Mr. Padilla then traveled to Pakistan, where he received training from Al Qaeda in the wiring of explosives, intelligence officials said.
Under the program, documents are withheld only if they include information like the names of Iraqis raped by the secret police, instructions for using explosives, intelligence sources or "diplomatically sensitive" material.
The report last month said that in the 1990's, "bin Laden's representatives and Iranian officials had discussed putting aside Shia-Sunni divisions to cooperate against the common enemy," and that a small group of Qaeda members "subsequently traveled to Iran and Hezbollah camps in Lebanon for training in explosives, intelligence and security".
In the week of the explosive Senate intelligence committee report on the CIA's interrogations of terror suspects under the Bush administration, parallels are being drawn with the abusive detention techniques still routinely practiced on US soil.
The small teams of weapons hunters consist mainly of representatives from several different government agencies, and include explosives experts, intelligence analysts, Special Forces operatives, scientists, laboratory technicians and former nuclear and other unconventional weapons inspectors.
The investigator also used video taken during the engagement, photos taken at the scene and weapons, explosives and intelligence materials collected there, some of it suggesting that militants had been planning an attack on a nearby American base.
SASR personnel also provide training in weapons handling and the use of explosives to intelligence agents and members of elite police units at Swan Island in Victoria.
Under the heading "Threat of VBIED" (vehicle-borne improvised explosive device), an intelligence report says a pink Hyundai Accent "was allegedly brought into Iraq from Iran through northern Iraq for ultimate use" against Allawi or one of his "close political associates".
An explosive, though unverified, intelligence dossier later claims that during the trip Igor Sechin, CEO of Rosneft, Russia's state oil company, offers Page and associates a 19percentt stake in the company if he could help lift U.S. sanctions on Russia. .
So far nobody has been hurt by the explosive devices, but intelligence experts say the devices are still dangerous and that serial bombers tend to be, by nature, calculated, attention-seeking, and very unpredictable.
