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1997 Intelligence News

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January

• GSS TIGHTENS SECURITY FOR MORDECHAI DUE TO CONCERNS OF EXTREMIST ATTACK ISRAEL LINE TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1997
• If the Peace Process Wakes Up - - So Will Terror by 'Oded Granot - Tel Aviv Ma'ariv, 10 January 1997
• PRODUCTION JOINT STARS AIRCRAFT DELIVERED IN GERMANY By Roy Heitman ESC Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (Jan. 13, 1997)
• ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE - REPORT ON THE FBI'S PUBLICATION OF THE SECOND NOTICE OF CAPACITY January 14, 1997 FBI National Press Office - Acting on a mandate from Congress, the Federal Bureau of Investigation today is announcing the amount of telephone system capacity the nation's law enforcement agencies may need for court-approved electronic surveillance to protect the public from terrorism, violence, drugs, and other grave offenses and to deal with unexpected crime emergencies through 1998 and beyond.
• Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA) SECOND NOTICE OF CAPACITY JANUARY 14, 1997 - Acting on a mandate from Congress, the Federal Bureau of Investigation today is announcing the amount of telephone system capacity the nation's law enforcement agencies may need for court-approved electronic surveillance to protect the public from terrorism, violence, drugs, and other grave offenses and to deal with unexpected crime emergencies through 1998 and beyond.
• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECLASSIFIES INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON 1985 EL SALVADOR TERRORIST ATTACK Department of Justice News Release - JANUARY 17, 1997
• The secret price of terrorism Special report by Tim Sebastian OBSERVER, January 19 1997 The covert contacts governments maintain with terrorists as well as attacks that have never been made public. In some cases, the facts are sharply at variance with declared policy.
• Information superiority demands rapid adjustments Air Force News Service - 22 January 1997
• SR-71 Blackbird back in business Air Combat Command News : Jan 24, 1997
• Joint STARS returns from first deployment Air Combat Command News: Jan 24, 1997
• PRC wins $46 million DIA deal - Federal Computer Week - Jan 28, 1997
• Air Force unveils Predator UAV Air Force News Service - 31 January 1997

  February

• Germany Warns of TBM Proliferation CDISS News and Views - February 1997
• Sleuths in cyberspace - Federal Computer Week - Feb 3, 1997
• 05-02-97 MCCAFFREY SAYS STOPPING HEROIN REQUIRES INTERNATIONAL EFFORT
• 05-02-97 POPULAR U.S. PROGRAM HELPS GOVERNMENTS FIGHT TERRORISM
• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS 4.9 PERCENT INCREASE IN FY 1998 BUDGET TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST YOUTH VIOLENCE, ILLICIT DRUGS, TERRORISM, AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION Department of Justice News Release - FEBRUARY 6, 1997
• 10-02-97 TRANSCRIPT: MCCURRY BRIEFING ON LAKE SETTLEMENT FEBRUARY 7
• Commercial Use of Spy Satellites to Begin; Private Ventures Hope for Profits By WILLIAM J. BROAD The New York Times February 10, 1997
• 12-02-97 TEXT: CLINTON REMARKS ON NEW SENATE DELAY ON LAKE NOMINATION
• 66th Military Intelligence Group moves from Augsburg to Darmstadt USAREUR RELEASE 970213-2 February 13, 1997
• Spiral Development: ESC�s new way of business 14 February 1997 by Kevin Gilmartin ESC Public Affairs
• Deutch wants staff-up at Information Warfare Technology Center - Federal Computer Week - Feb 24, 1997
• 25-02-97 CLINTON UNVEILS NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
• 25-Feb-97 U-S / ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE
• 26-02-97 HELMS CHARGES LAKE WITH "PATTERN OF CONTEMPT FOR CONGRESS"
• February 26 - Acting DCI George Tenet Statement on Gulf War
• STATEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO IN SUPPORT OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION Department of Justice News Release - FEBRUARY 27, 1997
• 28-02-97 LAKE NOMINATION IN LIMBO

