FRANCE — DGSE: ‘Kremlin Hackers trying to distort the presidential campaign’ [UPDATE March 22 2017]

Posted on March 22, 2017 by L

“Russia is using all of its means to influence public opinion. It is not the same ideology as in the time of the USSR, [but] it is sometimes the same methods, with more technology. Russia has a strategy of influence, of networks, with very conservative moral views.”

French President Francois Hollande

DGSE Director Bernard Bajolet

President Francois Hollande is accusing Russia of trying to interfere in the campaign, ahead of the first round on 23 April and a run-off on 7 May. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today
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Trump’s ‘utterly ridiculous’ spy story rings a bell

Posted on March 21, 2017 by L

“Recent allegations made by media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct ‘wiretapping’ against the then president-elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored.”

GCHQ spokesman

GCHQ Headquarters: “The Doughnut”, in the suburbs of Cheltenham

GCHQ — Britain’s communications intelligence agency — has issued a statement denying it wiretapped Donald Trump in the weeks after he won the US election. However, as I reminded you recently, this crazy scenario has happened before. GIZMODO just picked up on this old story. Amazingly, three decades later, we still miss a key element on that story: Which of her Cabinet members was Lady Thatcher spying on? Follow us on  Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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GERMANY — BND: “Gulen not behind Turkey coup attempt”

Posted on March 20, 2017 by L

“Turkey has tried to convince us of that at every level but so far it has not succeeded.”

BND head Bruno Kahl

BND head Bruno Kahl

President Erdogan has accused U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen to be the mastermind of last summer’s failed coup in Turkey. But, so far, the BND has found no evidence supporting this allegation. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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NSA Rick Ledgett: ‘Claim that GCHQ carried out surveillance on Donald Trump during the election campaign is arrant nonsense’

Posted on March 19, 2017 by L

“Cyber war is going to look very different – you are going to see massive failures of key infrastructure systems in the countries that are being targeted in a way we have not seen yet.”

Richard Ledgett — Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

Richard Ledgett — Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

 

Richard H. “Rick” Ledgett, Jr. became the Deputy Director of the National Security Agency in 2014. In a rare interview — and perhaps his last as a NSA official — Ledgett speaks about Trump’s recent allegation about the GCHQ, the alleged hacking from Russia and the ‘current environment’. Follow us on twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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FRANCE — DGSE: ‘Kremlin Hackers trying to distort the presidential campaign’

Posted on March 18, 2017 by L

“Russia is using all of its means to influence public opinion. It is not the same ideology as in the time of the USSR, [but] it is sometimes the same methods, with more technology. Russia has a strategy of influence, of networks, with very conservative moral views.”

French President Francois Hollande

DGSE Director Bernard Bajolet

President Francois Hollande is accusing Russia of trying to interfere in the campaign, ahead of the first round on 23 April and a run-off on 7 May. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today
Continue reading →

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UK: GCHQ denies wiretapping Donald Trump

Posted on March 17, 2017 by L

“Recent allegations made by media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct ‘wiretapping’ against the then president-elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored.”

GCHQ spokesman

GCHQ Headquarters: “The Doughnut”, in the suburbs of Cheltenham

GCHQ — Britain’s communications intelligence agency — has issued a statement denying it wiretapped Donald Trump in the weeks after he won the US election. Follow us on  Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Former CIA Boss Michael Hayden’s theory about VAULT 7 – WikiLeaks doesn’t hold water. Unless…

Posted on March 17, 2017 by L

“And I don’t mean to judge them at all, but this group of millennials and related groups simply have different understandings of the words loyalty, secrecy, and transparency than certainly my generation did.”

Former CIA Boss Michael Hayden

Former CIA Boss Michael Hayden

Former CIA Boss Michael Hayden’s theory about VAULT 7-WikiLeaks  doesn’t hold water. Yet, the story is interesting and perhaps quite revealing. Indeed, it would seem that the good General has ‘leaked’ FOUR classified pieces of information in just a few words. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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FBI charges FSB spy jailed in Moscow on charges of ‘High Treason’

Posted on March 16, 2017 by L

“The department of justice is continuing to send a powerful message that we will not allow individuals, groups, nation-states, or a combination of them to compromise the privacy of our citizens, the economic interests of our companies or the security of our country.”

Mary McCord — Assistant Attorney General for National Security

FSB Major Dmitry Dokuchaev aka ‘Forb’ (Hacker)

The US has announced charges against two Russian intelligence officers and two hackers over a massive Yahoo data breach that affected at least 1 billion user accounts. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Former CIA Boss Michael Hayden: ‘Millennials don’t understand loyalty and secrecy’

Posted on March 16, 2017 by L

“CNN’s having Hayden preach on Loyalty!  Tune in next week for Bill Clinton on chastity!  Hayden’s successor at NSA, Keith Alexander, went out and bought a pair of broad-cut jeans in a comic attempt to identify with millennials – but, alas, to no avail.  Younger folks can spot a phony a mile away, and many appear to be led by a quaint (almost obsolete) character trait called CONSCIENCE.  Some will not violate their oath to the Constitution – as the martinet NSA chiefs beginning with Hayden have done.”

Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern

 

Former CIA Director General Michael Hayden

General Michael Hayden doubts whether millennials understand loyalty and secrecy. Former CIA officer Ray McGovern is suggesting otherwise. “It is the younger generation that understands new technology. But it is hard to weed out the people who will work without any respect for the Constitution or without any respect for privacy”, McGovern argues. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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UK: Prime Minister Theresa May appoints Sir Adrian Fulford as Investigatory Powers Commissioner

Posted on March 15, 2017 by L

“I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Lord Justice Fulford as the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner. He brings a wealth of experience in the judiciary and expertise in matters of law which will be crucial to his vital role scrutinising the use of investigatory powers, as part of a world-leading oversight regime.”

Prime Minister Theresa May

Sir Adrian Fulford — UK Investigatory Powers Commissioner

Sir Adrian Fulford will be responsible for overseeing how the UK intelligence agencies operate under the new Investigatory Powers Bill. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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