Israel’s Mer Group to represent Kabila’s interests in Washington

“The U.N. peacekeeping mission is mandated to partner with the government. In other words, the U.N. is aiding a government that is inflicting predatory behavior against its own people. We should have the decency and common sense to end this.”

Nikki Haley — U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

Mer Group’s Enterprise Collection, Analysis for Real-time Operations System (ECAROS) is a leading Big Data platform for data fusion, analysis and information sharing for intelligence organizations.

Joseph Kabila, president of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has hired Israel’s Mer Group to represent his interests in Washington. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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Phone transcripts between Blair and Gaddafi (25 February 2011)

“The evidence that the Committee has taken so far in this inquiry suggests that western policy makers were rather less perceptive than Gaddafi about the risks of intervention for both the Libyan people and the western interests.”

Crispin Blunt MP — Chair of the Committee

The Foreign Affairs Committee has published the transcripts of two telephone conversations between Tony Blair and Colonel Gaddafi which took place on 25 February 2011. In the aftermath of the Manchester bombing, these documents are worth reading once more. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — May 31 2017

Terrorists’ moral judgment probed in psychology test — Manuel Noriega, Panama ex-strongman, dies at 83 — Why MI6 must share the blame for the jihadis in our midst — Russia inquiry expands to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

Vice-president of the United States, George Bush, meets Manuel Noriega in 1983.

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Colonel Pat Lang — The Fury of a Patient Man

“Let us be clear about the possibility that UK intelligence (MI-5, MI-6 and the military) or police intelligence will stop cooperating with the US IC.   The possibility is ZERO.”

Retired DIA Colonel Pat Lang

Colonel W. Patrick Lang is a retired senior officer of U.S. Military Intelligence and U.S. Army Special Forces (The Green Berets). He served in the Department of Defense both as a serving officer and then as a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service for many years Colonel Land is a calm and patient man. But, even a  good man can run out of patience… Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY. Continue reading

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — May 30 2017

WannaCry ransom notice analysis suggests Chinese link — Was President Trump’s disclosure of classified intelligence to Russian officials legal? — Jared Kushner’s charmed life is about to come to a screeching halt — Turkish Foreign Minister accused European intelligence agencies of co-opting members of the Turkish press

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General Hayden on Jared Kushner: “We’re in a Really DARK PLACE as a Society.”

“I mean what manner of ignorance, chaos, hubris, suspicion, contempt would you have to have to think that doing this with the Russian ambassador was a good or an appropriate idea.”

General Michael Hayden — Former head of the NSA and CIA

CNN’s Michael Smerconish spoke with former head of the NSA and CIA General Michael Hayden Saturday (May 27 2017), in the wake of reports that White House senior advisor Jared Kushner tried to establish a backchannel with the Kremlin. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — MAY 29 2017

The teenager who landed in red Square — Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was radicalised by his links to Libya — MI5 probes bomber ‘warnings’ — CIA’s Secrets About JFK, Che, and Castro Revealed in New Book

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The long history of CIA involvement in the international narcotics trade — [Documentary]

“US officials in Central America failed to address this drug issue for fear of jeopardising the war efforts against Nicaragua … and senior US policymakers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras’ funding problems.”

US Senator John Kerry

“Drug Boss Escobar Worked for the CIA” is a short documentary made by Newsbud. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Israel Modifies Sharing Intelligence Protocol with US after Trump’s Leak

“Intelligence cooperation [with the US] is terrific. It’s never been better.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, next to Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak at the White House in Washington, May 10, 2017. (Russian Foreign Ministry photo via AP)

Israel says it has changed its intelligence-sharing protocols with the United States after President Donald Trump disclosed classified information to Russian diplomats earlier this month. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — MAY 28 2017

Kushner ‘discussed secret line to Moscow’  — CIA Director John McLaughlin on Kushner — Was the Manchester suicide bomber trained by the CIA? — Estonia expels two Russian diplomats

Mr Jared Kushner, along with General Michael Flynn, left, has found his name linked to the Russian investigation

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