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August 2001 Intelligence News

• China channeled donations to US politicians in 1996 by Maxim Kniazkov, Agence France Presse, August 11. "The report went largely unnoticed until Friday, when the Federation of American Scientists publicized it on its website."
• Report: China Had Covert Plan for 1996 Elections by Tabassum Zakaria, Reuters, August 10. "Intelligence showed that China funded a covert operation to influence the 1996 U.S. elections, focusing on congressional candidates believed to be sympathetic to Beijing's concerns, a Senate Intelligence Committee report said."
• State Department Press Briefing on the Peruvian Shootdown Accident, transcript, August 2.
• Peru Investigation Report: The April 20, 2001 Peruvian Shootdown Accident Released by the U.S. State Department Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, August 2.