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SECTION I - CURRENT INTELLIGENCE

COURT GIVES DOD ANALYST FRANKLIN 12 1/2 YEAR SENTENCE

EU PARLIAMENT OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO RENDITIONS

ROME ASKS TO QUESTION PURPORTED RENDITION OPERATIVES

SECTION III - CYBER INTELLIGENCE

GOOGLE REJECTS DOJ DEMAND FOR SEARCH REQUESTS

CYBER SITES URGE TARGETING US PIPELINES, GIVE DETAILS

SECTION IV -- BOOKS, SOURCES, AND ISSUES

Books

A MUSCULAR APPROACH TO ISLAMISM IN EUROPE

MUNICH AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN COUNTERTERRORISM

3,000 YEARS OF SPECIAL OPS

25 January 06 - San Francisco, CA - AFIO Jim Quesada Chapter hosts Dr. Dombroski on "55 Days in Baghdad."
26-27 January 06 - Arlington, VA - Homeland Defense Journal Training on "Terrorism and the Suicide Bomb Attack"
26 January 06 - Washington, DC - The FBI and the Weather Underground - Spy Museum
27-28 January 06 - Springfield, VA - Conference on "INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS"
8 February 06 (Wed) - Werner I. Juretzko: An American Spy in the Hands of the Stasi - Spy Museum
14 February 06 - Tampa, FL- AFIO Suncoast Chapter meets at Officers Club at MacDill Air Force Base.
16 February 06 (Thurs) - Washington, DC - The CIA and Congress: The Untold Story from Truman to Kennedy - Spy Museum
17-20 February 06 - Arlington, VA - The Intelligence Summit - 2006 - Evidence of Saddam's WMD Threat.
18 February 06 - Portland, ME - AFIO Maine Chapter hosts field trip to Emergency Management Center
23 February 06 (Thurs) - Washington, DC - The Impossible Spy - Spy Museum
4 March 06 - Orange Park, FL - AFIO North Florida Chapter Meeting
7 March 06 (Tues) - Washington, DC - Hot Science and Cool Analysis - Spy Museum
8 March 06 - College Station, TX - Future of Transatlantic Security Relations
16 March 06 - Colorado Spring, CO - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at USAF Academy O'Club
16 March 06 (Thurs) - Washington, DC - The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America�s Greatest Female Spy - Spy Museum
17 March 06 - Tysons Corner, VA - AFIO National Luncheon - Put On Calendar - Details to Follow
20-21 March 06 - Washington, DC - The National Security and Law Society - EMININT 2006
21 - 26 March 06 - Salzburg, Austria - COUNTER-TERRORISM IN EUROPE & AMERICA
11 April 06 - Tampa, FL- AFIO Suncoast Chapter meets 11:30 a.m. at MacDill Air Force Base O'Club to hear Fred Rustmann
7-9 May 06 - Bethesda, MD - 2nd Annual INTELCON Exhibition and Symposium
7 May 06 - Tyson's Corner, VA - XXXII NMIA Anniversary and Awards Banquet
18 May 06 - Colorado Spring, CO - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at USAF Academy O'Club
2 June 06 - Tysons Corner, VA - AFIO National Luncheon - Put On Calendar - Details to Follow
27-29 June 06 - Lyon, France - Complex Asian Crime Symposium 2006
3-8 September 06 - Oxford, England - Spies, Lies & Intelligence Conference
8 September 06 - Tysons Corner, VA - AFIO National Luncheon - Put On Calendar - Details to Follow
14 September 06 - Colorado Spring, CO - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at USAF Academy O'Club
3rd or 4th week October 06 - McLean, VA - AFIO National Intelligence Symposium - Put On Calendar - Details to Follow
10 October 06 - Tampa, FL- AFIO Suncoast Chapter - at MacDill AFB O'Club
16 November 06 - Colorado Spring, CO - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at USAF Academy O'Club
1 December 06 - Tysons Corner, VA - AFIO National Luncheon - Put On Calendar - Details to Follow
5-7 December 06 - Chantilly, VA - MASINT V, The MASINT Association�s Annual Conference

SECTION I - CURRENT INTELLIGENCE

ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINS NSA SURVEILLANCE - On 19 January, the Bush administration set out its fullest justification to date of the NSA domestic eavesdropping program, saying that authorization from Congress to deter terrorist attacks "places the president at the zenith of his powers in authorizing the NSA activities," the New York Times reported.    www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/politics/20nsa.html?th&emc=th
In a 42-page legal analysis, DoJ cited the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, the writings of Republican and Democratic precedent, and dozens of scholarly papers and court cases in justifying Bush's power to order the surveillance program. Vice President Cheney again defended the NSA eavesdropping operation in a speech on 19 January as critical to the national security of the United States.
AG Gonzales ordered the analysis partly in response to what administration lawyers felt were unfair conclusions in a 6 January report by the Congressional Research Service that challenged virtually all the main legal justifications the administration had cited for the program.
The thrust of the DoJ argument was that the president has inherent authority as commander-in-chief to order wiretaps without warrants and that the NSA operation violates neither a 1978 law governing intelligence wiretaps nor the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches. The type of SIGINT used in the NSA operation clearly falls under the Congressional use-of-force authorization, DoJ said.
"The president has made clear that he will exercise all authority available to him, consistent with the Constitution, to protect the people of the United States," the report said.
The DoJ found the case for the president to retain inherent power to order warrantless searches in the United States as part of the seeking of information on foreign intelligence as consistent with a three-part test established by the Supreme Court in a 1952 case, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. Sawyer, which struck down President Harry S. Truman's authority to seize the nation's steel mills in the name of national security.
Nor, said DoJ, does the NSA program conflict with what many legal analysts regarded as the exclusive authority for intelligence wiretaps under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed by Congress in 1978.
Bush and Cheney have been critical of the public disclosure of the program in the New York Times, and DoJ has opened an investigation into the disclosure. Cheney acknowledged in his speech that "a spirited debate is now under way, and our message to the American people is clear and straightforward: These actions are within the president's authority and responsibility under the Constitution and laws, and these actions are vital to our security."
Critics of the program said they remained unconvinced.
Gonzales was expected to testify when the Senate Judiciary Committee conducts an open hearing on the eavesdropping on 6 February. (DKR)

