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BERLIN — Germany formally discontinued the draft at midnight on Thursday to make way for a smaller, tighter army that will draw people like Johannes Beckert and Steven Stadler, both volunteers signing up for duty at a sprawling, suburban recruitment center that once housed the East German military's overseas espionage agency.

The official was arrested between January and March on allegations that he had passed information to the US for several years on China's overseas espionage activities, Hong Kong press and Reuters report.

The idea would be to separate a clearly defensive mission from the offensive side of the NSA, which works to gain access to networks overseas for espionage, and which can be used to enable a military cyber attack on an adversary's computer system.

Promising to enhance the nation's espionage operations overseas, President Bush acknowledged on Friday that the prewar intelligence on Iraq was flawed, but nevertheless defended his decision to go to war.

The Olympics will be held in various locations throughout China, and U.S. consulates are ready to assist Americans in a variety of emergency situations overseas, including acts of commercial espionage.

After several years he became what is known as a case officer, carrying out traditional espionage work in his overseas assignments.

The report charged that "human intelligence" -- espionage by spies operating overseas -- was now stretched too thin by demands from policy makers to provide support for military operations and other emergencies in developing countries.

Such secrets include information about U.S. espionage sources and covert operations overseas.

His first overseas assignment was West Berlin, a beehive of espionage during the cold war.

In May 1973 Beadle chaired the High Court appeal hearing for Peter Niesewand, a freelance reporter for the overseas press who had just been convicted of espionage under the Official Secrets Act, prompting outcry abroad.

It is charged with gathering information overseas and with other strategic services ranging from foreign espionage to covert political intervention.