TOP INTEL TODAY 2017 STORIES #2 : “NSA Hacked French President’s House” [UPDATE]

Posted on February 23, 2018 by L

“Keith Alexander (Director of the NSA) told me he was disappointed because he never thought we would detect them and he even added: You guys are good.”

“In the Intelligence World, you have some allies. You don’t have friends.”

Bernard Barbier –Director of the DGSE Technical Division from 2006 to 2013

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“French newspaper ‘Le Monde’ just published an article confirming that the NSA hacked the Élysée Palace during the 2012 Presidential campaign.” This post was first published on September 4 2016. The piece was so popular that several French TV channels covered the story during their evening News. The recorded interview of Bernard Barbier ‘disappeared’ for a few days but eventually came back and remains available to this day.

RELATED POST: INTEL TODAY — Top 10 Stories of 2017

I will not pull a “Chomsky” analysis on this story, but ask yourself what would have happened if the shoe had been on the other foot? Worse, can you imagine the furor of the US media if the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service had been caught hacking the White House?

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Ahmadreza Djalali — Iran Ambassador To Belgium : “Death Sentence Decision Not Final” [UPDATE]

Posted on February 22, 2018 by L

“The indisputable fact is that Dr. [Masoud] Ali-Mohammadi was martyred on January 12, 2010, at least three months before European agents approached me in the spring of 2010. This was even mentioned in the TV program based on my montaged statements, which prove that the accusations against me are contradictory lies. How could I be accused of giving information about someone who was martyred four months earlier?”

Professor Ahmadreza Djalali — Letter written in mid-January 2018

Last Sunday (February 4 2018), various media reported that a final attempt to persuade the Iranian judiciary to review the death sentence handed to Ahmadreza Djalali for allegedly spying on behalf of Israel had failed. According to these reports, his death sentence was definitive and imminent. Today (February 7 2018), the ambassador of Iran to Belgium has denied both allegations. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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MOSSAD — Test Your “SPY Knowledge” With Our Quiz! [2018]

Posted on February 22, 2018 by L

“If a society crosses a certain line in its division and hatred, then it is a real possibility to see a phenomenon like a civil war.”

Tamir Pardo — Mossad chief

How much do you know about spy agencies? Take this quiz to find out your knowledge of the MOSSAD. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — DARPA to Resurrect Top-Secret “PANDORA Project”

Posted on February 22, 2018 by L

“DARPA develops the weapons of the future. It funds everything from basic science to advanced technology, though the ultimate goal is always to develop something that can be used by the military.”

Sharon Weinberger — “The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World.”

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February 22 2017 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, is embarking on a new program, called RadioBio, to determine whether cells are able to exchange information with  EM signals and, if so, what the cells are saying and how they do it. This new initiative seems very close to the once TOP-SECRET “PANDORA Project”. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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This Day in History — CIA Aldrich Ames Arrested by FBI in Arlington, Virginia (February 21, 1994)

Posted on February 21, 2018 by L

“I knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet Union, that I was exposing them to the full machinery of counterespionage and the law, and then prosecution and capital punishment.”

Former CIA Aldrich Hazen Ames

Aldrich Ames is arrested outside his home in Virginia

On February 21 1994, CIA officer Aldrich Hazen Ames was arrested by the FBI in Arlington, Virginia on espionage charges. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Former CIA Director John Brennan: “Trump comes off ‘small, petty, banal’ by constantly tweeting”

Posted on February 21, 2018 by L

It never ceases to amaze me how successful you have been making yourself so small, petty, and banal with your tweets. Your insecurity is well deserved, as is your concern over Russia investigation. Thomas Paine was right when he said, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

Former CIA Director John Brennan (Twitter — February 20 2018)

On Tuesday (February 20 2018), President Trump claimed in a tweet that he has been tougher on Russia than former President Obama was during his time in office. Former CIA Director John Brennan replied about an hour later. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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On This Day — Swissair Flight 330 (February 21 1970)

Posted on February 21, 2018 by L

“330 is going down. Goodbye everybody.”

Co-pilot Armand Etienne — February 21 1970 1:34

“Bern threw a ‘cloak of silence’ over the case.”

Swiss Investigator Robert Akeret

“The secret deal was ‘immoral’ and in breach of legal principles, but it was justified for strategic reasons. This might be absolutely shocking, but the reward was that there were no more attacks.”

Pr. Jean Ziegler

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Wreckage from the Swissair plane that crashed in a forest in Würenlingen

On 21 February 1970 — a cold and wet Saturday — Swissair Flight 330, bound for Tel Aviv, crashed shortly after take-off from Zürich. 38 passengers and nine crew died in the tragedy. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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One Year Ago — Former CIA Director Leon Panetta: “President Must Build ‘Loyalty’ With Intel Community”

Posted on February 20, 2018 by L

“Obviously, it’s not a good situation. Because there is a lack of trust between the president and the intelligence community, and between the intelligence community and the president. And, you know, every time he demeans the intelligence community or accuses it of leaks or accuses it of doing things that it’s not doing, that obviously impacts on the morale of that institution.”

Former C.I.A. Director Leon Panetta

“Either we need a new election or hang [CIA Director] John Brennan for putting out disinformation.”

Former CIA operative Robert Baer

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Former C.I.A. Director Leon Panetta

February 20 2017 — Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that intelligence officers were withholding sensitive information from the President out of concerns that it could be compromised.  Former C.I.A. Director Leon Panetta discusses the news and the ‘leaks’. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Book Review — Directorate S : The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Posted on February 20, 2018 by L

“In the 15-year story that Directorate S tells, Afghanistan has been built a bit and bombed a lot, the Taliban have been fought with and then courted, the Pakistanis embraced then abandoned. What the British tried to document in Curzon’s day, the Americans refused to learn; there is indeed trouble on the Frontier again, and in Directorate S we have the definitive account of it.”

Rafia Zakaria — The Guardian

Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, bestselling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthralling story of America’s intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Chief Judge Colleen McMahon: CIA Disclosures To One Are Disclosures To All [UPDATE]

Posted on February 19, 2018 by L

“The CIA is spectacularly terrible at responding to FOIA requests. It’s so bad it’s highly possible the perceived ineptness is deliberate. The CIA simply does not want to release documents. If it can’t find enough FOIA exemptions to throw at the requester, it gets creative.”

Tim Cushing — TechDirt (Legal Issues)

“I suppose it is possible that the Government does not consider members of the press to be part of the public. I do.”

Chief Judge Colleen McMahon

“If the CIA loses in this case, the unsavory practice of providing classified information only to sources willing to do the agency’s bidding will be dealt a setback.”

Paul Mirengoff — Powerline

Chief Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

The CIA claims that it can hand over classified information to some — ‘very friendly’ — journalists and still pretend the information has not been made public. Chief Judge Colleen McMahon just made it clear and simple for the Agency: “You cannot have your cake and eat it too.” Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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