Unverified Reports of Terror Threats Linger
Pentagon officials say their newest intelligence agency, the Counterintelligence Field Activity, is finding “irregularities” in about one of every 100 reports of suspicious activity that were entered into its database of possible terrorist threats to Defense Department personnel or facilities. Pentagon officials began reviewing how CIFA managed what are known as Talon reports after revelations that the agency kept in its database information on Americans who were carrying out peaceful demonstrations against the war in Iraq at military bases and recruiting offices. Full Story