<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Intelligence</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/nationalsecurity/wmd?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><description>Intelligence</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[Nominations of Negroponte, Deputy Backed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54015-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54015-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 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[Papers Say Leak Probe Is Over]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32380-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32380-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 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[Panel Seeks Intelligence Culpability]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19831-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19831-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 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/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17211-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 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/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17131-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 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[After 14-Month Inquiry, Many Questions Remain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16916-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16916-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Judge Laurence H. Silberman, co-chairman of the commission that released its report on U.S. intelligence failures yesterday, was given "full and complete access" to whatever information he needed. But when it came to what questions President Bush asked of the CIA, Silberman learned everything he needed to know from Bob Woodward.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Welcomes Results of WMD Report]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15914-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15914-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush today welcomed the "unvarnished" look at intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq war, asserting that "the central conclusion is one that I share: America's intelligence community needs fundamental change."]]></description><author> Fred Barbash</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WMD Data Flawed, Lacking, Panel Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15184-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15184-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. intelligence agencies were "dead wrong" in their prewar assessments of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and today know "disturbingly little" about the capabilities and intentions of other potential adversaries such as Iran and North Korea.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus  and Peter Baker</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/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14104-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 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/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11145-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 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[Media Groups Back Reporters in Court Filing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61388-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61388-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal court should determine whether a crime has been committed in the disclosure of a CIA operative's identity before prosecutors are allowed to continue seeking testimony from journalists about their confidential sources, according to the filing.]]></description><author> Dan Eggen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIA Challenged About Torture Overseas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42072-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42072-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The system the CIA relies on to ensure that the suspected terrorists it transfers to other countries will not be tortured has been ineffective and virtually impossible to monitor, according to officials.]]></description><author> Dana Priest</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Holds Secret Talks With Insurgents in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40316-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40316-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers are conducting secret talks with Iraq's Sunni insurgents on ways to end fighting there, Time magazine reported Sunday, citing Pentagon and other sources.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIA Cedes Bush's Brief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36532-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36532-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The new director of national intelligence, John D. Negroponte, will take over the responsibility for producing the intelligence material given to the president each morning.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationship Will Be Key]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33339-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33339-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Negroponte takes over as the nation's first intelligence czar, he will confront a set of challenges that could make his last post -- U.S. ambassador to Iraq -- look tidy.]]></description><author> Dana Priest and Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negroponte Named Intelligence Chief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33210-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33210-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq would be the first director of national intelligence, overseeing the nation's 15 spy agencies.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher  and Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIA Says War Helps Recruit Terrorists]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28876-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28876-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. occupation in Iraq has become a potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, top U.S. national security officials told Congress Wednesday.]]></description><author> Dana Priest and Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goss Plan to Strengthen CIA Is Ready]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27348-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27348-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The CIA director wants to increase by 50 percent the number of clandestine operations officers and analysts to expand U.S. intelligence on terrorist networks and to counter the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Reporters Told to Testify in Plame Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25744-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25744-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Journalists at the New York Times and Time magazine may be jailed if they continue to refuse to answer questions regarding the leak of a covert CIA officer's identity, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIA to Release More Papers About Nazi War Criminals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3262-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3262-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_nation/nationalsecurity/wmd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 21:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The CIA has agreed to release more information about Nazi war criminals it hired during the Cold War, ending a standoff between the agency and the group seeking the documents, Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) said yesterday.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>