FSB SAYS BRITISH SPYING IN MOSCOW - The FSB has accused British diplomats and a Russian agent of spying in Moscow, backing its claim with a Russian TV report showing footage of what were said to be British operatives retrieving data from a fake rock planted on a street, according to the BBC on 23 January.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4638136.stm
An FSB officer told Rossiya television the hi-tech stone was "absolutely new spy technology" though it does sound not too dissimilar from some of the tools of the Cold War years.
The program also said a UK diplomat made regular payments to Russian non-governmental organizations. [This allegation brought the spying accusation into the context of recent action by the Putin regime to curtail NGO activities promoting civil society and human rights. -- DKR] Putin earlier this month signed a law giving authorities increased powers to monitor the activities and finances of NGOs -- clearly to intention from the beginning.
The Foreign Office denied any improper conduct with Russian NGOs. Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed FSB spokesman as saying that "everything that was shown was true and based on our information".
The FSB said four officials from the UK embassy and one Russian citizen, allegedly recruited by the British, downloaded classified data from a transmitter in the rock onto palm-top computers. According to the program, the Russian citizen was later arrested.
The program contained a number of interviews with people claiming to be Russian intelligence officers, who made the allegations. The Foreign Office said it was well known that the UK government had given financial support to projects implemented by Russian NGOs. "All our assistance is given openly and aims to support the development of a healthy civil society in Russia," the statement said. (DKR)

SECTION II - CONTEXT AND PRECEDENCE

COURT GIVES DOD ANALYST FRANKLIN 12 1/2 YEAR SENTENCE - A federal judge sentenced former DoD Iran analyst Lawrence Franklin to 12 years and seven months after he admitted passing classified military information about Iran and Iraq to two pro-Israel lobbyists and an Israeli diplomat, the New York Times reported on 21 January.
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/national/21franklin.html?pagewanted=all
The sentence by Judge T. S. Ellis III of Federal District Court in Alexandria, VA, was at the low end of the federal sentencing guidelines, according to the paper. Ellis said at the hearing that he did not excuse Franklin's actions but that Franklin, 59, had been motivated by a desire to help the United States.
The judge said Franklin believed the NSC was insufficiently concerned with the threat posed by an unspecified Middle Eastern country and thought leaking information might eventually persuade the council to take more serious action. The country in question is believed to be Iran.
The charges against Franklin and two lobbyists for Israel were brought under the Espionage Act. The lobbyists, Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman, were senior staff members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Their prosecution was novel in that neither held security clearances that required them to protect classified information. Nor was either a government employee or had any official connection to a foreign government. But prosecutors suggested their actions took them beyond the accepted boundaries of information swapping to include the passing on of military secrets whose disclosure could have damaged the United States.
Franklin pleaded guilty in October to three felony counts in exchange for his cooperation and the government's willingness to drop three other charges. Plato Cacheris, a lawyer for Franklin, said, "Mr. Franklin will not have to commence his sentence until after he completes his cooperation, at which time the court will entertain a motion to reduce his sentence."
Rosen and Weissman, scheduled for trial in April, were charged with conspiring to disclose classified information to journalists and an unnamed foreign power that government officials identified as Israel. Aipac got rid of them last April.
The indictment said the two men had gathered and disclosed classified information about several subjects, including American policy in Iran, terrorism in Central Asia, Al Qaeda and the bombing in 1996 of the Khobar Towers building in Saudi Arabia, which killed 23 Americans.
As Aipac's director of foreign policy issues, Rosen was instrumental in helping it define its lobbying agenda on the Middle East, and forged important relationships with powerful conservatives in the Bush administration. Weissman was a senior Middle East analyst. (DKR)

EU PARLIAMENT OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO RENDITIONS - News reports that CIA aircraft transported terrorism suspects across Europe to countries such as Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia culminated on 18 January with a 46-member committee of the European Parliament launching an investigation, the Chicago Tribune reported.
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/13665865.htm
The committee plans to visit Washington where it hopes to interview administration officials about renditions as well as news reports that the agency has used secret prisons in Eastern Europe to house and interrogate high-level al-Qaida prisoners.
"We will request US witnesses from the State Department and intelligence services," Claude Moraes, a member from Britain, told Eupolitix.com. "Of course we don't know if they will cooperate with our inquiry yet. It is a possibility that we will not get them, but I have a feeling it will have more clout than people think."
Several European countries also have their own investigations under way, mostly aimed at determining whether their intelligence services had understandings with the CIA of which their political leaders were not informed. Another investigation, by the Council of Europe, was to conclude on 23 January. (DKR)

