保密新闻
来自政府保密的FAS项目
第2003卷,第17期
2003年2月26日

SHAKING HANDS WITH SADDAM

国防部长唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德(Donald Rumsfeld)是埃维尔德(Evildoer)吗?如果没有,那么他在与萨达姆·侯赛因握手是什么?

一个无辜的人可能会宽恕此类问题,因为他们看到了1983年与伊拉克独裁者的醒目的Rumsfeld的惊人照片。

In a "debate" over U.S. policy towards Iraq that depends largely on facile slogans and self-dramatization, the Rumsfeld photograph is a discordant reminder that the official version of events is a partial account at best.

这张照片是昨天由国家安全档案馆发掘和出版的不久的过去的被忽视资源之一。

新档案收集、编辑乔伊斯的战斗, helps fill in gaps in the record, documenting U.S. partnership with Iraq in its 1980-88 war against Iran and the acquiescence of U.S. officials, including some current Bush Administration figures, in Iraqi abuses. See:

"It would be nice... if prominent Bush officials acknowledged their past moral culpability," wrote The New Republic's Peter Beinart, who favors military action against Iraq, in the February 24 issue of that magazine. "Rumsfeld should have trouble sleeping at night given his role in abetting Saddam's crimes."

但是显然,从来没有拉姆斯菲尔德(Rumsfeld)的意图教萨达姆(Saddam)的罪行。从某种意义上说,这就是重点。对美国对伊拉克政策的记录的全面描述为对政治目的和手段的健康怀疑提供了理由,包括美国军事上强迫伊拉克裁军的能力,而不会引起重大意外后果。

Last year, Senator Robert Byrd discussed the Reagan Administration's transfer to Iraq of biological agents including anthrax, bubonic plague and many others, and placed supporting documentation in the Congressional Record on September 20:


鲍威尔:美国1973年智利政变的“不自豪”

The 1973 CIA covert action against Chile's President Salvador Allende "is not a part of American history that we're proud of," said Secretary of State Colin Powell last week in another occasion for reflection on how U.S. foreign policy can go astray.

秘书的言论是为了回应一名学生在2月20日由黑人娱乐电视台播出的论坛上的一个问题。

鲍威尔说:“关于……阿伦德先生发生了什么,这不是我们为之骄傲的美国历史的一部分。”“现在,我们有一种更负责任的方法来处理此类问题,我们已经与智利合作,帮助它建立了一个负责任的民主。”看:

The statement met with intense interest in Chile, eliciting reactions ranging from appreciation to contempt. See, for example, "Gobierno alaba reconocimiento de Powell," El Mercurio, February 22:


关于FISA实施的报告

根据新的参议院的一份新报告,监督和实施《外国情报监视法》(FISA)是一份不当保密的法律,该法律统治了对涉嫌外国大国或国际恐怖分子的人的国内监视的法律。

“当然,个人FISA案件的保密性肯定是必要的,但是这种保密已扩展到FISA的最基本法律和程序方面,这不应该是秘密的。这种不必要的保密有助于助长FISA实施FISA的不足。更多信息,包括FISA法院的所有未分类意见和经营规则和审查法院,应公开和/或向国会提供。格拉斯利。

See "FISA Implementation Failures: Interim Report on FBI Oversight in the 107th Congress by the Senate Judiciary Committee" here:

参议员提出了一项新的法案,即《 2003年的国内监视监督法》,以增加官方的FISA报告要求。该法案的文本(S. 436)以及介绍性声明以及在国会记录中引入的支持材料,可以在此处找到:


FISA AND THE PATRIOT ACT

The Justice Department has continued to slowly respond to congressional questions about the implementation of the USA Patriot Act. The latest installment of official responses, dated December 23, 2002, focused on the changes that were made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by the Patriot Act.

The answers, which are often evasive but occasionally interesting, are contained in three letters from Assistant Attorney General Daniel J. Bryant to Senators Leahy and Feingold. The letters, which seem to have gone completely unremarked, may be found here:

在过去的一年中,关于《美国爱国者法》的实施的一系列93个问题,司法部现在已经回答了56。37个问题仍然没有解决。


STATE HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMM MINUTES

The minutes of the December 2002 meeting of the State Department Historical Advisory Committee meeting were approved for release this week. The minutes, which provide some interesting gossip and the odd tidbit of information regarding declassification of historical records, may be found here:


PSYOPS:伊拉克传单

美国中央司令部已发布了一个传单的画廊,美国军方从2002年11月到本周就已经在伊拉克降落。

The leaflets include verbal messages (e.g., "Military fiber optic cables have been targeted for destruction. Repairing them places your life at risk.") together with graphic illustrations.

See the CENTCOM Leaflet Gallery here (thanks to MJR):

汤姆·香克(Thom Shanker)和埃里克·施米特(Eric Sc​​hmitt)在2月24日,美国军方针对伊拉克的心理行动运动在“解雇传单和电子,美国的工资战争”中描述了:


更新英特尔预算(非)披露

一系列推迟后,针对寻求解密和披露2002年情报预算总数的中央情报机构的《信息自由法》现在正在向前发展。

中央情报局上周表示,它将提出一项动议进行简易判决,包括3月20日,包括分类和未分类的声明,以支持对案件的驳回。此后一个月将回复。

情报预算的持续分类可能是最持久的国家安全保密的例子。我们认为,揭露和纠正这种错误的实践可能会对分类政策产生重要的有益影响,或者我们认为。


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