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Ex-NATO Rep Admits to Spying on Geo...
Vakhtang Maysa, who used to be Georgia’s representative to NATO, was arrested by the Georgian Internal Ministry and has allegedly confessed to spying on...
India Penetrated by Foreign Intelli...
A former chief of India’s external intelligence agency, the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), recently announced that counterintelligence ops in India have not been successful in shutting out the efforts of foreign intelligence agencies in India. Admissions such as this are rare, especially given that this one involves the surprising fact that even the Prime Minister …
Interning with the CIA
Ever wonder how people actually get jobs as spies? Well, like any other occupation these days, having some relevant experience on your resume gives you an edge. But intelligence agencies don’t expect things like:
“Summer 2008 – Practiced spying on neighbor to gather intelligence pertaining to rumor of affair.”
In fact, they offer the decidedly normal …
U.S.-Iranian Reporter Held in Iran ...
U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi, who is a dual American-Iranian citizen, was detained in a prison in Tehran in late January. Now, over two months later, she has been officially charged with espionage. Deputy Prosecutor Hassan Haddad says Saberi was “carrying out spying activities under the guise of being a reporter.” She has been accused of gathering …
Massive Cyber Espionage Operation U...
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 …
Pakistan Spy Agency Supports Taliba...
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 …
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 …
FBI Failing at Freedom of Informati...
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 …
Leaked Report: U.S. intelligence fa...
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: ...
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 …
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 …
Tracking Hezbollah’s Every Mo...
In the espionage trade, half the battle is figuring out how to operate in stealth mode and the other half, figuring out how to closely track everyone else (even though they too are aiming to be completely undetectable). Recent discoveries show that Hezbollah hasn’t been faring too well on the first half of that battle for …
20 foreign agencies spying on Brita...
According to a UK government security document dated January 19, Great Britain is currently under the surveillance of spies from 20 foreign intelligence agencies. The report singles out Russia and China as having the most active espionage operations in the country, but NATO allies like France and Germany are also listed among those trying to get …