Since rumours began circulating about a possible test at the start of the year, Chinese officials have been visiting the US embassy in Beijing to request intelligence updates about the likely site and timing.
Based on their statements of objectives and a scenario distributed by the controller, the students began the actual simulation game after lunch, using various forms to request intelligence information, communicate with other teams and issue press releases.
In the cable requesting intelligence from UN diplomats, it names specific countries of interest, including China, France, Japan, Mexico, Russia and the European Union, and seeks biographical details of individuals such as credit card and frequent-flyer numbers.
A similar cable requested intelligence on officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundy, Rwanda and Uganda, and specifically mentioned the collection of DNA samples, iris scans and computer passwords.
We need to be able to request additional intelligence documents; interview intelligence community and administration officials past and present; hold closed and open hearings; and prepare a final public report on lessons learned".
At the request of intelligence officials, The New York Times withheld some details about the intercepted communications.
At the request of intelligence officials, the Guardian has agreed to withhold identifying details about the woman, who is still a serving officer, and will refer to her only as "Officer A".
To the extent that the Abu Ghraib guards acted, as some have said, at the request of intelligence officers, other studies, performed 40 years ago by Dr. Stanley Milgram, then a psychology professor at Yale, can also offer some explanation, researchers said.
We expect Kayani will request increased intelligence sharing (real-time SIGINT and ISR), help to modernize his helicopter fleet, increased support for civilian law enforcement, and financial compensation for Pakistanis displaced by combat.
The CIA's assessment of Russia's election interference prompted 10 electors — nine Democrats and one Republican — to request an intelligence briefing to learn more about Moscow's role, a move endorsed by some of Clinton's top campaign aides.
The foreign affairs select committee, under the chairmanship of Donald Anderson, a widely trusted Labour MP, has announced that it will conduct a more independent investigation, but it can only request critical intelligence material, not demand it of right.Pressure to hold an independent judicial inquiry is mounting.
