But they also said they were not new, that some were not credible and that all had been weighed in the preparation of intelligence reports that concluded that the relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda remained ambiguous at best.
But reading it today, the central role of unreliable agents and the preparation of intelligence reports where vacuum cleaner parts are presented as military equipment will amuse anyone who remembers the Iraq war and the intelligence assessments made public before invasion.
According to one confidential fax, Mr Brown and Silver Shadow discussed using former Israeli intelligence officers - 'whose method are (sic) known worldwide' - to train Ocensa security staff in interrogation, intelligence collection, targeting and running informants in the field, preparation of intelligence files and investigating private individuals.
At issue is a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation, which cited unnamed security officials as sources, that Downing Street intervened in the preparation of an intelligence dossier in September to highlight a claim that Iraq could deploy chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes.
However, US security officials have sounded less confident about the Russian preparations and level of intelligence sharing.
This list, as with my earlier posted list on books about what is wrong with America, was done in preparation for the final part of INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability (EIN, 2010), itself a companion and sequel to a book Tom inspired and contributed to along with 54 others including me, COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace (EIN, 2008).
They demand the very highest standards of intelligence, of training, of preparation, of timing and execution.
But months of preparations and intelligence work could not prevent hundreds of young Englishmen taking part in running street battles with the police and local North Africans before, during and after England's game against Tunisia in Marseilles on June 15th.Most of the 36 people arrested were not known hooligans.
Being serious is surprising the Baghdad headquarters of the Mukhabarat, nerve center of intelligence collection and war preparation, to examine computer tapes.
Players have been convinced, certainly; struck by the depth of knowledge and the hours he puts in, the level of preparation, and the intelligence and clarity with which he conveys his ideas, building a team dynamic.
On receipt of intelligence reports on Russia's war preparations, Napoleon expanded his Grande Armée to more than 450,000 men.
