Top Useful Intelligence Documents

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• Improvised Nuclear Devices and Nuclear Terrorism - A report from te The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission - 2006.
• Terrorism and the Law A report from the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) - 2008
• 2007 Report on Terrorism Issued in 2008 by the U.S. National

Counterterrorism Center

• National Intelligence Estimate: Prospects for Iraq’s Stability: Some Security Progress but Political Reconciliation Elusive</big> Office of the Director of National Intelligence August 2007, Released 23 Aug 2007
• Director's Statement on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report Executive Summary Central Intelligence Agency 21 Aug 2007 -- Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael V. Hayden on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report Executive Summary
• National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland</big> Office of the Director of National Intelligence July 2007, Released 17 Jul 2007
• Commanding General David H. Petraeus' Letter about Values Multi-National Forces - Iraq 10 May 2007 -- "Our values and the laws governing warfare teach us to respect human dignity, maintain our integrity, and do what is right. Adherence to our values distinguishes us from our enemy. This fight depends on securing the population, which must understand that we - not our enemies - occupy the moral high ground." [PDF Version]
• President Bush Attends Swearing-In of Mike McConnell as Director of National Intelligence The White House 21 Feb 2007
• Unclassified Executive Summary from (Classified) Report No. 07-INTEL-4 “Review of Pre-Iraqi War Activities of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy”</big> Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense Released 09 Feb 2007
• National Intelligence Estimate: Prospects for Iraq’s Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead</big> Office of the Director of National Intelligence January 2007, Released 2 Feb 2007
• President Bush Nominates John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State and Vice Admiral Mike McConnell as Director of National Intelligence</big> The White House 05 Jan 2007
• Fact Sheet: John Negroponte and Mike McConnell: The Right Choices for Deputy Secretary of State and Director of National Intelligence The White House 05 Jan 2007
• Court Order Filed in ACLU v. Nat'l Security Agency United States Court of Appeals for the Six Circuit 04 Oct 2006 [PDF]
• Staff Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy: Recognizing North Korea as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 28 Sep 2006 -- "This report provides an unclassified assessment of the dangers posed by North Korea to help the American public understand the seriousness of this threat and to suggest ways that U.S. intelligence analysis and technical collection against Pyongyang must be improved"
• Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States:" dated April 2006</big> Office of the Director of National Intelligence April 2006, Released Sept. 26, 2006
• al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence September 2006 -- "Almost five years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States remains a nation at war. Al-Qaeda and Islamist extremist terrorist groups with like-minded goals and ideologies remain one of the most immediate strategic threats to the national security of the United States. Nonetheless, the threat we face today is quite different from the terrorist threat that we faced prior to September 11, 2001."
• Letter to Sen. Warner and Sen. Levin on Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions by retired military leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces and former officials of the Department of Defense 12 Sep 2006 -- "As retired military leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces and former officials of the Department of Defense, we write to express our profound concern about a key provision of S. 3861, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, introduced last week at the behest of the President. We believe that the language that would redefine Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions as equivalent to the standards contained in the Detainee Treatment Act violates the core principles of the Geneva Conventions and poses a grave threat to American service-members, now and in future wars."
• IAEA Letter on Iran Report by House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy International Atomic Energy Agency 12 Sep 2006 -- "I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the Staff Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy, date 23 August 2006, entitled “Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States”, contains some erroneous, misleading and unsubstantiated information."
• President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists</big> The White House 06 Sep 2006
• Fact Sheet: The Administration's Legislation to Create Military Commissions The White House 06 Sep 2006
• Army Publishes New Intelligence Manual Army News Release 06 Sep 2006 -- The U.S. Army announced today the publication of Field Manual (FM) 2-22.3, “Human Intelligence Collector Operations.”
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Deputy Assistant Secretary Stimson and Lt. Gen. Kimmons from the Pentagon 06 Sep 2006 -- Presenter: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Cully Stimson and Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Lt. Gen. John Kimmons
• Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy Released 23 Aug 2006 -- "This report provides an unclassified assessment of the Iran question to help the American public understand the seriousness of the Iranian threat and to discuss ways U.S. intelligence collection and analysis against Iran must be improved."
• 06-10204: American Civil Liberties Union et al., v. National Security Aagency / Central et al. Memorandum and Order by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor issued 17 Aug 2006. [PDF]
• 06-10204: American Civil Liberties Union et al., v. National Security Aagency / Central et al. Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor issued 17 Aug 2006. [PDF]
• Draft report – Part II (Explanatory memorandum): Alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving Council of Europe member states Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe 07 Jun 2006
• Report on the Progress of the Director of National Intelligence in Implementing the "Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004" Office of the Director of National Intelligence May 2006
• Unclassified Executive Summary: A Review of the FBI's Handling and Oversight of FBI Asset Katrina Leung U.S. Department of Justice , Office of the Inspector General May 2006
• Testimony of General Michael V. Hayden before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence May 18, 2006. Full Hearing Transcript: Morning / Afternoon
• President Bush Discusses NSA Surveillance Program The White House 11 May 2006
• Transcript: Press Briefing by Ambassador John Negroponte on the Nomination of General Hayden for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency The White House 08 May 2006
• President Nominates General Michael Hayden as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency The White House 08 May 2006
• Statement by CIA Director Porter Goss Central Intelligence Agency 05 May 2006
• President Accepts Resignation from CIA Director Porter Goss The White House 05 May 2006
• The U.S. Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Strategic Vision US Air Force Released 22 Mar 2006 [PDF]
• Secretary General’s report under Article 52 ECHR on the question of secret detention and transport of detainees suspected of terrorist acts, notably by or at the instigation of foreign agencies. Council of Europe 28 Feb 2006
• Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Armed Services Committee 28 Feb 2006
• Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States 28 Feb 2006 -- Testimony by Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, before the Senate Committee on Armed Services
• Secretary General’s report under Article 52 ECHR on the question of secret detention and transport of detainees suspected of terrorist acts, notably by or at the instigation of foreign agencies. Council of Europe 28 Feb 2006
• Senate Speech: Seeking the Truth on Spying on Americans at Home Office of U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd 15 Feb 2006 -- Senator Byrd on Wednesday called for a thorough investigation into possible violations of intelligence law and the Constitution by the Bush Administration.
• Prepared Statement of Hon. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States 02 Feb 2006 -- Testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wartime Executive Power and the NSA’s Surveillance Authority
• Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United State 02 Feb 2006 -- Testimony by Ambassador John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
• Transcript: Remarks By General Michael V. Hayden: What American Intelligence & Especially The NSA Have Been Doing To Defend The Nation Office of the Director of National Intelligence 23 Jan 2006
• Information Memorandum: Alleged secret detentions in Council of Europe member states Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe 22 January 2006
• Legal Authorities Supporting The Activities Of The National Security Agency Described By The President U.S. Department of Justice 19 Jan 2006 -- As the President has explained, since shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001, he has authorized the National Security Agency (“NSA”) to intercept international communications into and out of the United States of persons linked to al Qaeda or related terrorist organizations. The purpose of these intercepts is to establish an early warning system to detect and prevent another catastrophic terrorist attack on the United States. This paper addresses, in an unclassified form, the legal basis for the NSA activities described by the President (“NSA activities”).
• Boxer Asks Presidential Scholars About Former White House Counsel's Statement that Bush Admitted to an 'Impeachable Offense'Office of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer 19 Dec 2005 -- U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today asked four presidential scholars for their opinion on former White House Counsel John Dean’s statement that President Bush admitted to an “impeachable offense” when he said he authorized the National Security Agency to spy on Americans without getting a warrant from a judge.
• VICE CHAIRMAN ROCKEFELLER REACTS TO REPORTS OF NSA INTERCEPT PROGRAM IN UNITED STATES Office of Senator Jay Rockeffeller 19 Dec 2005 -- Senator Releases His ’03 Letter to White House Raising Questions About White House Actions and Need for Congressional Oversight
• Rockefeller '03 letter to House Raising Questions About White House Actions and Need for Congressional Oversight Office of Senator Jay Rockeffeller 17 Jul 2003, Released 19 Dec 2005 [PDF 564KB]
• Transcript: Press Briefing By Attorney General Alberto Gonzales And General Michael V. Hayden, Principal Deputy Director Of National Intelligence Office of the Director of National Intelligence 19 Dec 2005
• Press Conference of the President The White House 19 Dec 2005
• Radio Address by the President to the Nation The White House 17 Dec 2005 -- "In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on our nation, I authorized the National Security Agency, consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations. "
• Transcript: Remarks Upon Her Departure for Europe US Department of State 05 Dec 2005Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States does not permit or tolerate the torture of any terrorists detained in its custody.