  March

• Meeting the Open-Source Acquisition and Exploitation Challenge by Colonel Edward F. Dandar Jr., US Army Reserve, Retired Military Review, March-April 1997 -- Addressing these OSI environment problems depends on effectively monitoring key information technology developments and inserting mature commercial software products into the OSI acquisition/exploitation process.
• 03-03-97 TEXT: NARCOTIC CERTIFICATION EXPLANATION FOR PARAGUAY
• 03-03-97 TEXT: STATE DEPT. STRATEGY REPORT ON DRUGS -- NIGERIA SECTION
• 03-03-97 TEXT: NARCOTIC CERTIFICATION EXPLANATION FOR VENEZUELA
• 04-03-97 MEASURES SEEK TO OVERTURN CLINTON'S MEXICO DRUG POLICY
• DISA discloses secret NSA pact with Sprint - Federal Computer Week - Mar 10, 1997
• Joint STARS takes part unit�s first exercise Air Combat Command News : March 11, 1997
• March 11 - CIA Honors Early Visionary
• 12-03-97 LAKE PLEDGES TO PROVIDE PRESIDENT WITH UNBIASED INTELLIGENCE
• Military Launches New Anti-terrorism Training American Forces Press Service 13 March 1997
• U-2R Dragonlady flies last sortie Air Combat Command News : March 17, 1997
• Military Launches New Anti-terrorism Training Air Force News Service - 17 March 1997
• Chinese plans regarding efforts to influence the legislative branch of the United States government Department of Justice News Release - MARCH 17, 1997
• 17-Mar-97 ANTHONY LAKE'S BID FOR THE CIA
• 18-03-97 Clinton withdraws Lake nomination
• 18-03-97 TEXT: ANTHONY LAKE'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON
• 18-03-97 SENATORS REACT TO LAKE WITHDRAWAL
• 820th Security Forces Group activates at Lackland Air Force News Service - 18 March 1997
• Air Force answers 'wake-up call,' increases force protection Air Force News Service - 18 March 1997
• Blue Flag exercise involves 12 countries Air Force News Service - 18 March 1997
• Information Warfare Battlelab stands up at AIA Air Force News Service - 19 March 1997
• 19-03-97 CLINTON NOMINATES TENET TO HEAD CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
• 19-03-97 TRANSCRIPT: CLINTON NEWS BRIEFING ON TENET CIA NOMINATION
• 19-03-97 BIOGRAPHY: DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE-NOMINEE TENET
• 19-Mar-97 EDITORIAL DIGEST - WITHDRAWAL BY ANTHONY LAKE
• 19-Mar-97 OPINION ROUNDUP - EXIT ANTHONY LAKE
• 19-Mar-97 NEWSMAKER: GEORGE TENET
• CBS report quoting Rick Nuccio WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING, MARCH 20
• 20-03-97 TEXT: CLINTON STATEMENT ON TOKYO GAS ATTACK ANNIVERSARY
• 21-Mar-97 WHY LAKE WITHDREW
• 21-Mar-97 ZAIRE / ALLEGATIONS
• 21-03-97 SHELBY WANTS COMPLETE FBI FILES ON TENET
• SECURITY AGENCIES ON HIGH ALERT ISRAEL LINE MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1997 - A security source said that intelligence is the only way to foil a terrorist attack.
• JOINT STARS SHINES FOR NATO MEETING By Roy Heitman ESC Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (March 31, 1997)

  April

• [EXCERPT] DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING Briefer: Nicholas Burns - 01 April 1997 BURNS: "I was gone for eight days, and I thought maybe I'd come back and things would be different, but they're not different. I find that Mr. Gertz spends most of his time collecting alleged intelligence reports and then regurgitating them on the pages of his newspaper. Most journalists in this city, including I think everybody in this room, do their job in a very different way."
• Rome Laboratory technology may soon speed border crossings Air Force News Service - 03 April 1997
• ISMO SPIES QUIET INTRUDER 04/07/97 Story by Sgt. William Poff, MCB Hawaii
• NEW CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILED DURING WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENT 04/07/97 Hunter Warrior Public Affairs staff
• Russians Still Digging Bunkers American Forces Press Service 08 April 1997
• Civilians, Not Military Investigate UFOs American Forces Press Service 08 April 1997
• PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS ATTEND MEETING ON SECURITY COOPERATION ISRAEL LINE THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1997 - A secret meeting was held between Israeli, American and Palestinian representatives, and was attended by Arafat, the head of the Israeli General Security Service, Ami Ayalon, and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency representatives.
• Army exercise lifts fog with IT instruments - Federal Computer Week - Apr 14, 1997
• GERMAN COURT RULING ON MYKONOS KILLINGS: THE IRANIAN DILEMMA 1997-04-16 FOREIGN MEDIA REACTION DAILY DIGEST USIA Foreign commentators pondered last week's ruling by a German court that the Iranian government had ordered the killing of Kurdish dissidents at a restaurant in Berlin in 1992.
• CHAIM HERZOG, ISRAEL'S SIXTH PRESIDENT, DIES ISRAEL LINE Thursday, April 17, 1997 - Herzog held many positions in national security agencies, including a stint as the head of the IDF Intelligence Branch.
• 17-04-97 EXCERPTS: F.B.I REPORT ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM
• TREASURY RELEASES NAMES OF COLOMBIAN DRUG CARTEL'S NEW FRONTS April 17, 1997 -- The Treasury Department today added to its list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) the names of 11 businesses and 46 associated individuals that it has determined are acting as fronts for the Cali cartel in Colombia.
• Air Force, CDC Agree to Conduct Joint Programs Air Force News Service - 21 April 1997
• Air Force announces force structure changes Air Force News Service - 23 April 1997
• U.S. to Question North Korean Defector American Forces Press Service 25 April 1997
• 1ST RADIO BATTALION ACTS LIKE SPIDER ON ELECTRONIC WEB 04/25/97 by Cpl. Steven Williams, MCB Hawaii
• 29-04-97 SENATE INTELLIGENCE PANEL RULES ON FBI FILES FOR NOMINEES
• AFCEA�s Professional Development Center Course 203O The U.S. Intelligence Community: Who Does What, With What, For What? April 29, 30 and May 1, 1997

