[Intelforum] UPI Stories on Europe's spy in al-Qaida and other topics

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Fellow intelforum listers:

Last week, a Muslim man who said he had been an agent inside the global
jihadi network for several European intelligence services published a
memoir, "Inside the Jihad." The broad outlines of his story were
confirmed to several reputable news organizations, but much of the
detail remains uncheckable.

I wrote two stories for UPI about the book, which I think raises some
interesting questions about efforts to spy on al-Qaida prior to Sept. 11

They are here:
http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20061122-095127-6901r

And here:
http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20061128-012538-5064r


I have also written recently about Ron Olive's fascinating insider
account of "Capturing Jonathan Pollard."
http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20061113-113016-5218r

And about the recently published implementation plan for the Information
Sharing Environment mandated by Congress as part of the 2004 intellignce
reform.
http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20061121-062600-9762r

All of these links should be good for 90 days.

Shaun Waterman
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor