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		<title>Intel officials: CIA wins turf war with intel chief; station chiefs remain top dog overseas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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CIA said to have won turf war against intel chief

WASHINGTON — The CIA has won a turf battle over which government agency controls U.S. intelligence operations around the world.
CIA Director Leon Panetta and National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair squared off in May over Blair&#8217;s effort to choose a personal representative at U.S. embassies to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRA suspect charged with 1977 murder of undercover British Army intelligence officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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IRA suspect charged with &#8216;77 murder of British spy

DUBLIN — A suspected Irish Republican Army man was charged Wednesday with the murder of a British Army intelligence agent on the Northern Ireland border 32 years ago, a surprising turn in one of the conflict&#8217;s most mysterious killings.
Northern Ireland state prosecutors levied the unexpected new charge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italian judge convicts 23 Americans of kidnapping in CIA extraordinary rendition of cleric</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case
MILAN — An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA&#8217;s extraordinary renditions program.
Human rights groups hailed the decision and pressed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel says its naval commandos seized ship with hundreds of tons of Hezbollah-bound weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Israel: commandos seize Hezbollah-bound arms ship

JERUSALEM — Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah guerrillas — the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered.
The Israeli military said an Iranian document was found on board, showing that the arms shipment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel says naval commandos seize ship loaded with 60 tons of weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Israel says commandos intercept arms shipment

JERUSALEM — Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying more than 60 tons of missiles, rockets and anti-tank weapons bound for Lebanon&#8217;s Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas.
The pre-dawn seizure in the waters near Cyprus was a rare interception of a suspected arms shipment by Israel, which has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel says it seized ship loaded with 60 tons of weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Israel says it seized arms ship
JERUSALEM — Israeli defense officials say a ship the navy has confiscated in waters off Cyprus was carrying more than 60 tons of weapons.

They say the cargo included missiles, antitank weapons and mortars. The officials said the weapons were coming from Iran and were bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military: Israel navy captures arms ship 100 miles off Israel&#8217;s coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Military: Israel navy captures arms ship
JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos on Wednesday seized a ship that defense officials said was carrying missiles and anti-tank weapons from Iran to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

The pre-dawn seizure near Cyprus was a rare interception of a suspected arms shipment by Israel, which has long accused Iran of arming its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spending on secret intelligence programs increased by more than $2 billion last year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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US spy agencies&#8217; spending rises to $49.8 billion

WASHINGTON — U.S. spy agencies spent $49.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, $2 billion more than in 2008 and the second such multibillion-dollar increase in as many years.
National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair released the aggregate intelligence budget Friday. Congress in 2007 passed a law requiring that overall intelligence [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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ManTech 3Q earnings jump on intelligence focus

FAIRFAX, Va. — Government contractor ManTech International Corp. said Wednesday its third-quarter earnings rose 23 percent because of a focus on the products it develops for the high-end defense and intelligence markets.
The company produces various technologies for national security systems including telecommunications systems in Iraq and Afghanistan and maintains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military experts say failure to address climate change brings national security risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Turmoil from climate change poses security risks
WASHINGTON — An island in the Indian Ocean, vital to the U.S. military, disappears as the sea level rises. Rivers critical to India and Pakistan shrink, increasing military tensions in South Asia. Drought, famine and disease forces population shifts and political turmoil in the Middle East.
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		<title>Officials: Army captures Pakistani Taliban leader&#8217;s hometown, suspected US missile kills 21</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Soldiers captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban chief Saturday after fierce fighting, officials said, the army&#8217;s first major prize as it pushes deeper into a militant stronghold along the Afghan border.

A suspected U.S. missile killed 22 people elsewhere in the northwest, but apparently missed a top Taliban figure, authorities said.
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		<title>Officials: Army captures Pakistani Taliban leader&#8217;s hometown, suspected US missile kills 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asif Shahzad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban chief Saturday after fierce fighting, officials said, snagging its first big prize in a major U.S.-backed offensive along the Afghan border.