ROME ASKS TO QUESTION PURPORTED RENDITION OPERATIVES - Italy has formally asked the US to allow Italian prosecutors to question 22 purported CIA operatives they accuse of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street, AP reported on 23 January.
calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2006/01/23/1407182-sun.html
There was no indication, AP added, that the US would make the operatives available.
Justice Minister Roberto Castelli and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have suggested they may be unwilling to push the case, which has hurt relations between Italy and the US. The US Embassy in Rome and the State Department in Washington declined comment.
The suspected operatives are wanted in Italy in the abduction of the Egyptian cleric and terrorist suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street 17 February 2003. Prosecutors say he was taken by the CIA to a joint US-Italian airbase, flown to Germany and then to Egypt.
Nasr told his wife in an intercepted cellphone call from Egypt he was tortured, the Milan prosecutor's office has said. His current whereabouts are unclear. (DKR)

SECTION III - CYBER INTELLIGENCE

GOOGLE REJECTS DOJ DEMAND FOR SEARCH REQUESTS  -  Google Inc. refused a Bush administration demand, made in court, that it turn over information about its users' Internet search requests, The Washington Times reported.
www.washingtontimes.com/business/20060119-105801-2649r.htm
Google refused to comply with a DoJ subpoena filed last year, which the department hopes to use to resurrect the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which the Supreme Court struck down in 2004.
The subpoena requested that Google provide a random sample of 1 million Web addresses and "the text of each search string entered into Google's search engine over a one-week period (absent any information identifying the person who entered such query)," according to the motion filed 18 January in San Jose, CA, by DoJ lawyers.
"Google is not a party to this lawsuit, and their demand for information overreaches," said Nicole Wong, Google's associate general counsel. "We had lengthy discussions with them to try to resolve this, but were not able to, and we intend to resist their motion vigorously." (DKR)

CYBER SITES URGE TARGETING US PIPELINES, GIVE DETAILS - In documents circulating on the internet, jihadis are giving explicit and detailed indications of US pipelines and facilities to attack wherever they can be targeted, Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Focus reported in a lengthy article on 18 January.
www.jamestown.org/terrorism/AboutTM.php
Ayman al-Zawahiri has been urging the targeting of oil installations in the Gulf States as part of a "bleed-until-bankruptcy" strategy against the United States. This strategy was underlined in a posting last October on the forum Minbar Suriya al-Islami of Abu Musab al-Najdi's Al-Qaeda's Battle is an Economic Battle, Not a Military One. It extended targeting to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela www.nnuu.org.vb .
A more detailed treatment on this strategy re-appeared in December on Al-Safinat forum (202.71.102.108/~alsafnat/vb). The author, Abu Yusuf 911, detailed how best the mujahideen can strike America's "economic joints," understood in the sense of strategic centers of gravity. He divided the targeting into sectors. First are Islamic lands "seized by the Crusaders" with Iraq at the head of the list. URLs provided information, maps, and images on distribution networks, transportation hubs and military fuel supply depots.
Following Iraq are the Afghanistan and Central Asian arenas. The treatise, with accompanying URLs, cites US and Western strategic theories on the region, mentioning by name The Grand Chessboard by former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and referring to analyses by Vice President Dick Cheney and US Congress Reports. This section, which also cites revenue from heroin production as a US strategic target, focuses on the Caspian Sea sector.
The second sector for activity is territories through which oil wealth passes, focusing on the United States and the state of Alaska in particular. The Alaska section is furnished with URLs that provide information on its oil distribution infrastructure, capacities, routes, facts and figures. Other states such as Texas, California, Louisiana and Oklahoma are also featured. As to the mujahideen most suitable for such operations, Abu Yusuf suggests "our Muslim brothers living in the land of the American rabble," non-American Muslims temporarily resident in the US, or mujahideen groups of four to five members that can enter the US either directly or via Canada or Mexico.
The strategy is certainly being taken seriously on the Web and is generating research traffic, Terrorism Focus found.
With official discussion papers circulating on areas such as the functioning of intelligence and security agencies (often highlighting their deficiencies) or counter-terrorism methodology, Terrorism Focus concluded the Internet illustrates the dictum made by an al-Qaeda training manual recovered in Afghanistan: "Using public sources openly and without resorting to illegal means, it is possible to gather at least 80 percent of all information required about the enemy." (DKR)

SECTION IV -- BOOKS, SOURCES, AND ISSUES

Books

A MUSCULAR APPROACH TO ISLAMISM IN EUROPE - Bruce Bawer, While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within (Doubleday, 256 pp. $23.95)
Bawer warns of the menace of radical Islamism in a Europe where multicultural political establishments chose to ignore anti-Western bigotry, replete with 'honor' killings, that characterizes a significant part of the culture in the continent's Muslim ghettoes.
Bawer sees the European liberal establishments as corresponding to those that appeased Nazi Germany. He dismisses talk of dialogue with the Islamist elements, favoring a muscular response. (DKR)

MUNICH AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN COUNTERTERRORISM - Aaron J.Klein, Mitch Ginsberg translator, Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response (Random House, 256 pp. $24.95)
Klein, Time's Jerusalem correspondent, chronicles the Israeli hostage massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics and the secret assassination campaign that followed. The death of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches by the Palestinian Black September is seen as resulting from gross ineptitude by West German and Bavarian officials.
Mossad, however, quickly identified targets involved in the massacre and evolved a program that created a counterterror campaign based on prevention and deterrence.
Klein, in a well-researched account, provides necessary information for those interested in Israeli history and politics and the birth of modern counterterrorism. (DKR)

3,000 YEARS OF SPECIAL OPS - Derek Leebaert, To Dare and to Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda (Little Brown, 688 pp. $29.95)
In a monumental, critical analysis of 3,000-years of special operations, Leebaert, a graduate of MIT and Oxford PhD, and now professor of government at Georgetown University, shows an opponent's strength does not consist of numbers only or plain superiority of weapons.
Since the Trojan horse ruse, Leebaert says, all special operations forces have known that small groups of elite warriors can swiftly change the course of conflict. Leebaert provides insight into scores of special operations around the globe but concentrates on those of the United States and other Western nations. (DKR)

