U.S. Readies Aggressive Counterintelligence Plan

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Reuters) - The Bush administration has adopted a new counterintelligence strategy that calls for pre-emptive action against foreign intelligence services viewed as threats to U.S. national security, officials said on Saturday.

The first national U.S. counterintelligence strategy, which President Bush approved on March 1, aims to combat intelligence services from countries hungry for U.S. military and nuclear secrets, such as China and Iran, both at home and abroad, counterintelligence officials said.

Officials at a counterintelligence conference at Texas A&M University described the strategy as an extension of the post-Sept. 11 foreign policy initiative known as the Bush doctrine, which calls for pre-emptive action against nations and extremist groups perceived as threats to the United States.
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Officials said the plan aims to protect U.S. intelligence and information systems from foreign agents including al Qaeda by integrating counterintelligence through a recently formed agency called the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/05/us_readies_aggressive_counterintelligence_plan/

years?

They are announcing that the spy network will be operating here. There's no guarantee that our own citizens won't be victims of this new aggression.

snip>
"What we'd like to do with the counterintelligence program is what we've done with counterterrorism, which is take the fight to other guy's back yard and exploit and interdict where we can, and at home, interdict where we must."
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The strategy Marks a departure from a long-standing counterintelligence practice of waiting for foreign-sponsored agents to act against intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

"Instead of being willing to take a punch and be damaged, we in fact take the skills of counterintelligence and ... impose damage on other intelligence services," explained Quattrocki, a top aide to Van Cleave.

He declined to identify countries seen as potential targets. But other officials cited China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Libya as nations that have tried to collect U.S. secrets through means including cyber espionage.

The Bushites have already arrogated to themselves dictatorial power.
The problem is that they don't have the sort of secret police organization
to back it up, and they can't afford it either. That doesn't mean
a few people here and there won't be abused.

But I was just saying that this won't do a thing for our intelligence
failures either, we've already been "robbed" blind and these clowns
have no clue what to do to stop further "theft" of our secrets.

to consider similar strategy, will call for preemptive retaliation.

pnorman

term to Bush?

I mean you NEVER announce your counter intel efforst, just like you never announce your Intel efforts....

I call this... smoke and mirrors for the gullible and the ignorant (Yep the hate filled Right wing, neocon Fox watchers, hi boys)

Rule 1 - You don't announce it before you do it.

Rule 2 - You don't brag about it after the mission.

As former military (ok - the Coast Guard) - this is Texas Bull Chips.

Texas A&M - That's where they go bobbin for french fries. ;)

Sat Mar 5, 2005 01:54 PM ET

By David Morgan

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Reuters) - The Bush administration has adopted a new counterintelligence strategy that calls for pre-emptive action against foreign intelligence services viewed as threats to U.S. national security, officials said on Saturday.

The first national U.S. counterintelligence strategy, which President Bush approved on March 1, aims to combat intelligence services from countries hungry for U.S. military and nuclear secrets, such as China and Iran, both at home and abroad, counterintelligence officials said.

Officials at a counterintelligence conference at Texas A&M University described the strategy as an extension of the post-Sept. 11 foreign policy initiative known as the Bush doctrine, which calls for pre-emptive action against nations and extremist groups perceived as threats to the United States.

"The United States has become the No. 1 target for the intelligence collection of other nations," said John Quattrocki, a senior U.S. counterintelligence official.

"What we'd like to do with the counterintelligence program is what we've done with counterterrorism, which is take the fight to other guy's back yard and exploit and interdict where we can, and at home, interdict where we must."

The strategy is due to be released to the public as an unclassified document in coming days.
(more at link)
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7816409&src=rss/domesticNews>

rescuing the journalist. Interesting timing

They just keep on rampin' it up!! Well, they will NEVER be happy or satisfied even when they reach the end goal of their aim. I'm sure the rest of the world will not be happy or in great shape either, unfortunately.

They care for noone other than themselves and their $$$$$. :cry:

is to completely DESTROY
this planet and all that lives upon it.

wear kevlar and a gas mask to the next protest, comrades...

That's probably where Rumsfeld is spending a lot of his $9 billion slush fund.

http://www.counterpunch.org/floyd1101.html



link to Arkin article mentioned by CounterPunch

(file this under "Shoot first, ask questions later")

U.S. targets spy services abroad

By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published March 6, 2005
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Bush administration has adopted a new counterintelligence strategy that calls for "attacking" foreign spy services and the spy components of terrorist groups before they can strike, a senior U.S. intelligence official said yesterday.
National Counterintelligence Executive Michelle Van Cleave said in a speech here that the past policy of waiting for intelligence threats to emerge "ceded the initiative to the adversary."
"No longer will we wait until taking action," Miss Van Cleave said during a conference hosted by the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. "To meet the threat, U.S. counterintelligence needs to go on the offensive, which will require major but achievable changes in the way we do business."
The new mission for counterintelligence is to identify foreign spies and terrorist threats, and then develop "a counterintelligence doctrine of attacking foreign intelligence services systematically via strategic counterintelligence operations," Miss Van Cleave said.
(snip)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050305-111738-8027r
http://www.antiwar.com/

Jus' wondering?