1. BERLIN FILE SAYS GERMANY'S SPIES AIDED U.S. IN IRAQ.
- Author
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Bernstein, Richard and Gordon, Michael R.
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INTELLIGENCE officers , *SECURITY classification (Government documents) , *IRAQ War, 2003-2011 , *GOVERNMENT policy ,GERMAN politics & government, 1990- ,UNITED States politics & government, 2001-2009 - Abstract
The article reports on new information regarding the work of a German liaison officer in Baghdad. The author reviews details of a recently released German intelligence review which outlines the work of a German officer stationed in the office of Gen. Tommy R. Franks. According to the author, the decision to install the officer was planned and approved at the highest levels of the German government. The author reviews how the German government was a vocal critic of the U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq.
- Published
- 2006