The Pentagon has said that the remaining 45 could not be named because of national security and intelligence-gathering concerns.
The judge in Ghailani's trial rejected his argument that his right to a speedy trial had been denied, but one wonders if, at some point, that will come into play for other defendants — especially if the reasons for delaying a trial are as frankly political as the Post article made it sound, rather than connected, however wrongly, to intelligence-gathering concerns.
All of the disclosures were of information that was valuable to the public debate of United States war tactics, intelligence gathering and privacy concerns, with no documentable damage to national security interests.
The discussions between Kelly and national security officials largely focused on the need to protect sources and methods of intelligence gathering, as well as concerns about setting a dangerous precedent, a White House official said.
— "Any document, image, record, or information concerning the national defense, including but not limited to documents, maps, plans, diagrams, guides, manuals, and other Department of Defense, U.S. military, and/or weapons material, as well as sources and methods of intelligence gathering, and any communications concerning such documents, images, records, or information".
The power and scale of the intelligence gathering surprised many who concerned about the level of intrusion it represented.
The former spy who is the star witness in the Timor-Leste espionage allegations against Australia received permission from Australia's inspector general of security to take legal advice about his concerns about intelligence gathering in 2004 during negotiations for a lucrative gas treaty, according to Timor-Leste's lawyer Bernard Collaery.
McCormack welcomed "another lens" that Saunders will bring to the matter, noting he "understands the investigative need for intelligence gathering and understands the community concerns".
Adams, who was a consultant for the documentary, testified at the trial, saying, "I do not believe Gen. Westmoreland communicated fully to Washington". Concerning the intelligence gathering and reporting of enemy strength, he said: "I believe there was a conspiracy.
The Mossad is concerned with foreign intelligence gathering, intelligence analysis, and covert operations.
Mr. Reyes said the office "was a Rumsfeld-era relic that triggered major concern about domestic intelligence gathering by the Pentagon against Americans".
