AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes #22-07 dated 11 June 2007
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CONTENTS
Section I - INTELLIGENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Department of Homeland Security Looks at Six Possible Sites for Unmanned Spy Plane Program
US Department of Homeland Security Expands Graduate Education Program for Government Officials
Bill Would Limit Intelligence Gathering At Missile Defense Agency
Philippine Military Intelligence Warns of Severe Terror Alert in Mindanao
Section II - CONTEXT & PRECEDENCE
Section III - BOOK DISCUSSION, OBITUARIES, RESEARCH REQUESTS, AND COMING EVENTS
16 June 2007 - Fairfax, VA - the National Photographic Interpretation Center holds Reunion
25 June 2007 - Scottsdale, AZ - The Arizona AFIO Chapter hears from Dr. Rustick on Special Weapons for Special Forces.
29 June 2007 - Houston, TX - AFIO Houston Chapter event
19 July 2007 - Colorado Springs, CO - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds luncheon meeting on MASINT
4 August 2007 - Melbourne, FL - AFIO Florida Satellite Chapter meets at the Indian River Colony Club
Section I - INTELLIGENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Engineer's Family Pleads Guilty to Aiding in
Espionage. Authorities say three relatives of a Chinese-born
engineer convicted of attempting to export U.S. defense technology to China
have pleaded guilty to their roles in the conspiracy. Chi Mak's brother Tai
Mak, Tai Mak's wife, Fuk Li, and the couple's son, Yui "Billy" Mak were set to
stand trial in Santa Ana Tuesday. Chi Mak's wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, is
still scheduled to face similar charges in trial tomorrow.
Federal
prosecutors say Chi Mak took thousands of pages of documents from his defense
contractor employer, Power Paragon of Anaheim, handed them off to his brother,
who in turn passed them along to Chinese authorities. Chi Mak faces up to 45
years in prison when he's sentenced in September. [AP/4June2007]
Swiss Clear Former Spy in South Africa
Affair. Swiss Authorities have dropped the last criminal inquiry into
alleged involvement of the secret service in South Africa's apartheid-era
chemical weapons program. The Swiss Defense Ministry said the move was
tantamount to the full clearing of Peter Regli, the former head of
Switzerland's foreign intelligence unit, of any wrongdoing. A defense ministry
statement said the inquiry, launched in 2004 against an unknown party for
destroying secret service documents, had been abandoned and that it welcomed
the news that suspicions against Mr. Regli had proved unfounded. Mr. Regli had
been the focus of several criminal investigations over the past eight years.
They included espionage and providing banned goods to South Africa, but all
charges were dismissed.
The author of a scientific study into
Swiss links with apartheid South Africa criticized the decision by the Federal
Prosecutor's Office as "beyond comprehension." Historian Peter Hug said there
was irrefutable evidence that documents had been shredded, and cited
statements by Mr. Regli in interviews admitting to shredding documents. His
study, commissioned by the Swiss National Science Foundation, revealed that
the links between the country's secret service and its South African
counterpart were long-standing and included the arms trade. [NZZ/4June2007]
Department of Homeland Security
Looks at Six Possible Sites for Unmanned Spy Plane Program. The
Department of Homeland Security has chosen six airports of interest, including
Denver; Los Angeles; Newark, N.J.; San Diego, Calif.; Las Vegas; and
Washington, D.C. as possible sites for a program in which unmanned spy planes
could be used to thwart ground-based attacks on jetliners. Homeland Security
officials will begin receiving proposals for the project this week, and
contracts are expected to be awarded by August.
The idea is to
zap shoulder-launched, heat-seeking missiles with a directed-energy weapon
such as a high-powered laser or microwave system, or throw them off-course
with low-energy lasers carried by aircraft like a modified, unmanned Predator,
said John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, a military information Web
site. The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate
expects to award at least one contract for the project, with about $11 million
likely to be available for an unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer.