  May

• DIA taps 12 vendors for SASS Hardware II pact - Federal Computer Week - May 1, 1997
• Air Force announces force structure changes Air Force News Service - 02 May 1997
• Terrorism Declines But Threat Remains High American Forces Press Service 03 May 1997
• Air Force repeats national security award honor Air Force News Service - 05 May 1997
• 05-05-97 SENATE PANEL TO REVISIT CONTROVERSIES AT CIA NOMINEE'S HEARINGS
• 06-May-97 SENATE / CIA
• MISSION PLANNING MOVES TO TANKERS By Roy Heitman ESC Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (May 6, 1997)
• U.S. Relations With Indonesia Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Testimony by Aurelia E. Brazeal, May 7, 1997 -- In New York and elsewhere, we have strongly supported UN-facilitated discussions between the foreign ministers of Indonesia and Portugal, as well as the dialogue among the Timorese themselves.
• ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY COOPERATION SLATED TO RESUME ISRAEL LINE WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1997 - Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat agreed to renew security cooperation with Israel. Arafat stipulated, however, that the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States be present as a third party at all talks involving the cooperation.
• NO PROGRESS REPORTED DURING MEETINGS WITH ROSS ISRAEL LINE FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1997 - General Security Service Chief Ami Ayalon is slated to meet with leaders of the Palestinian security agencies today. Representatives of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency are also expected to participate in the meeting.
• 09-05-97 MOYNIHAN, HELMS MOVE TO CUT BACK ON EXCESSIVE SECRECY
• 22-05-97 COMMERCE DEPARTMENT NAMES NAMES OF WEAPONS PROLIFERATORS
• Members earn Joint Meritorious Unit Award Air Force News Service - 22 May 1997
• Air Force announces additional force structure changes May 27, 1997

  June

• ANALYSIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY BOMB DAMAGE June 4, 1997 -- Engineering Analysis Inc. (EAI) is recreating the blast effects of the Oklahoma City explosion on various commercial structures in the vicinity of the Murrah Federal Building.
• Gathering, delivering, conspiracy of defense info 1997-06-10 - Ms. Warren is the fourth person to be charged in the Middle District of Florida for conspiring to commit espionage with Clyde Lee Conrad as a result of a joint FBI and United States Army Intelligence and Security Command investigation which has been ongoing for over ten years.
• U.S. TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE INTRODUCE NEW $50 BILL June 12, 1997 - Over $400 billion in U.S. currency is in circulation, two-thirds of it overseas. The U.S. Information Agency and U.S. consular posts around the world will help educate foreign users of U.S. currency about the redesign program.
• June 17 - Statement by CIA and FBI on arrest of Mir Aimal Kansi
• 18-06-97 TEXT: STATEMENT BY BURNS ON ARREST OF SUSPECTED TERRORIST
• [EXCERPT] US State Department Daily Briefing - 18 June 1997 -- TERRORISM Mir Aimal Kansi in US custody; Operational details not available; Rewards program FBI credits Department of State for role in Kansi capture; Message to terrorists -- Saudi Arabia (al Khobar) bombing: Potential Iranian link; Suspect al-Sayegh deportation from Canada to US Possible Syria-Iran joint support for PKK, concern about int'l terrorist networks.
• Force Protection Battlelab activates at Lackland Air Force News Service - 19 June 1997
• 23-06-97 CHALLENGES TO COMPUTER, ENCRYPTION, SANCTIONS POLICY ADVANCE
• 26-06-97 REPORT ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT NOON BRIEFING, JUNE 26, 1997
• Computer Hacker Kevin Mitnick Sentenced to Prison 1997-06-27 -- Notorious Hacker Gets 22 Months for Illegal Cellular Phone Codes and Violating Supervised Release in Prior Computer Fraud Case.
• Joint STARS flies exercise over Bosnia-Herzegovina Air Combat Command News Service : June 27, 1997
• 30-06-97 SITES IN 5 COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED WITH WEAPONS PROLIFERATION

