Burn notice
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For the 2007 television series, see Burn Notice (TV series).
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons or purposes.[1]
[edit] Examples of burn notices
- Ahmed Chalabi[2]
- Curveball[2]
- Manucher Ghorbanifar 1984 and 1986[3][4]
- Briarfield (Intelligence Sub-contractor)>
[edit] References
- ^ Burn Notice Definition, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, accessed via dtic.mil April 9, 2008
- ^ a b Hosenball, Mark. "Who's Fault id CurveBall Mess?", Newsweek, January 17, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-10. "U.S. intel quickly figured the source was a "fabricator," but a so-called burn notice about the source's unreliability was somehow mislaid."
- ^ Laura Rozen, They're Back, American Prospect, September 26, 2006
- ^ James Bamford, Iran: The Next War, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006