INTELLIGENCE "STUFF" by Col. John Macartney, USAF Ret., Ph.D.

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5 December 2000
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GEORGE TENET MIGHT KEEP DCI POST UNDER BUSH [or Gore]

A defense expert familiar with Bush's transition said that an emerging plan calls for keeping Tenet on as CIA director for an interim period before naming a replacement, possibly another Democrat with experience on Capitol Hill. Although there was some desire to name Rep Porter Goss (R-Fla.), a former CIA DO officer and AFIO member, as DCI, the GOP majority in the House is so thin that sacrificing Goss's seat is considered too perilous.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8129-2000Nov30.html

"THE WHIZ KID VS THE OLD BOYS"

This Thomas Powers article in the 12/3 NY Times Magazine is about former DCI John Deutch and the investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified files. It's the the best report I've read on that subject. But it also tells a good deal about the culture of the CIA, Deutch's tenure as DCI (he didn't get along with the DO Directorate, according to Powers), the role of Nora Slatkin and more, much more. Not to be missed!
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001203mag-powers.html

CIA FIRES FOUR, SUSPENDS TEN

The CIA yesterday fired four employees, suspended at least 10 others and revoked the security clearances of nine private contractors for exchanging "inappropriate" e-mail in computer chat rooms hidden from management. The disciplinary action, described as the largest in the agency's history, followed a seven-month investigation that involved 160 employees and delved into activities going back 15 years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7159-2000Nov30.html

ASST SECSTATE FOR INTELLIGENCE RESIGNS IN PROTEST

J Stapleton Roy, one of the nation's most senior diplomats and a 3-time ambassador, resigned in protest after SecState Madeleine Albright suspended his deputy without pay and fired two other long-time State Department officials over a missing INR laptop computer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23860-2000Dec4.html

ALDRICH AMES WRITES TO FAS FROM PENITENTIARY ABOUT POLYGRAPH

(Nov28). ".... The polygraph is asserted to have been a useful tool in counterterintelligence investigations. This is a nice example of retreating into secret knowledge: we know it works, but it's too secret to explain. To my own knowledge and experience over a thirty year career this statement is a false one. The use of the polygraph (which is inevitably to say, its misuse) has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes. I'd love to lay out this case for you, but unfortunately I cannot — it's a secret too."
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/polygraph/ames.html

US CITIZEN WITH TIES TO BIN LADEN HELD IN COLE ATTACK

The (Jordanian) government sources said that Hijazi has "direct links" to bin Laden, who today is America's No. 1 terrorist suspect in the Oct. 12 bombing in the Yemeni port of Aden, which killed 17 sailors and wounded 39. Hijazi "personally trained and supported" those responsible for the Cole attack, the sources said. The United States has been tracking Hijazi for at least eight months and "he's clearly implicated in the attack." [This raises the possibility of US retaliatory strike against bin Laden, who remains in Afghanistan. — jdmac]
http://www.msnbc.com/news/475547.asp
http://www.msnbc.com/news/497986.asp

TORPEDO BEHIND EDMOND POPE SPY TRIAL IN MOSCOW

The torpedo, the Shkval, or squall in English, can break through conventional boundaries of underwater physics five times faster (230mph) than any torpedo in Western fleets, and experts in both countries say its technology was at the cutting edge of cold war scientific competition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/01/world/01RUSS.html

COMMANDING OFFICERS MUST NOT LOVE INTELLIGENCE

"He was the commander of a jet fighter squadron. She was his intelligence officer. They were posted to romantic Italy — and their spouses weren't."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A416-2000Nov28.html

SANDIA LABORATORY DEVELOPING NEW MASINT SENSORS

This new system — which can test for chemical signatures related to the three categories of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear, chemical, and biological — is part of a new generation of chemical vapor detection technology. (submitted by Jeremy Compton)
http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR2000/sawsensor.htm
http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR2000/hoppers.htm

PENTAGON REPORT SAYS SECURITY WEAK AT DARPA

http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200012194.shtml

A MOLE AT NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET?