SECTION V -- CAREERS, NOTES, LETTERS, QUERIES AND AUTHORS SEEKING ASSISTANCE, CORRECTIONS, OBITUARIES, COMING EVENTS

Careers
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Senior Document Reviewer- FOIA/Declassification, Full-time Regular, SALARY: Negotiable, LOCATION: Washington, D.C.,  SENIOR DOCUMENT REVIEWER- FOIA/Declassification. Responsible for review of materials and final processing of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests made to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Individual must possess a working knowledge of the FOIA statute and Executive Order (EO) 12958, as amended, and a thorough understanding of both the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense. Must possess a Top Secret security clearance with access to SCI. Specific Tasks and Responsibilities: - Surveys FOIA cases to ensure documents have been reviewed by the appropriate DIA elements; - Identifies and redacts information from documents, and applies appropriate FOIA exemption; - Identifies other agencies' equities in DIA documents and prepares the documents for referral to other agencies to be returned to DIA for further processing; - Identifies other agencies' documents in DIA systems of records and prepares the documents for referral to other agencies for direct response to requesters; - Identifies and prepares FOIA cases that should be reviewed by the Senior Review Board; - Compiles documents and prepares final correspondence to FOIA requesters ; - Maintains metrics of DIA FOIA cases, Privacy Act cases, and Mandatory Declassification Review requests; - Complies with prescribed procedures and policies for document handling and security; - Participates in formal and informal training to maintain currency on policies and procedures; - Trains, supervises, and mentors FOIA Document Reviewers. CONTACT: Christopher MacPherson, Technical Recruiter, 301-916-7568, or email cmacpherson@smartechcorporaton.com

SMARTECH is seeking enthusiastic, results-driven professionals to join our team as Senior Document Reviewers and Document Reviewers. Job Requirements: Active Q Clearance; Derivative Classification (DC) experience; UCNIRO experience desirable. Full-Time and Part-Time. Location: Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM and Germantown, Maryland. Interested? Contact: Christopher MacPherson, Technical Recruiter, 301-998-6147 (office) or 301-801-1586 (cell) or cmacpherson@smartechcorporation.com

Senior Document Reviewer/Declassification - JOB STATUS: Full-time Regular; SALARY: Negotiable; LOCATION: Washington, D.C.; CONTACT: Christopher MacPherson, Technical Recruiter; 301-916-7568, cmacpherson@smartechcorporaton.com; SENIOR DOCUMENT REVIEWER/DECLASSIFICATION; ; Responsible for overseeing all aspects of classified document review, evaluation and disposition of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) records required by the 25-year automatic declassification provisions of Executive Order (EO) 12958, as amended. Individual must possess a comprehensive knowledge of the EO and the organizational structure of both the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense, and a well-developed ability to identify other agencies' equities. Must possess a Top Secret security clearance with access to SCI.; ; Specific Tasks and Responsibilities: ; ; - Prepares guidelines and instructions on declassification procedures; - Maintains inventory of boxes containing DIA records stored at the Washington National Records Center (WNRC); - Manages the transfer of DIA records, ensuring their security; - Identifies current and potential problems in records maintenance, and makes recommendations for corrective action; - Represents DIA at External Referral Working Group meetings; - Networks with and shares information with declassification reviewers in other agencies; - Performs quality assurance checks of all DIA records reviewed for declassification; - Maintains metrics of DIA records reviewed, declassified, referred to other agencies, and/or exempted from declassification; - Trains, supervises, and mentors Document Reviewers on declassification procedures and policies, and DIA requirements.  CONTACT: Christopher MacPherson, Technical Recruiter, 301-916-7568, or email cmacpherson@smartechcorporaton.com

Notes

CIA CONFIRMS BIN LADEN AUDIO TAPE - The CIA determined that the voice on a tape claiming preparation for an al Qaeda attack on the United States was that of Osama bin Laden, AP reported on 19 January.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5163701
The tape, played by the Arab network Al-Jazeera, was the first public communication from the Qaeda leader since December 2004.
"Following technical analysis of the Osama bin Laden tape aired today, the CIA assesses that it was the voice of Osama bin Laden," said an agency official. The official provided no details about how the CIA concluded that the voice was that of bin Laden.
US counterterror officials said despite the tape they have seen no specific or credible intelligence to indicate an upcoming al Qaeda attack on the country. (DKR)

TENET TO PUBLISH BOOK - HarperCollins, and George Tenet's attorney, Robert Barnett, have announced a book by the former DCI is to be published, tentatively titled At the Center of the Storm, finanzen.net reported on 18 January.
finanzen.net/news/news_detail.asp?NewsNr=365291
According to HarperCollins, At the Center of the Storm will both trace Tenet's life at the CIA while illuminating the actions of national leaders during times of crisis and war. He will describe how he, the agency and the rest of the IC responded to counterterrorism and counterproliferation, saying what went right and what went wrong.
Those in the publishing world and elsewhere were wondering whether Tenet would score a publishing slam dunk. (DKR)