A
Homeland Security Department announcement in late March described how
countermeasure drones would loiter at more than 50,000 feet over an airport's
approach and takeoff space and use high-tech equipment and cameras to spot
heat-seeking missiles launched by "man-portable air defense systems." The
announcement said countermeasures must be designed to protect airspace
"bounded by the threat envelope," defined as a three-mile radius around an
aircraft operating at or below 18,000 feet in standard approach and departure
corridors. [The Denver
Channel.com/4June2007]
US Department of Homeland
Security Expands Graduate Education Program for Government Officials.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it is increasing
homeland security graduate education opportunities to government officials by
establishing the "DHS Homeland Security Academy" within the National Capital
Region. The first class for the academy will begin June 6 at the U.S. Office
of Personnel Management's Eastern Management Development Center in
Shepherdstown, W.Va., and will include DHS, state, local and military
officials.
The Homeland Security Academy master's degree program
is taught, and the degree awarded, by the Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS)
Center for Homeland Defense and Security. All classes have local, state and
federal government officials from public health, law enforcement, fire,
emergency management and other disciplines that make up homeland security.
However, the Shepherdstown classes will include more DHS and federal officials
than state and local officials. [US
DHS/5June2007]
Bill Would Limit Intelligence Gathering At Missile Defense Agency. The House has targeted for elimination a small spy shop under the Defense Department. The House-passed version of the fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill (HR 1585) would forbid any of the Missile Defense Agency's core funding from being used for intelligence operations run by the MDA Office of Intelligence and Security. But office director Michael Waschull says the MDA needs to keep its intelligence budget of $24 million. Waschull said his team of 85 employees and contractors doesn't duplicate other intelligence operations but simply collects information from U.S. intelligence agencies tailored to the MDA's own needs. There may still be hope for MDA's intelligence office, however. The Senate bill (S 567) would leave the shop alone. [DH/5June2007/Cq.com/starks]
Swedish Minister Says He was
Misinterpreted. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said he was
"misinterpreted" by the Thai Foreign Ministry in a recent report that said
Sweden would hand over intelligence on the activities of exiled Muslim groups
from the Malay-speaking South, according to a media
report.
According to The Local, a Swedish English-language online
publication, Bildt claimed that Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit
Charungvat had misinterpreted what was said at a meeting with his Thai
counterpart, Nitya Pibulsonggram.
Tharit told The Nation in an
interview last week in Hamburg, Germany, following a meeting between Nitya and
Bildt, that "Sweden was watching this group of people carefully" and "The
Swedish authorities are ready and willing to share intelligence at our
request."
Swedish law prohibits the monitoring of activities by
exiled groups as they are not considered terrorists. Like the Acehnese from
the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a number of ethnic
Malays from Thailand's deep South have taken refuge or asylum in Sweden and
other European countries for fear of prosecution by the government.
[6June2007/TheNation]
Australia Training Lebanese Cyber Crime
Unit. The Australian government is providing training and assistance
to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces' (ISF) Cyber Crime Unit, the
Australian Embassy said on Tuesday. In a statement, the embassy said
"specialists from the Australian Federal Police's (AFP) Australian High Tech
Crime Center (AHTCC) and Computer Forensics Team (CFT) will provide
comprehensive training for ISF officers in basic computer and security
terminology, spy ware, forensic recovery techniques and capturing electronic
evidence for court." The four-day training course began in Beirut on Tuesday.
"It is the first part of a wider project which will also include the donation
of computer equipment to the Cyber Crime Unit and a visit to Australia by a
suitably qualified ISF officer to tour the AHTCC and CFT facilities," the
embassy said. The embassy added that the project, which is valued at about
$38,000, is funded by the AFP's Law Enforcement Cooperation Program.
[6June2007/DailyStar]
Laos Coup Planners In Court.
