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	<title>Crikey &#187; ASIO</title>
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		<title>Fast trainspotting</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion Law Reform Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast trains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers love their train spotting and weigh in on the possibility of fast trains in Australia. Plus, what is happening with ASIO and the difficulties with the abortion debate.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASIO can&#8217;t be bothered: less accountable, less productive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/asio-cant-be-bothered-less-accountable-less-productive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/asio-cant-be-bothered-less-accountable-less-productive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence agencies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite ASIO's endlessly increasing budget, its latest annual report shows an organisation doing less work and being less accountable -- even the report itself is lazily cobbled together.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>The terror raid leak was serious. We must find the source</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/the-terror-raid-leak-was-serious-we-must-find-the-source/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/the-terror-raid-leak-was-serious-we-must-find-the-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Faris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Federal Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Stewart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mohamed Haneef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terror raids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the leaking of the terror raids in Melbourne by <em>The Oz</em, Australian anti-terrorist security is, again, an international embarrassment.</em>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/the-terror-raid-leak-was-serious-we-must-find-the-source/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why do we need to further strengthen terror laws?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/why-do-we-need-to-further-strengthen-terror-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/why-do-we-need-to-further-strengthen-terror-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism laws]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who has Mr Rudd’s Attorney-General, Robert McClelland been talking to? asks <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/why-do-we-need-to-further-strengthen-terror-laws/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>By 2010, ASIO will have doubled in size</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/by-2010-asio-will-have-doubled-in-size/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/27/by-2010-asio-will-have-doubled-in-size/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Irvine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Estimates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=61697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, ASIO appeared before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swan confronts the enemy within, and without</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swan-confronts-the-enemy-within-and-without/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swan-confronts-the-enemy-within-and-without/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09 analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counter terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Department]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government used the Budget to push through a significant increase in spending on counter-terrorism, national security and border protection.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/swan-confronts-the-enemy-within-and-without/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essay: The many renditions of Mamdouh Habib</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/essay-the-many-renditions-of-mamdouh-habib/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/essay-the-many-renditions-of-mamdouh-habib/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamdouh Habib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Ruddock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s take a swift trip into the heart of darkness, writes <b>Richard Neville</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/essay-the-many-renditions-of-mamdouh-habib/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget countdown: ASIO growth freeze imminent?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critical Infrastructure Protection program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Budget might finally spell the end of the remorseless growth of ASIO, the most successful government body of the Howard era.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/01/budget-countdown-asio-growth-freeze-imminent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASIO reveals China-linked campaign to dominate Australia&#8217;s media</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/asio-reveals-china-linked-campaign-to-dominate-australias-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/asio-reveals-china-linked-campaign-to-dominate-australias-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Liu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia’s relationship with China is about to be rocked by revelations of a major Chinese-linked attempt to dominate Australia’s media and other cultural influences, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/asio-reveals-china-linked-campaign-to-dominate-australias-media/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Howard loyalist Farmer  to key diplomatic post</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/howard-loyalist-farmer-to-key-diplomatic-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/howard-loyalist-farmer-to-key-diplomatic-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is set to announce that Australia’s new ambassador to the United Nations in New York is none other than Bill Farmer. writes <b>Alex MItchell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/29/howard-loyalist-farmer-to-key-diplomatic-post/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ul-Haque case gives ASIO licence to play rough</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/17/ul-haque-case-gives-asio-licence-to-play-rough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/17/ul-haque-case-gives-asio-licence-to-play-rough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorist groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The failure of Mr. Carnell to take a similar view as Justice Adams did about the mistreatment of Mr. Ul-Haque by ASIO officers is disturbing, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/17/ul-haque-case-gives-asio-licence-to-play-rough/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian tennis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw Malcolm Turnbull staffer, Patrick McGrath, in the city on Friday. He was wearing Union Jack cufflinks. Has anyone told Malcolm?
Apropos the ATO. There is also another side to their behaviour particularly where small business and low wealth individuals are concerned. In the past five years we have expended $250K on my wife&#8217;s health [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to bring the Crime Commission down a peg</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/time-to-bring-the-crime-commission-down-a-peg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/time-to-bring-the-crime-commission-down-a-peg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Debus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal police]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the ACC have a practice of keeping dossiers on individuals its officers happen to come across in their travels, asks <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/time-to-bring-the-crime-commission-down-a-peg/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASIO&#8217;s weird, incompetent little cold war</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/asios-weird-incompetent-little-cold-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/asios-weird-incompetent-little-cold-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helen garner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can get a sense of the malice and paranoia that dominated ASIO’s operations by looking at the files now available under the 30-year rule, writes <b>Jeff Sparrow</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who knew what (and when) about Habib&#8217;s torture?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/27/who-knew-what-and-when-about-habibs-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/27/who-knew-what-and-when-about-habibs-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamdouh Habib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the very least, one can say that the Howard government’s insistence on blindly supporting the Bush administration’s foreign policy agenda was often at the expense of Australian citizens, writes <b>Irfan Yusuf</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>What chance ASIO will tell all?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/what-chance-asio-will-tell-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/what-chance-asio-will-tell-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[albeit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption investigations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mullett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office of police integrity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Given the extraordinary powers now enjoyed by ASIO, the revelations of systemic wrongdoing should send alarm bells ringing. Yet one should not be too optimistic as to the results of the mooted investigation, writes Jeff Sparrow.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The disturbing case of Izhar Ul-Haque: your laws at work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/the-disturbing-case-of-izhar-ul-haque-your-laws-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/the-disturbing-case-of-izhar-ul-haque-your-laws-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision handed down by NSW Supreme Court judge Michael Adams concerning the case of Izhar Ul-Haque makes for disturbing reading, writes Greg Barns.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does ASIO want the help of Australian Muslims?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/does-asio-want-the-help-of-australian-muslims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/13/does-asio-want-the-help-of-australian-muslims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Izhar al-Haque is an exception to the rule. He willingly handed his jihadi training documents to the authorities. He did this years before any prosecution or ASIO interrogation were on the horizon. Most terror suspects find themselves in the dock thanks to information provided to the authorities from external sources. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paddy McGuinness and ASIO&#8217;s APEC exclusion list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/paddy-mcguinness-and-asios-apec-exclusion-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Sydney prepares for the most repressive policing operation in Australia's history, there's a class of people who should be defending the APEC protesters -- those ex-radicals from the seventies who have personal experience of ASIO harassment. 

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