SECRECY NEWS is an email publication of
the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Project on Government
Secrecy. It provides informal coverage of new developments in secrecy,
security and intelligence policies, as well as links to new acquisitions
on the Federation
of American Scientists web site. It is published 2 to 3
times a week, or as events warrant.
Article Index:
November
29, 2004: Fallujah From Above
November
15, 2004: Inexpensive Peace?
November
10, 2004: Friendly Skies?
November
5, 2004: Beam Me Up, Sergeant!
November
1, 2004: Secrecy Matters: Kerry vs. Bush
October
28, 2004: Election Emergencies
October
21, 2004: Secrecy for Our Safety?
October
15, 2004: Coffin Coverage
October
8, 2004: Counterintelligentsia
October
4, 2004: Deciphering Code Names
September
23, 2004: Who Kills Hostages in Iraq?
September
17, 2004: Secrecy in the Bush Administration
September
15, 2004: Aggroterrorism
September
8, 2004: Our Country's Big Mouth
August
26, 2004: A Report Card on Secrecy
August
11, 2004: Excercising Our Right to Freedom of Information
August
4, 2004: Tapping Bin Ladin's Cell Phone
July
30, 2004: Missile Interceptor Deployed in Alaska
July
28, 2004: An Open Source Intelligence Agency?
July
21, 2004: Classification Costs Skyrocket
July
16, 2004: Privately Public Information
July
14, 2004: President No
June
30, 2004: The Military Defined
June
22, 2004: The Korean Silent Treatment
June
16, 2004: Free Jiang Yanyong!
June 11, 2004: Admonishing Ashcroft
June 9, 2004: Biodefense: Crossing the Line
June
2, 2004: Inside Libya's Nuclear Weapons Program
May
26, 2004: Not-So-Free Freedom of Information Act
May
19, 2004: 9/11 Whistleblower Hushed Again
May
13, 2004: A Citizen's Right to Know
May
10, 2004: Budgeting Our Intelligence
May
5, 2004: Torture Rules!
April
30, 2004: Iraq's Own CIA
April
27, 2004: The Swelling of Secrecy
April
23, 2004: School Secrets
April
21, 2004: Clearance Conundrums
April
15, 2004: Let's Talk About Cash, Baby
April
14, 2004: The Three Mile Cover-Up
April
12, 2004: Zarqawi Sounds Off
April
7, 2004: The Quest for Thoughtworlds
April
5, 2004: Israel Has Dumb Intel Too!
April
1, 2004: All the President's Secrets
March
30, 2004: Useless Government Websites
March
26, 2004: Revisiting Rwanda
March
25, 2004: Show Us Your Briefs!
March
11, 2004: Polygraph vs. National Security; Doctrine for Joint Spec
Ops
March
10, 2004: The Underground Movement; DOE Declassifies
March
9, 2004: "Drastic" Domestic Military Changes; "Serious"
Intelligence Reform
March
4, 2004: Byrd Blasts Intel Commission; China and Ballistic Missile
Defense
March
2, 2004: (Lack Of) Diversity in Intelligence; What Are Insurgents?
February
27, 2004: Intelligence Budget Data; Self-Critique of the CIA
February
25, 2004: Homeland Security "Immature"; Supreme Court
Refuses 9/11 Case; One World or None
February
23, 2004: Spec Ops on the Ascendant; Barriers to Unclassified Information
February
19, 2004: Critical Nuke Accidents; Intelligence Review Forever
February
17, 2004: Spec Ops and the Law
February
13, 2004: Baseless Intel Investigation?; U.S. Uranium Abroad
February
11, 2004: Biblical Espionage; Neutrino Secrets
February
10, 2004: Sunset of Patriot Act Provisions
February
9, 2004: Social Intelligence; Eisenhower's Letters of Authority
February
5, 2004: Intelligence Reform; CIA Holds Firm on Budget
February
3, 2004: DOE Budget Goes Underground; WWII Study Blocked
February
2, 2004: Classification in the Post-9/11 World
January
30, 2004: Intelligence Blasts from the Past; Some Good French Shoes
January
29, 2004: French Intelligence Budget; Congress 7 vs. Agencies; Martian
Air Force
January
27, 2004: State Secrets Abuses?; Intelligence in the Bosnian War
January
23, 2004: Inquiry Into CIA Leak; Inconsistent Investigations
January
21, 2004: Iraqi WMD & Dot-Connecting; Super Bowl Security
January
16, 2004: Islamist Critique of Al Qaida; CIA & Special Ops
January