Nine men - including a prominent Hmong general who commanded the CIA's army
fighting communists during the Vietnam War - were charged in federal court in
Sacramento yesterday with plotting to overthrow the Government of Laos. The
men, including Harrison Ulrich Jack, a former California National Guard
lieutenant who now operates a consulting firm, allegedly conspired to obtain
hundreds of AK-47s, Stinger missiles, anti-tank missiles, mines, rockets and
C-4 explosive, as well as smoke grenades, to overthrow the Laotian Government.
Another defendant is former military leader Vang Pao, who is considered among
the most respected Hmong leaders in the US. He has vowed for more than 20
years to lead his followers back to Laos.
The charges read against the
men stem from a six-month undercover investigation, dubbed Operation Tarnished
Eagle, that included a series of meetings with undercover federal agents
during which the plotters allegedly discussed moving weapons into safe houses
in Thailand and Laos. [6June2007/TheAustralian]
Philippine Military
Intelligence Warns of Severe Terror Alert in Mindanao. The Philippine
military said that latest intelligence reports have warned of "extreme-severe
terror alert" in Central Mindanao and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao,
prompting the military to order its troops in the regions to stay vigilant. In
a press briefing, Armed Forces of the Philippines public information office
chief Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro said the terrorism alert was triggered by a
bombing attack on a bus terminal in Cotabato in Mindanao last month, in which
at least five people were killed.
The United States Embassy in
Manila Monday also renewed its travel advisory against Mindanao, saying
terrorists may be again planning to bomb bus terminals and public markets in
two towns that have been targeted in the past in North Cotabato, which is 950
kms south of Manila.
The two regions where terror alert has been
raised are believed to be hiding places for terrorist group Abu Sayyaf and its
ally, the Southeast Asia-based terror group Jemaah Islamiyan. [Xinhua/5June2007]
Africa Sets Up Super-Spy Network
to Thwart Coups. Cooperation between the South African and Zimbabwean
intelligence organizations in thwarting a suspected coup plot against the
Equatorial Guinea government in 2004 has led to the establishment of a
continental super-spy network. The network, which includes 46 African
governments in each of the continent's five regions, is charged with
monitoring possible coup activity and informing the African Union about any
potential plots. The network will pool intelligence on threats facing Africa
and recommend action to the AU. [CapeTimes /5June2007]
Spy Agency Extends Massive Contract for IT Support. The National Security Agency is planning to exercise the remaining option years of a $2 billion contract for information technology support services signed six years ago with a group of companies. The El Segundo, Calif.-based Computer Sciences Corp. said its Eagle Alliance joint venture has received notification that NSA plans to exercise the final three years of the contract, known as Groundbreaker. The value of the extension is $528 million. The group's work on the contract will continue through Sept. 30, 2011. The team of more than 50 companies, which includes Northrop Grumman Corp., Raytheon Systems Corp. and BAE Systems, operates NSA's IT infrastructure. This includes telephone services, network services, computer support and security management at the agency's headquarters and offices. Groundbreaker is one of the largest IT outsourcing efforts the federal government has undertaken. The project was launched in late 2001, when 750 workers who provided IT support for the agency moved from being federal employees to contractors. [GovernmentExecutive/Pulliam/6June2007]
China Denies Espionage Accusations.
China's top diplomat in Canada is denying allegations that his government is
sending spies to Canada to disrupt activities and steal Canadian secrets.
"This is not the first time that we hear of these allegations, and it's
purely, purely fabrication," Ambassador Lu Shumin said at a news conference
Friday.
Lu rejected claims of complex espionage tactics by China,
including recent testimony at a Senate committee by Jim Judd, the head of
Canada's Security Intelligence Service who suggested that China had a network
of spies in the country, digging for political and business secrets. "We have
normal relations with Canada, we have normal exchanges, we have signed
agreements with Canada," Lu said. "We're doing all this through a normal
channel and have friendly cooperation and exchanges to achieve a win-win
situation. Is there a need for us to send, as you say, so many spies here
today? It's pure nonsense." [TheVancouverSun/9June2007]
Police Say No Evidence to Support Claims of
CIA Flights. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) said they
found no evidence to substantiate claims by the British human rights group
Liberty that CIA planes transporting terrorism suspects to face possible
torture in secret prisons in Europe landed illegally at British airports.
