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Posted on 01/02/2007 7:23:18 PM PST by nwctwx
Note: The following press release is a quote:
http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20061221_release.pdf
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20511
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ODNI News Release No. 25-06
December 21, 2006
Director of National Intelligence Releases Four Decades of U.S. Intelligence on Yugoslavia
Please visit www.dni.gov/nic to view the declassified material.
The Director of National Intelligenceís National Intelligence Council (NIC) and the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars recently organized an international conference to mark the release of the NICís declassified
national estimative material titled, From ìNational Communismî to National Collapse: U.S. Intelligence
Community Estimative Products on Yugoslavia, 1948-1990. Held on Dec. 7, 2006 in Washington, D.C., the
conference reviewed the role and legacy of U.S. intelligence on Yugoslavia during the Cold War.
The material contains 34 recently declassified National Intelligence Estimates or NIEs representing the Intelligence
Community's most authoritative analysis of Yugoslavia. Over a period of nearly four decades, these reports gave U.S.
policymakers keen insights into the factors shaping events in and around Yugoslavia ñ Belgradeís break with the
Soviet Union, through the Tito years, and right up to the eve of the nation's collapse ñ an event foretold by the
documents.
Former Secretary of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia in the 1970s, Lawrence S. Eagleburger, gave
the keynote luncheon address. NIC Chairman, Dr. Thomas Fingar, and the Wilson Centerís president, Lee Hamilton
served as co-hosts of the luncheon.
The release of these papers reflects a continuing commitment by the Director of National Intelligence to provide the
public, when possible, documents of value to historians and intelligence practitioners. The conference offered leading
historians, intelligence analysts, and policymakers an opportunity to review intelligence judgments on Yugoslavia and
evaluate the quality of analytical tradecraft.
In addition to its scholarly value, the conference contributed to the efforts of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence to implement intelligence reform legislation and WMD Commission recommendations to engage leading
scholars, and continually examine Intelligence Community products to improve the quality of analysis.
This is the second time the NIC collaborated with the Wilson Center to host a conference centered on recently
declassified NIEs and other intelligence memoranda. A similar conference was organized in October 2004 to launch
a collection of newly declassified intelligence documents on China.
The National Intelligence Council is a center of strategic thinking within the U.S. Government and provides
coordinated analyses for senior policymakers on high interest topics. Although most of its work is for internal
government use, the NIC also produces unclassified reports and collaborates with a wide range of independent
scholars, experts, and organizations around the world.
# # #
Note: The Yugoslavia, Vietnam, and China collections are available from the U.S. Government Printing Office and
on the NIC website: www.dni.gov/nic .
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762136/posts
"U.S. intelligence chief to switch jobs (Negroponte switching to Deputy Secretary of State)"
CNN ^ | January 3, 2007 | Staff
Posted on 01/03/2007 8:22:03 PM PST by DaveLoneRanger
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/03/negroponte.ap/index.html
(AP)
Article snippet:
"NBC News, which first reported Negroponte's resignation, said his likely successor is retired Adm. Mike McConnell, the director of the National Security Agency from 1992 to 1996.
McConnell is now a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, a government contractor and consulting agency."
UPDATE....
The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762144/posts
False crash rescue reports shameful, says angry media
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | January 4 2007 | na
Posted on 01/03/2007 8:59:43 PM PST by fishhound
JAKARTA: Indonesia's media has accused authorities of lying after officials erroneously reported that rescuers had found wreckage and survivors from a missing airliner carrying 102 people.
"The people have been lied to," said the Pikiran Umum daily yesterday, as searchers hunted for the Adam Air Boeing 737 which vanished from radar screens on Monday en route from Java to Sulawesi. "More embarrassingly, this news has been spread not just locally but all over the world," the newspaper said.
Much of the press said the false reports exacerbated the tragedy for relatives waiting for news. A front-page article in the Rakyat Merdeka newspaper called the misinformation a "national scam".
"How is it that the whole of Indonesia can be blatantly lied to? From the president, the vice-president, ministers and right down to the public, they were totally blinded," the article read.
