2014 Event The U.S. Senate intelligence committee releases its report on CIA interrogation methods after 9/11; the report found that the CIA hid many of its actions from Congress and former President George W. Bush and claims that little useful intelligence resulted 2014 Event A U.S. House Intelligence Committee investigation into the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, agrees with the Obama administration that U.S. response to the attack was appropriate; miscommunication caused critics to suspect a coverup 2013 Event Britain, France and Germany close embassies in Yemen; Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh; the U.S. closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North America due to intelligence of an impending Al-Qaeda attack 2013 Event Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Event The release of 1.7 million U.S diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973-1976 when Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State were released by Wikileaks; Julian Assange worked on the project inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London 2013 Event Canada's Security Intelligence Service believes the presence of Al-Qaeda affiliated groups in the country may lead to possible attacks 2012 Event South Korea announces that it plans to sign a pact with Japan that encourages the sharing of sensitive military intelligence 2012 Event Wikileaks begins releasing 5 million emails from Stratfor, a private intelligence company 2011 Event The cell phone of Osama bin Laden's courier is reported to contain contacts with Harakat-ul-Mujahadeen, suggesting potential ties to Pakistan's intelligence agencies 2004 Event President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director 1996 Death Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38 1996 Death Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77 1988 Event IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1984 Event Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes 1982 Event Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1981 Event Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) 1978 Event Carter Executive Order on Intelligence 1977 Event U.S. House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 1976 Event Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 1968 Event 82 members of U.S. intelligence ship 'Pueblo' released by North Korea 1964 Event U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos 1957 Birthday Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer, Intelligence Park 1957 Birthday Jeff Hawkins, born in Huntington, New York, founder of Palm Computing, inventor of the Palm Pilot, founder of Handspring, inventor of Trio, author of, 'On Intelligence' 1956 Death Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head military intelligence Netherlands-Indies, dies at 52 1949 Event Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 1949 Death Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 1946 Event U.S. president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency 1944 Event Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency 1941 Event Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul 1939 Death Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr 1933 Birthday Tony Mullett, dir-general, National Criminal Intelligence Service 1927 Birthday Marvin Minsky, Artifical intelligence computer scientist, MIT 1923 Birthday Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer 1920 Birthday Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1918 Birthday E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1918 Birthday Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert 1904 Birthday Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence, Netherlands-Indies 1902 Birthday Simon H. Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for General MacArthur 1887 Birthday Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence 1883 Birthday Leonard Mudie, England, actor, Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence 1871 Birthday Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children