Is there a "mole'' at 10, Downing Street? And if so, whom is he/she working for? The Sunday Times published extracts from "confidential'' Downing Street documents relating to issues under discussion between the Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, and his chief of staff, Mr. Jonathan Powell, one of his closest aides.
http://www.the-hindu.com/stories/0327000h.htm

WEN HO LEE SAYS HE THREW MISSING TAPES INTO TRASH

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7115-2000Nov30.html

JAPANESE SPY ADMITS PASSING SECRETS TO RUSSIA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1042000/1042672.stm

CANADA TARGETED BY CHINESE SPIES

A Canadian intelligence service report reveals the People's Republic of China has infiltrated Canadian society with a network of agents, operatives and organized crime figures.
http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200012187.shtml

ROBBER FOILED BY SCOTLAND YARD INTELLIGENCE ANALYST

The subject here is law enforcement rather than foreign counterintelligence, but it is nevertheless a super example of how good analysis works, and pays off.
Explorer browser at:   http://www.thepalmerpress.com/yard_EXP.html
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CHINA TO LAUNCH MICRO IMAGING SATELLITES

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-00zzq.html

FIVE ACCUSED CUBAN SPIES GO ON TRIAL IN MIAMI

http://www.herald.com/content/today/digdocs/028182.htm

BOOKS & OTHER SOURCES

DEC 14 NMIA LUNCHEON, WASHINGTON, DC

The Potomac Chapter, NMIA, will meet Thursday, Dec 14, at the Bolling AFB Enlisted Club. Guest speaker at the noon luncheon will be Dr. Paul D. Moore [http://cicentre.com/STAFF_Moore.htm], former analyst with the China Division of FBI Counterintelligence, who will speak on Chinese intelligence methods. Dr. Moore spoke at the November AFIO luncheon and made an outstanding presentation — basically, he said that "US / FBI counterintelligence methods must be adapted to fit the Chinese intelligence and espionage methodology, which does not favor the employment of outright spies."
For reservations: lj@pcic.net or call voicemail (703) 921-1800 or see
http://www.intelweb.org/potomac.

ITEMS BELOW BORROWED FROM AFIO BB NOTICE OF NOV 28

1. AFIO MEMBER DAVID WISE Publishes Two Articles of Special Interest: SPY ON A TIGHTROPE: "Back in the latter days of the Cold War, the Soviet KGB thought it had a new mole inside the highest ranks of the U.S. Navy. But Thomas Hayden, a double agent, had them outfoxed. What no one counted on was that Hayden would develop moral qualms about his duplicity."
   NOT available online. In November 2000 issue of GQ magazine.
   
2. WHAT THE SPYMASTER KNEW: "When the CIA caught director John Deutch with classified documents on his home computer, Deutch may not have been worried about the agency's secrets. He had one of his own." "Deutch had written all these private notes critical of the Agency and White House personnel," one former CIA official says. "He didn't want those leaking out all over town." NOT available online.
   In November 2000 issue of Talk Magazine
   Both can be found on newsstands or libraries.
   http://www.afio.com/sections/bulletin_board/index.html

BLETCHLEY PARK HISTORY OF BRITISH SIGINT

http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/history.htm

NEW CRS REPORT, "CYBERWARFARE"

(15Nov). A number of nations are incorporating cyberwarfare as a new part of their military doctrine. Some that have discussed the subject openly include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, and China. Many of these are developing views toward the use of cyberwarfare that differ from those of the United States. Cyberterrorism is also an issue of growing interest. See also Army FMSO Study of Chinese info war theory and practice. [NOTE: The Army's FMSO website is new to me and certainly worth a visit. — jdmac]
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL30735.pdf
http://call.army.mil/call/fmso/fmsopubs/issues/chinaiw.htm

SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE SEMINAR

(Dec 4&5 in Washington, DC). "Requirements for Real-Time Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Rapid-Response Precision Strike Warfare are generating the need for increasingly flexible, intelligent, accurate and survivable surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, sensors and information technologies. This outstanding new seminar examines the broad spectrum of surveillance and reconnaissance requirements, plans, programs and opportunities — including Space-Based, Airborne / Unmanned, Land and Sea Platforms, Sensors, New Architectural Models and new and emerging requirements for Precision Targeting and Wide Area Surveillance." [Designed for consultants and employees of consulting firms, 2-day seminar costs about $1000. — jdmac]
http://www.ttcus.com/rs_usf00.html

INTELLIGENCE ACRONYMS — ON-LINE GLOSSARY

http://www.intelbriefing.com/intelglos.htm

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