LIBBY TO SEEK TO SUBPOENA JOURNALISTS - Lawyers for Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, told a federal judge on 19 January they would seek to subpoena reporters and news organizations to obtain additional documents that could assist in his defense in the CIA leak case, the New York Times reported.
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/national/21libby.html?pagewanted=all
In papers filed in federal court, lawyers for Libby did not identify the reporters, news organizations or kind of information they sought. But they told Judge Reggie B. Walton that Libby's trial could be delayed by the effort to gather more information from journalists who could be expected to resist the subpoenas. No trial date has been set.
The filing was a joint submission by the defense and the prosecution, made at the request of the judge in advance of a 3 February hearing on the status of the case. The legal paper, a road map to unresolved issues in the case, suggested there could be bruising legal fights ahead. Libby has pleaded not guilty.
Libby was indicted in October on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, accused of lying to FBI investigators and to the grand jury about his dealings with reporters in the leak case. Libby, who had been one of the most influential figures in the White House, immediately resigned. (DKR)

BRITAIN REVEALS SECOND UNCREWED COMBAT CRAFT - Britain�s' BAE Systems has revealed limited details of a second Uncrewed Air Vehicle following news last week of a new Corax craft, the New Scientist reported on 17 January.
www.newscientist.com
A propeller-powered glider called Herti-1A it and the jet-powered Corax projects were disclosed following publication of a Defense Industrial Strategy white paper by the Ministry of Defense. In August 2005, a Herti-1A performed the first ever completely autonomous uncrewed flight in UK airspace, reaching an altitude of 1500 meters.
Further information concerning BAE Systems UAV programs should be revealed in late January, said New Scientist. (PJK, DKR)

Queries - Assistance Needed
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR INTELLIGENCE - ITS ROLE AND IMPORTANCE - I am Brian Duffy, editor of US News & World Report. For a forthcoming book on the use of intelligence operatives and techniques during the Revolutionary War, the author would welcome information regarding documents, correspondence, studies or other pertinent information. Please contact Brian Duffy at brian_duffy54@yahoo.com.

SCRIPTWRITERS SEEK INFO ON INTEL IN HAWAII IN 1940s - Anyone who knew Rex Applegate or is willing to share experiences and information about US and other intelligence operatives in Hawaii in the 1940s, please contact NDE8@aol.com

SHOULD INTELLIGENCE ACT BE CHANGED TO PERMIT DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: Offer your guidance and professional expertise and help encourage new laws. "I will be covering the upcoming Judiciary Committee hearings on the NSA domestic surveillance program and FISA. These hearings may look at not only the legality of the program but also at whether Foreign Intelligence Act should be changed. I would like to speak with former NSA experts--or intelligence officers familiar with FISA--about the pros and cons of changing FISA. Members who might be able to help me would be appreciated. Thanks." REPLIES TO: Mary Speck, Foreign Policy/Intelligence Correspondent, Congressional Quarterly, 1255 22nd Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20037, Tel: 202-419-8679, Cell: 301-760-9151, Fax: 202-419-8746, or email her at MSpeck@cq.com

COLD WAR INTEL ACTIVITIES IN MUNICH 1950s AND 1960s - "I am a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, on a sabbatical to write a book about Cold War intelligence activities in Munich during the 1950s/60s. The emphasis is on Agency cooperation with �migr� groups, especially Muslim refugees from the Soviet Union and the Middle East. At the time, Munich was a key center for this activity (and Soviet counter-intelligence activity) but to my knowledge has not been analyzed in depth. I've done a year's worth of work in archives in Munich, Berlin and Washington but now want to meet any survivors from that era who might be able to add context and perspective to the dry documents I have been reading. I wonder if AFIO members can suggest ways to get in touch with officers who served either directly with the CIA during that period or with several affiliated organizations: Amcomlib, Radio Liberty or Radio Free Europe. I'm looking specifically for people who knew an officer (deceased) from that time, Robert Dreher. Mr. Dreher had a long career at the Agency and I'm looking for anyone who knew him at all, although ideally during the 50s and 60s. I will be in Washington in early February and might be possible to meet people then, or at least get headed in the right direction. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated." REPLIES to: Ian Johnson at Ian.Johnson@wsj.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Schiffbauerdamm 40, Zi. 6200, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Tel: 49-30-315-170-13, Fax: 49-30-315-170-20, Cell: 49-173-603-6497.

To jog memories....here is the Dreher obit.  Robert H. Dreher, 88; Founded Radio Liberty - 24 October 2004 - The Washington Post - Robert H. Dreher, 88, who as a young U.S. assistant naval attache was labeled a spy and expelled from Moscow in 1948 and who later helped found Radio Liberty, died of a stroke Sept. 24 at his home in the Foulkeways retirement community north of Philadelphia. He lived in Arlington for 30 years. During the tense aftermath of World War II, Mr. Dreher was a Navy lieutenant serving in Moscow and Odessa when he was charged with espionage. The State Department quickly dismissed the claim, saying he had been framed.
Mr. Dreher befriended several Soviet citizens during his two-year stay, including a 21-year-old medical student. After returning to the United States, he learned that the student, Galina M. Spiridonova, had been sentenced to eight years prison for her friendship with him. In 1994, nearly 50 years later, Mr. Dreher and Spiridonova renewed their friendship after she contacted him. In 1951, Mr. Dreher joined the new Central Intelligence Agency, performing intelligence and liaison duties in Washington and overseas. From 1953 to 1961, he was one of the original planners of Radio Liberty, which recruited �migr�s from Soviet countries to broadcast news of the outside world to those trapped behind the Iron Curtain. He helped develop policy and program techniques and supervised �migr� and host-nation affairs in the New York and Munich offices. As a lieutenant commander, he was active in the Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1951. Mr. Dreher, a native of Oil City, Pa., received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. He did graduate study in political science and international affairs at Georgetown University from 1950 to 1952. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and supervised testing vessels at naval shipyards in Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla., from 1942 to 1945. He completed the Navy's Russian language training before serving in the Soviet Union. From 1961 to 1972, Mr. Dreher worked with the CIA in Washington and overseas, analyzing international politics and policy developments and implementation. He lived in Arlington during that period. After retiring in 1972, he became active in community affairs. He pushed for preserving urban green space and supported the local Democratic Party. He also was on his condominium association's board in Arlington's Hyde Park neighborhood. He was a financial contributor to Washington National Cathedral, the Arlington Community Foundation and the Nature Conservancy.

Obituaries:

LEO �TOM� HALEY - An NSA analyst for about 15 years before retiring in the mid-1980s as a senior research intelligence analyst, he died of cancer, aged 79, on 12 January at his home in the Washington area, the Washington Post reported.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011601083.html
A native of Salamanca, NY, he served in the Navy during World War II, then graduated from Gannon University in Erie, PA, before going to work for DoD in the early 1970s. He worked at the Pentagon before joining NSA in the early 1970s.
A longtime member of the Fort Meade and Patuxent Greens golf courses, he also belonged to the American Legion and Moose Club. He was a parishioner and volunteer at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in College Park, MD.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Catherine "Kay" Haley; six children, Charles Haley, Doug Haley, Carol Willis, Matthew Haley and Paul and Peter Haley; 17 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. (DKR)

ROBERT D. HICKS - A retired member of the CIA's senior intelligence service, he died of pulmonary disease 16 January in Silver Spring, MD, where he lived. He was 76, the Washington Post reported.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001862_2.html
Twice awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit and also the Retirement Medallion, he worked for the agency for 25 years.
In the 1960s, he was division chief responsible for development and operation of the agency's network of computers. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was a program manager for the development, activation and operational use of large, complex and state-of-the-art technical intelligence collection systems. In addition, he developed, with the assistance of the Government Printing Office, automated typesetting for CIA publications.
A native Washingtonian, he graduated from Gonzaga College High School and the old Benjamin Franklin University. He also attended Georgetown and American universities.
He worked for the automated machines accounting section of Potomac Electric Power Co. accounting department for eight years, then as director of data processing at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for seven years before joining the CIA.
He retired from the CIA in 1979, then worked as director of Virginia operations for Ultrasystems Defense and Space Inc. of Irvine, CA. He retired a second time in 1988 but by 1989 was doing consulting work for the CIA, which continued until 1997.
He was one of the founders of the Data Processing Management Association and a member of the American Management Association. He was a member of Church of the Resurrection in Alexandria, VA.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Mary McLynn Hicks; five children, Catherine Hicks Frezza, Robert Hicks Jr., Gregory Hicks, Christopher Hicks, Alexandria and David Hicks; a brother, Phillip Hicks; a sister, Julia Crispell; and 10 grandchildren. (DKR)

JOHN K. SMITH - A former senior CIA officer, he died 16 January, aged 85, of aspiration pneumonia in Annapolis where he had lived for the past 30 years, the Washington Post reported.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR2006012101124.html
He came to the Washington in 1951 when he joined the CIA, then served as a clandestine officer in Vietnam and Iran as well as other parts of the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America and Central America. He retired in 1975 and was awarded the Career Intelligence Medal.
Born in Ansonia, CN, he attended high school in Buffalo and served in the Army infantry in World II, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Seriously wounded in February 1945, he received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He later became a member of the Army Reserve.
He graduated from the University of Buffalo (now the State University of New York's University at Buffalo) and later did graduate work at American University. He was fluent in German and French.
After retiring, he moved to Annapolis, where he kept a succession of Tartan sailboats, all named "Anka von Iglasee" after the family poodle. He often competed in sailing races on Chesapeake Bay. As a volunteer member and coach of the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron, he trained midshipmen in sailing techniques and competitive racing. He was the squadron fleet captain, race chairman and rear commodore.
He was a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and taught sailing as part of its education program. In 1978, while sailing on the Chesapeake, he, his wife and daughter rescued two watermen whose boat had sunk.
He was a member of the Central Intelligence Retirees Association, Military Officers Association of America, American Legion, Naval Academy Sailing Association, Naval Academy Officers and Faculty Club, and Annapolis Yacht Club. He was a founding member of the River Bend Golf & Country Club in Great Falls, MD.
He was also a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Annapolis.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Dorothy E. Cain Smith; his daughter, Deborah Marie Smith-Mardelli; two brothers; and two grandsons. (DKR)

Wednesday, 25 January 06 - San Francisco, CA - "55 Days in Baghdad: A Political Scientist�s Surreal Sabbatical in the Green Zone"  is the topic of the dinner speaker at AFIO Jim Quesada Chapter's meeting.  Kenneth R. Dombroski, Ph.D. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, discusses his temporary assignment as a political advisor to the strategy section of the Multinational Force - Iraq. He was involved with assessing political risks and opportunities for the coalition forces involving the constitutional referendum and national elections in Iraq, as well as helping stand up ministerial capacity building and government transition programs for the new Iraqi government. Dr. Dombroski will talk about the U.S. strategy to defeat the insurgency and foster a democracy in Iraq from his perspective working inside the embassy in Baghdad. His discussion will include a critique of the recently released �National Strategy for Victory in Iraq,� as well as a discussion of the democratization process underway in Iraq. Dr. Ken Dombroski is a Lecturer of the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he has been on the faculty since 1999. He teaches graduate courses in American national security policy, peacekeeping, and the role of intelligence agencies in democracies. In the fall of 2005, Dr. Dombroski was a political advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Plans, and Assessment, Multinational Force - Iraq, at the American Embassy in Baghdad.
A retired military intelligence officer and Middle East specialist - as well as an AFIO member, Dr. Dombroski served two tours of duty as a strategic intelligence officer in the Defense Intelligence Agency and deployed to Saudi Arabia with the U.S. Central Command during Operation Desert Storm. Dr. Dombroski earned a Ph.D. in world politics from the Catholic University of America. His recent academic work on intelligence reform in emerging democracies includes chapters in two books to be published by the University of Texas Press and an article for the Journal of Democracy. Time: 6:30 pm - No Host Cocktails; 7:15 pm Dinner.   Place:  Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 650-583-8091
Cost: $35 pp Member Rate - with advance reservations; $45 pp Non-Member Rate or at door without reservation. Respond to Mary Lou Anderson no later than EOD 1/19/06. Reservations not cancelled by 1/19/06 must be honored. Send reservation and check to "AFIO" to: Mary Lou Anderson, 46 Anchorage Rd, Sausalito, CA 94965   Telephone 415-332-6440

