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July 1998 Intelligence News

• Det. 2 folds flag after 5-year run - SMC organization now an OL 31 July 1998 - After five years at Onizuka Air Station, Detachment 2, Space and Missile Systems Center, inactivated during a formal ceremony Thursday.
• AFOSI moves to new headquarters (AFNS) July 30, 1998 -- Half a century after it set up shop in downtown Washington, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations moves to new offices at Andrews Air Force Base. The command has been at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., since 1979.
• INDIA / MILITANTS Voice of America 29 July 1998 -- IN INDIA'S REMOTE NORTHEASTERN STATE OF ASSAM EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 19 OTHERS WOUNDED IN A POWERFUL BOMB EXPLOSION. POLICE ARE BLAMING THE ATTACK ON BODO TRIBAL GUERRILLAS.
• TEXT: KRAMER TESTIMONY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDONESIA 24 July 1998 -- The Department of Defense supports U.S. engagement with the Indonesian defense establishment to promote stability and improved human rights in Indonesia, according to Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Franklin Kramer.
• OUTER SPACE -- CLEAN UP YOUR ACT by Amnon Barzilai, Ha'aretz, July 28, 1998, p. B3 -- In recent months a special team has been analyzing the Ofek-4 launch failure in January. It is not clear when the next launch will be. Meanwhile, the consolation is the unexpected longevity of Ofek-3.
• RUSSIA DISMISSAL Voice of America 28 July 1998 PRIME MINISTER SERGEI KIRIYENKO HAS PRAISED RUSSIA'S FORMER SPY CHIEF, TWO DAYS AFTER THE OFFICIAL WAS ABRUPTLY FIRED BY PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN.
• Daily News 28 July 1998 -- The Home Minister has held Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence ISI responsible for the bomb blasts in Delhi and elsewhere in the country.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing , JULY 27, 1998 - MR. RUBIN: The United States has made very clear that the war criminals indicted by the international tribunal belong in one place and only one place, and that's The Hague, to face prosecution for the horrendous war crimes and crimes against humanity and other crimes that they have committed. QUESTION: Maybe you can address - there is a fairly fantastic figure in that of the cost of this alleged operation $100 million of the American taxpayers' -- MR. RUBIN: I don't have any information on cost.
• PAK KILLINGS Voice of America 26 July 1998 - AUTHORITIES TRY TO CRACK DOWN ON GROWING POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN'S LARGEST CITY. THE M-Q-M BLAMES THE VIOLENCE ON THE BREAKAWAY GROUP -- AND ON INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SYMPATHETIC TO ITS RIVAL.
• About 2 Million People Attacked or Threatened In the Workplace Every Year , July 26, 1998 -- About 2 million people a year were victims of violent crime or threatened violent crime in the workplace from 1992 through 1996, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.
• Workplace Violence, 1992-96 Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report July 1998, NCJ 168634 -- By Greg Warchol, BJS Statistician -- Data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys (NCVS) for 1992-96 indicate that during each year U.S. residents experienced more than 2 million violent victimizations while they were working or on duty.
• PALESTINIAN CONVICTED OF PLANNING TO BOMB BROOKLYN SUBWAY STATION ISRAEL LINE FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1998 A United States federal jury convicted Palestinian immigrant Gazi Ibrahim Abu Maizar on Thursday of plotting to bomb a crowded subway station in a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn.
• THE ATTACKS ACCORDING TO IDF INTELLIGENCE, - THE ATTACKS ACCORDING TO THE GSS by Ron Ben-Yishai, Yediot Ahronot, 24.7.98, Shabbat Supplement, p. 12) The attack this week in Jerusalem has reawakened a long-running debate between IDF Intelligence and the General Security Service (GSS). Among intelligence assessment officers in both organizations, there has been a professional disagreement regarding the extent of influence held by Hamas' political and religious leadership over the attack policy.
• LOCKERBIE TRIAL Voice of America 24 July 1998 THE SUSPECTS IN THE 1988 PAN AM AIRCRAFT BOMBING OVER LOCKERBIE IN SCOTLAND MAY FINALLY COME TO TRIAL.
• THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE HAD A PLAN TO ASSASSINATE THE GERMAN LEADER, ADOLF HITLER PAKISTAN TELEVISION 24 July 1998
• SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE): RELEASE OF RECORDS 23 July 1998 -- The sixth set of Special Operations Executive (SOE) records, covering wartime operations in Western Europe, will be released at the Public Record Office (PRO) at Kew on 23 July 1998.
• LOCKERBIE / BRITAIN Voice of America 22 July 1988 - THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BRING TO TRIAL TWO LIBYAN SUSPECTS IN A SCOTTISH COURT, SET UP OUTSIDE SCOTLAND.
