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	The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security - Annual Report 2002 -2003
		ASIO did not become aware of this for several weeks, during which time a significant number of dialling events were collected but not processed due to their short duration.
		During the reporting period I asked ASIO to explain the rationale for using foreign assistance in two operations, and to sight the undertakings these officers were required to complete in respect of the handling of processed material relating to Australian persons.
		He took the ASIO officers and accompanying police to the other premises and they began the search in accordance with normal procedures, only to realise after a short time that they were not at the address specified in the warrant.
	www.igis.gov.au /annuals/02-03/intel_org.cfm (3648 words)

	ASIO - An Imperfect Spy
		Looking into her own ASIO file is a trip back to a time when ASIO was seen as the great blighter of careers, when free speech and friendship were paralysed by the very fear of the presumed security file.
		ASIO in the 50's and 60's had another section, now defunct, known as Q branch, the agent runners and sometimes the surveillance footage reveals mingled in with their targets the ASIO agents themselves.
		ASIO pronounces its greatest victory of recent times as the state of comparative peace that occurred here in Australia while the bombs and rockets were falling in Kuwait, Iraq and Israel.
	www.geocities.com /qut_rootuser/ASIO.html (5678 words)

	ASIO Review
		Division three of part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 poses a threat to freedom of speech and has a significant potential to obstruct the ability of the media to ensure that government agencies are held to public account for their actions.
		The Australian Press Council calls on the government to allow division three of part III to lapse in accordance with s 34Y of the Act.
		Division three of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 is an oppressive piece of legislation which has the potential to have a pernicious effect on the ability of Australia's media to perform their role of scrutinizing government organizations and maintaining their accountability to the Australian public.
	www.presscouncil.org.au /pcsite/fop/fop_subs/asio05.html (1214 words)

	ASIO Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002 - Explanatory Memorandum [April 29, 2002]
		The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002 amends the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (ASIO Act) to enhance the capacity of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to combat terrorism.
		Before giving his or her consent, the Attorney-General must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that issuing the warrant will substantially assist in the collection of intelligence that is important in relation to a terrorism offence and that relying on other methods of collecting the intelligence would be ineffective.
		The Bill requires the prescribed authority to inform the person being detained under the warrant of the effect of the warrant; the length of time the warrant is in force; the legal consequences of non-compliance with the warrant and the right of the person being detained to communicate with the IGIS and the Ombudsman.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2002/04/02-04-29b.shtml (553 words)

	ASIO staff rebel over work deal - smh.com.au
		ASIO's media office confirmed the rejection of the draft agreement but said negotiations were continuing.
		The organisation has recently embarked on a recruitment drive to try to increase the workforce to 700 over the next 12 to 18 months, but that will still be fewer than the number it had in the late 1980s.
		Mr Richardson is believed to have told the parliamentary joint committee that the organisation cannot absorb extra staff beyond the present rate, given the intense on-the-job training that newly recruited career intelligence officers have to undergo.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/02/07/1044579933573.html (555 words)

	Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is the domestic security agency of Australia which is responsible for the protection of the country and its citizens from espionage, sabotage (especially sabotage of critical infrastructure), politically motivated violence, attacks on the Australian defence system, and acts of foreign interference.
		ASIO's sister organisation is the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), which is the intelligence agency whose foreign counterparts are MI6 in the United Kingdom and the CIA in the United States.
		ASIO is responsible for counter-espionage and actively monitors foreign agents in Australia, preventing and frustrating their efforts to gain scientific, technical, military and political information.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Security_Intelligence_Organisation (4737 words)

	The Australian Democrats and Greens and the ASIO detention bill
		ASIO can question them in secret, deny them access to lawyers of their choice and hold them for weeks, by continually obtaining new detention warrants.
		Their amendment would not have prevented ASIO from forcing the disclosure of information, in breach of privacy rights and the legal protections that have traditionally applied to communications with clients and religious worshippers.
		As the failure of ASIO and the rest of the intelligence agencies to warn about the Bali bombing demonstrates—and there are still unanswered questions about the extent to which they and the government had prior knowledge of a likely atrocity—these agencies do not exist to safeguard working people.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jul2003/asio-j14.shtml (1301 words)