15, 2004: Directory of Russian Defense Agencies
January
12, 2004: Army Study Criticizes Bush; Arab-Israeli War, USS Liberty
Report
January
8, 2004: Chinese Missile Program; DoD Web Policies
January
5, 2004: Congress MIA; Portrait of a SIGINT-Er
December
23, 2003: Enemy Combatants Report; Maverick Terrorists; Secretive
Bush
December
19, 2003: DoD Avoids Web; Science and Security
December
17, 2003: The Science in Terror; Continuity of Government
December
15, 2003: Anthrax Lessons Silenced; 2004 Intel Bill
December
11, 2003: Languishing Languages; Canning the Unclassified
December
9, 2003: Iraq's Tubes - Fact and Fiction; To Motivate a Terrorist
December
5, 2003: China on WMDs; Interviewing with the NSA
December
2, 2003: NRL Demise?; Degenerating Secrecy; Security for Ex-Cons
November
20, 2003: Expanded Counterterrorism Powers; Scientists Weigh In
On Butler Case; New Intelligence Resources
November
19, 2003: FOIA Litigation; IAEA Meeting
November
14, 2003: Bioweapons Fears; IAEA Report on Iran
November
12, 2003: NORTHCOM's Powers; Background on Special Ops; Intel Agility
November
10, 2003: Senate Intelligence Committee Squabbling; CENTCOM Restores
Pakistan Pages; That MiG in the Sand
November
6, 2003: Arms Sales Report; Bio-Defense Transparency; Diversity
in Intelligence
November
5, 2003: Mystery-Man Trial and the Supreme Court; Congress Botches
Access
November
4, 2003: Shady Trials of Past and Present; Congressional Censorship
October
31, 2003: Intel Agencies for the Record; Defense Science Board's
New Recommendations
October
29, 2003: Missing 28 Pages; More on 767 Tankers; White House Site
Correction
October
28, 2003: DSB Members Removed from Web; White House Site Blocks
Search Engines
October
24, 2003: Brazil's Intel Budget; CIA Directives; McNair Retires
October
22, 2003: DOE Budget Data; South Asia Missiles
October
17, 2003: Wen Ho Lee Sources; Butler Case Hits TV
October
16, 2003: DoD Directives Back Up; Law Enforcement Technology
October
14, 2003: In Support of Thomas Butler
October
9, 2003: New Patent Secrecy Rises; Energy Task Force Case
October
8, 2003: DoD Directives No Longer Public; Anti-Terrorism Bill; Serbian
Intelligence Budget
October
3, 2003: Leaks and Espionage; The Kay Statement
October
2, 2003: Good Leaks; Patriot Act Sunset Clause
October
1, 2003: On Leaks of Classified Information
September
30, 2003: Freedom of Information; DARPA Compendium
September
25, 2003: Conventional Arms Transfers; Background Meeting Leak
September
23, 2003: Kay Report May Be Delayed; WWII Treatment of Italian-Americans
Scrutinized
September
22, 2003: Class/Declass Executive Order; Science Advisor's New Security
Powers
September
17, 2003: Commercial Satellite Advances; China Rebuffs Pentagon;
Area 51 Still Exempt
September
15, 2003: "27 Pages" Won't Be Declassified; Camp David
Accords Revisited
September
12, 2003: Appeals Court Rebuffs VP; Suicide Attacks Report; Intel
Oversight Drops the Ball
September
10, 2003: Air Force Takes Study Offline; Teller on Secrecy
September
5, 2003: DOE Restructures Polygraph Program; Military Space Programs
in Disarray
September
2, 2003: Air Force's Lease Criticized as a 'Tremendous Bailout'
August
26, 2003: Rep. Otter Praises Opposition to Patriot Act
August
19, 2003: Anthrax Report: WWII Japanese War Crimes Records
August
13, 2003: DOE's Disputed NIE Role; Spec Ops May Need "Findings"
August
11, 2003: Gore Blasts Bush, Dems Want the "28 Pages"
August
6, 2003: Revisiting the Assassination Ban
August
4, 2003: Crisis in the NRO; Polygraph's Follies
July
30, 2003: Classification Policy and the Missing 28 Pages
July
28, 2003: Homeland Security: A Homeland of Corruption?
July
24, 2003: House Votes to Eliminate "Sneak and Peek" Searches
July
21, 2003: White House Defends Stance on Iraq WMD
July
16, 2003: Iraqi Uranium Controversy Grows
July
14, 2003: Iraqi Uranium Brouhaha
July
10, 2003: The Decision to Go to War in Iraq
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