• DoD Directive No. 3115.09: DoD Intelligence Interrogations, Detainee Debriefings, and Tactical Questioning 03 Nov 2005 -- "By the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense under references (a) through (c), this Directive: (...) Consolidates and codifies existing Departmental policies, including the requirement for humane treatment during all intelligence interrogations, detainee debriefings, or tactical questioning to gain intelligence from captured or detained personnel(...); Assigns responsibilities for intelligence interrogations, detainee debriefings, tactical questioning, and supporting activities conducted by DoD personnel (...); Establishes requirements for reporting violations of the policy regarding humane treatment during intelligence interrogations, detainee debriefings, or tactical questioning." [PDF 1.19MB]
• Levin Says Newly Declassified Information Indicates Bush Administration’s Use of Pre-War Intelligence Was Misleading Office of US Senator Carl Levin 07 Nov 2005 -- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) said today that newly declassified information indicates the Bush Administration’s use of pre-war intelligence was misleading.
• White House Official I. Lewis Libby Indicted Office of Special Counsel 28 Oct 2005 -- Senior White House official I. Lewis Libby was indicted today on obstruction of justice, false statement and perjury charges
• The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America Office of the Director of National Intelligence Released 26 Oct 2005 -- "The New concept of 'national intelligence' codified by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act passed by Congress in 2004 has its origins in the tragedy of September 11, 2001 and President Bush's National Security Strategy of the United States of America." [PDF 696 KB]
• FACT SHEET: CREATION OF THE NATIONAL HUMINT MANAGER Central Intelligence Agency 13 Oct 2005
• Letter by Retired Military Leaders to Senator John McCain 03 Oct 2005 -- "We strongly support your proposed amendments to the Defense Department Authorization bill concerning detainee policy, including requiring all interrogations of detainees in DOD custody to conform to the U.S. Army’s Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation (FM 34-52), and prohibiting the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by any U.S. government agency."
• 04cv04151: ACLU, et al. v. Dept. of Defense, et al. Opinion and Order by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein issued Sep 29, 2005 Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motions for Partial Summary Judgment [PDF]
• Criminal No. 1:05CR225: USA v. Lawrence Anthony Franklin, Steven J. Rosen, Keith Weissman US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 04 Aug 2005 -- Conspiracy to communicate national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it; Counts 2-4: Communication of national defense information to parsons not entitled to receive it; Count 5: Conspiracy to communicate classified information to agent of foreign government
• House Report 109-101 - INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 JUNE 2, 2005- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• Addendums to the Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq’s WMD [PDF]
• President Nominates Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence The White House 17 Feb 2005 -- " I'm pleased to announce my decision to nominate Ambassador John Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence. The Director's responsibility is straightforward and demanding. John will make sure that those whose duty it is to defend America have the information we need to make the right decisions. John understands America's global intelligence needs because he spent the better part of his life in our foreign service, and is now serving with distinction in the sensitive post of our nation's first Ambassador to a free Iraq."
• Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 ProjectNational Intelligence Council December 2004, released January 2005 -- "Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project is the third unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next decade and a half to influence world events. Mindful that there are many possible "futures," our report offers a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss."
• Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 July Through 31 December 2003. Central Intelligence Agency Released November 23, 2004
• Report of an Inquiry into the Alternative Analysis of the Issue of an Iraq-al Qaeda Relationship Office of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee 21 Oct 2004 -- "This report is the result of an inquiry initiated on June 27, 2003 by Senator Carl Levin, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and conducted by the SASC Minority Staff. The report focuses on 1) the establishment of a non-Intelligence Community source of intelligence analysis in the office of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith; and 2) the extent to which policy makers utilized that alternative source rather than the analyses produced by the Intelligence Community (IC) with regard to the Iraq-al Qaeda relationship." [PDF 206 Kb]
• White House Memo on H.R. 10 / S. 2845 The White House 18 Oct 2004 -- "As the House Senate conference on intelligence reform legislation (H.R. 10 / S. 2845) meets, the Administration urges the Conferees to reach agreement on an effective bill to strengthen the nation's intelligence capabilities that both Houses can pass and the President can sign into law as soon as possible to meet the nation's security needs. There are many good provisions in both bills and the President endorses the best of each as outlined in this letter to strike a reasonable compromise that will best reorganize our intelligence capabilities and will make the country safer and stronger."