  July

• CIA Proliferation Report Update CDISS News and Views - July 1997
• Air Force's 21st century vision includes security police changes Air Force News Service - 03 July 1997
• [EXCERPT] US Defense Department News Briefing - 03 July 1997 -- The rules of engagement that were in effect for JTF Six when a teenager was shot on the border, operating along the Southwest border in support of law enforcement agents. The preliminary findings of Joint Task Force Six were that the Marines acted appropriately given the circumstances they were facing, which is their account that they'd been fired upon twice and believed that they were about to be fired upon a third time.
• Air Force Space Command establishes new Space Battlelab Air Force News Service - 07 July 1997
• Change of Command slated 10 July for 303D Military Intelligence Battalion July 7, 1997
• July 10 - Statement By George J. Tenet
• 10-07-97 TEXT: DOD RELEASE ON NEW GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM
• Global command-and-control system fully in place Air Force News Service - 11 July 1997
• 11-07-97 SENATE CONFIRMS TENET AS DIRECTOR OF CIA
• ESC Plays Key Role in JWID '97 By Jack Rankin ESC Public Affairs HANSCOM AFB, Mass., (July 14, 1997)
• MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR, SILVER STAR RECIPIENT RETIRES 07/15/97 by Capt. John Church, HQMC
• 16-07-97 SENATE CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING HEARINGS
• 17-07-97 COVERDELL CHARGES DRUG CARTELS SEEK TO MURDER U.S. OFFICIALS
• 21-07-97 TEXT: CLINTON NOMINATES LT. GEN. GORDON DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIA
• President selects Air Force general as deputy CIA director Air Force News Service - 22 July 1997
• [EXCERPT] US Defense Department News Briefing - 22 July 1997 -- GAO has issued a report which says the Pentagon has not done all that should be done or that it can do to protect U.S. troops overseas.
• 23-07-97 ENCRYPTION EXPORT DEREGULATION BILL ADVANCES IN HOUSE
• 23-07-97 HEARING HELD TO ASSESS IRAN LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT ONE YEAR LATER
• TROOPS NOT EXPOSED TO DANGEROUS LEVELS OF CHEMICAL AGENT - 24 July 1997
• 24-Jul-97 ROMANIA/ SPY SCANDAL
• 25-Jul-97 KOREA ESPIONAGE
• B-1 teams up with Joint STARS Air Combat Command News Service : July 25, 1997
• U-S / VIETNAMESE COMMANDOS Voice of America - 25-Jul-97
• Payments to Vietnamese commandos who participated in covert intelligence missions behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War - 25 July 1997
• RAMSAY YOUSEF TERRORIST HEARING Voice of America - 29-Jul-97
• PLATON OBUKHOV - RUSSIA / SPY Voice of America - 28-Jul-97
• MONEY LAUNDERING Voice of America 28-Jul-97
• B-1 teams up with Joint STARS Air Combat Command News Service Jul 29, 1997
• BULGARIA / SECRET FILES Voice of America 30-Jul-97
• U-S/SAUDI SUSPECT Voice of America - 30-Jul-97
• CONCERNS ABOUT SOVEREIGNTY IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DRUGS USIS Foreign Media Reaction Report - 31 July 1997
• RENO / LIBYA / PANAM Voice of America - 31-Jul-97
• BROOKLYN EXPLOSIVES Voice of America 31-Jul-97
• COHEN / SAUDI BLAST REPORT Voice of America 31-Jul-97
• ATTORNEY GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON PAN AM 103 Department of Justice News Release - JULY 31, 1997
• Russian Open Skies Treaty aircraft - 31 July 1997 -- The first Open Skies Treaty observation aircraft from the Russian Federation to overfly the U.S. will be available for static display and photo opportunities.
• Bombing of Khobar Towers Housing Complex in Saudi Arabia - Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, JCS News Briefing - 31 July 1997 "Brigadier General Terryl Schwalier, the Wing Commander at the time, did not adequately assess the implications of a possible attack on the perimeter of the Khobar Complex. As a result, he did not develop an effective plan for responding to a perimeter attack."

  August

• Secretary of defense issues Khobar Towers findings Air Force News Service - 01 August 1997
• U-S TERRORISM THREATS Voice of America - 01-Aug-97
• VMU-1 DETACHMENT RETURNS TO BOSNIA 08/04/97 by Sgt. Rob Colenso Jr., MCAGCC Twentynine Palms
• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFUL AGAINST INSLAW CLAIMS IN FEDERAL CLAIMS COURT Department of Justice News Release - AUGUST 4, 1997
• CIA / UFO'S Voice of America 04-Aug-97
• TRIAL OF AIMAL KANSI Voice of America - 04-Aug-97
• WORLD / CORRUPTION Voice of America - 04-Aug-97
• CIA UFO study DoD News Briefing Tuesday, August 5, 1997
• PERU WIRETAP Voice of America -8/5/97
• RAMZI YOUSEF TERROR TRIAL Voice of America -8/5/97
• Warfighter-1 award to Orbital Sciences Corporation - Phillips Laboratory 05-Aug-97
• TERRORIST TRIAL DEFENSE 06-Aug-97 Voice of America
• ESC COMPLETES JWID �97, CITED FOR EXCELLENCE By Jack Rankin ESC Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (Aug. 7, 1997)
• Air Force OSI honors founder at ceremony Air Force News Service - 07 August 1997
• U.S. Special Forces Train African Peacekeepers Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service 07 August 1997
• Navy plans multi-role airframe NAVY WIRE SERVICE - A WIRE (NWSA) - 8 August 1997
• TERROR TRIAL: YOUSEF LINK Voice of America - August 11, 1997
• TERROR TRIAL: YOUSEF LINK VOA - 11 August 1997
• KANSI TRIAL - U-S / PAKISTAN APOLOGY Voice of America - August 12, 1997
• STATEMENT OF HOUSE INTELLIGENCE CODEL ON N. KOREA VISIT - 12 August 1997
• GESTAPO MUSEUM Voice of America - 13-Aug-97
• Gulf War Syndrome Intelligence Investigation [EXCERPT] DoD News Briefing Thursday, August 14, 1997
• MCVEIGH/SENTENCING Voice of America - August 14, 1997
• EVIDENCE FROM INVESTIGATION OF 1992 RUBY RIDGE MATTER ONLY SUFFICIENT TO CHARGE ONE OFFICIAL WITH CRIMINAL CONDUCT Department of Justice News Release - AUGUST 15, 1997
• Headquarters dedicated for worldwide intel wing Air Force News Service - 19 August 1997
• U-S MILITARY IN RWANDA Voice of America 19-Aug-97
• Looking for Intelligent Life By Chris Dishman, The Christian Science Monitor
• DEFENSE ANALYST GIVES ACRI CONCEPT HIGH MARKS FOR PEACEKEEPING USIA - 22 August 1997
• FINDINGS RELEASED ON HUNTER WARRIOR ADVANCED WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENT Public Affairs, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps - 08/22/97
• CHINA JAMS R-F-A BROADCASTS Voice of America - AUGUST 23, 1997
• American Government is committed to the criminal prosecution of those responsible for the murders of the 270 victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing Department of Justice News Release - AUGUST 25, 1997
• Advanced Technologies Can Aid Future Naval Forces National Research Council - Aug. 26, 1997
• LEWIS SPACECRAFT ENCOUNTERS DIFFICULTIES August 26, 1997 - NASA News Release 97-182
• Cuba / US Biological Voice of America 8/27/97
• Early Reaction to North Korean Defections Voice of America 8/28/97
• PROPOSED ROS-LEHTINEN BILL: A 'HELMS-BURTON FOR THE CARIBBEAN'? USIS Foreign Media Reaction Report - 28 August 1997
• P-3C's new mission is Navy SEAL's newest asset by LTJG James Hollingsworth, VP-45 Public Affairs Aug. 28, 1997
• U-S/BOMBING INDICTMENTS VOA - 8/29/97
• Los Alamos launches nonproliferations satellite LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, Aug. 29, 1997
• Orbital's Pegasus Rocket Successfully Launches U.S. Department of Energy's FORTE Satellite 29 AUGUST 1997 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation
• NETANYAHU MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN IN BAKU ISRAEL LINE FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1997 - The two men reportedly discussed the threats posed by Iran, and the possibility of Israeli-Azerbaijani intelligence cooperation.
• Central Command Chief Talks Anti-terrorism American Forces Press Service 29 August 1997
• N-E-D HELPS NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES AUGUST 31, 1997 VOA EDITORIAL

