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CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

MSNBC -- A landmark study last August by the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies described the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area as a de facto al-Qaeda haven in which terrorist leaders were reorganizing for attacks against the West. But Hayden said counterterrorism succe.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Apr 29, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- We had technical information ... that this work would happen," intelligence chief Saleh told a National Assembly session broadcast live on national television. "We passed this information to the national security (adviser) and to the president of Afghanis.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- A resurgent Taliban is back in charge over parts of Afghanistan, the chief U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday in an assessment that differed from the one made last month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. More than six years after the United States.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Apr 6, 2007 @ 10:59am neoform

Washington Post -- Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides "all confirmed" that Hussein's regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, according to a declassified Defense Departme.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Apr 5, 2007 @ 4:31pm neoform

News.com.au -- THE British naval personnel seized by Iranian forces in the Gulf were gathering intelligence on their activities, one of the ex-detainees said in an interview prior to their capture broadcast overnight. "We sort of gather int (intelligence) as well," R.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sat Mar 3, 2007 @ 5:02pm neoform

Washington Post -- Federal and local law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting in Prince George's County that critically injured a prominent intelligence expert who specializes in the former Soviet Union. Paul Joyal, 53, was shot Thursday, four days after.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Sat Feb 10, 2007 @ 1:29am neoform

Washington Post -- Last week, the CIA sent an urgent report to President Bush's National Security Council: Iranian authorities had arrested two al-Qaeda operatives traveling through Iran on their way from Pakistan to Iraq. The suspects were caught along a well-worn, if litt.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 1:06pm mrmdc

CNN -- An Italian judge Wednesday indicted a U.S. soldier on homicide charges for the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent participating in a hostage rescue operation in Iraq nearly two years ago... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- A missile struck a house in a Pakistani region known as being a safe haven for al-Qaida early on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants including foreigners, intelligence officials and residents said. The attack took place near Kaloosha village in th.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Dec 5, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

SF Gate -- How could U.S. intelligence agencies have overstated Iran's intentions in 2005 so soon after being reprimanded for making similar errors involving Iraq? The spy agencies had swallowed hard and pledged to do better after a presidential commission in Mar.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 5:03pm neoform

CNN -- Fifteen soldiers from a Pakistani army unit died in a bombing at their mess hall Thursday, a Pakistani intelligence source said. The Associated Press said two security officials reported the attack was the work of a suicide bomber. More than 25 othe.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Jul 17, 2007 @ 11:39am neoform

CNN -- Al Qaeda will try to tap its resources and capabilities in Iraq in its efforts to exact another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, according to a top government intelligence report released Tuesday. "In addition, we assess that its association with [al Qaeda.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

CNN -- Al Qaeda is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the United States and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike here, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment, The Associated Press has learned. The draft National.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 1:45am neoform

Washington Post -- Months before the invasion of Iraq, U.S. intelligence agencies predicted that it would be likely to spark violent sectarian divides and provide al-Qaeda with new opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released yesterday by the Senate.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri May 25, 2007 @ 4:51pm neoform

USA Today -- —Intelligence officials told the Bush administration and Congress two months before the war in Iraq began that toppling Saddam Hussein could produce internal violence and might strengthen Islamist terrorists inside and outside occupied Iraq, according to.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Apr 30, 2007 @ 10:06pm neoform

CNN -- The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed Monday to share intelligence on extremist groups operating in both countries in an effort to deny sanctuary, training and financing to terrorists. The promise on intelligence seemed a step forward for the.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Apr 22, 2007 @ 10:11pm neoform

CNN -- A suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday in an eastern Afghan city, killing six civilians and wounding 40 others, while a roadside blast hit an Afghan intelligence service vehicle and killed all four people inside. The remote-controlled roadside bomb.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 2:10pm neoform

News.com.au -- TWO men from the Detroit area have been charged with spying for executed Iraq leader Saddam Hussein's intelligence service, according to federal court documents. Najib Shemami and Ghazi Al-Awadi were indicted for giving the former government informatio.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 10:27pm neoform

FOX News -- In this week's intelligence briefing: Iran, the bomb and the British hostages. On the surface, there doesn't seem to be a connection between the three — but in the Middle East, from my experience, nothing happens in a vacuum. A new report this week s.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:17pm mrmdc

Slate -- It's too bad that the U.S. political system offers no way to take a vote of "no confidence," because that describes the state we're living in now. We have come to the point where nothing that the Bush administration says can—or should—be trusted. That.. Read More