Category: Spy News
It’s not paranoia – spies and secret agents are among us. Intelligence agencies and rogue operatives around the world are involved in covert operations as we speak. Terrorism and computer crime, as well as economic and corporate espionage, define the modern intelligence landscape. Keep yourself in the loop and read about all the latest spy news here.
An Iranian Spy in Israel? Hardly a ...
The SHABAK — Israel’s internal security service, has announced that on September 11, 2013, it captured Ali Mansouri, a/k/a Alex Manes, a suspected Iranian spy. The revelation came as part of Israel’s effort to provide solid proof that while Iran is publicly sweet-talking President Obama, its Revolutionary Guards continue with their effort to plan “black operations” …
Turkey Telling on Israeli Mossad Ag...
Did Turkey give Iran the names of Israeli Mossad agents allegedly operating in Turkey? David Ignatius of the Washington Post writes that “early last year the Turkish government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is said to have disclosed to Iranian intelligence the identities of up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting inside Turkey with …
Czech Mate
Czech prosecutors charged two former heads of military intelligence along with the previous prime minister’s chief of staff, Jana Nagyova, with corruption. Ms. Nagyova was charged with abuse of power and bribery after prosecutors said she ordered a military intelligence agency to spy on three people. The most notable of those spied upon is the estranged …
Art Imitating Life or Life Imitatin...
A “preposterous-sounding plot weaving together a former used-car salesman, Mexico’s Zetas drug gang and a bank transfer from a Revolutionary Guard account to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador — by bombing a Washington restaurant?”
To some it reads like a Dan Gordon thriller; but according to Time Magazine, this is exactly what the infamous Quds Force of …
Scale of Cyber-espionage Attack Pro...
Mandiant, a major cyber security firm who acts as agent for both government and private industry has released its report detailing China’s role in cyber attacks stating “Our research and observations indicate that the Communist Party of China is tasking the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to commit systematic cyber espionage and data theft against organizations …
Hunt for Red October Operation
Last October, experts at Kaspersky; a Moscow based cyber-security company, claimed to have discovered a major global malware system that has attacked and compromised the computers of sensitive institutions including research centers, defense installations, diplomatic consulates, and government agencies in 39 countries for the past 5 years. Their released report about Red October, aka Rocra, hints …
30,000 Strong Iranian Spy Network
Concluding that MOIS, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security is “one of the largest and most dynamic intelligence agencies in the Middle East”; the Pentagon revealed that the ministry engages 30,000 people in clandestine and covert activities that include technological theft, terrorist bombings, as well as assassination.
Although the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards …
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 …
China: “The Most Threatening Acto...
FBI Investigation: Discovers CIA C...
Taiwanese Officials Nervous about C...
American Naval Linguist Pleads Not ...
A Spy’s Story Revealed
Israeli citizen Massoud Bouton isn’t who everyone around him—from government officials to fellow businessmen—thought he was. As an Israeli spy in Israel’s military intelligence service, he was known to all as Mustafa Taleb, a Lebanese businessman of Algerian descent. Residing in Beirut, his real work was to recruit operatives in enemy countries. In 1962, after Algeria’s …
The Buzz on Insect Drones
A plethora of articles are in the headlines these days on the CIA’s and the Army’s use of drones to strike terrorist targets in Pakistan. The question is, what else are they used for? The answer: for high-tech surveillance. It has already been released to the public that the U.S. has tiny remote-controlled vehicles based on …