  September

• Ex-CIA Chief Warns of Missile Threat CDISS News and Views - September 1996
• US Agency Assesses Threat Projections CDISS News and Views - September 1996
• US Spy Hanged in Tehran Tehran, Sept. 1, IRNA
• MOSSAD ASSISTED ETHIOPIAN JEWISH IMMIGRATION ISRAEL LINE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1997
• WEIZMAN TO MUBARAK: FREE AZAM ISRAEL LINE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1997
• DoD Must Anticipate, Prepare for Future Terrorism American Forces Press Service 04 September 1997
• Pilot Information Security Assurance Site Is On Line American Forces Press Service 05 September 1997
• TAIWANESE BUSINESSMAN AND DAUGHTER ARRESTED ON INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE CHARGES Department of Justice News Release - SEPTEMBER 5, 1997
• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DISMISS EL-SAYEGH INDICTMENT Department of Justice News Release - SEPTEMBER 8, 1997
• New park honors lost aerial reconnaissance servicemen Sep 9, 1997
• September 10 - CIA to Mark 50th Anniversary, Honor "Trailblazers"
• Terrorism Expert Sounds Battle Cry American Forces Press Service 12 September 1997
• Joint STARS wins award By Roy Heitman ESC Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (Sept.12, 1997)
• JUDGE ORDERS DEPORTATION OF FORMER MEMBER OF NAZI MOBILE KILLING UNIT Department of Justice News Release - SEPTEMBER 16, 1997
• SHATTUCK ON U.S. DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN ASIA USIA 18 September 1997
• Voice stress analysis evaluation begins Air Force News Service - 23 September 1997
• FEDERAL CRIMINAL CHARGES BROUGHT FOR THEFT OF GILLETTE SHAVE SECRETS September 25, 1997 -- An Iowa man was indicted yesterday on charges that he stole and disclosed trade secrets of The Gillette Company. In October 1996, concerned about both domestic and foreign economic espionage, Congress criminalized the disclosure of trade secrets relating to products sold in interstate commerce.
• David Biehl sentenced , September 29, 1997 -- David Biehl, president and owner of the now defunct Semiconductor Spares, Inc., was sentenced to 31 months, the latest development in a series of industrial espionage charges arising out of the theft, transfer and use of confidential and proprietary spare parts drawings belonging to various Silicon Valley semiconductor companies.
• BOMB TRIAL VOA 29-Sep-97
• RUSSIA / SPY - PLATON OBUKHOV VOA 30-Sep-97
• NICHOLS TRIAL VOA 30-Sep-97

  October

• TEXT: CLINTON NAMES OAKLEY ASST. SECSTATE FOR INTELLIGENCE 01 October 1997 (Currently is Asst. SecState for Population/Refugees)
• TAIWANESE FIRM, ITS PRESIDENT AND HIS DAUGHTER INDICTED IN INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE CASE Department of Justice News Release - OCTOBER 1, 1997
• TEXT: CLINTON NAMES DEMPSEY CIA DEPUTY DIR FOR COMMUNITY MGMT 03 October 1997 (She is currently Chief of Staff to the CIA Director)
• UNABOMBER/JURY VOA 03-Oct-97
• ISRAEL / HAMAS VOA 05 October 1997 - THE ISRAELI CABINET, SAID THE THE ASSASSINATION TARGET -- KHALED MASHAL -- IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF INNOCENT ISRAELI CIVILIANS.
• GAZA / HAMAS VOA 06 October 1997 - THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE MILITANT PALESTINIAN GROUP HAMAS, SHEIKH AHMED YASSIN, MADE A TRIUMPHAL RETURN TO GAZA.
• THREE CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE FOR EAST GERMANY VOA 06-Oct-97
• JURY SELECTION BEGUN FOR UNABOMBER TRIAL VOA 06-Oct-97
• ISRAEL'S BOTCHED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VOA 06 October 1997
• ISRAEL'S BOTCHED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VOA 07 October 1997
• SAF U-S SPIES VOA 07-Oct-97
• [EXCERPT] Defense Department News Briefing 07 October 1997 - On the matter of security clearances for Squillacote and Stand who worked for the Army.
• RUSSIA RELIGION VOA 07-Oct-97
• BUNGLED HAMAS ASSASSINATION TRY ROILS ISRAEL VOA 07-Oct-97
• ACRI GOOD STEP IN AFRICA SECURITY SYSTEM, SCHOLAR SAYS 08 October 1997 (Steven Metz testifies before House Afr. Subc.)
• DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL OUTLINES ACRI TO CONGRESS 08 October 1997 (Kerns calls it a "positive" initiative)
• CONG. MENENDEZ HAILS POTENTIAL OF ACRI FOR AFRICANS 09 October 1997 (Initiative will save lives and tight U.S. dollars)
• TEXT: ALBRIGHT STATEMENT ON DESIGNATION OF TERRORIST GROUPS 08 October 1997 (Aim is to make U.S. "no-support-for-terrorism" zone)
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 08 October 1997 -- TERRORISM/DEPARTMENT Secretary of State Designates 30 Groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations Under Anti-Terrorism Law of 1996 TERRORISM LIST Scope of Legislation Criteria for Designation of Specific Organizations Placed on List/Absence of Mossad and IRA Penalties for Designated Organizations Potential Court Challenges to Law Review of Designated Organizations An Ongoing Process Implementation of Law Effective Immediately ESPIONAGE Involvement of FBI Undercover Agents in Espionage Case
• ALBRIGHT DESIGNATES 30 ORGANIZATIONS AS TERRORIST GROUPS VOA 08-Oct-97
• U-S-TERRORIST GROUPS VOA 08-Oct-97
• HUGHES BEST DETACHMENT AWARD TO U-2 SQUADRON IN FRANCE HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY - Oct. 13, 1997
• OFFICIAL BRIEFS CONGRESS ON SUCCESSFUL ACRI EXERCISE IN AFRICA USIA 14 October 1997
• October 15 - Statement by DCI on Discosure of the Aggregate Intelligence Budget for FY97
• STATE DEPT. LIST OF TERRORIST ORG.: AN INGLORIOUS 'HONOR ROLL' US Information Agency - Foreign Media Reaction Report 16 October 1997
• DEFUNDING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM VOA 17-Oct-97
• TEXT: CLINTON NAMES ROBERT MCNAMARA, JR. GENERAL COUNSEL AT CIA USIA 21 October 1997
• FRENCH NUCLEAR SCIENTIST ON TRIAL VOA 23-Oct-97
• October 24 - Central Intelligence Agency Sponsors Seminar on Assessing the Soviet Threat
• EGYPT/TERROR VOA 30-Oct-97
• ANNAN / LOCKERBIE VOA 30-Oct-97
• GERMANY / LIBYA VOA 30-Oct-97
• CIA SHOOTER TRIAL VOA 31-Oct-97
• October 31 - Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Confirmed for Fourth Star

