<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Espionage</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/nationalsecurity/spying?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><description>Espionage</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Rights Groups Reject Prison Abuse Findings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Human rights groups  expressed dismay yesterday over the Army's findings exonerating U.S. generals of prisoner abuse in Iraq, and renewed requests for an independent probe to examine the culpability of senior military and civilian defense officials.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reporters Lose In Appeals Court]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2395-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2395-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Judge rejects request for a new hearing by two journalists who could face jail time for refusing to disclose their confidential sources.]]></description><author> Dan Eggen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nominations of Negroponte, Deputy Backed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54015-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54015-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday approved the nominations of Ambassador John D. Negroponte as the nation's first director of national intelligence and Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden as deputy director and sent their names to the Senate for a vote.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI, CIA Proposals To Retool Called 'Business as Usual']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54800-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54800-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The president's commission on intelligence criticized separate modernization plans sent to President Bush in February by the FBI and the CIA, saying they reflected a "business as usual approach to intelligence gathering" that falls short.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuban Tied to Terror Case Seeks U.S. Asylum]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47870-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47870-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CIA-trained exile's case prompts at least one congressman to assert that granting the request would undermine the nation's credibility in the war on terrorism.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interrogator: U.S. Approved Brutality]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48239-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48239-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A CIA contractor has asserted  that his rough interrogation in 2003 of an Afghan who subsequently died was indirectly authorized by  the highest ranks of the Bush administration.]]></description><author> R. Jeffrey Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clandestine Chef]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46054-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46054-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fred DeFilippo was about to quit the cooking profession altogether when he got the call. But before he could interview, he would need clearance.]]></description><author> Emily Kaiser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clique and Dagger]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45059-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45059-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If he  is confirmed this month as the first-ever  director of  national  intelligence, John Negroponte will face many daunting challenges: courting foreign intelligence sources, for instance, and streamlining intelligence gathering to help prevent another massive terrorist attack.]]></description><author> Hanna Rosin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumsfeld Memo on Intelligence Criticized]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35490-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35490-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A recent memo signed by the defense secretary that gave a top aide authority to improve intelligence operations has been interpreted by some as a challenge to incoming intelligence director John D. Negroponte.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Papers Say Leak Probe Is Over]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32380-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32380-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The special prosecutor investigating whether Bush administration officials illegally revealed the identity of a covert CIA operative says he finished his investigation months ago, except for questioning two reporters who have refused to testify.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Probe of Bombing Used a Secret Warrant]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32447-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32447-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The FBI copied and seized material from the home of a man who was wrongly arrested in connection with Madrid bombing in March 2004.]]></description><author> Dan Eggen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Seeks Intelligence Culpability]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19831-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19831-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Commission says incoming director of national intelligence should take action against those responsible for failures to accurately assess prewar Iraq's weapons programs.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubts Were Dismissed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17211-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17211-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Up until the days before U.S. troops entered Iraq, the intelligence community was inundated with evidence that undermined virtually all charges it had made against Iraq, report finds.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer  and Barton Gellman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Warns of 'Headstrong Agencies']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17131-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17131-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The report released yesterday contains a devastating portrayal of intelligence officers who often cannot be counted on to do their best without discomforting pressure from policymakers, and who are more concerned about preserving the status quo than with finding better ways to safeguard the nation.]]></description><author> Dana Priest</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence Panel's Findings Criticized]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14104-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14104-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some of the recommendations by President Bush's commission on intelligence were already drawing criticism from inside and outside the intelligence community before the official report was presented.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissent on Intelligence Is Critical, Report Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11145-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11145-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Panel assigned to look into intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq war will encourage more "devil's advocacy" within U.S. spy agencies and better organization in the fight against terrorism.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel to Continue Unsealing Secrets From World War II]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1749-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1749-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Law signed by President Bush will extend the life of a government panel charged with declassifying CIA documents that detail the spy agency's ties to former Nazis and war criminals.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon to Upgrade Intelligence Structure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61310-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61310-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Defense Department is seeking to remodel and upgrade its intelligence structure and operations, based on experience in Afghanistan and Iraq and current and expected systems for collecting technical and human intelligence.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Documents Shed Light on CIA 'Ghosting']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61206-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61206-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Defense officials have described the CIA practice of hiding unregistered detainees at Abu Ghraib prison as ad hoc and unauthorized, but new documents show that the "ghosting" program was systematic and known to three senior intelligence officials.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Force to Build Up Drone Squadrons]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48549-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48549-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/spying</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Air Force said Friday that it plans to buy enough Predator drones to equip 15 squadrons over the next five years, up from three currently, to use in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>