"This is a national communication and information tragedy. It's shameful."
The Jakarta Post agreed: "Relatives' anguish grows with false news," its front page read.
? Twelve men on board a ferry that sank on Friday en route from Borneo to Java were found alive yesterday. They had clambered onto an unmanned offshore oil rig, navy officers said. At least 212 people have been found alive but some 400 remain missing.
Agence France-Presse,Associated Press
"Ellison To Use Quran Suggested By Radical Muslim Group"
"Ellison to be sworn in using Quran owned by Thomas Jefferson
By Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press
January 03, 2007
WASHINGTON — The first Muslim elected to Congress says he will take his oath of office using a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson to make the point that "religious differences are nothing to be afraid of."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762135/posts
stepping back in time...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741897/posts
"FOX ALERT: Passengers Taken Off Plane at MSP (Minnesota)"
FOX 9 NEWS ^ | 11/20/06 | FOX 9 NEWS
Posted on 11/20/2006 7:06:49 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762155/posts
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53621
"Muslims warn of 'problems' in shared prayer room
Somali leader says Islam, Christianity incompatible"
Posted: January 4, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Muslims are demanding a private room to pray at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, saying there will be problems if they have to share an existing "quiet room" with people of other religions.
"Where you have Christians and Muslims praying at the same time, it will create a problem," said Fuad Ali, a Somali leader who spoke at a meeting with airport officials, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The meeting was a followup to an incident Nov. 20 when ticket agents and other passengers noticed six Muslim imams who had attended a conference in the area praying loudly before their flight, and shouting "Allah, Allah" when their flight was called. Officials said then they also asked to be scattered throughout the plane, rather than sitting together as they had been assigned. And some of the imams, although they did not need them, asked for seat-belt extenders."
I have one question here: how is it that these people -- and I am speaking of Muslims here -- have been able to travel all over the world for all these years WITHOUT prayer rooms?
Does anybody have a list of all the airports that have Muslim prayer rooms?
I'm a born-again Christian, so I really can't answer your first question -- only speculate.
I don't know what airports have prayer rooms. I suppose it can be Googled.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=airports+%2B+prayer+rooms&btnG=Google+Search
Thanks for posting the link to the thread to which I pinged you. Everyone needs to hear that speech. Here's the link again, for those who may have missed it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762074/posts
ON THE NET...
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http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/01/pakistans_continuing.php
"Pakistan's Continuing Slide"
"The Taliban problem has not gone away, and al-Qaeda continues to plot against the West from within Pakistan"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Pakistani government has finally admitted it has a Taliban and al-Qaeda problem, but refuses to take the needed action to confront the terrorist groups. Zeenews.com reported late in December that while the United States "demanded military operations in North and South Waziristan against suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants," the Pakistani government "will hold another round of peace talks with tribal elders and ulema in Waziristan." The demands came after the United States government finally admitted "the Taliban have been able to use these areas for sanctuary and for command and control and for regrouping and supply.”
The thin vernier of Pakistani control of Waziristan has come off some time ago."
Adding to post no. 89:
http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/09/the_fall_of_wazirist.php
BILL ROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog:
"The Fall of Waziristan: An Online History
Documenting the Taliban's rise to power in Waziristan over the course of 2006"
(2006)
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762171/posts
Receipts & Pledges to-date: $6,668
9%
Thank you all very much!!
Bill Clinton authorized Sandy Berger's access
WorldNetDaily ^ | January 4, 2007 | By Chelsea Schilling
Posted on 01/03/2007 11:48:07 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Investigation into pilfered documents reveals former president signed letter
President Bill Clinton signed a letter authorizing former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger's access to classified documents that later came up missing, according to a newly released investigation report by the National Archives and Records Administration.
The sensitive drafts of the National Security Council's "Millennium After Action Review" on the Clinton administration's handling of the al-Qaida terror threats in December 1999 suspiciously disappeared after Berger said he intended to "determine if Executive Privilege needed to be exerted prior to documents being provided to the 9/11 Commission." Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft testified before the 9-11 commission about the millennium report, urging the panel to ask why the document's warnings and "blueprint" to thwart al-Qaida's plans to target the U.S. were ignored by the Clinton administration and not shared with the incoming Bush security staff.