Michael Todd, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, had agreed to
look at the Liberty allegations after the asked police to investigate whether
the United States used British airports to transport suspects to countries
where they might face torture, in breach of British law. "Mr. Todd has now
examined all of the information available relating to this issue and has
concluded that there is indeed no evidence to substantiate Liberty's
allegations," ACPO said.
Liberty questioned the timing of the police
announcement, released on the same day a European investigator said he had
proof Poland and Romania hosted secret CIA prisons. [ReutersUK/9June2007]
Section II - CONTEXT & PRECEDENCE
Anniversary of Midway. This week
marks the 65th anniversary of the three-day battle that changed the course of
World War II. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a weakened and
outnumbered U.S. fleet limped north to confront a flotilla of Japanese ships
advancing on the remote Pacific atoll of Midway. A U.S. defeat would have
enhanced Japan's naval superiority in the Pacific. Instead, the U.S. sank four
Japanese aircraft carriers and snatched the military advantage from Tokyo,
largely thanks to excellent US Naval intelligence.
The victory
came after a string of U.S. setbacks in the Pacific. Japanese forces ousted
the U.S. from Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines in rapid succession in the
months after Pearl Harbor. Japan also drove the British, U.S. allies, from
Singapore.
By targeting Midway, the Japanese navy aimed to take
control of the U.S. patrol plane base there and destroy what was left of the
U.S. Pacific Fleet. The U.S. thwarted Japan's intentions with a mixture of
codebreaking, smart decisions and luck.
The Navy's intelligence
experts deciphered encrypted Japanese communications, giving Adm. Chester
Nimitz, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, the precise time of the planned
assault and what route Japan's ships would travel to Midway. He was also given
notice of what vessels Japan would bring to the battle. This gave the
Americans the benefit of knowing roughly where at sea their Japanese opponents
were and how many ships their enemies had. Japan's commanders were forced to
guess about their foes.
The U.S. lost one carrier, 145 planes and
307 men.
Japan lost four aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser,
three destroyers, 291 planes and 4,800 men. The defeat was so overwhelming
that the Japanese navy kept the details a closely guarded secret, preventing
the story of the battle from coming to light in Japan until after the
war.
The Navy handed the two islets that make up Midway - Sand
and Eastern islands - over to the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1996. The
agency has held commemorative ceremonies every year since, though the last
major observation was for the 60th anniversary in 2002. The nature reserve,
known as the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, is home to endangered
species like the Hawaiian monk seal and is the largest marine conservation
area in the world. [LC/AP/McAvoy/3June2007]
The Center for Defense Information invites you to a
discussion of longstanding Pentagon problems and book reception for "Rumsfeld:
His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy" on June 14, 2007. Author Andrew
Cockburn and original military reformer Pierre M. Sprey will answer questions
from the press and the public at the event.
Using many sources, Cockburn's account of Rumsfeld's Pentagon career gives readers
an view of how the Pentagon works, and how Cockburn sees it as failing to work, over a span of 35
years. Described by the New York Times as "perceptive and engrossing,"
Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy presents Cockburn's theory
that Rumsfeld is to be blamed for his disastrous impact which he suggests
was not confined to Rumsfeld's advocacy of the war
in Iraq; but he also inherited many longstanding problems in the Pentagon from his
predecessors and made each of them worse, while demonstrating a lack of competence in managing the building - in sharp contrast to his
cosmetically "in command" demeanor. Monday morning quarterbacking always
looks great, but does Cockburn have suggestions how he would have done
things better as SecDef? Attend the event and ask him?
