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Security is tight around Brussels Central Station
“Once NSO’s systems are sold, governments can essentially use them however they want. NSO can say they’re trying to make the world a safer place, but they are also making the world a more surveilled place.”
Bill Marczak — Senior fellow at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs
On Monday, Citizen Lab, along with a handful Mexican organizations, released a new report identifying 76 text messages designed to phish several targets and infect them with NSO’s sophisticated spyware known as Pegasus.
Several prominent journalists and activists in Mexico have filed a complaint accusing the government of spying on them by hacking their phones. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
Julian Assange cancels planned ‘special announcement’ — Otto Warmbier, US student sent home from N Korea, dies — Using Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families — Former decorated Navy SEAL and CIA special agent is arrested for ‘being part of a DRUG RING smuggling marijuana from Colombia’
Julian Assange
“People who obstruct Justice are trying to hide something.”
Nick Akerman — Former Assistant Watergate Prosecutor
Former assistant special Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman says Trump obstructed justice. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
Finsbury Park attack: Theresa May condemns ‘sickening’ terror attack — Israel to sign intelligence-sharing pact with Europol agency — Azerbaijan: Spy Scandal Leaves Trail Of Dead Suspects — Former GCHQ Boss: We Can’t Stop Nation State Hacking And Espionage
‘The American section of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta has about 1,000 members—including 300 dames. They represent the vanguard of American Catholicism, the point at which the Vatican and the U.S. ruling elite intersect. The Knights of Malta comprise what is perhaps the most exclusive club on earth.”
Mother Jones 1983
William “Wild Bill” Donovan
This month, as the CIA celebrates OSS’s 75th anniversary, the Agency showcases some of the fine women and men who made up America’s first intelligence agency. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
Terror risk is ‘price paid for our freedom’, former GCHQ chief tells Shropshire audience — Otto Warmbier: How did North Korea holiday end in jail, and a coma? — Three killed in blast at Colombia shopping centre — Unedited Putin Interview Reveals A Missed Opportunity For Megyn Kelly and America
“The CIA was also looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks. The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations.”
WikiLeaks — Vault 7
Journalist Michael Hastings (January 28, 1980 – June 18, 2013)
WikiLeaks’ revelations that the CIA was attempting to remotely hack vehicles have reignited a conspiracy theory: Did the Agency assassinate journalist Michael Hastings? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, hires his own lawyer in Russia probe — London attack: UK was warned about third attacker — Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years — Iran 1953 Covert History Quietly Released
Michael Cohen — Trump’s personal lawyer
“A drama is being played out in the unlikely setting of a Brussels parliamentary committee room that could have made the plot of a John Le Carré novel, perhaps coupled with Game of Thrones.”
Nick Kochan — Investigative writer and journalist based in London
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev
A Belgian parliamentary Commission is investigating how a Kazakh deal to buy helicopters from France was hijacked in 2010 by a group of Central Asian businessmen known as the “TRIO”. One of them — known for his link to the late KGB — is a close associate of US President Donald Trump. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
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