The Belgians, recognising the danger posed by the Germans, secretly made their own defence policies, troop movement information, communications, fixed defence dispositions, intelligence and air reconnaissance arrangements available to the French military attaché in Brussels.
Every time that NATO troops withhold information from Pakistani border commanders, the Pakistani government scores another political victory.
"In the wake of this incident, it will be a real challenge to strike the right balance between security and providing our frontline troops the information they need".
The mass abduction happened as the extremists were fleeing the advancing troops and information about the seizures of civilians has only been confirmed now.
There had also been complaints from General Younis, a former minister in the Gaddafi regime, that Nato has been slow to carry out attacks on regime troops on information supplied by his forces.
Military interrogators want to hear about immediate threats to troops or tactical information about enemy locations.
Whether that translates into better access for journalists to troops and battle information remains to be seen, news executives said.
Today, The Associated Press reported, troops acting on information gleaned from the bodyguards raided three Tikrit farmhouses and, according to the soldiers, barely missed seizing Mr. Hussein himself and his security chief.
On that notepad he had written "5,000 troops to Colombia," information that inadvertently became public when Bolton held the notepad to his chest.
Troops acting on information from captured drug cartel gunmen dug the bodies out from 11 graves near Palomas in Chihuahua state.
