iran.
Foreign Intelligence
- UK & electronic access to secret intelligence IRNA 16 Jul 2008 -- The UK govt was reported to have shelved a project designed to give key government officials speedy access to secret intelligence on terrorism and other threats.
- Amb. denies increase in Russian spies in UK RIA Novosti 15 Jul 2008 -- The Russian ambassador to Britain denied claims by London that Moscow has increased its intelligence activity in the U.K.
- Russia 'accuses British diplomat of spying' RIA Novosti 11 Jul 2008 -- A new spy row looks set to break out between Moscow and London after Russia apparently accused a British diplomat of espionage.
- British tabloids link top spy's coma with Russia RIA Novosti 04 Jul 2008
- UK Intell. Officer Suspended Over Security Breach VOA 12 Jun 2008 -- A senior intelligence official has been suspended following discovery that confidential documents related to Iraq and al-Qaida were left on a train
