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...turn documents stolen by Pollard over to the U.S. Among them: information on Arab military operations, Soviet technology and weapons systems and, most troubling to Jerusalem, U.S. analyses of Israel's intelligence- gathering capabilities. Some Israeli officials do not want to see Pollard convicted and worry that information about covert activities, once returned, might be leaked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel a Slew of Unanswered Questions | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...which means we're good guys after all) in an attempt to counter what we believe is a serious threat to Democracy and self-determination. Nicaragua is not as bad as either South Africa or the Soviet Union. Thus, we should finance terrorist activity or possibly wage all-out covert war against both countries...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Cheap Thrills | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

Apart from what we believe to be a clear moral issue, there are important practical considerations that dictate the Center's rejection of any over or covert intelligence connection. All of us, as well as many of the graduate and undergraduate students connected with the CMES, conduct research in the Middle East and maintain academic and personal ties with people in that region. Any real or purported connection with the CIA or similar agency may result in reduced access to research sources, a suspicious or even hostile attitude on the part of foreign governments, academic institutions and individuals, and even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

...Helms, anyone advocating it "ought to be condemned to pick the targets and specify the force that will be used to take out those targets." When those kinds of questions are raised, the response is often an embarrassed silence. A potentially effective form of retribution would be to send covert-action hit teams or employ local agents to strike at terrorist squads. But American inability to keep secrets, and moral qualms about adopting the terrorists' own tactics, make that difficult if not impossible. The only certainty seems to be that for the foreseeable future, countering terrorism will rank second only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Attack on Civilization | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...countrymen the names of more than 100 European, Canadian and U.S. firms that could provide the necessary equipment for a plant. Using a network of phony businesses as cover, Pakistan began to acquire and transfer to Islamabad technology from Western Europe and North America. Items in the covert pipeline ranged from special steel tubing to precision measuring equipment to specialized electronics. In 1978, some 400 tons of uranium oxide, the basic feedstock in producing enriched uranium, was secretly obtained from Niger, with the connivance of Libya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Has the Bomb | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

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