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Reluctant Spy Reluctantly Prepares ...
John Kiriakou, author of “The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror”, pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and was sentenced to 30 months in Federal Prison.
Initially, Kiriakou thought he was assisting in an FBI investigation, and only too happy to offer his services. About an …
Where are the Most Wanted Terrorist...
Three of the top 5 on America’s Most Wanted list of terrorists are in Pakistan. Furthermore, only one of them is in hiding. Bruce Riedel is a former CIA analyst, the former senior National Security Council official in the Clinton Administration, and is currently a fellow in a DC-based conservative think tank. He identifies the 3 …
Dead Russian Spy: Accidental Drowni...
52-year-old General Yuri Ivanov’s decomposing body washed up on the shores of southern Turkey on August 12. On August 30, an official Russian eulogy reported that he had drowned while swimming “several days ago.” Various sources indicate he had been missing for ten days when his body was turned into the authorities by Turkish fisherman from …
Canadian Spy Agency Says Domestic T...
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says that the biggest security risk facing Canadians today is homegrown terrorism, like that masterminded by Toronto 18, a group charged in 2006 for planning a terrorist attack against Canada as a payback for the country’s military involvement in Afghanistan.
Canada, like the U.S., has opened its doors to many …
White House issues report on Xmas s...
Obama open about U.S. Intelligence ...
On December 25, 2009, a 23-year-old Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was allowed to board Delta flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, even though he had explosives, which he planned to detonate en route to Detroit, sewn into...
British intel helps thwart terror a...
9/11 may seem a distant memory, but as the recent arrest of Najibullah Zazi – an airport shuttle bus driver with plans to detonate homemade bombs on the New York subway – shows, Al Qaeda still has its eye on the Big Apple. It turns out...
Two ‘spies’ publicly executed i...
In Somalia, two men were executed on Monday by a 10-person firing squad. They were – according to Al-Shabaab, the militant Islamic group ruling large areas...
Taliban’s drug money funding over...
So how much drug money does the Taliban rely on for survival and ops? Apparently not that much, according to a Senate report sharing the findings of CIA and DIA investigations, but...
Moroccan-born ‘Belgian spy’ get...
Although he claims that his contact with terrorist organizations the world over was all part of his undercover work for the Belgian government, the Moroccan courts believe otherwise and have jailed Abdelkader Belliraj (51) for the remainder of his life. He has been convicted of leading a terrorist...
Seven ‘spies’ beheaded in Somal...
In Somalia today, seven people were executed by the fanatic Islamic insurgency for being spies and followers of Christianity. The group responsible for the beheadings is Al Shabaab (Youth in Arabic), a rebel faction affiliated with Al Qaeda. Al Shabaab is committed to overthrowing the Somali government and imposing...
Guantanamo inmate to be released
Abdulrahim Al Janko, a Guantanamo detainee, was picked up by the U.S. military in 2002 in an Afghan prison renowned for its extremely grim conditions. He was purportedly suspected by the Taliban and Al Qaeda of being an American spy...
U.S. diplomat killed in 2003 was re...
In 2003, Gregg Wenzel (33) died in Ethiopia in what was then reported to be a random traffic accident on the streets of Addis Ababa, caused by a drunken driver. Wenzel was supposedly a U.S. diplomat...
Al-Marri Plea Reveals Al Qaeda Code...
Ali al-Marri, the alleged Al Qaeda sleeper spy who has finally been put on trial, recently filed a guilty-plea agreement in federal court that reveals interesting details about Al Qaeda's...
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 …