Joining the discussion will
be Pierre M. Sprey, a veteran of the Office of the Secretary of Defense who,
as a long time Pentagon insider, can evaluate Donald Rumsfeld as few others
can. Pentagon observers will know Sprey as an originator of the military
reform movement that initiated major - but sadly transient - changes in U.S.
weapons design, ground warfare tactics and doctrine, and legislation to reform
Pentagon acquisition and ethics.
Winslow T. Wheeler, director of the Straus
Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information, will moderate
the discussion.
Signed copies of
the book will be available.
Book reception
and discussion of Pentagon history with Andrew Cockburn and Pierre M. Sprey
in the Choate Room (1st Floor), Carnegie Endowment Building, 1779
Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036 When: 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.,
Thursday, June 14, 2007 RSVP: Whitney Parker, wparker@worldsecurityinstitute.org,
202-797-5287; or Ashley Hoffman, ahoffman@cdi.org,
202-797-5280.
Beer, wine and hors d'oeuvres will be
served. Please feel free to share this invitation with other interested
colleagues. Winslow T. Wheeler Director Straus Military Reform
Project Center for Defense Information @ www.cdi.org/smrp 202 797-5271 in DC 301
840-8992 in MD winslowwheeler@comcast.net
Sidney Weinstein; Army Intelligence Chief, Long-Time
AFIO Member. Sidney "Tom" Weinstein, 72, a retired Army lieutenant general
who was Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence during the 1980s, died May 24
of complications from emphysema at his home in Great Falls.
Gen.
Weinstein was the principal architect of the modern military intelligence
corps, his colleagues said, and was the crucial player in its expansion and
professionalization. At a time when Army intelligence units were scattered
under different commands, he brought them together and was responsible for the
concept of intelligence and electronic warfare. Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander,
director of the National Security Agency, said Gen. Weinstein established the
Army's master plan for intelligence "that set a course for the Army to have
the best intelligence corps for the next decade or two. It was a tremendous
jump forward." Gen. Weinstein was also known for his commitment to talking to
the troops, said Alexander, who worked for him several times. "He gave people
the impression that you as a person could do anything, everybody was really
gifted," Alexander said.
He also had a knack for persuading his
officers to stick with the Army when the higher wages of the private sector
beckoned. Alexander said that when he was considering leaving, Gen. Weinstein
warned him: "If all the good guys get out, only nitwits will be running our
Army. Is that really what you want?"
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, his
classmate at West Point, described Gen. Weinstein in his autobiography as "a
shrewd guy who . . . had a knack for getting to the point." Schwarzkopf wrote
that he asked Gen. Weinstein why he wasn't consumed with personal ambition, as
so many people in Washington are.
Gen. Weinstein served in a broad
variety of intelligence, counterintelligence and security positions in the
United States, Europe, Vietnam and Latin America during his 33-year career in
the Army. He retired from the military in 1989.
He was born in Camden,
N.J., and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was
fluent in Spanish and was considered an expert in Latin American affairs. He
served in Vietnam.
In addition to his position at the Army Intelligence
Center and School, he was Deputy Commanding General of the Intelligence and
Security Command in Arlington. He was also Commander of the 525th Military
Intelligence Brigade and Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the
XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C. He also commanded the 2nd Military
Intelligence Battalion in Germany.
Among his military awards were the
Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal and several awards of the Air Medal. He was a member
of the highly selective Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.
Survivors
include his wife of 46 years, Pauline Weinstein of Great Falls; three
children, Circuit Court Judge Halee Weinstein of Baltimore, Mila Masur of
Carlisle Barracks, Pa., and Michael Weinstein of Ashburn; and eight
grandchildren. [IB/WashingtonPost/Sullivan/26May2007/]
[Editors note: Please remember we do not vet these requests before
publication, so please use caution in your responses. As always, remember to share only unclassified information.]
SCHOLARLY
HISTORY OF OSS MEDICAL SERVICES: Dr.