• IRAN / INTERIOR MINISTER Voice of America 22 July 1988 - IRAN'S PARLIAMENT APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW INTERIOR MINISTER. THE APPOINTMENT IS BEING HAILED AS A VICTORY FOR MODERATE PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI
• OPERATION TAILWIND Voice of America 22 July 1998 - TWO U-S TELEVISION PRODUCERS OF A REPORT FOR THE CABLE NEWS NETWORK (C-N-N), ALLEGING U-S FORCES USED LETHAL NERVE GAS TO KILL DEFECTORS IN LAOS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, ARE STANDING BY THEIR STORY.
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REVIEW OF ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING "OPERATION TAILWIND" JULY 21, 1998
• COHEN FINDS NO BASIS FOR CNN/TIME ALLEGATIONS ON "TAILWIND" July 21, 1998
• Secretary Cohen's Operation TAILWIND Press Conference , July 21, 1998
• DoD News Briefing Operation TAILWIND Tuesday, July 21, 1998 - (Participating in the briefing are Rudy de Leon, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and General Jack Singlaub (Ret.), former commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Special Operations Group (MACV-SOG)).
• PENTAGON REVIEW REFUTES CNN/TIME ALLEGATIONS ON U.S. SARIN USE By Susan Ellis USIA 21 July 1998 -- Defense Secretary Cohen presented the results on July 21 of a month-long Pentagon investigation which he says proves unequivocally that the United States never used Sarin nerve gas in Southeast Asia.
• TRANSCRIPT: CLINTON COMMENTS PANAM BOMBING, NERVE GAS REPORT 21 July 1998 -- President Clinton says the United States is working on ways to bring to justice the perpetrators of the bombing of a Pan American plane over Lockerbie, Scotland ten years ago.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing , JULY 21, 1998 TERRORISM / LIBYA PanAm #103 Suspects: Exploration of Possible Trial in Scottish Court Outside Scotland / Ensuring Judicial Standards in Third Country / Libyan Compliance Effectiveness of Sanctions / Libyan Obligations Under UN Resolutions / US Policy Qadhafi's Health Secretary's Conference Call Today to Families of Bombing Victims / Families' Reactions Communications With Libyan Govt
• PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY July 21, 1998 - MCCURRY: We believe that the perpetrators should be tried before a U.S. or Scottish court, and we have said so consistently. We've explored alternative ways of accomplishing that objective, but we haven't found any satisfactory way to do so yet.
• PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRYJuly 21, 1998 - The Attorney General requested the waiver from the 1995 executive order's requirements for automatic declassification. That exemption does not mean that the records will not be eventually declassified and, in fact, the FBI is committed to undertaking a systematic review in order to declassify as many of them as possible.
• TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES THE WHITE HOUSE -- July 21, 1998 -- Report to the Congress on the developments concerning the national emergency with respect to terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.
• DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAMRE SPEECH FORTUNE 500 CIO FORUM Tuesday, July 21, 1998 -- This country is wide open to attack electronically. I do not believe that it's more important to protect ourselves against terrorists if it means it comes at the expense of civil liberties in the United States. But I also don't believe that civil libertarians or cyber libertarians have a right to say we as a government have no responsibility to protect American society against criminals or terrorists.
• CNN - NERVE GAS - PREVIEW Voice of America 20 July 1998 -- A PENTAGON INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGATIONS THAT U-S FORCES USED NERVE GAS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IS DUE TO BE RELEASED TUESDAY.
• RUSSIA / S. KOREA DIPLOMAT EXPULSIONS Voice of America 20 July 1998 -- RUSSIA HAS EJECTED FIVE MORE SOUTH KOREAN THE MOVE FOLLOWS TIT-FOR-TAT EXPULSIONS OF DIPLOMATS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
• TRANSCRIPT: WHITE HOUSE PRESS GAGGLE IN MCCURRY'S OFFICE 17 July 1998 -- Q: Mike, there are reports that the White House is looking to topple Saddam Hussein? MCCURRY: I don't comment on covert operations; that's why they're called covert operations.
• CIA Postpones Release of Papers By John Diamond Associated Press , July 17, 1998 -- The release of classified CIA files on covert operations in Italy, France, Tibet and elsewhere will have to wait, the agency says. John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists rejected the cost argument. ``There's always money to do things they want to do.''
• NORTH KOREA SPY / U-N Voice of America 17 July 1998 -- SOUTH KOREA HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SEEKING INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF TWO RECENT NORTH KOREAN INCURSIONS INTO THE SOUTH.
