Bro - Bron

Broad, William J. "F.B.I. Disputes Theory of Atomic Bomb Plot." New York Times, 3 May 1995, A8 (N).

An FBI statement says that the Bureau has no evidence to support Sudoplatov's charges that the architects of the atom bomb spied for Moscow, and in fact has secret evidence to the contrary. The FBI's conclusion was made public on 1 May 1995 by PFIAB Chairman Les Aspin. FBI Director Louis J. Freeh wrote Aspin that "the bureau 'is not in possession of any credible evidence that would suggest that Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer, or Leo Szilard engaged in any espionage activity on behalf of any foreign power....'

"To the contrary, Mr Freeh added, 'the F.B.I. has classified information available that argues against the conclusions reached by the author of "Special Tasks." The F.B.I., therefore, considers such allegations to be unfounded.'"

Jerrold Schecter, a co-author of Sudoplatov's book, "is continuing to amass documents to try to back up the charges of atomic treason and criticized the F.B.I. [on 2 May 1995]. He said that he had requested the bureau's files before the book was published ... and was upset that after 50 years only the F.B.I.'s conclusions were being made public."

[SpyCases/U.S./Bomb/Sudoplatov]

Broad, William J. "Los Alamos Scientist's Book Creates a New Controversy." New York Times, 5 Aug. 2001. [http://www.nytimes.com]

"Wen Ho Lee ... may be on a collision course with the government over whether he has violated security rules in the handling of his forthcoming autobiography."

[SpyCases/U.S./China/Lee]

Broad, William J. "New Books Revive Old Talk of Spies." New York Times, 11 May 1999. [http://www.nytimes.com]

This article focuses on comments from authors of works dealing with the Soviet atomic spying effort, including Jerrold L. Schecter, Robert Louis Benson, Gregg Herken, Pavel Sudoplatov, Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel, John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, and Jeremy J. Stone.

[SpyCases/U.S./Atomic/Gen]

Broad, William J. "Official Asserts Spy Case Suspect Was a Bias Victim." New York Times, 18 Aug. 1999. [http://www.nytimes.com]

This article focuses on remarks from Robert S. Vrooman, first made to the Washington Post (see Loeb, 17 August 1999. above).

[SpyCases/U.S./China/Lee]

Broad, William J. "Official Denies Spy Suspect Was Victim of Bias." New York Times, 19 Aug. 1999. [http://www.nytimes.com]

Notra Trulock, the top intelligence officer at the Energy Department, "strongly denied [on 18 August 1999] that racism was involved in his department's years-long investigation of ... Wen Ho Lee." According to Trulock, "[h]is department sent the names of about a dozen suspects to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, only three of which were Chinese-Americans and the rest Caucasians."

[SpyCases/U.S./China/Lee]

Broad, William J.

1. "Science Seeking Military's Data from Cold War." New York Times, 23 Jun. 1992, A1, B11.

On 28 May 1992, President Bush "signed a directive that cleared the way for environmentalists to use the nation's spy gear and records." Intelligence collection "platforms" which might provide information in monitoring the global environment include satellites, aircraft, ships, and submarines.

2. "Spy Satellites' Early Role Coming Clear." New York Times, 12 Sep. 1995, B5, B10.

Replays some of the recent Corona revelations, with large photographs to illustrate.

3. "U.S. Will Deploy Its Spy Satellites on Nature Mission." New York Times, 27 Nov. 1995, A1, A14 (N).

A new program "is directing spy satellites to study about two dozen ecologically sensitive sites around the world. Ultimately, it is to monitor about 500 sites.... The data will be archived for future generations of scientists and will remain secret for now to conceal the abilities of the nation's reconnaissance systems." Scientists involved in the project note that "spy satellites are better than civilian remote-sensing craft, like Landsat or Spot, which orbit the earth for the United States and France respectively.... For the fiscal year 1996, the Administration requested $17.6 million for the environmental work, and appropriations conferees allotted $15 million."

[GenPostwar/Issues/S&T; GenPostwar/NatSec/Env; Recon/Sats][c]

Broad, William J. "A Spy’s Path: Iowa to A-Bomb to Kremlin Honor." New York Times, 12 Nov. 2007. [http://www.nytimes.com]

On 2 November 2007, the Russian government announced that President Putin had posthumously awarded George Koval, "a Soviet agent who penetrated the Manhattan Project," the title of "Hero of the Russian Federation, the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a Russian citizen." Koval "died in his 90s last year in Moscow," but his name "is just coming to light publicly." Historians say that Koval "was probably one of the most important spies of the 20th century." He was a "mole groomed in the Soviet Union" by the GRU, the military intelligence agency. "Washington has known about Dr. Koval’s spying since he fled the United States shortly after the war but kept it secret."

