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National Security & Intelligence

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August 3, 2005

Green Left Weekly - August 3, 2005

Jon Lamb – On July 25, Lieutenant Colonel Lance Collins, a leading intelligence expert on East Timor and Indonesia, blew the whistle on the Australian Defence Force's intelligence manip

June 27, 2005

Jakarta Post - June 27, 2005

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – With rights campaigners already protesting a bill on state intelligence, more criticism is expected from lawmakers who worry the bill gives the state too much po

June 25, 2005

Jakarta Post - June 25, 2005

Ardimas Sasdi, Jakarta – One of the bizarre aspects of the government's plan to revive the notorious regional intelligence network has been that it has ignored the anxiety of the people

June 3, 2005

Jakarta Post - June 3, 2005

Kornelius Purba – Why is Indonesia so similar to a personal computer?

January 22, 2005

Jakarta Post - January 22, 2005

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – State Intelligence Agency (BIN) head Syamsir Siregar has called on the government to be alert to possible spying from foreign forces deployed in tsunami-devast

January 17, 2005

December 22, 2004

Jakarta Post - December 22, 2004

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – After claiming to have successfully cracked down on the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the military is now planning to intensify intelligence operations against rebe

December 20, 2004

Reuters - December 20, 2004

Jakarta/Brussels – A new internal security strategy for Indonesia could strengthen the democratisation process, ease institutional rivalries, reduce wasteful duplication of effort, and

December 9, 2004

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2004

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Syamsir Siregar was sworn in as the new head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday, promising to

December 8, 2004

Radio Australia - December 8, 2004

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has appointed a fellow former general to head the nation's sensitive intelligence agency, BIN.

December 7, 2004

Associated Press - December 7, 2004

Indonesia's president has picked an army general who supported his recent rise to power to head the country's intelligence agency – a key post in the fight against terror in the world's

October 20, 2004

Jakarta Post - October 20, 2004

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Acting coordinating minister for political and security affairs Hari Sabarno advised the new government to put law enforcement and rights promotion, p

September 14, 2004

Jakarta Post - September 14, 2004

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – "A visitor staying for over 24 hours must report to the neighborhood unit (RT) chief," read notices posted all over the city.

August 20, 2004

Jakarta Post - August 20, 2004

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – After more than one year of the military operations that started in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam in May 2003, President Megawati Soekarnoputri for the first time o

June 9, 2004

Green Left Weekly - June 9, 2004

Max Lane – The government of Megawati Sukarnoputri, apparently at the urging of Indonesia's intelligence agency (BIN) and foreign affairs department, has refused to extend Sidney Jones'

June 8, 2004

Detik.com - June 8, 2004

Suwarjono, Jakarta – Although Sydney Jones has been expelled from Indonesia, support for the American national continues to flow.

Detik.com - June 8, 2004

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – Sydney Jones' expulsion has created a controversy in its own right in Indonesia.

February 4, 2004

Christian Science Monitor - February 4, 2004

Kelly McEvers, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri is poised to authorize the expansion of Indonesia's national intelligence agency, a plan that will post new agents in all of thi

January 19, 2004

Jakarta Post opinion - January 19, 2004

Ardimas Sasdi – Like a body blow to many people who are longing for peace and order after a great dearth of positive news, the government has announced a controversial plan to expand th

January 9, 2004

Jakarta Post - January 9, 2004

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja & Moch. N.

January 8, 2004

Jakarta Post - January 8, 2004

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) will have much broader powers soon after President Megawati Soekarnoputri signs a decree authorizing the agency t

July 15, 2003

Laksamana.Net - July 15, 2003

Speaking at a ground breaking ceremony for the new Batam intelligence academy on 9 July, she said "in today's global world, the use of intelligence expertise can not be limited solely t

July 10, 2003

Straits Times - July 10, 2003

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia is soon to open two schools where students will learn how to break into buildings, hack into computers, and bug phones, among other unusual skills.

January 17, 2003

Straits Times - January 17, 2003

Jakarta – Intelligence information has uncovered a plot to use the current protests against fuel and utility price hikes to overthrow the government, Indonesia's top security minister s

October 2, 2002

Tapol - October 2, 2002

Documents of the police operation code-named Operasi Adil Matoa show that the aim of the Operation is to build cases against Papuan organisations which support independence in order to

May 24, 2002

Radio Australia - May 24, 2002

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says disaffected members of East Timor's guerilla group Falintil are forming into armed groups and pose a serious threat to security in the new

August 22, 2001

Jane's Defence Weekly - August 22, 2001

Robert Karniol, Bangkok – Indonesia's new government appears intent on completing intelligence-related reforms, including an expanded role for the civilian National Intelligence Agency

August 13, 2001

BBC Worldwide Monitoring - August 13, 2001

[Source: Media Indonesia, Jakarta, August 13]

January 26, 2001

Detik - January 26, 2001

Hestiana Dharmastuti/Fitri & GB, Jakarta 00 Coordinator of the Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Munarman, has stated that the government's efforts to

December 30, 2000

AFX-Asia - December 30, 2000

Jakarta – The government plans to restructure the national intelligence system, the Jakarta Post reported, quoting defence Minister Muhammad Mahfud.

November 29, 2000

South China Morning Post - November 29, 2000

Vaudine England – Jakarta is working on faulty information and might be "stupid" for its plans to stifle independence sentiment in Irian Jaya, a leading Papuan human rights advocate say

October 19, 2000

Indonesian Observer - October 19, 2000

Jakarta – The government says it will form a new intelligence body so that President Abdurrahman Wahid will receive reliable information and no longer have to rely on rumors and hearsay

Jakarta Post - October 19, 2000

Jakarta – The government is revamping the State Intelligence Coordinating Board (Bakin) in order to gain accurate information and intelligence data, Coordinating Minister for Political,

March 24, 2000

Jakarta Post - March 24, 2000

Jakarta – Calls for President Abdurrahman Wahid not to ratify the controversial state security bill continued on Thursday with the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBH

September 17, 1999

Jakarta Post - September 17, 1999

Jakarta – Opposition to the state security bill continued on Thursday, with the National Mandate Party (PAN) and National Awakening Party (PKB) demanding the House of Representatives dr

July 23, 1999

Jakarta Post - July 23, 1999

Jakarta – The Independent Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) joined other observers on Thursday in denouncing the newly submitted bill on state security, w

March 3, 1999

Janes Defence Weekly - March 3, 1999

Robert Karniol – The East Timorese resistance is quietly developing a coherent policy on security during pre-and post-independence periods that could devolve from a tentative agreement

December 18, 1998

Agence France Presse - December 18, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesia's national human rights body and the Catholic church have both bowed out of a state security council announced last week by President B.J.

August 1, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - August 1, 1998

Jenny Grant, Dili – East Timorese are either watching or being watched.

April 17, 1998

SiaR - April 17, 1998

Jakarta – Be careful if you take a taxi. Many disguised ABRI (armed forces) intelligence agents are becoming taxi drivers.

March 9, 1998

Agence France Presse - March 9, 1998 (extracts)

Indonesia's President Suhahrto was Monday granted unspecified new security powers to counter social unrest and subversion.

August 16, 1997

Jakarta Post - August 16, 1997

Jakarta – Observers criticized as inappropriate and groundless a motion to reintroduce a People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) decree that would give a president extra power.