• S. 2845 US Senate 6 Oct 2004 -- To reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
• H. R. 10 US House of Representatives 24 Sep 2004 -- To provide for reform of the intelligence community, terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination, and for other purposes
• Iraq Survey Group Final Report Central Intelligence Agency 30 Sep 2004 -- " Given Iraq's investments in technology and infrastructure improvements, an effective procurement network, skilled scientists, and designs already on the books for longer range missiles, ISG assesses that Saddam clearly intended to reconstitute long-range delivery systems and that the systems potentially were for WMD. (...) Iraq Survey Group (ISG) discovered further evidence of the maturity and signifi cance of the pre-1991 Iraqi Nuclear Program but found that Iraq's ability to reconstitute a nuclear weapons program progressively decayed after that date. (...) Saddam never abandoned his intentions to resume a CW effort when sanctions were lifted and conditions were judged favorable (...) In spite of exhaustive investigation, ISG found no evidence that Iraq possessed, or was developing BW agent production systems mounted on road vehicles or railway wagons."
• Key Findings of the Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction 30 Sep 2004 [PDF 193 Kb]
• A Case to Answer: A first report on the potential impeachment of the Prime Minister for High Crimes and Misdemeanours in relation to the invasion of Iraq. by Glen Rangwala and Dan Plesch for Adam Price MP ImpeashBlair.org Aug 2004 -- "This report sets out compelling evidence of deliberate repeated distortion, seriously misleading statements and culpable negligence on the part of the Prime Minister. This misconduct is in itself more than sufficient to require his resignation. (...) The core conclusion of this report is that the impeachment of the Prime Minister has a strong basis in fact, and established precedent in parliamentary law. It is on this basis that a number of parliamentary colleagues have declared their intention to bring a Commons motion of impeachment as an indictment of the methods, practices and conduct of the Prime Minister in relation to the war in Iraq." [PDF 606 Kb]
• AR 15-6 Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Prison and 205th Military Intelligence Brigade by LTG Anthony R. Jones and MG George R. Fay US Army 23 Aug 2004 [PDF 920 Kb]
• Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations August 2004 [PDF 5.71 Mb]
• Detainee Operations Inspection Department of the Army: The Inspector General 21 Jul 2004 -- "This inspection report responds to the Acting Secretary of the Army's 10 February 2004 directive to conduct a functional analysis of the Army's conduct of detainee and interrogation operations to identify any capability shortfalls with respect to internment, enemy prisoner of war, detention operations, and interrogation procedures and recommend appropriate resolutions or changes if required." [PDF 2.287 Mb]
• Remarks by the President on Intelligence Reform The White House 02 Aug 2004 -- "Today I'm asking Congress to create the position of a National Intelligence Director. That person -- the person in that office will be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and will serve at the pleasure of the President. The National Intelligence Director will serve as the President's principal intelligence advisor and will oversee and coordinate the foreign and domestic activities of the intelligence committee. (...) Today, I also announce that we will establish a National Counter-Terrorism Center. This new center will build on the analytical work, the really good analytical work of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, and will become our government's knowledge bank for information about known and suspected terrorists. The new center will coordinate and monitor counter-terrorism plans and activities of all government agencies and departments to ensure effective joint action, and that our efforts are unified in priority and purpose. The center will also be responsible for preparing the daily terrorism threat report for the President and senior officials."
• Report of the Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies Australian Goverment 22 Jul 2004 -- "On 4 March 2004, the Prime Minister appointed Mr Philip Flood to inquire into the Australian intelligence agencies, consistent with a recommendation of the earlier report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee into ASIO, ASIS and DSD (PJCAAD) inquiry into intelligence on Iraq 's weapons of mass destruction. The report of this inquiry - Report of the Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies - considers the effectiveness of the intelligence community's current oversight and accountability mechanisms and the delivery of high quality and independent intelligence advice to the government, and includes case studies on Iraq , Jemaah Islamiyah and the Solomon Islands."
• Revealing Some of the Top Secret Follow-on Reconnaissance Satellite Imagery & Data from Open Sources By (c) Charles P. Vick 7 Jun 2004 -- "Declassification of formerly classified U.S. intelligence imagery, documents and the former Soviet Union/Russian space industry histories are helping fill in large gaps in the historical record of the Soviet side of the manned Lunar race as illuminated by both Russian and American perspectives. (...) This present research report covers a ten step process to identify the data that can now be defined from open sources in spite of it not having yet been declassified by the U. S government."