Elsewhere in the northwest, a suspected U.S. missile killed 14 people, but apparently missed a top Taliban figure, authorities said.
Pakistan&#8217;s 8-day-old offensive in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanley gets 2-year purchase agreement worth $23 million from Army</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARLINGTON, Va. — Stanley Inc., which provides information-technology services, said Monday it received a two-year purchase agreement worth $23 million from the Army.

The company will provide support to studies, analysis and requirements determination for new intelligence capabilities for the Army Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
Shares of Stanley added 15 cents to close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani soldiers launch much-awaited offensive in al-Qaida, Taliban stronghold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — More than 30,000 Pakistani soldiers launched a ground offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban&#8217;s main stronghold along the Afghan border Saturday, officials said, in the country&#8217;s toughest test yet against a strengthening insurgency.

The United States has long pushed the government to carry out an assault in South Waziristan, and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence officials say ground offensive has begun in Pakistan&#8217;s South Waziristan region</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munir Ahmad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Pakistan launched a much-awaited ground offensive in the al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan early Saturday, officials told The Associated Press, the toughest test yet in the nuclear-armed U.S. ally&#8217;s struggle against militants aiming to topple the state.

The ground offensive comes on the heels of months of airstrikes that have softened up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers in CIA trial in Italy argue for diplomatic immunity for US defendants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Barry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MILAN — Lawyers for two high-ranking former CIA operatives in Italy charged in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric argued on Wednesday that their clients should be granted diplomatic immunity.

They also said evidence against the two, who were allegedly acting as part of the agency&#8217;s extraordinary renditions program, was insufficient for a conviction.
Jeffrey Castelli, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Militants hold up to 15 hostages inside Pakistan army HQ following assault on compound</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asif Shahzad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Heavily armed militants were holding up to 15 soldiers hostage inside Pakistan&#8217;s army headquarters early Sunday after they stormed the complex in an audacious assault on the heart of the most powerful institution in the nuclear-armed country.

Ten people were killed in the attack, including two ranking officers.
The standoff was continuing 12 hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Militants hold hostages inside Pakistan army headquarters following assault on compound</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asif Shahzad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Militants were holding around a dozen soldiers hostage inside Pakistan&#8217;s army headquarters Sunday more than 16 hours after storming the complex in a show of strength ahead of an expected offensive on their stronghold along the Afghan border.

Six soldiers, including two ranking officers, and four militants were killed in the attack by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jury convicts retired Air Force officer of selling secrets to China, faces 20 year sentence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A jury has convicted a retired Air Force officer on charges of selling classified information on U.S.-China military relations to a Chinese agent and lying to the FBI about it.

James W. Fondren Jr. was convicted Friday on three counts in Alexandria federal court and was acquitted on several others. He faces a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Pakistan unlikely to cooperate with stepped-up US missile strikes against militants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Brummitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Pakistan&#8217;s doubts about U.S. commitment to the Afghan war make it less likely to cooperate in targeting Taliban commanders said to be directing the insurgency across the border.

Pakistan has been ambivalent about the militants, sometimes trying to enlist them as potential allies in case they take control again in neighboring Afghanistan — a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial begins in Va. for Air Force officer accused of selling secrets to Chinese spy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Air Force officer is on trial for providing secret military information to a New Orleans furniture salesman who turned out to be a Chinese spy.

Prosecutors told a jury in federal court in Alexandria on Monday that James Fondren of Annandale, Va., sold &#8220;opinion papers&#8221; containing classified information about U.S.-China military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspect in 1998 Yale murder case says experience cost him his reputation, job</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time, the suspect wasn&#8217;t called a suspect until he was arrested. But the last time a Yale student was killed near campus, James Van de Velde wasn&#8217;t so fortunate.

From the start, he was the favorite candidate of Connecticut&#8217;s New Haven police for the frenzied stabbing death of a young woman 11 years ago. Though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates: Bush missile defense plan dumped because of changes in perceived threat from Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the decision to abandon the Bush administration&#8217;s plans for a land-based missile defense system in Eastern Europe came about because of a change in the U.S. perception of the threat posed by Iran.

