Striking a defiant tone, Mr Obama said leaks to news media could endanger the lives of military and intelligence personnel.
Many of the military and intelligence personnel who had been assigned to the weapons search are now working on counterinsurgency matters, the official said.
He said the United States should put "intense political pressure" on Pakistan to find bin Laden and move "substantial" U.S. special operations forces and intelligence personnel from Iraq into Afghanistan.
To date, there has been no official confirmation from any quarter of these accounts, which were sourced to unnamed intelligence or diplomatic personnel.
They would also be outlawed under American law in Senator John McCain's proposed bill prohibiting torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by American military personnel or intelligence agents wherever they are.
Reg. 77783 (December 14, 2010), with such modifications as are necessary to permit their joint publication, without prejudice to the authorities of the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under any Executive Order, and to the extent permitted by law.
The intelligence collected by a 100-strong contingent of US personnel from across the border is being shared with French troops in Mali, who are assisting thousands of troops from African states.
The Russian Navy could gain a Mediterranean base, but Russian intelligence would then lose the ability to mingle freely with Nato personnel, suggests the author, so it is swings and roundabouts.
Washington (CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration is upgrading security clearances for 10, 000 of its airport personnel, giving them access to "secret" intelligence to help them better detect threats and stop terrorists, the agency said Friday.
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Other senators floated ideas for intelligence reform, such as increasing the DNI's budget and personnel authorities.
After he left the Agency's clandestine service, he returned as a contractor to help with counterterrorism-related matters, earning the Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, its highest decoration for such non-employee personnel.
He also viewed video taken during the engagement, topographic photos of the area before and after, reports from ground and air personnel involved, reports from local medical clinics and hospitals, intelligence reports, and physical data and photographs collected on the site.
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Air force personnel control civilian air traffic, and a general oversees the main intelligence agency.
In an experiment that bears watching, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) and the DO have begun to co-locate their personnel.
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"The new policies proposed by the Task Force will allow us to draw the best personnel from across the government to conduct interrogations that will yield valuable intelligence and strengthen our national security, " Holder said in a written statement.
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He recounted how Garwood's information and other data concerning "live sightings" of American personnel checked out -- notwithstanding insistent reports from U.S. intelligence to the contrary.
The source also said that CIA personnel from around the world were being pulled into the Afghan-Pakistan border area, an intelligence-community "surge" to go after bin Laden and other al-Qaida figures.
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