• The Soviet Manned Lunar Race Milestones As Seen in the CORONA/KH-1- 4B, GAMBIT/KH-7, GAMBIT/KH-8 & HEXAGON/KH-9 Imagery: Events in the Development of the SL-12/Proton-Zond & SL-X-15/N1-L3 Boosters By © Charles P. Vick 10 Jul 2004 -- "Declassification of formerly classified U.S. intelligence imagery, documents and parts of the former Soviet Union/Russian space industry, and Baikonur Cosmodrome histories, are helping fill in large gaps in the historical record of the Soviet side of the manned Lunar race as illuminated by both Russian and American perspectives. This documents purpose is to identify what the actual activity of the N1-L3/ "J" vehicle and the Proton/Zond/ SL-12 vehicles were on the Baikonur Cosmodrome regardless of what the U. S. intelligence community thought was going on. It also was developed to define what actual activities were observed by U. S. intelligence versus those that were not imaged or monitored by U. S. SIGINT operations."
• Butler Report: Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction Committee of Privy Counsellors 14 Jul 2004 [PDF 1 MB]
• REPORT ON THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S PREWAR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS ON IRAQ Select Committe on Intelligence 09 Jul 2004 [PDF Version 23.4 MB]
• Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq: Conclusions Select Committe on Intelligence 09 Jul 2004 [PDF Version 1.89 MB]
• INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005: Committee Report to H.R.4548 with Minority Views [To accompany H.R. 4548] U.S. House of representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 21 Jun 2004 [PDF 232 Kb]
• TAGUBA REPORT - HEARING ARTICLE 15-6 INVESTIGATION OF THE 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE On 19 January 2004, Lieutenant General (LTG) Ricardo S. Sanchez, Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Seven (CJTF-7) requested that the Commander, US Central Command, appoint an Investigating Officer (IO) in the grade of Major General (MG) or above to investigate the conduct of operations within the 800th Military Police (MP) Brigade.
• Declassified August 6, 2001 Daily Presidential Brief: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US The White House Declassiffied and Approved for Release 10 Apr 2004 -- "Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate Bin Ladin since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US. Bin Ladin implied in US television interviews in 1997 and 11998 that his followers would follow the example of WOrld Trade Center bombing Ramzi Yousef and "bring the fighting to America."" [PDF 214 Kb]
• Inquiry into Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Australia Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSDReleased on 01 Mar 2004 -- "The United States and the United Kingdom argued that war against Iraq was necessary because Iraq had defied, over a period of 12 years, United Nations Security Council resolutions, which sought the disarmament of Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. In particular, both governments and the Australian government which joined in the coalition, argued that intelligence had revealed that Iraq continued to possess and indeed was increasing its holdings of weapons of mass destruction. (...) The arguments about the need to go to war were controversial (...) In Australia, the Senate referred this matter to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD on 18 June 2003. The Committee was asked to consider the nature, accuracy and independence of the intelligence used by the Australian government and the accuracy and completeness of the presentation of that intelligence by the Australian government to the Parliament and people of Australian."
• Remarks as prepared for delivery by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet at Georgetown University: Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction 5 February, 2004 -- "I have come here today to talk to you-and to the American people-about something important to our nation and central to our future: how the United States intelligence community evaluated Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs over the past decade, leading to a National Intelligence Estimate in October of 2002. I want to tell you about our information and how we reached our judgments. I will tell you what I think-honestly and directly."
• Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Dr David Kelly C.M.G. by Lord Hutton The Hutton Inquiry 28 Jan 2004
• Iraqi weapons of mass destruction - Intelligence and Assessments Intelligence and Security Committee Sep 2003 -- "The purpose of this Report is to examine whether the available intelligence, which informed the decision to invade Iraq, was adequate and properly assessed and whether it was accurately reflected in Government publications. This Report does not judge whether the decision to invade Iraq was correct." [PDF 600 Kb]
• Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 January - 30 June 2003 Central Intelligence Agency Released November 2003 -- "As required by Section 721 of the FY 1997 Intelligence Authorization Act, the following are country summaries of acquisition activities (solicitations, negotiations, contracts, and deliveries) related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and advanced conventional weapons (ACW) that occurred from 1 January through 30 June 2003. We have excluded countries that already have established WMD programs, as well as countries that demonstrated little WMD acquisition activity of concern." [PDF Version 151 Kb]
• A Review of the FBI's Performance in Deterring, Detecting, and Investigating the Espionage Activities of Robert Philip Hanssen U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General August 14, 2003 -- In this report, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) examines the performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in deterring, detecting, and investigating the espionage of Robert Philip Hanssen, a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent. Hanssen's espionage began in November 1979 - three years after he joined the FBI - and continued intermittently until his arrest in February 2001, just two months before his mandatory retirement date. In addition to its management responsibility to detect espionage among its employees, the FBI is the lead agency for detecting and investigating espionage committed in the United States.