	National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Security and Intelligence - Security Intelligence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Security intelligence refers to the intelligence acquired to help protect the Commonwealth and its citizens from espionage, sabotage, politically motivated violence, promotion of communal violence, attacks on Australia’s defence system, or acts of foreign interference (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979, section 4, ‘security’).
		The Australian Security Intelligence Organization was formed on 16 March 1949 and assumed responsibility for the security functions of the Commonwealth Investigation Service.
		Prime Minister’s directive to the first Director-General of Security, Mr Justice Reed was to defend the Commonwealth from external and internal dangers ensuing from espionage and sabotage, and from those actions of persons or organisations (whether directed from within or without Australia) which were judged to be subversive to the security of the Commonwealth.
	www.aa.gov.au /the_collection/security/security_intelligence.html (1109 words)

	ASIO polygraphs 'unreliable' - theage.com.au
		Lie detector tests being carried out on officers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation were not scientifically proven, and could be beaten by real spies and incriminate innocent officers, the Federal Opposition has warned.
		Mr Melham said the ASIO trial was not an acceptable basis on which to consider such a controversial and questionable security measure.
		Australian courts refused to admit lie detector information as evidence and use of the device was illegal in New South Wales.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/11/16/1037080962036.html (550 words)

	Australian government gets "carte blanche" to outlaw organisations
		Using other new powers in the counter-terrorism legislation, ASIO and the Federal Police have conducted scores of house raids, interrogations and detentions of alleged supporters of some of these organisations, without a single terrorist-related charge being laid.
		This is the same committee that issued last week’s report on the misuse of intelligence to justify the war on Iraq, only to conclude that the government had done nothing wrong.
		In addition, the Australian Law Reform Commission is currently drafting a National Security Information Procedures Act, which could establish closed courts to hear terrorism charges, permit evidence to be censored, allow government witnesses to testify in disguise via video and even exclude defendants and their lawyers from trial proceedings.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/mar2004/asio-m10.shtml (1698 words)

	Tough stand on ASIO powers - theage.com.au
		The Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the Defence Signals Directorate, which examined the terrorism bill, the ASIO Legislation Amendment, recommended that the agency should not be able to detain people under 18.
		The controversial ASIO legislation is expected to be debated during the new session of parliament beginning tomorrow.
		Under the legislation, ASIO would be allowed to obtain a warrant to detain someone, with the consent of the attorney-general, if there were "substantial grounds for believing that the warrant will substantially assist the collection of intelligence that is important in relation to a terrorist offence".
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/17/1029114031625.html (698 words)

	Oz intelligence recruits non-English speaking agents to combat Chinese spies, Muslim terrorists
		The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has stepped up espionage against Chinese spies and Muslim extremists by more than doubling in only two years the number of intelligence officers from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
		Many of the new recruits are fluent Chinese speakers and have been assigned to a new ASIO counter-espionage unit specifically to combat the increased number of Chinese spies Down Under.
		Officials have said the problem has been exacerbated by the difficulty in obtaining timely security clearances for Arabic speakers, as ASIO is required to delve deep into their past, including time spent in the Middle East.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/world/20061228/549404.html (246 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 33 - Security intelligence records held in Canberra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) was formed on 16 March 1949, and assumed responsibility from the CIS for the investigation of activities subversive to the security of Australia.
		Among its roles were gathering intelligence and surveillance of both individuals and organisations, including the Communist Party of Australia and its members.
		ASIO records are eligible for public release after thirty years, subject to the exemption of any material of continuing sensitivity as prescribed by section 33 of the Archives Act.
	www.naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/FS33.html (800 words)

	Australian Secret Intelligence Organization - History
		ASIO intelligence officers knew that the plane taking Mrs.
		ASIO then waited a year to activate the listening devices in case the Soviets were monitoring the Embassy for radio waves in the first few months of their reoccupation.
		As a result, all future major intelligence operations required the consent of the Prime Minister, and a cabinet level committee was formed to oversee all intelligence activities: the equivalent of the U.S. Senate committee on intelligence oversight.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/australia/asio-hist.htm (1337 words)

	Australian Immigration - Legislation Change Update
		From 1 December 2005 the Migration Regulations 1994 ("the Regulations") will be amended to align the meaning of "security" in criteria for visa grant and prescribed grounds for visa cancellation with the meaning in section 4 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ("the ASIO Act").
		The relevant criterion will require that an applicant must not be assessed by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ("ASIO") as a risk to security, within the meaning of the ASIO Act.
		Similarly, it will be a ground for cancellation of a visa where the holder is assessed by ASIO as a risk to security, within the meaning of the ASIO Act.
	www.immi.gov.au /legislation/amendments/lc01122005_1.htm (128 words)

