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SECRET MI5 FILES DISCLOSE HUNT FOR ...
By Daria Carmon
MI5 files declassified by the British spy organization just last month, chronicle the espionage career of German operative Werner Plack and subsequent search for him during the Nazi era, and the account sounds like the plot of a movie, somewhat fitting since he had once been a film extra. Plack, elegant, charming, and …
Sri Lanka Revamps Intelligence Prog...
The Sri Lankan government has created, through a new act of parliament, a hopefully improved National Intelligence Service. It is no secret that previous incarnations were widely regarded to be failures. Prior to 1984, intelligence was gathered by the country’s police service. After a perceived failure during riots in 1983, a new organization was formed with …
Iran Blames West for Stuxnet; Arres...
In the aftermath of the discovery of the complicated and effective Stuxnet worm, Iran’s intelligence minister Heydar Moslehi blamed western intelligence agencies for developing and unleashing the virus on thousands of Iranian computers. He has now announced on Iranian TV that his own intelligence team has captured “several spies” implicated in the plot to derail Iran’s …
Are spies on the heels of WikiLeaks...
It appears likely that Australian spy agencies tailed WikiLeaks founder and spokesman Julian Assange, but as he travels around the world, hiding out and leaking classified, sensitive information about various governments’ activities, are other intelligence agencies tapping into...
Was Stuxnet an Israeli Attack on Ir...
Referred to as a ‘worm,’ Stuxnet is malware, or a computer virus, that was discovered in June 2010 by a Belarus security firm, though it was likely unleashed the previous June. Its purpose is to disrupt industrial processes and infrastructure, and the worm’s...
UK Foreign Secretary Too Open About...
Israel’s Intel-Gathering Base Rev...
CIA, MI6, Mossad – organizations with name recognition, with clout. But what about Unit 8200, the British Government Communications Headquarters and the American National Security Agency? A little less familiar perhaps, a lot less glamorous certainly, but these signal deciphering bodies are no less important. Even more interesting is...
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 …
Spy v. Spy in Iran
While Ahmadinejad would have you believe that internally everything is hunky dory, and the only problems Iran has are with the meddling West, an August 23 shoot-out between two different intelligence units whose interests are at odds, indicates otherwise.
As per a DEBKAfile exclusive, members of the Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) clashed with plain clothes members …
New AMC Spy Show: Seriously Smart S...
If you’re on the prowl for a new action-packed, fast-paced spy series, this is not the one for you. However, if you’re curious about what sort of person, with what sort of past and psychology, goes into the spy line of work anyhow, AMC’s Rubicon might just be up your alley.
A word of caution: The …
Russian Spy Infiltrates Czech Milit...
Turns out the U.S. is not the only country targeted by post-Cold War Russian spies. A Czech newspaper just reported that in 2009, three Czech generals were forced to leave the army as a result of the activities of a Russian spy who infiltrated their respective offices.
The Czech Republic, once a Soviet satellite state and …
A Russian-U.S. Spy Swap: What’...
By Haggai Carmon
At this very moment, there are growing rumors about plans for a prisoner swap that would return ten suspected Russian spies to Russia, in exchange for an imprisoned Russian military researcher Igor Sutyagin, who was convicted of espionage in 2004. The rumors also suggest that the U.S. has compiled a list of 11 …
Tango with Tehran
By Haggai Carmon
Time has come for the world to recognize that a nuclear-armed Iran could bring the economy to their knees by hiking the price of Middle East oil, and that what is needed is more than rhetoric and mild sanctions against Iran.
“Let’s tango with the Americans,” said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to his …
Obama Forces U.S. Spy Chief to Reti...
On Thursday May 20, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair resigned from his post as head of the sixteen agencies that together create the U.S. intelligence community. Although his resignation was originally attributed to his security...
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 …