• S. REPT. NO. 107- 351 / H. REPT. NO. 107-792: Report Of The Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001- By The House Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence And The Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, December 2002, Released 2003
• NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE: IRAQ'S CONTINUING PROGRAMS FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION [EXCERPTS] October 2002 -- As Released by The White House on July 18, 2003 -- "We judge that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions. Baghdad has chemical and biological weapons as well as missiles with ranges in excess of UN restrictions; if left unchecked, it probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade. (See INR alternative view at the end of these Key Judgments.)"
• SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL HOLDS BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ JULY 18, 2003 -- The National Intelligence Estimate is the work product of about six intelligence agencies that pulled together all the information -- this is a particular one with regards to the weapons of mass destruction program of Saddam Hussein, as you see. It is titled "Iraq's Continuing Programs For Weapons of Mass Destruction."
• Press Release: CODEL Goss Visit to Baghdad Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. House Of Representatives July 15, 2003 -- "Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Porter Goss (R-FL), Ranking Democrat Jane Harman (D-CA), and Congressmen Jim Gibbons (R-NV) and Robert "Bud" Cramer (D-AL) conducted a 3-day oversight mission focused on Iraq. (...) On July 10th, the CODEL met Coalition officials in Baghdad to review the efforts underway to determine the status of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program and establish security in Iraq following Operation Iraqi Freedom." [PDF]
• STATEMENT BY GEORGE J. TENET, DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Central Intelligence Agency 11 Jul 2003 -- "Legitimate questions have arisen about how remarks on alleged Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium in Africa made it into the President's State of the Union speech. Let me be clear about several things right up front. First, CIA approved the President's State of the Union address before it was delivered. Second, I am responsible for the approval process in my Agency. And third, the President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound. These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the President."
• The Decision to go to War in Iraq, Ninth Report of Session 2002-03, Volume I United Kingdom House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee July 7, 2003 -- "This Report seeks to establish whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, within the Government as a whole, presented accurate and complete information to Parliament in the period leading up to military action in Iraq, particularly in respect of weapons of mass destruction. The focus on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction is because their removal was the Government's prime objective." [PDF 1.03 Mb]
• H.R.2417 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Reported in House)
• INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 House Report 108-163, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 108TH CONGRESS 1st Session
• Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2002-2003 United Kingdom Intelligence and Security Committee June 2003 -- "This Annual Report covers the period May 2002 to April 2003 and is the second Annual Report produced by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) under the chairmanship of the Rt. Hon. Ann Taylor MP. The Committee also produced a special Report Inquiry into Intelligence, Assessments and Advice prior to the Terrorist Bombings on Bali 12 October 2002 in December 2002." [PDF 443 Kb]
• Iraqi Mobile Biological Warfare Agent Production Plants Central intelligence Agency 28 May 2003 -- "Coalition forces have uncovered the strongest evidence to date that Iraq was hiding a biological warfare program. (...) The design, equipment, and layout of the trailer found in late April is strikingly similar to descriptions provided by a source who was a chemical engineer that managed one of the mobile plants. Secretary of State Powell's description of the mobile plants in his speech in February 2003 to the United Nations (see inset below) was based primarily on reporting from this source." [PDF Version 741 Kb]
• FBI's Management Of Information Technology Investments, Report No. 03-09, December 2002 U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, December 19, 2002 -- Effective use of information technology (IT) is crucial to the FBI's ability to meet this priority as well as its other critical responsibilities. However, reviews conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the General Accounting Office (GAO) have found major weaknesses associated with the FBI's IT. (...) We found that the lack of critical IT investment management processes contributed to missed milestones and led to uncertainties about cost, schedule, and technical goals. Specifically, despite $78 million in additional funding, the FBI missed its July 2002 milestone date for completing the physical IT infrastructure upgrades to field offices, including new computer hardware and networks. (...) In addition, the user application component of Trilogy, recognized by FBI officials as the most important aspect of the project in terms of improving agent performance, is at high risk of not being completed within the funding levels appropriated by Congress." [PDF 2.71 Mb]
• Counterterrorism Intelligence Capabilities and Performance Prior to 9-11 A Report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader - 17 July 2002
• USIGS Migration Plan National Imagery and Mapping Agency Acquisition & Technology Directorate Program Plan - 28 September 2001 - UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY