The objective of the Jeremiah Panel review was to define the NRO of the Twenty-first Century. The NRO is a unique institution, critical to our national security. The NRO of the Twenty-first Century should continue to serve the country in the same capacity using the results of our study to clarify its mission and continue the improvement of its overall institutional performance. The Jeremiah Panel Executive Overview Briefing Disc 1 [ HIGH RESOLUTION MPEG-1 (1.9GB, DVD-QUALITY) | Lower Resolution MPEG-4 (417MB, WEB QUALITY) The Jeremiah Panel Executive Overview Briefing Disc 2 [ HIGH RESOLUTION MPEG-1 (1.6GB File, DVD-QUALITY) | Lower Resolution MPEG-4…
Author: John Greenewald
According to the Department of Defense, published on March 16, 2009: Coalition jet fighters shot down an Iranian drone that was hovering over Iraq late last month, Multinational Force Iraq officials confirmed today. The incident occurred Feb. 25, about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, officials said in a statement. Two coalition aircraft were directed to visually identify the unmanned aerial vehicle after it was detected hovering inside the Iraqi border. The pilots confirmed that it wasn’t a coalition aircraft and that no collateral damage would result from a shoot-down. Coalition air forces tracked the UAV for nearly one hour…
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may change plans or take other countermeasures once it is known that the information is in unauthorized hands. Robert Hanssen Case Robert Philip Hanssen (born 18 April 1944) is a former American FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States for more than twenty years. Despite the fact that he revealed highly sensitive security information to the Soviet Union,…
The following documents chronicle the breaches of White House airspace, as received from the FAA. Breaches of White House Air Space from January 1, 2000 to February 7, 2002 [202 Pages] Breaches of White Houes Air Space from April 20, 1991, to December 14, 2007 [16 Pages, 5.74mb]
The following was reported by the Reuters news agency, on 05/25/2009: Iran has sent six warships to international waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to show its ability to confront any foreign threats, its naval commander said on Monday. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, quoted by the ISNA news agency, made the announcement five days after Iran said it test-fired a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 miles), putting Israel and U.S. bases in the area within reach. Iran said on May 14 it had sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect oil tankers…