• ARGENTINA BOMBING Voice of America 17 July 1998 -- RELATIVES OF THE 86 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE BOMBING OF THE JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER IN BUENOS AIRES FOUR YEARS AGO HAVE OBSERVED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK WITH A FRESH CALL FOR JUSTICE.
• MILITARY EXPERT DIES Voice of America 17 July 1998 -- FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING PLANNED FOR COLONEL REX APPLEGATE, A COMBAT AND COUNTER-TERRORISM EXPERT WHOSE CAREER INCLUDED DUTIES AS A PRESIDENTIAL GUARD AND COMMANDO LEADER IN NAZI-OCCUPIED EUROPE. HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF "KILL OR GET KILLED" AND "CROWD AND RIOT CONTROL."
• SECRET SERVICE / GRAND JURY TESTIMONY Voice of America 17 July 1998 -- THE FACT THAT U-S SECRET SERVICE AGENTS CAN NOW BE CALLED TO TESTIFY ABOUT A PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE MOMENTS HAS RAISED A DEBATE OVER WHETHER THIS COULD JEOPARDIZE WHITE HOUSE SECURITY IN THE FUTURE.
• MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTSNo. 121-M July 16, 1998 -- Department of Defense announced today the possible sale to the Government of Saudi Arabia of services for the continuation of the U.S. supported effort to modernize the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) by providing training and support services. The prime contractor will be Vinnell Corp., Fairfax, Va
• CUBA FOUNDATION / TIMES Voice of America 16 July 1998 -- AN INFLUENTIAL CUBAN EXILE GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES SAYS IT WILL SUE THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR ARTICLES THIS WEEK LINKING THE GROUP'S LATE FOUNDER TO AN ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVIST INVOLVED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
• KURDS / U-S / IRAQ Voice of America 16 July 1998 -- SENIOR IRAQI KURDISH OFFICIALS AND U-S DIPLOMATS HAVE ACCUSED THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT OF PROVIDING TRAINING FACILITIES FOR TURKISH KURD REBELS OF THE KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY.
• FRANCE SYRIA Voice of America 16 July 1998 -- RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND SYRIA HAVE OFTEN BEEN TENSE. THEY WERE AT THEIR WORST AFTER THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON WAS ASSASSINATED IN BEIRUT IN 1981 BY GUNMEN WHO OPENED FIRE WITHIN SIGHT OF A SYRIAN ARMY CHECKPOINT.
• STATEMENT BY DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM S. COHEN ON THE RUMSFELD REPORT July 15, 1998 "We continue to maintain the world's most capable nuclear and conventional forces to deter aggression against the United States and its allies. No one should doubt our ability and determination to respond with decisive force to a missile attack."
• CONGRESS - MISSILE THREAT Voice of America 15 July 1998 -- A NEW REPORT SAYS THE BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT FACING THE UNITED STATES IS GROWING...AND WEAPONS CAPABLE OF HITTING AMERICAN SOIL COULD BE DEPLOYED WITH LITTLE WARNING.
• SEN. SHELBY COMMENTS ON RUMSFELD COMMISSION REPORT ON MISSILE THREAT AND INTELLIGENCE SHORTFALLS July 15, 1998
• DCI Statement on Declassification 15 July 1998 -- The demands for declassification review far exceed the capabilities of the personnel who are available under current budgetary limitations to perform it. I am announcing today the priorities that will guide the Agency's historical declassification efforts for the foreseeable future. We will address the remaining five covert actions identified by my predecessors as soon as the others have been completed. The fact is, we do not have sufficient resources at the current time to review the documentation involved in these five remaining covert actions.
• Letter Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet sent to members of Congress regarding the Rumsfeld Commission's report 15 July 1998 -- Our 1998 report also noted that a country could purchase an ICBM or space launch vehicle, or a turnkey facility to produce either--events that could lead to deployments in as little as a few months to a few years. Although our report made the analytic judgment that such developments were unlikely, this does not mean that we minimize the threat.
• INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HOLUM ON U.S. SECURITY POLICY U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda 15 July 1998 -- We know that countries like Iran, Iraq, and Libya are pursuing information warfare. We know that our own Department of Defense is under assault -- I think 600 times a week -- by efforts to hack into its computer systems. Some may be through so-called "innocent pranksters," although there is nothing funny about it, and some may be deliberate attempts to corrupt.
• CLINTON SCANDAL / RENO Voice of America 15 July 1998 -- ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO IS DEFENDING HER REFUSAL TO APPOINT A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO HEAD UP THE INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING VIOLATIONS BY DEMOCRATS DURING THE 1996 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
• IRAN POL Voice of America 15 July 1998 -- IRAN'S PRESIDENT HAS NOMINATED (EDS: WEDNESDAY) A NEW INTERIOR MINISTER TO REPLACE THE ONE IMPEACHED LAST MONTH.
