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China: “Computer Spy Allegations are Lies”
A report released this weekend by Canadian researchers about the uncovering of a MEGA global cyber espionage operation clearly implicated the Chinese (though not necessarily the Chinese government). China responded to the allegations today with distinct indignation.
Ministry spokesman Qin Gang spoke to journalists: “Some people outside China are bent on fabricating lies of so-called Chinese computer spies….…
Real Spies: The Champagne Spy Documentary
We all love the thrill of James Bond, but if your fascination for the world of espionage extends beyond the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, you’ll want to check out the Israeli Academy Award winning documentary – The Champagne Spy. It was released in Israel in 2007, but it was just screened in Montreal for the…
New 007 Museum Opens in April
Starting next month, diehard James Bond fans will have good reason to pay a visit to the legendary spy’s home country. On April 5, 2009, the Bond Museum – situated in England’s lush Lake District – will open its doors for the first time.
It was avid James Bond paraphernalia collector Peter Nelson who came up with…
Massive Cyber Espionage Operation Uncovered
Canadian investigators reported this weekend that the computers of government and private offices in over 100 countries around the world have been infiltrated by a huge cyber espionage operation.
Private documents were stolen by the spy system, which is allegedly controlled by computers based primarily in China. The Canadian researchers who put the report together caution against jumping…
Pakistan Spy Agency Supports Taliban
Pakistan may officially be an ally of the U.S. in the struggle to quell Taliban insurgents, but evidence indicates that Pakistani military intelligence operatives are materially supporting the Taliban’s growing influence in Southern Afghanistan. Looks like Pakistan is trying to be friends with everyone, even the enemies of their friends.
The Pakistani government has promised to cut…
Two American Women Held in N. Korea for Spying
Two American journalists based in San Francisco and working for CurrentTV have been arrested by North Korean guards and are currently facing intense interrogation in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reporter Laura Ling and photographer Euna Kim are allegedly under investigation for espionage, but U.S. officials have not been very open about their plans to get Ling and…
Death Sentence for Yemeni Spy
A Yemeni man accused of spying for Israel has just been sentenced to death by Yemen’s state security court. Two other men implicated in the same case got off with a comparative slap on the wrist – three and five years in prison. According to judge Mouhssien Alwan, the evidence was “clear enough to let the…
Dan Gordon Thriller Author Haggai Carmon to Speak i ...
Upon the release of the third installment in the Dan Gordon Intelligence Thriller series, Israeli American author and international lawyer Haggai Carmon is scheduled to speak this Thursday, March 26 in Long Island, New York. He will be discussing not only his new novel, The Chameleon Conspiracy, but also the two decades of undercover adventures that…
New Dan Gordon Thriller Just Released
The namesake of this spy club is up to his eyes in new espionage adventures, and you can read all about them in the just-released third installment of the Dan Gordon Intelligence Thriller series – The Chameleon Conspiracy.
Gordon’s still working for the U.S. Department of Justice, but he’s on loan to the CIA to investigate a…
Bail Denied for Alleged Al Qaeda Sleeper Spy
Tagged as an ‘enemy combatant’ under the Bush Administration, alleged Al Qaeda sleeper agent Ali al-Marri was held in solitary confinement for over five years before finally getting the chance to go to trial this month. As an enemy combatant, he was being held indefinitely, without trial or sentence.
Al-Marri will stand trial for providing material support…
Two Men in Germany Charged with Espionage
The world of espionage continues to turn in Europe, where two men have just been indicted in Berlin for espionage. They allegedly shared classified German government documents with criminal contacts and foreign intelligence in Macedonia and Kosovo.
42-year-old German Anton Robert K. worked for the German diplomatic mission in Kosovo’s capital, and while there, funneled confidential information…
Former Chinese Spy Reveals All
Some real insider intelligence about what goes on behind closed doors at the China Ministry of State Security (MSS) has been shared, and the information – though hardly surprising – is not pretty.
Former Chinese spy Li Fengzhi could not have been more clear: “China’s government not only uses lies and violence to suppress people seeking basic…
Still No Parole for Israeli Spy Convicted in 1998
Israel does not suffer spies lightly. Over a decade has passed since Israeli spy and businessman Nahum Manbar was convicted of treason. He put Israel’s national security in danger by selling potentially harmful info and materials to enemy state Iran, both of which could have helped Iran advance their chemical weaponry.
