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{{Short description|Statement issued by an intelligence agency asserting the unreliability of a source}}
{{Redir|Kill notice|the public advertisement of someone's death|Death notice}}
{{For|the TV series of the same name|Burn Notice}}
A "'''burn notice'''" is an official statement issued by an [[intelligence agency]] to other agencies. It states that an [[asset (intelligence)|asset]] or intelligence source is unreliable for one or several reasons, often [[Fabricator (intelligence)|fabrication]], and must be officially disavowed.<ref>[http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/b/00812.html Burn Notice Definition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610005501/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/b/00812.html |date=2008-06-10 }}, [http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/ ''Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010194329/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/ |date=2016-10-10 }}, accessed via dtic.mil April 9, 2008</ref> This is essentially a directive for the recipient to disregard or "burn" all information derived from that individual or group.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1-Sc_FtXhJoC&pg=PT70 | page = 41 | title = Historical dictionary of international intelligence | volume = 4 | first = Nigel | last = West | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | year = 2006 | isbn=978-0-8108-5578-6 }}</ref>
==Examples==
* [[Ahmed Chalabi]]<ref>{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/denialdeceptioni00mahl | url-access = registration | page = [https://archive.org/details/denialdeceptioni00mahl/page/27 27] | title = Denial and deception: an insider's view of the CIA from Iran-contra to 9/11 | first = Melissa Boyle | last = Mahle | publisher = Nation Books | year = 2004 | isbn=978-1-56025-649-6 }}</ref>
* [[Curveball (informant)|Curveball]]—"The CIA has since issued an official 'burn notice' formally retracting more than 100 intelligence reports based on his information."<ref>{{cite news |title=Curveball: 'I Am Not To Blame' for U.S. War in Iraq |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4512173&page=1 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=2008-06-27 }}</ref><ref name=Hosenball>{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Hosenball |author-link=Mark Hosenball |title=Whose Fault is CurveBall Mess? |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |date=January 17, 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Manucher Ghorbanifar]]—1984 and 1986. "The CIA considered Ghorbanifar a dangerous con man and had issued a 'burn notice' recommending that no U.S. agency have any dealings with him."<ref>{{cite news |title=They're Back |url=http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12059 |publisher=[[American Prospect]] |date=September 26, 2006 |access-date=2008-06-27 |archive-date=2007-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429172330/http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12059 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Bamford |author-link=James Bamford|title=Iran: The Next War |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war/print |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121085248/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war/print |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2007 |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 24, 2006 |access-date=2008-06-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uruknet.info/?p=13977 |title=Niger Yellowcake and The Man Who Forged Too Much |publisher=uruknet.info |access-date=2008-06-27 }}</ref>
* [[Ali Mohamed (double agent)|Ali Abdel Saoud Mohamed]], who was recruited by the CIA and immediately revealed himself to be a double agent.  "The CIA issued a burn notice to U.S. and allied intelligence services that Mohamed was not to be trusted."<ref name="Mohamed">John M. Berger, ''Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam'', pp 54, {{ISBN|1597976938}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LomKwVXd-o8C&pg=PT54] [https://www.amazon.com/Jihad-Joe-Americans-Name-Islam/dp/B00A16RTYI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369727202&sr=8-1&keywords=jihad+joe], Potomac Books Inc, May 15, 2011</ref>
==In popular culture==
* The [[USA Network]] television series ''[[Burn Notice]]'' centers on [[Michael Westen]] (portrayed by [[Jeffrey Donovan]]), a former [[covert operation|covert operative]] who has been burned and is trying to find those responsible.
==Kill notice==
{{See also|Correction (newspaper)}}
The related term ''kill notice'' or ''kill notification'' is used by [[news agency|news]] and [[photo agency|photo agencies]] to declare manipulated or faked documents as "not to be used".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=14 March 2024 |title=Kate Middleton Doctored Photo: AFP Says Kensington Palace No Longer A "Trusted Source" & Kill Notices Usually Reserved For North Korea |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/kate-middleton-picture-afp-kensington-palace-not-trusted-1235858254/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314105134/https://deadline.com/2024/03/kate-middleton-picture-afp-kensington-palace-not-trusted-1235858254/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=14 March 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Whitfill Roeloffs |first=Mary |date=14 March 2024 |title=Kensington Palace No Longer A 'Trusted Source' After Releasing Edited Kate Middleton Photo, AFP Says |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/03/14/kensington-palace-no-longer-a-trusted-source-after-releasing-edited-kate-middleton-photo-afp-says/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314143104/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/03/14/kensington-palace-no-longer-a-trusted-source-after-releasing-edited-kate-middleton-photo-afp-says/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=14 March 2024 |website=[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]] |language=en}}</ref> In March 2024, the term attracted considerable press commentary after news agencies issued kill notices on the [[Mother's Day photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales|Mother's day photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Emma |last2=Coughlan |first2=Sean |date=11 March 2024 |title=Kate photo: Princess of Wales says she edited Mother's Day picture recalled by agencies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68534359 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311103931/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68534359 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=11 March 2024 |title=Palace dismay as attempt to dispel Princess of Wales rumours misfires |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/11/palace-dismay-as-attempt-to-dispel-princess-of-wales-rumours-misfires |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311183450/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/11/palace-dismay-as-attempt-to-dispel-princess-of-wales-rumours-misfires |archive-date=11 March 2024 |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> which was found to have been digitally altered.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last1=Rhoden-Paul |first1=Andre |last2=Cheetham |first2=Joshua |last3=Horton |first3=Kate |date=11 March 2024 |title=Princess of Wales: How might have Kate's photo been altered? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68534289 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311170144/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68534289 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=15 March 2024 |title=The camera never lies? Here's what the data says about Kate's edited photo |url=https://news.sky.com/story/the-camera-never-lies-heres-what-the-data-says-about-kates-edited-photo-13093203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315215422/https://news.sky.com/story/the-camera-never-lies-heres-what-the-data-says-about-kates-edited-photo-13093203 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=[[Sky News]] |language=en}}</ref> Phil Chetwynd, [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]'s global news director, said that the kill notices issued on the photograph were more typical for photographs from the state news agencies of [[North Korea]] and [[Iran]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001x51p |title=Is seeing still believing? |date=13 March 2024 |last=Atkins |first=Ros |publisher=[[BBC Radio 4]] |author-link=Ros Atkins |time=11m14s–14m23s |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313174438/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001x51p |archive-date=13 March 2024 |url-status=live |work=The Media Show}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Fabricator (intelligence)]]
* [[Kill file]]
==References==
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