[SpyCases/U.S./Bomb/Koval]

Broad, William J. "U.S. Navy's Attack Subs to Be Lent for Study of Arctic Icecap." New York Times, 21 Feb. 1995, C1, C7.

[GenPostwar/NatSec/Env]

Broadus, James M., and R.V. Vartanov. "The Oceans and Environmental Security." Oceanus 34, no. 2 (1991): 14-19.

[GenPostwar/NatSec/Env]

Brock, David. "Spies Are Back in U.S. Arsenal." Insight, 23 Jun. 1986, 6-15. [Petersen]

[CIA/80s/Gen]

Brock, Tony [LT/USN]. "Special Operations Require Special Intelligence Officers." U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Dec. 1999, 71-73.

"[T]he intelligence billets within the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community are manned today by a passing parade of new officers who, regardless of rank, lack formal training and experience in special operations."

[MI/Navy/90s; MI/SpecOps]

Brockmiller, John. "Psywar in Intelligence Operations." Studies in Intelligence 5, no. 3 (Summer 1961): 49-55.

"The intelligence operator, whether collector or analyst, in any Western nation engaged in a defense effort against the Sino-Soviet bloc and the world Communist movement has at least four major reasons to take an active interest in psychological warfare."

[CA/PsyOps]

Broder, John M. "Official Overseeing Security Contractors Resigns." New York Times, 24 Oct. 2007. [http://www.nytimes.com]

On 24 October 2007, Richard J. Griffin, director of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, submitted his resignation effective 1 November 2007. Griffin "faced stiff criticism from Congress over his handling" of a 16 September 2007 shooting episode involving the private security firm Blackwater USA "that left 17 Iraqis dead and other acts of violence by the State Department’s security guards."

[OtherAgencies/State/DSS]

Broder, John M. "President's Sober Response Assures Public of Security Measures." New York Times, 26 May 1999. [http://www.nytimes.com]

[SpyCases/China/Cox]

Brodeur, Jean-Paul, and Nicolas Dupeyron. "Democracy and Secrecy: The French Intelligence Community." In Democracy, Law and Security: Internal Security Services in Contemporary Europe, eds. Jean-Paul Brodeur, Peter Gill, and Dennis Tollborg, 19-23. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003.

[France/00s]

Brodeur, Jean-Paul, Peter Gill, and Dennis Töllborg, eds. Democracy, Law and Security:  Internal Security Services in Contemporary Europe.  New York:  Columbia University Press, 2003. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003.

Peake, Studies 47.3 (2003), notes that this work is "drawn from papers presented at two symposia in Gothenburg, Sweden, that compare intelligence services in 10 countries:  Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.  The various chapters look at historical, organizational, and political differences.... In most cases, very little has been published in English about the services discussed, and that enhances the book’s importance.  For students of intelligence, and especially counterintelligence, this is a very worthwhile contribution."

For Henderson, IJI&C 17.3, this work "provides useful background reference material on several less well-known European domestic security systems." However, "the index and bibliography ... are generally weak"; and the "collection lacks, except for Spain, organizational charts for the various national communities and individual services."

[OtherCountries/Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland/PostCW, Spain, Sweden; Canada/PostCW; France/Overviews; Germany/00s; UK/Overviews/00s]

Brodie, Ian. "CIA Officer Sacked Over Embassy Bomb." Times (London), 10 Apr. 2000. [http://www.the-times.co.uk]

[GenPostCW/90s/99/ChiEmb]

Brody, Richard. "The Limits of Warning." Washington Quarterly 6, no. 3 (Summer 1983): 40-48.

[Analysis/Warning]

Bronskill, Jim, and Mike Trickey. "Russian Spy Has Defected to Canada." National Post, 9 Mar. 2001. [http://www.nationalpost.com]

A Canadian Foreign Affairs spokesman confirmed on 8 March 2001 that Evgeny Toropov, security officer at the Russian embassy in Ottawa, had defected to Canada.

[Canada; Russia]

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