Jonathan Clemente is researching a scholarly history of the OSS Medical
Services and the early years of the CIA Office of Medical Services. He would
like to know if any AFIO members can share any recollections of Dr. Edward M.
Gunn, otherwise known as "Manny" Gunn. Dr. Gunn retired from the Agency in
1971 as Deputy Director Medical Services (GS-17) under Dr. John Tietjen. Dr.
Gunn was instrumental in setting up the early program of operational medical
support for the Agency in the 1950s. You can reach Dr. Clemente at jonathan_clemente@yahoo.com
[Editor's
Note: Dr. Clemente has written extensively about intelligence and medicine.
His publications include "CIA's Medical and Psychological Analysis Center
(MPAC) and the Health of Foreign Leaders." International Journal of
Intelligence and Counterintelligence 19, no. 3 (Fall 2006): 385-423, "The Fate
of an Orphan: The Hawley Board and the Debates over the Postwar Organization
of Medical Intelligence." Intelligence and National Security 20, no. 2 (Jun.
2005): 264-287, "OSS Medical Intelligence in the Mediterranean Theater: A
Brief History." Journal of Intelligence History 2, no. 1 (Summer 2002).
[ http://www.intelligence-history.org/jih/previous.html ], and "In Sickness and
in Health." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 63, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 2007):
38-44, 66.]
SEEKS HELP TO TELL STORY OF TAILOR TO SADDAM HUSSEIN: To whom it may concern: I would like to know if there are any members of the AFIO who are writers and would be interested in doing a book about Iraq. I have a very interesting story regarding the Armenian tailor of Saddam Hussein of the last 30-40 years. I would really appreciate the help of a AFIO member who is a writer and who is interested in completing such a project. The writer will be working directly with the tailor on a face to face basis. I would highly appreciate a response regarding this urgent matter. [This request has received sufficient responses. No more replies are being accepted]
16 June 2007 - 9:30am - 1:30pm - Seattle, WA - The AFIO - Pacific Northwest Chapter hosts Lieutenant Ron Leavell, Seattle Police Department, speaking on SPD Intelligence operations and how Regional Intelligence Groups share information. The meeting will be held at The Museum of Flight (206) 764-5720, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98108-4097. Meeting open to everyone interested in domestic intelligence. $30 in advance, $40 at the door. Please RSVP to: fd@cromwellgroup.us or AFIO, 4616 25th Ave NE, #495, Seattle, WA 98105
16 June 07 - Kennebunk, ME - AFIO Maine Chapter meeting. "Media and Security Policy: The Cold War to Iraq" with Hon. James Longley. Media and Security Policy will be the subject addressed by the Hon. James B. Longley at the June 16 meeting. The role of the media and the importance of public understanding for our government, national security, intelligence and security policy will be discussed. Well qualified to speak on the issue, Longley managed the on-the-ground media operations for Major General Jay Garner during the Kurdish Relief Operation in northern Iraq in 1991. He will discuss his own experiences from the perspective of the Cold War and recent events including the First Gulf War, 9/11, and the current hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. Longley is a retired Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. As a member of the U. S. Congress, 1995-1997, he served on the House Armed Services Committee and was one of only six members of the House Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. He currently works in the areas of advanced technologies and information systems in the national security area. The meeting, which is open to the public will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Kennebunk Free Library, Main Street, Kennebunk. Information available at 207-985-2392.
16 June 2007 - Fairfax, VA - the National Photographic Interpretation Center holds a Reunion The NPIC REUNION at Elks Lodge #2188, 8421 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax. (Located on Route 50 West 3/4 mile from Beltway/I495.) From 1:00 to 5:00 pm, BBQ food served 2:00 to 4:00 pm, cash bar; cost $30 per person 8 years and older. RSVP and advance payment NLT 16 May to: Anne Allen, 6925 Greenvale St, NW, Washington, DC 20015. For info, see: http://hometown.aol.com/wrmugford/ or contact Jim Richey at 703-971-4812 or jimrichey@juno.com. (For anyone, including contractors, who worked at Building 213 or the Stuart Building, no matter what parent organization, retired or not, with spouses and families. Even if you cannot attend this reunion, please submit your name and contact info to Anne Allen to be included on the NPIC alumni list.)