26-27 January  06 - Arlington, VA - Homeland Defense Journal Training on "Terrorism and the Suicide Bomb Attack" at the NRECA Executive Conference Center (Lobby Level - Conference Room CC1), 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203 **Includes a Special Segment on How to Better Prepare for a Bomb Threat and Implement Countermeasures** Visit their web site at www.homelanddefensejournal.com for more information!

Thursday, 26 January 06 - Washington, DC - The FBI and the Weather Underground; 6:30 pm "Within the next 14 days we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice." - Bernadine Dohrn, Weather Underground Organization (WUO) founder  In the late 1960s and early 1970s long-simmering public unrest over the Vietnam War, social reform, and civil rights erupted into violent radical protest. When the Weather Underground began a series of bombings - including strikes on the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon - as acts of war against the United States, its young members became the target of one of the largest FBI manhunts in history. Bill Ayers, a founding member of the militant political organization and author of Fugitive Days, will recount the origins of the WUO, its purpose, as well as his own evolving feelings about its actions and legacy. Don Strickland, a former FBI agent assigned to the WUO case, will discuss the Bureau's wide-ranging efforts to deal with the WUO's violent acts and track down Underground fugitives, many of whom had become skillful in adopting aliases, forging identification, and selecting hideouts. Join these two former adversaries for an evening of reflection and revelation about an incendiary time in American history. www.spymuseum.org to register.

Tuesday, 7 March 06 - Washington, DC - Hot Science and Cool Analysis; 6:30 pm "The analysis came down firmly on both sides of the issue." - Former Director of Central Intelligence Robert Gates in From the Shadows Spies gather data, analysts make sense of it, and scientists develop the tools that help them do both. In this program, you will have the rare opportunity to see demonstrations of the latest technology developed through research now being conducted by the University of Maryland Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) - and then use that technology to gather and analyze information about a fabricated espionage case. Using cutting-edge science, spy skills, and savvy, you will ferret out a double agent on this fast track assignment. Ebeam lithography, particle identification, and voice-changing technology are just some of the super-science technology you will use to shut down a shady operation. Co-sponsored by MRSEC. www.spymuseum.org to register

16 March 06 - Colorado Spring, CO - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at Air Force Academy Officers Club in the Falcon Room, starting at 11:30, lunch served at 12:00 and meeting ends at 1:30 pm. Speakers to be announced. Questions or Reservations to Dick Durham, 719-488-2884. or Riverwear53@aol.com.

20-21 March 06 - Washington, DC - EMININT 2006 - The National Security and Law Society, an international law student organization with thirteen chapters across the U.S. and Canada annually hosts a Spring Symposium on Emerging Issues in National and International Security (EMININT). EMININT 2006 will be hosted at American University Washington College of Law, and will feature panels on Awarding of Governmental National Security Contracts; Legislative Interpretation of National Security; Cyber-Security and the Electronic War on Terror; Immigration in an Age of Terrorism; Petro-Security in the Post-9/11 World; FBI vs. MI-5: The War Over Domestic Intelligence; International Adjudication of Terror; and The War on Terror in the Foreign Media.  EMININT 2006 will consist of speakers who represent the top of their fields, from six countries, including academic experts, senior U.S. government policymakers, and international legal authorities and the media.  To receive updates or for more information, email EMININT@gmail.com  Online pre-registration is http://www.wcl.american.edu/org/nsls/eminint_2006.cfm

21 - 26 March 06 - Salzburg, Austria - COUNTER-TERRORISM IN EUROPE & AMERICA: Threat Perception and Response, Consequence Management, Security v. Civil Liberty. This five-day day program will provide a comparative, critical and comprehensive assessment of current European and American counter-terrorist efforts, including the social, ethical, political and legal impacts. It will provide the first comprehensive review of counter-terrorist efforts since the expiration of the Patriot Act in the United States, and the release of the EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy Paper in Europe.
The program is designed to provide a practical means of assessing current risk and response for individuals whose work is affected by potential terrorist activities and current and future counter-terrorism policies. This includes officials in trans-national, national, state and city governments, security organizations, private corporations, the media, think tanks, human rights organizations, as well as other independent sector entities. Faculty - Fran�ois Heisbourg (Chair), Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Strat�gique , former Senior Vice President Strategic Development, MATRA-Defense-Espace, Paris; Randy Beardsworth, Assistant Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security, Policy, Planning, and International Affairs Directorate, Washington, DC; European Commission, Directorate General for Freedom, Security and Justice, European Commission, Brussels (To be announced); Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations and the European Neighbourhood Policy, European Commission, Brussels; former Austrian Foreign Minister; Robert R. Kiley, Commissioner of Transport, Transport for London, London; Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, Minister of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Madrid (tentative); David Omand, former Head of Security and Intelligence, Cabinett Office, London (invited). For more information visit the following site:   http://www.salzburgseminar.org/2006Sessions.cfm?GroupID=4025&IDEventTypes=144&IDEvent=1024  
 