November

• THE COUNTERNARCOTICS REWARDS PROGRAM NOVEMBER 1, 1997 - JONATHAN WINER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS DISCUSSES U.S. POLICY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING.
• NICHOLS TRIAL VOA 02-Nov-97
• NICHOLS TRIAL VOA 03-Nov-97
• NICHOLS TRIAL DAY ONE WRAP VOA 03-Nov-97
• C-I-A SHOOTINGS VOA 03-Nov-97
• TERROR TRIAL: CLOSING ARGUMENTS VOA 03-Nov-97
• Gilbert Walz convicted for conspiracy NOVEMBER 4, 1997 -- Gilbert Walz, partner at Tech Support Systems and Countersurveillance, Inc., was convicted for conspiracy, and for selling and sending devices whose design rendered them primarily useful for the surreptitious interception of wire, oral, and electronic communications.
• U-S CONGRESS: DEALING WITH TERRORISM - 11/4/97 - A CONGRESSIONAL PANEL IS REVIEWING HOW U-S AUTHORITIES ARE PREPARING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH MIGHT INVOLVE THE USE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
• ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST THE SUDAN VOA 04-Nov-97
• U-S-SUDAN SANCTIONS VOA 04-Nov-97
• BAGHDAD THREATENING TO SHOOT DOWN U-S SPY PLANES VOA 04-Nov-97
• TERROR TRIAL: DEFENSE SUMMARY VOA 04-Nov-97
• Army contingent has big impact on air operation Air Force News Service - 05 November 1997
• FORCE PROTECTION PROGRAM OFFICE FORMED AT ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS CENTER By Roy Heitman ESC Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (Nov. 6, 1997)
• Pe�a Takes Action to Boost Security at DOE Defense Nuclear Facilities November 7, 1997 Secretary of Energy Federico Pe�a today announced several actions to strengthen the safeguards and security at the Department's defense nuclear facilities. The measures include deployment of new technologies, involvement of Navy SEALs in training for "force-on-force" exercises and additional involvement and advice from outside experts.
• Air Force sets Titan IV launch record Nov 10, 1997
• KASI GUILTY VOA 10-Nov-97
• EDITORIAL: INTERNATIONAL CRIME ALERT: LAYENI NOVEMBER 10, 1997
• November 10 - Statement by George Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence, on the Conviction of Mir Aimal Kasi
• INTERNET TERRORISM VOA 11-Nov-97
• KASI SENTENCE VOA 12-Nov-97
• Gore presses need for U-2 flights over Iraq Nov 12, 1997
• U-2 Planes - Veterans at Peering Behind Enemy Lines Associated Press - 12 November 1997
• TERROR TRIAL VERDICT VOA 12-Nov-97
• Joint STARS completes maiden trip to Pacific Nov 14, 1997
• Force protection office forms at Electronic Systems Center Air Force News Service - 17 November 1997
• TEXT: CLINTON STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACK IN LUXOR, EGYPT USIA 17 November 1997
• TEXTS: GLOBAL COALITION ON AFRICA TO HELP FIGHT CORRUPTION USIA 17 November 1997
• TEXT: DOD STATEMENT ON ALLIANCE GROUND SURVEILLANCE AND NATO USIA 17 November 1997
• EGYPT ATTACK VOA 18-Nov-97
• GERMANY / LIBYA TRIAL VOA 18-Nov-97
• TERRORISM ON TRIAL (PART 1) VOA 18-Nov-97
• TERRORISM ON TRIAL (PART 2) VOA 18-Nov-97
• HE TOURIST MASSACRE AT LUXOR VOA 18-Nov-97
• T-W-A 800 INVESTIGATION VOA 18-Nov-97
• U-2 FLEW OVER IRAQ WITHOUT INCIDENT VOA 18-Nov-97
• TERRORIST BOMBINGS / BUILDING DESIGN VOA 19-Nov-97
• U-S/LATAM DRUGS VOA 19-Nov-97
• OKLAHOMA BOMBING TRIAL VOA 19-Nov-97
• SOUTH KOREA / SPY VOA 20-Nov-97
• RUSSIA / TERRORISM VOA 21-Nov-97
• TERRORISM PROTECTION VOA 21-Nov-97
• TRANSCRIPT: FBI DIRECTOR FREEH PRESS CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW USIA 21 November 1997

