Former NSA Mike Flynn advised Israeli cyberweapons dealers

Posted on May 5, 2017 by L

“Want to invisibly spy on 10 iPhone owners without their knowledge? Gather their every keystroke, sound, message and location? That will cost you $650,000, plus a $500,000 setup fee with an Israeli outfit called the NSO Group. You can spy on more people if you would like — just check out the company’s price list.”

NYT September 2, 2016

The founders of NSO Group, Omri Lavie, left, and Shalev Hulio. Credit NSO Group

The Flynn saga goes on as rumors surface that Trump’s former National security Advisor has consulted for both Kaspersky Lab and the NSO Group. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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United Nations — Update on investigation into the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld

Posted on May 4, 2017 by L

“Hammarskjöld was at the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘when they killed him’.”

US President Harry Truman — September 19  1961

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Dag Hammarskjöld

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Tanzania’s former chief justice Mohamed Chande Othman to lead the new investigation into the circumstances of Dag Hammarskjold’s suspicious death. The Secretary-General urges — once more — Member States to disclose information that they may have regarding the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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RUSSIA — FSB Colonel Sergey Mikhailov: “The spy without a past”

Posted on May 4, 2017 by L

“Sergei Mikhailov, a top cybersecurity specialist in the FSB, and his deputy Dmitry Dokuchaev are being accused of breaking their oath and working with the CIA.”

Interfax News Agency

FSB Colonel Sergei Mikhailov

Former FSB Colonel Sergei Mikhailov is facing treason changes in Moscow. But the investigation has revealed something truly unusual: Mikhailov’s past seems to be a legend. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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US Historian: “CIA concluded GRU behind John Paul II assassination attempt”

Posted on May 3, 2017 by L

“President Reagan and his CIA chief, William Casey, had suspected from the outset that the Soviets had a hand in the shooting of John Paul II on May 13, 1981, in St. Peter’s Square in Rome.”

Dr. Paul Kengor — Professor of political science at Grove City College

Pope John Paul II meets with and forgives Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who tried to kill him in 1981, during a 1983 prison visit.

Dr. Paul Kengor, a professor of political science at Grove City College, claims in a new book that the CIA had concluded that top Soviet officials were behind the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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The true story of Dr A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Black Market

Posted on May 3, 2017 by L

“Our accomplishments generally remain classified, but a few special ones are known to the world.”

CIA Director Mike Pompeo

Dr A. Q. Khan

In his first public speech, CIA Director Mike Pompeo told his audience that one the CIA’s great successes was to shut down the A. Q. Khan’s nuclear network. Once more, this statement needs a bit of “Facts Checking”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Acts of War in Cyberspace

Posted on May 2, 2017 by L

“One of the big problems we face with cyber is that it hasn’t really been discussed internationally about what is the acceptable use of cyber-powers, where the red lines are and what happens when those red lines are crossed.”

Sir John Sawers — Former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service [MI6]

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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), the chairman of the US Armed Services Committee, has said he believes Russia’s — alleged — interference in the 2016 presidential election amounted to an act of war. Legal scholars disagree. What defines an act of war in cyberspace? The US Military is currently working out its own definition. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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FRANCE — DGSE: General Jean-Pierre Palasset to serve as Acting Director

Posted on May 2, 2017 by L

“The Middle East we have known is over. We see that Syria is already divided on the ground, that the regime is controlling only a small part of the county, only one-third of the country which was established after WWII. We have the same thing in Iraq. I doubt really that one can come back to the previous situation.”

DGSE Director Bernard Bajolet

General Jean-Pierre Palasset

General Jean-Pierre Palasset will serve as DGSE Acting-Director until a new Director is chosen by the next French President. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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US Prison officials no longer respond to CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling’s health complaint

Posted on May 1, 2017 by L

“Stirling grew up really feeling that he was going to make it out of the situation that is so often consigned to poor, black Americans, and so he really was resolute, from everything I understand, that he wasn’t going to end up behind bars, he wasn’t going to use drugs, he wasn’t going to break the law. My impression is that he’s stunned. In a sense, his worst case scenario, that he had dedicated his life to be in the opposite situation of, has come to pass, in that he’s a black man in a federal prison.”

Norman Solomon — US Journalist

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Former CIA Jeffrey Alexander Sterling

Jeffrey Alexander Sterling is an American lawyer and former CIA employee who was arrested, charged, and convicted of violating the Espionage Act for revealing details about Operation Merlin to journalist James Risen. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Introduction to Italian Intelligence Agencies — PART II : The last scandal under the 1977 Legal Framework

Posted on May 1, 2017 by L

“Could societies do without spies altogether? He [Italian President Francesco Cossiga] wished to know. What did I think? How was a supposed democracy to control its spies?  How should Italy control them? – as if Italy was a separate case, not a democracy but just Italy in italics. What was my opinion, bluntly, in my own words please, of the Italian Intelligence services en général? Were they worth their salt?  Were they a positive force or a negative one, would I say?”

John le Carré — The pigeon tunnel

Former President Francesco Cossiga

In August 2007, Italy reorganized its Intelligence Services and their Oversight Committee. Let us take a quick look at the old structure which was established nearly three decades earlier. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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CIA : A Few Good Women — Molly C. H. Hardy (Dec. 15 1946 – Aug. 7 1998 )

Posted on April 30, 2017 by L

“For a small cadre of CIA veterans, the death of Osama bin Laden was more than just a national moment of relief and closure. It was also a measure of payback, a settling of a score for a pair of deaths, the details of which have remained a secret for 13 years.

Tom Shah and Molly Huckaby Hardy were among the 44 U.S. Embassy employees killed when a truck bomb exploded outside the embassy compound in Kenya in 1998.”

AP 5/29/2011

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The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. the wall honors CIA employees who died in the line of service. Today, there are 117 stars carved into the white Alabama marble wall. [WIKIPEDIA]. Eleven represent women. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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