The NARA investigation report said Clinton signed an April 12, 2002, letter designating Berger – and another person whose named is redacted – as "agents on his behalf to review relevant NSC documents regarding Osama Bin Laden/Al Qaeda, Sudan and Presidential correspondence from or to (Sudanese President) Omar Bashir, contained in the Clinton Presidential records." A subsequent letter from a National Security Council official, May 14, 2002, said Berger repeatedly was briefed that "he was not allowed to remove any documentation from NARA."
Last year, Berger plea bargained a criminal sentence on the charge of unlawfully removing and retaining classified documents. A judge gave him no prison time, a $50,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and a ban from access to classified material for three years
According to the NARA report, after the 9-11 attacks, Clinton administration officials were swamped with calls regarding their handling of terrorist threats, and Berger soon realized he would have to testify. Berger said he put in over 100 unpaid hours of his time to be responsive.
The former White House adviser said the documents up for review were so numerous that he was unable to reconstruct them from memory, so he took 10-to-12 pages of notes and hid them in the pocket of his blazer.
The investigation report says, however, the May 14, 2002, letter stated "notes may be taken but must be retained by NARA staff and forwarded to the NSC for a classification review and appropriate marking. Berger, the letter said, "was made aware of this requirement."
In July 2003, Berger's handling of the papers began to "cause archival concerns in maintaining provenance" after he asked to leave the viewing office several times to hold very private phone calls. Later, in September, Berger once again stepped out of the office and headed for the men's room, but personnel reported an unknown white object beneath his pant leg.
A witness said Berger "bent down, fiddling with something white, which could have been papers, around his ankle."
After Berger's actions aroused suspicion in September 2003, an unnamed archives official hand-numbered drafts provided to Berger as a means of controlling the documents without consulting with NARA general counsel, security, management, the Office of the Inspector General or law enforcement.
In October, Berger returned to the archives office and was given one file folder of documents at a time. The NARA report indicates an e-mail numbered 217 came up missing after he reviewed it. Berger later said he slid the document under his portfolio.
When personnel noticed it was missing, they offered a copy of document 217 to Berger, and he reportedly slid the second file under his portfolio as well. Later, Berger said if he had been asked to return the file "it would have triggered a decision for him to give the documents back."
Instead, Berger said he had to make a private phone call and went to a desk outside the office. However, the phone line remained unlit, and he quickly departed to the restroom, a location from which he was reported to have recently returned.
Berger made numerous suspicious visits to the men's room in which personnel were concerned he might be hiding documents. He said he "went to the restroom on an average of every 30 minutes to one hour to use the facilities and stretch his legs."
According to the NARA report, Berger claimed he accidentally took the files outside of the archives building and didn't want to risk bringing documents back because personnel might notice something unusual. Instead, he took the files to a fenced construction area on Ninth Street, slid them under a trailer and returned to the office to finish his review. After doing so, he returned to the site, reclaimed the documents and took them to his office.
During the visit, Berger is reported to have hidden four documents in his pockets, all versions of the Millennium Alert After Action Review.
Archives officials decided to call Berger and ask him for the documents. He said he didn't think he had any files. They advised him NARA was treating the matter as a security infraction and was going to report the incident to the National Security Council. If Berger admitted to taking the documents by mistake, the incident would be reported as inadvertent removal. But, he maintained that staff members were in error, and he had given the files back to an assistant.
Later that evening, Berger claimed to have found two documents, and NARA made arrangements to pick up the files the following morning. However, NARA reports the documents were an e-mail and a facsimile Berger reviewed Sept. 2, 2003, not classified files viewed Oct. 2, 2003.
Berger said he could not find any additional documents and claimed he must have thrown them away. According to the NARA report, "He had destroyed, cut into small pieces, three of the four documents. These were put in the trash. By Saturday, the trash had been picked up. He tried to find the trash collector but had no luck."