7-9 May 06 - Bethesda, MD - 2nd Annual INTELCON [National Intelligence Conference and Exposition] - To emphasize practical applications and techniques  INTELCON combines an educational program which focuses on practical applications and techniques, along with a full-scale vendor exposition of intel products and services, to attract a wide audience of intelligence practitioners and vendors from both the public and private sectors.
WHO: Dr. William A. Saxton, Conference Chair; Dr. Peter Leitner, Program Chair. Supported by a Program Advisory Group.
WHERE: Marriott Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. For more information, contact: Conference: Dr. William A. Saxton, Chairman
DrWASaxton@aol.com; Tel. 561-483-6430; Exposition: George DeBakey at debakey@ejkrause.com and Barbara Lecker at lecker@ejkrause  of E.J. Krause and Associates; Tel. 301-493-5500 Web sites: www.IntelConference.US  (2006)

7 May 06 - Tyson's Corner, VA - XXXII NMIA Anniversary and Awards Banquet - The National Military Intelligence Association holds this annual event in honor of distinguished individuals who have provided outstanding contributions to military intelligence and who represent the epitome of intelligence professional performance. Selections for the awards are made by the service intelligence chiefs and the directors of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. Please contact Debra Davis nmia@adelphia.net  The Event is being held at the Sheraton-Premiere Hotel. NMIA is a worthwhile organization and deserving of your support.

18 May 06 - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at Air Force Academy Officers Club in the Falcon Room, starting at 11:30, lunch served at 12:00 and meeting ends at 1:30 pm. Speakers to be announced. Questions or Reservations to Dick Durham, 719-488-2884. or Riverwear53@aol.com.

2 June 06 - Tysons Corner, VA - AFIO National Luncheon - Put On Calendar - Details to Follow
 

27-29 June 06 - Lyon, France - Complex Asian Crime Symposium 2006 sponsored jointly by Interpol General Secretariat, Lyon, France, and the Center for Asian Crime Studies [CACS] an international, not-for-profit, research and training organization. This training symposium has expanded the geographic scope of the event to encompass interest in terrorism, and has added organized crime to its coverage--and its links to terrorism--from Suez to Tokyo. Experts from academia and national police agencies world-wide, plus private organizations and think-tanks, are asked to gather in Lyon to address a wide range of issues of strategic and tactical interest to law enforcement authorities. Broad topic areas will include (1) Trends in collaboration between criminals and terrorists, (2) New techniques for identifying and tracing suspects, (3) Cross-cultural considerations for effective investigations of persons of Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist religion, (4) Recent investigations involving money laundering, fraud, underground banking and human smuggling by ethnic Asian criminals, and (5) Essential differences between mindsets of West, South and East Asian criminals and societies. Speakers: Among approximately 20 speakers who will appear at the symposium, the following might participate: (1) Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, New Scotland Yard, London (2) Mr. David E. Kaplan, Chief Investigative Correspondent, US News & World Report, Washington, DC. (3) Dr. Sheldon Zhang, Professor, San Diego State University, California (4) Chief Investigator Larry Lambert, Orange County Prosecutor�s Office, California (5) Mr. Garry Spence, Director of Investigations, Consumer Protection Authority, British Columbia, Canada. (6) Superintendent Gordon McRae, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Registration: Attendance is limited to persons actively engaged in law enforcement or with serious academic interests. Due to security considerations and limited seating, all who would attend this symposium must register in advance. Registration forms may be found at www.asiancrime.org. Prior to May 31, 2006, a registration fee of 190 Euros per person will be assessed each attendee.
After May 31, 2006, the registration fee will be 220 Euros per person. Completed registration forms may be sent by email to cordhart@aol.com, or they may be sent to Center for Asian Crime Studies, 7609 Royal Dominion Dr, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA along with your payment.

3-8 September 06 - Oxford, England - Spies, Lies & Intelligence Conference - From the historical certainties of World War II, through the treacheries and ultimate triumphs of the Cold War, we have emerged into an age when "Terror" is the West's new political and security watchword. This five-day conference brings together authors, experts and intelligence practitioners of international standing and examines the evolution of intelligence, espionage and deception across more than half a century. Please direct all enquiries and bookings to: The Steward's Office, Christ Church OXFORD OX1 1DP. Tel: +44 (0)1865 286848 Email: conflict@chch.ox.ac.uk or to kerry.deeley@chch.ox.ac.uk   (DKR)

8 September 06 - Tysons Corner, VA - AFIO National Luncheon - Put On Calendar - Details to Follow
 

14 September 06 - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at Air Force Academy Officers Club in the Falcon Room, starting at 11:30, lunch served at 12:00 and meeting ends at 1:30 pm. Speakers to be announced. Questions or Reservations to Dick Durham, 719-488-2884. or Riverwear53@aol.com.

OCTOBER - 3rd or 4th week - McLean, VA - AFIO National Intelligence Symposium - Put on Calendar -

16 November 06 - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds meeting at Air Force Academy Officers Club in the Falcon Room, starting at 11:30, lunch served at 12:00 and meeting ends at 1:30 pm. Speakers to be announced. Questions or Reservations to Dick Durham, 719-488-2884. or Riverwear53@aol.com.

5-7 December 06 - Chantilly, VA - MASINT V, The MASINT Association�s Annual Conference More details to follow. Or write them at masintassoc@earthlink.net 

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