	ASIO warns of stadium attack (ASIO = Australian Security Intelligence Organisation)
		ASIO has warned that sporting stadiums - set to host a swag of football finals - could be vulnerable to an airborne terrorist attack.
		The national security service told stadium owners and operators that aircraft used to entertain crowds created a terrorism risk.
		The unclassified version of a classified report, which The Weekend Australian understands is little changed from the original, details the risk of watching football, shopping or drinking water.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1702434/posts (227 words)

	Leading spooks step into the light \| The Nation \| The Australian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It followed recommendations by the 2002 Flood inquiry into Australia's intelligence agencies for improvements to their accountability and management, said group spokesman, Peter Varghese, director-general of the Office of National Assessments.
		But it did reveal the extent to which the intelligence agencies have benefited from a leap in funding and resourcing since the World Trade Centre attacks of September 11, 2001.
		And ASIO is well on track to meet its target of an additional 170 recruits each year, evidence that many Australians find a career in the intelligence services an increasingly attractive option.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20618616-2702,00.html (444 words)

	Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This distinguishes it from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
		Results from the other reports included the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 and the establishment of the Office of National Assessments (ONA) and the passage of the Office of National Assessments Act 1977.
		The inquiry was to examine progress in implementing the previous recommendations; arrangements for developing policies, assessing priorities and coordinating activities among the organisations; ministerial and parliamentary accountability; complaints procedures; financial oversight and the agencies' compliance with the law.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Secret_Intelligence_Service (2964 words)

	AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979
		Special responsibility of Director-General in relation to functions of Organisation 21.
		Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security may be present at questioning or taking into custody 34Q.
		Suspension of questioning etc. in response to concern of Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 34R.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/legis/cth/consol_act/asioa1979472 (523 words)

	Maritime Union of Australia: General: Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2004 - 08 December 2004
		What this bill does is empower communication between ASIO and various state governments when state governments come to license dangerous substances such as ammonium nitrate so that security checks can be effectively run on those who would secure the licences for it.
		It is now a danger to national security, and that danger to national security must now be dealt with.
		It is now essential reading for all Australians who want to take their duties as members of parliament seriously or who simply want to participate effectively in the debate.
	www.mua.org.au /news/shipping/submission.html (1697 words)

	Australian counter-terrorism summit to discuss police-state measures
		The proscription power is currently limited to organisations that the attorney-general is “satisfied on reasonable grounds” are “directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act (whether or not the terrorist act has occurred or will occur)”.
		This would involve stripping foreign-born Australian citizens of their civil rights on the basis of vague claims, to be determined by the immigration or foreign ministers.
		The “identity security” agenda item is about establishing a national ID card system that would give security officers and government officials instant access to databases of personal information.
	infowars.net /Pages/Aug05/270805australian.htm (1901 words)

	AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 4 Definitions
		"activities prejudicial to security" includes any activities concerning which Australia has responsibilities to a foreign country as referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of security in this section.
		"Committee on Intelligence and Security" means the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security established under the Intelligence Services Act 2001.
		"foreign intelligence" means intelligence relating to the capabilities, intentions or activities of a foreign power.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/legis/cth/consol_act/asioa1979472/s4.html (1161 words)

	Australian captives in for long stay at Camp Delta - smh.com.au
		The families and lawyers for the two Australians at Guantanamo Bay fear that indefinite detention is what awaits Adelaide-born David Hicks, and Mamdouh Habib, from Sydney, despite the Australian Government repeatedly saying that it would prefer them to face justice in Australia.
		The Attorney-General, Daryl Williams, says the officials will interview the two Australians, but it is extremely unlikely that the men will return to Australia to face trial.
		The Administration's plan is to detain the men for as long as they are considered a threat to American security.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/05/19/1021801640577.html (365 words)

	Australia - 1999 - Generally
		Australian privacy advocates are criticizing a parliamentary report released on 13 May 1999 "that endorses legislation allowing the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to tap into private computers."
		Australian Defence Minister John Moore has announced the creation of a Defence Intelligence Board (DIB) "to oversee the provision of better intelligence to support Defence and Government decision making." In addition, an Australian Imagery Organisation (AIO) has been established.
		Parliament passed the ASIO Amendment Bill 1999, which allows "the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to tap into and alter data on private computer systems....
	intellit.muskingum.edu /australia_folder/australia99.html (641 words)

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