Reinforcing statements President Barack Obama made about anti-missile strategy, Gates told reporters Thursday that U.S. intelligence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerian militants give up rockets, guns to police as part of amnesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharine Houreld</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YENAGOA, Nigeria — A top militant commander and nearly 1,000 of his followers surrendered to the government Saturday, handing over rocket launchers, gunboats, guns and bullets in the biggest move since a government amnesty began two weeks ago.

The militants danced and cheered as they handed over their weapons in torrential rains to police and officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt: Nigeria militant to give up rockets, gunboats as part of amnesty</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/govt-nigeria-militant-to-give-up-rockets-gunboats-as-part-of-amnesty-146915/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharine Houreld</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YENAGOA, Nigeria — A top militant commander in Nigeria&#8217;s oil-rich Delta region will surrender rocket launchers and gunboats Saturday in the biggest hand-over of weapons since a government amnesty began two weeks ago, a government official said.

Timiebi Koripamo-Agary, a spokeswoman for the government&#8217;s 60-day campaign said commander Ebikabowei &#8220;Boyloaf&#8221; Victor Ben will surrender along with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials detail questionable costs, poor management on deal for Arabic-speaking interpreters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-detail-questionable-costs-poor-management-on-deal-for-arabic-speaking-interpreters-137942/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lardner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A company with a $4.6 billion contract to supply U.S. forces in Iraq with Arabic-speaking translators received a scathing review on Wednesday from government officials who described tens of millions of dollars in questionable costs and poor management.

The company, Global Linguist Solutions of Falls Church, Va., has not been replaced because there isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army investigates Fort Lewis employee accused of infiltrating Olympia anti-war group</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — The Army is investigating an anti-war group&#8217;s claim that it was infiltrated by a civilian employee of Fort Lewis in violation of federal law barring the Army from conducting domestic law enforcement.

John J. Towery, a criminal intelligence analyst for the post&#8217;s Force Protection Division, attended meetings and protests and administered an e-mail list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army investigates Fort Lewis employee who infiltrated Olympia antiwar group</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — The Army is investigating an antiwar group&#8217;s claim that it was infiltrated by a civilian employee of Fort Lewis, in violation of federal law barring the Army from conducting domestic law enforcement.

John J. Towery, a criminal intelligence analyst for the post&#8217;s Force Protection Division, attended meetings and protests and administered an e-mail list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Pakistani Taliban chief&#8217;s wife killed in US missile attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed a wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud at his father-in-law&#8217;s house Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence and military officials said.

Mehsud associates acknowledged a woman was killed but would not confirm her identity. They said Mehsud was not at the South Waziristan home during the attack, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group uses FOIA lawsuit to crack secrecy surrounding possible crimes by intelligence agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A public interest group is trying to use the Freedom of Information Act to crack more than three decades of secrecy surrounding how the government deals with wrongdoing by intelligence agencies.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an open government advocacy group, sued in federal court Wednesday in San Francisco to force U.S. spy agencies to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official identifies 12 slain in western Mexico as military intelligence officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MORELIA, Mexico — Twelve people tortured, slain and dumped along a mountain road were military intelligence officers, a state official said Tuesday. It is one of boldest attacks on federal forces since President Felipe Calderon launched his national war on drugs.

The bound and blindfolded bodies of 11 men and one woman were found late Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shards of stories and blank spaces: Israel&#8217;s intelligence memorial hides more than it reveals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Friedman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GLILOT JUNCTION, Israel — Near a multiplex cinema and a nondescript highway junction outside Tel Aviv is the place where Israel&#8217;s secrets go when they get old.

The names and stories are carved into limestone walls and arranged in binders at a sleepy clump of buildings known by a misleadingly dull name — the Israel Intelligence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t report: Bush secret surveillance program extended beyond wiretapping without warrants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Bush administration authorized secret surveillance activities that still have not been made public, according to a new government report that questions the legal basis for the unprecedented anti-terrorism program.

