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January 12, 2010
New spies for film “Knockout”
The latest in spy movie news is all about the star-studded cast of Steven Soderbergh’s new revenge espionage flick “Knockout.” The film, which starts shooting next month, is about a spy who works for a security contractor not...
January 8, 2010
White House issues report on Xmas s...
January 7, 2010
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...
January 4, 2010
A Dangerous Tit-for-Tat
By Haggai Carmon
Iranian officials are accusing the United States of trying to encourage a “velvet revolution” in Iran. That term was first used in 1989 to describe the nonviolent revolution in Czechoslovakia that overthrew the communist government. And indeed, as part of its velvet war against Iran, the United States is broadcasting cultural programs in …
December 22, 2009
Shoot down spy planes, orders Chave...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused Colombia and the U.S. of sending spy drones into Venezuelan air space, calling the alleged move an “act of war,” and ordering his air force to shoot...
December 21, 2009
Bracing for the worst
By Haggai Carmon
While the world eyes Dubai’s failing economy with great concern, across the bay, Iran sees opportunity. Dubai is the only oil-free city-state of the United Arab Emirates. Until mid-November, it was best known for its spectacular economy and luxurious high-rises.
Intelligence services the world over, however, have long regarded Dubai as a rat’s …
December 18, 2009
Spy drone data compromised
The U.S. military has known for about a year that the live video feeds generated by the spy Predator drones in Iraq and Afghanistan are being intercepted by insurgents. Some think the U.S. didn't bother to...
December 14, 2009
Three hikers to face spy trial in I...
For those of you who’ve been following this now 4.5-month long story, a quick update: the three U.S. hikers who, according to the free world, accidentally crossed the border into Iran on July 31, will in fact be...
December 4, 2009
Imprisoned spy denounces deal with ...
Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel and imprisoned in 1987, has spoken out against the deal Israel is currently making with the terrorist group Hamas in order to...
November 11, 2009
Iran to Charge 3 U.S. Hikers with E...
It’s official, the three U.S. citizen hikers who were apprehended just inside the Iranian border in July, are being accused of espionage and may face trial in Iran. Does anybody actually think backpackers Shane Bauer, Sarah...
November 9, 2009
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...
November 5, 2009
American spies get time for CIA kid...
On Wednesday, 23 Americans and two Italians were convicted of participating in an extraordinary rendition allegedly carried out by the CIA in Milan in 2003. In a nutshell, the CIA wanted to interrogate a Muslim...
October 26, 2009
Ms. Castro chose CIA over Fidel
Between Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl, it would seem that the Cuban communism is a family affair, but not so when you look to little sister Juanita, now 76. She has lived in Miami – in exile from her home – since...
October 23, 2009
FBI exposes U.S. spy for Israel
It seems that the FBI has caught former NASA scientist Stewart Nozette red-handed. As a result of an undercover sting operation, during which Nozette accepted $11,000 in exchange for classified U.S. information, he...
October 19, 2009
CIA turns to open-source intel
Web 2.0 means that there’s a plethora of user-generated information out there to monitor – blog posts, tweets, commentary on news pieces, videos, reviews of books, etc. But the CIA’s not interested in any of that harmless chatter, right? Wrong. The investment arm of the U.S. intelligence community, In-Q-Tel – which serves...