Reuters. 26 Mar. 2003. [http://www.reuters.com]
Reuters. 26 Mar. 2003. [http://www.reuters.com]
On 26 March 2003, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun named Ko Young-koo to head the National Intelligence Service. Ko is a former human rights lawyer who headed the Lawyers for a Democratic Society group to which Roh also belonged. "South Korean officials say the new chief's brief is to carry out a radical overhaul, but the details are not yet clear."
[OtherCountries/SKorea]
Reuters. "Army Spies, Still Miffed, Mark 80 Years."
6 Nov. 1998. [http://www. russiatoday.com]
The Russian military espionage service, the GRU, marked its 80th anniversary on 5 November 1998, "still smarting over Josef Stalin's paranoid failure to heed its warnings about Nazi invasion plans and now facing a more prosaic lack of funds....
"Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the General Staff, wrote in a rare front-page article in the military daily Krasnaya Zvezda that the GRU still played an important role but had been forced to reassess priorities because of lack of money. He also said the GRU, arguably the most secret of Russia's secret services, was cooperating with Western spy agencies in the fight against terrorism, drugs and nuclear proliferation."
[Russia/90s]
Reuters. "Australia Doubles Its Spy Numbers Since 2001." 27 Dec. 2006. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
According to an Australian daily on 28 December 2006, an "influx of Chinese spies has forced" the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), the nation's domestic security agency, "into a recruiting drive to counter the threat as well as that posed by Muslim extremists.... Attorney General Philip Ruddock declined to confirm any increase in Chinese-language-speaking spies, but said ASIO had been on a major recruitment drive since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. 'We have committed very significant resources which has enabled ASIO to expand its staffing to 1,200, double the number it had at 2001,' Ruddock told local media." The newspaper "said around 88 linguists had been employed since 2004 under the recruitment drive which plans to see ASIO grow to more than 1,800 by 2011." It also reported that ASIO "was having less success recruiting fluent Arabic speakers, with fewer than a dozen working inside security and intelligence agencies."
[Australia/00s]
Reuters. "Britain's BBC Claims New Spy Expose." 17 Sep.
1999.
The BBC said on 17 September that "it had uncovered evidence that a British university economics lecturer spied for ... East Germany's Stasi secret police. In its nightly news bulletin, the BBC said the lecturer had spied for the East Germans for 12 years from 1977 and that ... MI5 had known the male teacher's identity since 1994.... [T]he BBC -- due to screen its expose 'A School for Spies' [on 19 September 1999] -- said the lecturer ... had admitted his codename was 'Armin.'"
[UK/SpyCases/99/Fever]
Reuters. "CIA to Lose Deputy for Operations." Washington Post, 5 Jun. 2004, A4. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
The CIA announced on 4 June 2004 that Deputy Director for Operations James L. Pavitt will soon retire after five years in the position. The statement said that Pavitt decided to retire about a month ago, and his departure is not related to DCI George J. Tenet's resignation, announced on 3 June 2004. Stephen Kappes, deputy operations chief since 2002, will succeed Pavitt when he retires.
[CIA/00s/04/Gen; CIA/C&C/DO]
Reuters.
"CIA Says Its Translation Output Won't Shrink." 4 Feb. 1997.
"The Central Intelligence Agency said [on 4 February 1997] that it was preserving the breadth of the foreign media it translates and distributes not just to U.S. decision-makers and analysts but to subscribers worldwide."
[CIA/C&C/FBIS]
Reuters.
"France to Send Spy Planes, More Ships to Help
U.S." New York Times, 25 Oct. 2001. [http://www.nytimes.com]
"France has beefed up its military involvement in the U.S.-led conflict with Afghanistan by contributing spy planes and more ships, French President Jacques Chirac said" on 25 October 2001.
[France/oos; Terrorism/01/WTC]
Reuters. "Greece Arrests Suspect for First Nov. 17 Murder."
25 Jul. 2002. [http://news. lycos.com]
On 25 July 2002, Greek police arrested 46-year-old Pavlos Serifis, "a suspected member of the November 17 guerrilla band.... 'He participated with other members of the November 17 terrorist group in the murder of Athens CIA station chief Richard Welch on December 23, 1975,' police spokesman Lefteris Economou told a news conference."
[CIA/70s/Welch; OtherCountries/Greece]
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