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News you may have missed #0178

intelNews — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:23:36 +0000

Israel uses Facebook to spy on Arab, Muslim youth. Nepal paper alleges secret US-India spy meeting. UK to require record-keeping of all personal communications, despite privacy concerns.

New CIA TV ads try to recruit Arab-, Iranian-Americans

intelNews — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:41:51 +0000

The CIA is preparing to launch two new television commercials in an attempt to increase Arab-American and Iranian-American CIA recruits.

News you may have missed #0177

intelNews — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:06:28 +0000

TV footage shows Afghan insurgents with US ammo. US formally accuses Iran of weapons sales to Hezbollah. Finnish union spokesman was Stasi informant, says paper.

Russia claims discovery of secret US-Georgia armaments channel

intelNews — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:05:25 +0000

Several Russian newspapers carried lead articles yesterday, describing the alleged discovery of a secret Washington-led project of supplying the Republic of Georgia with $100 million-worth of US weapons supplies. The articles cited “anonymous Russian intelligence sources” in claiming that the US is in the process of secretly providing Georgia with, among other things, a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) advanced surface-to-air guided missile air defense system. If true, the allegations could raise eyebrows in Congress, as the PAC-3 cannot legally be exported by the US government without explicit Congressional authorization.

News you may have missed #0176

intelNews — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:22:42 +0000

Hungarian Cold War double agent dies at 71. US military spies to train Iraqi counterparts. Swiss secret service chief calls for more spies.

CIA documents shed light on eventful 1956 Soviet visit to Britain

intelNews — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:33:51 +0000

A batch of declassified CIA reports obtained by the BBC sheds light on the diplomatic angle of a historic and eventful Soviet high-level visit to Britain in 1956. In April of that year, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev, and Nikolai Bulganin, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, arrived in Britain aboard Russian warship Ordzhonikidze, which docked at Portsmouth harbor. Their eight-day tour of Britain marked the first-ever official visit by Soviet leadership to a Western country. The tour ended badly, however, after a botched CIA/MI6 undersea operation, aiming to explore the then state-of-the-art Ordzhonikidze, ended in the disappearance of MI6 diver Lionel “Buster” Crabb.

News you may have missed #0175

intelNews — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:52 +0000

South Korean spy agency now regards North as ‘international affairs’. Robbery of S. African intel agent was planned, say officials. Interview with ex-West German spy master.

Thatcher’s son was informant for South African spy service

intelNews — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:19:37 +0000

The son of Britain’s former Prime Minister, Margaret (now Baroness) Thatcher, has admitted turning informer to a South African intelligence agency, in connection to a coup plot in central-west Africa which he was accused of having helped finance.

News you may have missed #0174

intelNews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:36:12 +0000

West feared German reunification in 1989, documents show. Convicted CIA agents also in Norway. Shin Bet tried to recruit alleged Israeli terrorist.

CIA-DNI turf war over embassy posts continues

intelNews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:21:33 +0000

This blog has kept tabs on the latest US bureaucratic turf war between the CIA and the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). It started last May, when when DNI Dennis Blair argued in a still-classified directive that his office should have a say in certain cases over the appointment of senior US intelligence representatives in foreign cities. Former CIA officials publicly denounced the directive, which would allow the appointment of non-CIA personnel to these positions for the first time in 60 years, as “simple insanity”.

News you may have missed #0173

intelNews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:21:13 +0000

Russia, Georgia, in secret border reopening talks. Interview with cryptography legend Bruce Schneier. Why Shin Bet is taking over Israeli domestic investigations.

US prevented Israel from bombing arms ship, says paper

intelNews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:19:50 +0000

Israel wanted to bomb a German cargo ship, which allegedly carried tons of weapons from Syria and Iran to Lebanon, but the plan was “rejected” by US intelligence, according to a London-based Arabic-language newspaper.

News you may have missed #0172

intelNews — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:43:36 +0000

Ex-Olympic Committee president was KGB agent: new book. Visual 'proof' of Monaco's Intelligence Service. Do we really need an NSA data center in Utah?

News you may have missed #0171

intelNews — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:39:38 +0000

Kalmanovic was Shin Bet informant, says Ha'aretz. Court date for US couple accused of spying for Cuba. CIA responds to declassification request...20 years later.

News you may have missed #0170

intelNews — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:36:14 +0000

CIA settles DEA agent's lawsuit for $3 million. US wants to set up spy base in Afghanistan, says Afghan lawmaker. UN to help Colombia sort through spy files.

Israeli commandos seize ship allegedly carrying tons of weapons

intelNews — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:47 +0000

A ship apprehended off the coast of Cyprus by Israeli commandos in a predawn raid on Wednesday was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons, according to the Israeli Navy. Israel insisted that the weapons, which include missiles and rockets, originated from Iran and Syria and were bound for Hezbollah.

News you may have missed #0169

intelNews — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:25:43 +0000

An intel officer's view on Fort Hood shooter. Coup rumors circulating in Paraguay. US embassy in Panama looking for spy cameras.

Comment: Why the Italian Convictions of CIA Agents Matter

intelNews — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:01:20 +0000

An Italian court has convicted 22 CIA agents and a US Air Force officer involved in the abduction of a Muslim cleric from Milan in 2003. All but three Americans tried in the case received jail sentences ranging from five to eight years, for kidnapping Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr in broad daylight and for illegally renditioning him to Egypt, where he says he was brutally tortured before being released without charge. As intelNews has previously reported, it is extremely unlikely that the US will agree to extradite the convicted abductors to Italy. Washington has formally invoked the NATO Status of Forces Agreement, arguing that the offenders were operating “in the course of official duty” and fall therefore under US, not Italian, jurisdiction. But the convictions are important nonetheless, for three reasons.

News you may have missed #0168

intelNews — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:30:36 +0000

1,600 suggested daily for FBI's terrorist watch list. German spies keep files on leftist politicians.

S. Korea arrests two for spying for US defense contractor

intelNews — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:33:25 +0000

The government of South Korea announced the arrest on Tuesday of two former South Korean army colonels for allegedly leaking defense secrets to US defense contractor giant Northrop Grumman.