  December

• DCI EXCEPTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYST PROGRAM
• INSCOM Commander Gets Second Star Dec. 1, 1997
• THE TERRORIST ATTACK AT LUXOR VOA 01-Dec-97
• UAV 'pilot' receives air medal Dec 1, 1997
• RUSSIA / U-S ESPIONAGE UPDATE VOA 01-Dec-97
• NON-LETHAL WEAPONS VOA 02-Dec-97
• COLOMBIA PARAMILITARY VOA 02-Dec-97
• CHILE CORPSES VOA 02-Dec-97
• DRUG SPENDING REVISIONS? VOA 03-Dec-97
• MIDEAST TERROR '97 VOA 03-Dec-97
• U-S/DRUGS VOA 03-Dec-97
• Joint activities to transfer to U.S Dec 4, 1997
• ESPIONAGE CHARGES FILED AGAINST AMERICAN ENGINEER VOA 05-Dec-97
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 04 December 1997-- Status of Detained American Richard Bliss
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- DECEMBER 5, 1997 -- US Protest over Charges Against American Citizen Richard Bliss in Rostov, Russia
• TEXT: STATE DEPT. ON AMERICAN CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE IN RUSSIA US Information Agency 05 December 1997 (U.S. protests Russia's action against Richard Bliss)
• INTELLIGENCE AGENT MISLED ISRAEL ABOUT SYRIA'S INTENTIONS ISRAEL LINE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1997
• RUSSIA / SPY CASE VOA 05-Dec-97
• TEXT: ALBRIGHT WELCOMES RELEASE OF AMERICAN HELD BY RUSSIA US Information Agency 08 December 1997 ("No credible reason for charges" against Robert Bliss)
• OC-135B landing gear collapses during landing Dec 10, 1997
• ALBRIGHT SAYS TERRORISTS ARE FIGHTING 'TIDE' OF PROGRESS By Sara Stryker and Jim Fisher-Thompson US Information Agency 10 December 1997 (Speaks to victims of 'Lords' attacks in Uganda)
• G-8/CYBER CRIME VOA 10-Dec-97
• FRANCE / CARLOS VOA 12-Dec-97
• DARPA SELECTS MICRO AIR VEHICLE CONTRACTOR December 12, 1997
• NICHOLS TRIAL VOA 12-Dec-97
• ESC's Restructure - A Quick Look at the New Electronic Systems Center 12/15/97
• TEXT: WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS NAME MEMBERS TO NEW COMMISSION US Information Agency 17 December 1997 (To combat proliferation of weapons of mass destruction)
• ESC's Restructure Geographically Separated Units 12/15/97
• December 18 - Operation Santa Claus
• TEXT: STATE DEPT. ON NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF PAN AM 103 BOMBING US Information Agency 19 December 1997 (270 killed in plane and in town of Lockerbie, Scotland)
• TEXT: WHITE HOUSE ON ANNIVERSARY OF PAN AM 103 BOMBING US Information Agency 19 December 1997 ("We have not forgotten those innocent victims")
• ARGENTINA POLICE VOA 22-Dec-97
• B-M-W AND AGENT 007 VOA 22-Dec-97
• BOMBING TRIAL VERDICT VOA 23-Dec-97
• FRANCE / CARLOS VOA 23-Dec-97
• FRANCE CARLOS VOA 24-Dec-97
• AMERICAN CHARGED WITH SPYING IN RUSSIA HOME FOR CHRISTMAS VOA 24-Dec-97
• NATIONS SIGN ANTI-BRIBERY AGREEMENT VOA 24-Dec-97
• FIGHTING CORRUPTION '97 VOA 24-Dec-97
• NORAD tracking Santa Claus Christmas Eve Dec 24, 1997
• BASQUE PRISONERS CALL FOR CEASEFIRE IN STRUGGLE AGAINST SPAIN VOA 24-Dec-97
• MASSACRE IN CHIAPAS VOA 29-Dec-97
• CHINA / RUSSIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT VOA 29-Dec-97
• December 29 - Intelligence Pioneer R. V. Jones Dies
• CONVICTION OF CARLOS VOA 31-Dec-97
• Special Investigations Academy graduates 45 agents Dec 31, 1997