Manbar was sentenced to 16 years…
Brad Pitt to Produce Spy Thriller
This just in: Turns out Angelina’s role in spy thriller Salt (to be released in 2010) may be inspiring husband Brad to take a stab at the espionage movie genre from a production side. News on the street has Pitt’s production company, Plan B, teaming up with Paramount to adapt author John LeCarre’s spy novel The Night…
CIA Spy Angelina Jolie Spotted in NYC
Nothing quite like spotting sexy Angelina Jolie pretending to be an undercover agent on the streets of Manhattan. Last week, the actress was seen dangling, barefoot and a little bloody, from the side of an apartment building in Washington Heights, New York.
Of course, she was in the middle of filming for the new spy flick Salt,…
Pentagon Develops New High-flying Spy Blimp
The Pentagon has just announced plans to spend $400 million on developing a huge airship that will hover 65,000 feet above the Earth for 10 years. The blimp, if launched successfully, will monitor the movements – via elaborate radar surveillance – of vehicles, planes and even people.
Werner J.A. Dahm, the chief scientist for the Air Force,…
Spy on text messages – even the deleted ones!
This cell phone spy gadget is being marketed to parents of teens who are all caught up in a texting frenzy. Turns out teens aren’t just swapping gossip and making plans…they’re using texts to cheat on tests and ’sext’ (that is, send racy pics via their cell phones).
But even if you’re not the parent of a…
FBI Failing at Freedom of Information
If you’re just an average person, doing a little investigating, trying to get a document you think a federal agency might have, how easy is it to get your hands on it? If it’s the FBI you’re asking – apparently not very!
Under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), federal agencies receive all sorts of requests…
Cracking Codes: Part II
Not too long ago, we posted a little how-to on Substitution Ciphers, and now we’re moving on to Keyword Number Ciphers. If you need a little refresher before Part II, be sure to check out Cracking Codes: Part I.
Keyword Number Ciphers:
Most criminal use ciphers to hide numbers, especially telephone numbers, addresses, weights, and money amounts (doesn’t…
Leaked Report: U.S. intelligence failures hinder pr ...
A confidential, novel-length report compiled by the RAND national defense research institute for U.S. Joint Forces Command has been leaked to the public, exposing failed U.S. intelligence as a major hindrance to the counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan.
The report – based on dozens of interviews with British, Canadian, Dutch, and U.S. army, intelligence and diplomatic officials –…
Threats to U.S. National Security: Economy v. Terro ...
People have expressed concern that the Obama Administration won’t pursue Islamic militants – the likes of whom were responsible for the 9/11 attacks – with quite the same level of aggression employed by the Bush Administration.
But given recent events and endorsements, it doesn’t seem that Obama is giving up on Bush’s War on Terror, per se.…
Chinese Internet Spy Arrested for Foul Play
China has recently been in the news for allegedly spying on U.S. businesses. Turns out that their internet spies have been wreaking havoc on home turf too. Yu Bing, Beijing’s top government internet spy, was recently arrested in a case involving corporate espionage and bribery.
Yu works for the Beijing Municipal Security Bureau, where he heads up…
CIA Wanted Gloria Estefan
Turns out your favorite Cuban-American singer could have been not very famous at all…if she had accepted an offer to join the CIA back when she was working as an interpreter for U.S. Customs at Miami’s international airport.
She recently shared the story of her alternate career path in the shadowy world of international espionage and intelligence…
NSA Joins Facebook for Spies
Baltimore Sun’s David Wood reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) has finally, several months after launch, decided to join a whopping 16 other US intelligence agencies in signing up for A-Space, the secure Facebook for intelligence analysts. You guessed it (or even if you didn’t), the ‘A’ stands for ‘analyst.’
You know that social networking has…
Super Stealthy Spy Backpack
Ever wonder how your moms and high school teachers always seemed to know what was happening even when their backs were turned to you? Well, they had eyes in the back of their heads, which comes with their professional territory. The next best thing is a pair of eyes strapped to your back – camera eyes that…