The inspector general was briefed on the incidents Oct. 10. That day, OI investigators recovered documents from Berger's home at the request of his attorney. Six months later, the Department of Justice notified the 9/11 commission.
Berger said if someone had always been with him, he would not have taken any documents.
Despite his April 1, 2005, guilty plea for Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Material, Berger still vehemently denies smuggling any documents in his socks. According to the report, he said he was adjusting them "because his shoes frequently come untied and his socks frequently fall down."
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762176/posts
Foreign Spying on U.S. Defense Technology Seen Rising
DefenceTalk.com ^
Posted on 01/04/2007 12:24:39 AM PST by DTAD
Foreign countries, especially nations in the Asia-Pacific region, have intensified their efforts to steal sensitive U.S. defense technology, according to a Pentagon report circulated on Jan. 3.
The Defense Security Service Counterintelligence Office recorded an annual jump of nearly 43 percent in the number of suspicious foreign contacts reported to U.S. authorities by defense contractors and other defense-related sources.
(Excerpt) Read more at defencetalk.com ...
ADDING this post (THANK YOU PIASA)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762171/posts?page=48#48
to the TM post no. 91:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761584/posts?page=91#91
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762171/posts
"Bill Clinton authorized Sandy Berger's access "
WorldNetDaily ^ | January 4, 2007 | By Chelsea Schilling
Posted on 01/03/2007 11:48:07 PM PST by Jim Robinson
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26275
"Al Qaeda TV"
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Nick Grace
Weekly Standard | January 4, 2007
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http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/12/alzawraa_responds_to.php
"Al-Zawraa Responds to Muj TV
Mashaan Jabouri, the owner of al-Zawraa, responds to my post, Muj TV"
(December 25, 2006)
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http://www.clandestineradio.com
http://www.globalcrisiswatch.com
ADDING 1 LINK TO POST NO. 94:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdPJAmhyTIc
"al-Zawraa Terror TV: al-Qaeda New Channel"
(Added December 19, 2006)
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=61235
you are here: Home > Reports > Safety and Security Reports > Report
"Bangladesh Demonstrations January 3"
Safety and Security
South / Central Asia - Bangladesh
3 Jan 2007
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3348266,00.html
Iran's top nuclear envoy to discuss nuclear issue in Beijing
Published: 01.04.07, 11:21
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator will visit China this week despite Tehran's defiance over sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council for its nuclear program, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Ali Larijani's two-day trip beginning Thursday will include talks with Chinese officials, said ministry
spokesman Liu Jianchao. (AP)
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3348302,00.html
China says Olmert will visit next week
Published: 01.04.07, 12:55
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will visit China next week to mark the 15-year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties and to discuss the situation in the Middle East, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Olmert will meet Chinese leaders in Beijing during his Jan. 9-11 trip to "Exchange views in an in-depth way on the Mideast situation," Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said at a regular briefing, but did not give any details. "The Chinese and Israeli people share profound friendship," Liu said. (AP)
US-CERT.GOV
http://www.us-cert.gov
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6227875.stm
Last Updated: Thursday, 4 January 2007, 10:02 GMT
"Security project focuses on Apple"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two security researchers are spending the next month publicising bugs in Apple's OS X operating system and programs that run on it.
The plan is to only publicise flaws that have never been found before.
The two hackers behind the project also propose to produce working code that can be used to exploit any loopholes they find.
The pair said they will be revealing problems that range in importance from the trivial to the critical.
Bug tracking
Describing the project on their blog, Kevin Finisterre and hacker LMH said their work was not driven by malice.
Instead, they said, highlighting problems and getting them solved would "improve" OS X and many of the programs that run on it.
"A positive side-effect, probably, will be a more concerned (security-wise) user-base and better practices from the management side of Apple," wrote the two researchers.
LMH told the BBC News website that enough bugs have already been found, including some extra ones as back-up."
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014680.php
January 04, 2007
"Iran's Secret Plan For Mayhem"
(NY SUN)
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07010016.htm
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
"Police Fired Tear Gas Grenades During Cathedral Church Service in Sudan"
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
All Saints' Cathedral in Khartoom
KHARTOUM, SUDAN
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