It&#8217;s unclear how much valuable intelligence was yielded by the surveillance program started after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, according to the unclassified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Computer security company says additional wave of cyber attacks expected in SKorea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A computer security company says an additional wave of cyber attacks is expected to hit major South Korean Web sites later Thursday.

The Seoul-based antivirus software developer Ahnlab says it analyzed a virus program that has sent floods of Internet traffic to paralyze major South Korean and U.S. Web sites over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea emerges as suspect in cyber attacks in US, South Korea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Olsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea, which has been firing missiles and spewing threats against the United States, has been identified by South Korea&#8217;s main spy agency as a suspect in the cyber attacks targeting government and other Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea.

North Korea is not known for its computing prowess, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers to code-crackers? Britain looks to geeks to foil cyber foes, protect key data</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hackers-to-code-crackers-britain-looks-to-geeks-to-foil-cyber-foes-protect-key-data-91683/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain is hiring former computer hackers to join a new security unit aimed at protecting cyberspace from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, the country&#8217;s terrorism minister said.

Alan West said the technology-savvy staff will join efforts to trace the source of — and prevent — cyber attacks on Britain&#8217;s government, businesses and individuals. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indictment: DOD official charged with disclosing defense secrets to China</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indictment-dod-official-charged-with-disclosing-defense-secrets-to-china-79430/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Barakat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Pentagon official initially accused of unknowingly supplying secrets to China had actually been aware for some time that he was dealing with an agent for Beijing, according to a new indictment issued Thursday.

Initial charges last month against James W. Fondren Jr. suggested that he was sucked into a &#8220;false flag&#8221; operation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence chief says North Korea&#8217;s nuclear and missile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — North Korea&#8217;s nuclear tests and missile launches follow a familiar pattern of provocation but take on dangerous significance with Kim Jong Il&#8217;s designation of his successor last week, the top U.S. intelligence official said Monday.

The North Korean leader last week named his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, 26, to follow him into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Army engineer who gave documents to Israelis gets no NY prison term but is fined $50,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 04:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A judge spared an 85-year-old former U.S. Army engineer any prison time for passing secret documents to the Israelis in the 1980s but said it remains a mystery why such a grave assault on national security took 23 years to prosecute.

U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III on Friday scolded Ben-ami Kadish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Dept worker charged with leaking classified material to China</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/defense-dept-worker-charged-with-leaking-classified-material-to-china-61689/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/defense-dept-worker-charged-with-leaking-classified-material-to-china-61689/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Prosecutors have charged a Defense Department official with feeding classified information to an agent for the Chinese government.

Officials have unsealed charges in federal court in Virginia against James Fondren, Jr., saying he conspired to relay classified information to a foreign agent.
Authorities say Fondren, 62, believed he was feeding information to the Taiwan government, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Official: California&#8217;s Harman wasn&#8217;t monitored by NSA, won&#8217;t say which agency involved</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-official-californias-harman-wasnt-monitored-by-nsa-wont-say-which-agency-involved-41048/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The National Security Agency did not place a wiretap that reportedly intercepted phone conversations made by Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., the top U.S. intelligence official said Monday.

Dennis Blair, the national intelligence director, declined to say which agency requested the reported wiretap and oversaw the information gleaned from Harman&#8217;s conversations. Blair was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s president dismisses military intelligence chief</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-president-dismisses-military-intelligence-chief-37666/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday dismissed the country&#8217;s military intelligence chief, a veteran who was reportedly opposed to Kremlin plans for sweeping military reform.

Medvedev signed a decree relieving Gen. Valentin Korabelnikov of his post as director of the GRU, a Kremlin statement said. The GRU, known by its Russian-language acronym, is Russia&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi says she knew earlier that National Security Agency had overheard Harman on phone call</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pelosi-says-she-knew-earlier-that-national-security-agency-had-overheard-harman-on-phone-call-34153/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she was aware a few years ago that Rep. Jane Harman had been overheard on a government wiretap.

&#8220;A few years ago, maybe three years ago, they did brief me,&#8221; Pelosi told reporters at an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
She said that when a member [...]]]></description>
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