Very interesting. I wonder to what extent the information was being collected on civilian protestors.
Article leaves me wanting more info. > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Timothy J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 12:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Now THIS should be investigated > > Newsweek > April 2, 2007 > > Periscope > > Pentagon: Taking A Hard Look At CIFA > > The Pentagon is reviewing the charter of a controversial counterspy > agency set up by former Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld after 9/11. > The Counter-Intelligence Field Activity (CIFA) was supposed to > "coordinate" counterintel and antiterrorist reporting by myriad > Pentagon > spy outfits-including intel divisions maintained by all four military > services. But CIFA seemed to overreach. As part of an assignment to > collate data about suspicious incidents at U.S. military bases, CIFA > also collected info on peace activists and anti-Bush protesters. CIFA's > contracting practices came under investigation as part of a corruption > inquiry. At one point, more than 90 percent of the people employed at > CIFA HQ worked for defense contractors, rather than directly for the > government; the Pentagon says the percentage of contract employees at > the agency now has been reduced to 60 percent. > > Maj. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, confirmed to NEWSWEEK that > investigations of CIFA's dealings with contractors and its handling of > info on domestic protesters are continuing. Ryder also acknowledged > that > a division of new Defense Secretary Robert Gates's office is reviewing > the 2002 Defense Department document that constitutes CIFA's charter, > and that military services and other defense agencies would be > consulted. A senior Defense official, anonymous when discussing > sensitive material, said Pentagon intel outfits may use the charter > renewal to try to weaken or even break up CIFA. The Pentagon spokesman > said only that CIFA "is not seeking to expand its > authorities/activities" and that the agency's fate should be decided by > the end of this year. > > - Mark Hosenball > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231352 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