19 June 2007 - Arlington, VA - Defense Intelligence Forum
luncheon at the Alpine Restaurant, 4770 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA (The
Alpine has two parking lots. One is next to the building. The other is across
the street.) Speaker will be Mr. Russell Rochte on "From Soft-Power to
Soft-War" - presenting lessons learned from his experience on the Media Staff
Ride to Hollywood conducted by the National Defense University in 2005. The
talk will include a brief review of "media warfare" and suggest a strategy for
ultimately winning the "War of Ideas." Rochte, Sr Faculty for Information
Operations at the National Defense Intelligence College, was formerly on the
NDU faculty. He is a frequent lecturer at the NATO School on the topic of
Information Power and directs the Information Operations concentration within
the MSSI degree program at the NDIC. The Defense Intelligence Forum covers
topics of current intelligence interest. The Defense Intelligence Alumni
Association and the National Defense Intelligence College Foundation sponsor
it jointly. To encourage candor, the forum does not allow media, notes,
recordings, or attribution. The Defense Intelligence Forum is open to members
of Intelligence Community associations.
RSVP by 13 June by reply email or
telephone DIAA at 571-426-0098. Give your name and the names of your guests,
your association, your telephone number and email address, and menu selections
(chicken, veal, or salmon). Pay at the door with a check for $25 made payable
to DIAA, Inc.
24 June 2007 - St. Charles, IL - The Midwest Chapter of AFIO meets at the St. Charles Place restaurant (2550 E. Main St). They will have a guest speaker discussing a timely and hot topic. Registration $10 and dinner runs $16 - $26. Contact Angelo DiLiberti for further details. 847-931-4184. Reply no later than June 18th.
25 June 2007 - Scottsdale, AZ - The Arizona AFIO Chapter hears from Dr. Rustick on Special Weapons for Special Forces. The Chapter meeting will be at Buster's restaurant in Scottsdale at a luncheon beginning at 11:30 AM. The speaker will be Dr. Joseph Rustick, President of Arms Tech Ltd. This company manufactures special weapons designed to support the missions of Special Forces and Law Enforcement in general. The product line is diverse and designed to provide Special Operations with the unique tools required for the hostile environment in which they operate. One of the interesting products is the Compac 16 family of weapons which are designed to expand the life, accuracy, and reliability of the M-16. He is a Medical Doctor. He received his Medical Degree from Georgetown School of Medicine in 1974. For information and reservations, phone Bill Williams at (602) 944-2451 or e-mail, fireballci@hotmail.com.
28 June 2007 - San Francisco - The AFIO Jim Quesada Chapter hosts Brigadier General Joseph L. Shaefer, USAF (Ret). Shaefer will speak on "Up a Lazy River: The Right Time, The Wrong ABC's." If we are living in a time where the national ABC's include (A) ambivalence about the collection of intelligence, increasing (B) boredom with the subject of national security, the end goal of almost all national intelligence, and a (C) complacency about those who have declared themselves our sworn enemies, then our intelligence gathering, analysis, and dissemination will reflect them. General Shaefer offers a different set of ABC's and provides a strategy to once again energize and involve the American public in order to allow intelligence professionals to do what they do best: provide predictive and prescriptive courses of action to protect American citizens and ensure the continuation of our way of life. The meeting will be held at United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116 (between Sloat and Wawona). 11:30 AM no host cocktails; noon - luncheon. $25 member rate with advance reservation; $35 non-member rate or at door. RSVP to Mariko Kawaguchi no later than 5 PM 6/20/07: mariko@cataphora.com, (650) 622-9840 X608 or send check to P.O. Box 117578 Burlingame, CA 94011. Call Marina Mann (925) 735-1327 for questions.
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 12 Noon - 1 PM - Washington, DC - Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games. The mysterious case of KGB officer Yuri Nosenko's 1964 defection to the United States has inspired debate for more than 40 years. Was Nosenko a bona fide defector with real information about Lee Harvey Oswald's stay in Soviet Russia? Or was he a KGB loyalist, engaged in a complex game of deception? Tennent H. Bagley, a former CIA chief of Soviet bloc counterintelligence, directly handled Nosenko's case and after the Cold War learned more from former KGB adversaries.Friday, 29 June 2007 - Houston, TX - AFIO Houston Chapter event The speaker for this AFIO Houston event is being scheduled. Announced later. Registration and further details at afiohoustonchapter@yahoo.com 1800h 6pm Cocktails. No tickets at the door.
30 June 2007 - Nashua, NH - CIRA New England Chapter holds special New England meeting. Calling all New England CIA Retirees. This special event will be held at the Holiday Inn, Nashua, NH [Rt 3, Exit 4]. For further info contact Dick Gay 207-374-2169 or email him at raguay@roadrunner.com
Wednesday, July 11, 2007: 9:00 am - Noon - Alexandria, VA - Ray Semko, aka the one and only "D*I*C*E Man", presents D*I*C*E 2007: UNLEASHED! at the CI Centre and other locations. Hear what Ray has to say about security, OPSEC, INFOSEC and terrorism now that he's no longer in the US government! These special open "Up Close and Personal" D*I*C*E briefings at the CI Centre are tailored towards those organizations operating under a requirement to provide a security awareness briefing to their employees every year (as NISPOM requires). Attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating they have completed their security awareness briefing for the year. Seating is limited in the CI Centre's classroom, so register early to reserve your seat. Cost is $99.95 per person. Free parking. Coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts provided. REGISTER NOW: You may download the Registration Form from: http://cicentre.com/dice/2007_premiere.html or call 1-800-779-4007.
19 July 2007 - Colorado Springs, CO - AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter holds luncheon meeting on MASINT at the Falcon Room, Air Force Academy Officers Club. MASINT is the topic at the luncheon meeting of the at AFIO Rocky Mountain Chapter. Event is held at the Falcon Room, Air Force Academy Officers Club. Col. John Gonzales, USAF will speak to on MASINT which is a new and little known part of intelligence. Cost $10.00 for each lunch buffet. Inquiries to Dick Durham. Treasurer of the Chapter at Riverwear53@aol.com
20 - 21 July 2007 - Northampton, MA - AFIO New England holds their summer weekend event at the Hotel Northampton, Northampton, Massachusetts. A full description of services as well as directions to the hotel, are available on-line at http://www.hotelnorthampton.com Please mention AFIO/NE when making reservations. The student speaker will be David Lim. Their main speaker will be Jeff Beaty, former member of the Delta Force, the CIA & the FBI. The program will begin with a Friday evening complimentary wine and cheese social at the Hotel Northampton starting at 6:00 PM. This get-together is a wonderful opportunity to renew friendships, as well as make new ones in a relaxed informal setting. We anticipate that our speakers will join us at the social. This may be followed by a no-host dinner at local area restaurants. Our Saturday schedule is as follows 9:00 - 10:45 a.m. Meeting Registration, 11:00 - 11:20 a.m. First Speaker, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Luncheon, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker, 2:30 p.m. Adjournment. For additional information contact afionechapter@gmail.com
4 August 2007 - Melbourne, FL - AFIO Florida Satellite Chapter meets at the Indian River Colony Club The Chapter August luncheon will be held at the Indian River Colony Club (IRCC). A cash bar will open at 1130 hours and lunch will begin at 1230 hours. Speaker details and reservation information is forthcoming. For additional information please contact George Stephenson, Chapter Vice President at gstephenson@cfl.rr.com and title your email: AFIO August Meeting
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