• KOREA / INFILTRATOR Voice of America 15 July 1998 -- THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS DEMANDING AN APOLOGY FROM COMMUNIST NORTH KOREA FOR RECENT SPY MISSIONS AIMED AT THE SOUTH.
• Ballistic Missile Threat and U.S. Policy (7/14/98) -- The IC stands by its most recent assessment of Foreign Missile Developments, as provide to the Congress in March of 1998. In this regard, it remains the view of the IC that it is unlikely the countries other than Russia, China and perhaps North Korea, will deploy an ICBM capable of reaching any part of the U.S. before 2010.
• KOREA / INFILTRATION Voice of America 14 July 1998 -- SEOUL AND PYONGYANG ARE TRADING BLAME FOR AN APPARENT INFILTRATION INTO SOUTH KOREA BY A NORTH KOREAN COMMANDO.
• CUBAN EXILE DENIAL Voice of America 14 July 1998 -- CONTROVERSY IS GROWING OVER TWO REPORTS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWSPAPER WHICH SAY AN INFLUENTIAL CUBAN-EXILE ORGANIZATION BASED IN THE UNITED STATES FINANCED A SERIES OF BOMBINGS LAST YEAR IN CUBA.
• CUBA / U-S LOBBY GROUP Voice of America 14 July 1998 -- IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE, SOME PROMINENT CUBAN-AMERICANS IN FLORIDA HAVE FORMED A GROUP TO PRESS FOR LEGISLATION LIFTING U-S RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE OF FOOD AND MEDICINE TO CUBA.
• BOMB SUSPECT Voice of America 14 July 1998 -- ONE OF THE MOST WANTED FUGITIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH, WHO AUTHORITIES SAY IS THE MAN BEHIND A SERIES OF BOMBINGS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
• ARGENTINA GENERAL Voice of America 14 July 1998 -- A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ARGENTINA HAS ORDERED FORMER MILITARY DICTATOR JORGE VIDELA HELD WITHOUT BAIL UNTIL HIS TRIAL ON CHARGES OF AUTHORIZING BABY-STEALING TWO DECADES AGO.
• INDIA/DEFENSE Voice of America 14 July 1998 -- INDIAN DEFENSE AUTHORITIES HAVE ORGANIZED AN EXHIBITION IN NEW DELHI DISPLAYING WEAPONS WHICH THEY SAY WERE SUPPLIED BY PAKISTAN TO KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS.
• DoD News Briefing Tuesday, July 14, 1998 - The Washington Post, in a series of articles that began Sunday, examined the JCET program and the training by U.S. Special Forces, joint training in other countries, and raised questions about whether or not these programs have sufficient oversight and scrutiny.
• Terry Allen Answers CAQ Attacks FROM: Terry Allen (editor of CAQ, 1990-May 1998) July 13, 1998 -- The "position paper" by Wolf, Ray, and Schaap contains distortions and lies that are potentially damaging to our reputations and demeaning to the work of not only the staff, but of the hundreds of writers and artists with whom we worked. Even a brief examination of this letter will give you some idea of how they bend and break facts to fit their agenda.
• Supporting Documents from ex-CAQ Staff [also see Response to the messages posted by former employees of Covert Action Quarterly: Bill Blum Mon, 21 Sep 1998]
• N. KOREA / SPY Voice of America 13 July 1998 - SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS ARE COMBING THE COUNTRY'S EAST COAST FOR NORTH KOREAN SPIES FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF A DEAD INFILTRATOR ON SUNDAY.
• PENTAGON / PAKISTAN Voice of America 13 July 1998 -- THE U-S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SAYS A JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE WITH PAKISTAN HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD FOLLOWING SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON ISLAMABAD IN THE AFTERMATH OF ITS NUCLEAR TESTS.
• U-S/CUBA Voice of America 13 July 1998 -- THE UNITED STATES HAS CONDEMNED VIOLENCE AGAINST CUBA WHETHER THROUGH SUPPORT FROM U-S-BASED GROUPS OR FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
• PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES CHRISTOPHER W. S. ROSS FOR RANK OF AMBASSADOR THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary July 13, 1998 - The President today announced his intent to nominate Christopher W. S. Ross for the Rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the Department of State.
• MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE: THE CHANCE OF WAR NEXT YEAR IS GREATER THAN IN THE PAST by Ron Ben-Yishai Yediot Ahronot , Shabbat Supplement, July 10, 1998, pp. 6-9 -- Military Intelligence is currently preparing a situation analysis for next year. At this stage, before it is officially reported to the political echelon, a worrying picture is emerging. Military Intelligence's opinion is that if the political deadlock continues, the chance of war in the coming year is very high.
• TRW Awarded $77.8 Million Contract To Build Advanced Communications Technology Demonstration Satellite REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 10, 1998 -- TRW Inc. has been awarded a $77.8 million contract by the National Reconnaissance Office to design, build and operate the Geosynchronous Lightweight Technology Experiment (GeoLITE) satellite program.
• SOUTH KOREA / DIPLOMAT EXPULSION Voice of America 10 July 1998 -- RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT OLEG ABRAMKIN, A POLITICAL COUNSELOR AT RUSSIA'S EMBASSY IN SEOUL, HAS LEFT SOUTH KOREA AFTER BEING ACCUSED BY SEOUL OF ESPIONAGE.
• Designing Digital Defenses By Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service 09 July 1998 -- Defense experts are gearing up to face a new danger threatening America and its allies -- cyberattacks.
• S. KOREA / RUSSIA DIPLOMAT Voice of America 08 July 1998 -- SOUTH KOREA DECIDED ON WEDNESDAY TO EXPEL A RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT, APPARENTLY IN RETALIATION FOR MOSCOW'S EVICTION OF A SOUTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT LAST WEEKEND.
• SECRETARY DALEY ANNOUNCES NEW EXPORT GUIDELINES FOR FINANCIAL SERVICE ENCRYPTION PRODUCTS July 7, 1998 -- Commerce Secretary William Daley announced today that the Clinton Administration has finalized guidelines to allow the export of U.S. manufactured encryption products of any bit-length when used by banks, financial institutions and their branches around the world to secure private electronic transactions.
• DoD "Welcomes" CNN Retraction, Apology for Sarin Report By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service 07 July 1998 -- DoD's senior spokesman said July 2 he welcomed CNN's retraction of its recent story alleging the U.S. use of sarin nerve agent in Laos in 1970 and the network's apology to veterans of the military action in question.
• POLLARD SENDS MESSAGE TO HIS FORMER COMMANDER ISRAEL LINE , JULY 6, 1998 -- Jonathan Pollard's wife, Esther, met on Sunday with Rafi Eitan, Pollard's former Israeli commander, to relay a message from her husband.
• SOUTH KOREA / SPY Voice of America 06 July 1998 -- RUSSIA'S FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE ACCUSED SOUTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT MR. CHO SUNG-WOO OF PASSING ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SECRETS TO SOUTH KOREAN INTELLIGENCE.
• BOMB PLOT TRIAL OPENS Voice of America 06 July 1998 -- TWO PALESTINIANS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO BOMB THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY WENT ON TRIAL TODAY (MONDAY) IN A FEDERAL COURT IN BROOKLYN.
• IRAQIS IN U-S DETENTION Voice of America 06 July 1998 -- SIX IRAQIS ARE FACING POSSIBLE DEPORTATION BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. THE IRAQI'S AND THEIR ATTORNEY, FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JAMES WOOLSEY, VEHEMENTLY DENY THIS CHARGE.
• Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre Saturday, July 4, 1998 -- President Clinton and Secretary of Defense Cohen have made preparing the American homeland against chemical and biological weapons a top priority. The Department of Defense and the intelligence community must work hand in hand with law enforcement to deal with this far-reaching threat.
• U-N / LIBYA SANCTIONS Voice of America 02 July 1998 -- THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY) MAINTAINED SANCTIONS ON LIBYA, IMPOSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1988 BOMBING OF A PAN AM AIRLINER OVER SCOTLAND.
• DoD News Briefing Thursday, July 2, 1998 - 1:30 p.m. What is the Pentagon's reaction to CNN's statement today retracting its report on Operation TAILWIND?
• CNN NERVE GAS Voice of America 02 July 1998 -- THE CABLE NEWS NETWORK HAS RETRACTED A STORY SAYING U-S FORCES USED DEADLY NERVE GAS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
• INDUSTRIAL SECURITY AWARDS PRESENTED July 2, 1998 -- Steven T. Schanzer, director of the Defense Security Service, has announced the recipients of the James S. Cogswell Award for outstanding industrial security achievements in 1998. This annual award is presented to contractors for their exemplary industrial security programs.
• MONEY LAUNDERING Voice of America 01 July 1998 -- AN INTERNATIONAL COALITION TO COMBAT CONCEALMENT OF PROFITS FROM DRUG TRAFFICKING -- THE EGMONT GROUP -- HAS CALLED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS IN MORE COUNTRIES.