International Law and Cyber Warfare. From the Tallinn Manual to a Digital Geneva Convention?

Posted on February 15, 2017 by L

“Moscow’s hacking and dumping of Democratic emails to WikiLeaks is not an initiation of armed conflict. It’s not a violation of the U.N. Charter’s prohibition on the use of force. It’s not a situation that would allow the U.S. to respond in self-defense militarily.”

Michael Schmitt, chairman of the U.S. Naval War College’s International Law Department

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has said he believes Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election amounted to an act of war. Legal scholars disagree. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Mike Flynn has resigned. Could an indictment lead to an impeachment? UPDATE 14/02/2017

Posted on February 14, 2017 by L

“In the course of my duties as the incoming national security advisor, I held numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts, ministers, and ambassadors. (…) Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador. I have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology.”

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn

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Michael Flynn, Trump’s National Security Advisor, and Jill Stein attending the Russian State owned TV Gala as Putin’s guests (December 2015)

National Security Adviser Mike Flynn has resigned. Could Flynn be indicted? And if he was convicted of Treason, could Trump be impeached? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Mike Flynn has resigned. Could an indictment lead to an impeachment?

Posted on February 14, 2017 by L

“In the course of my duties as the incoming national security advisor, I held numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts, ministers, and ambassadors. (…) Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador. I have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology.”

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn

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Michael Flynn, Trump’s National Security Advisor, and Jill Stein attending the Russian State owned TV Gala as Putin’s guests (December 2015)

National Security Adviser Mike Flynn has resigned. Could Flynn be indicted? And if he was convicted of Treason, could Trump be impeached? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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CIA Covert Ops in Italy Lasted Long After the 1948 Elections (National Security Archive)

Posted on February 14, 2017 by L

“Despite rhetoric, Eisenhower was not prepared to intervene militarily to block Communists short of forcible seizure of power.”

Dr. Ronald D. Landa

State Department — Office of the Historian

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Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. envoy to Italy from 1953-1956, was as famous for her glamour and blunt speaking as for the distinction of being the first woman to represent the U.S. in a major diplomatic post. (Undated photo from the Carl Van Vechten collection, Library of Congress)

Washington, D.C. February 7, 2017 – CIA covert aid to Italy continued well after the agency’s involvement in the 1948 elections – into the early 1960s – averaging around $5 million a year, according to a draft Defense Department historical study published for the first time by the National Security Archive at The George Washington University.  Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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UK: Law Commission proposals to radically increase prison terms for revealing and handling state secrets

Posted on February 13, 2017 by L

“The Official Secrets Act 1989 (…) is reputedly one of the most draconian secrecy laws in the world. It seems to me to have been very effective at dissuading and preventing the 99.9% of British citizens who have signed to it from making unauthorised disclosures.

On the rare occasions where it has been breached, it could be argued that it was done to expose lies or misrepresentations of the truth and other forms of skullduggery.”

Katharine Gun — former GCHQ whistleblower

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Former GCHQ Katharine Gun

UK government’s legal advisers have been requested by Downing Street to draft a major overhaul of existing secrecy legislation prompting an outcry from  media organisations and civil rights groups. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Intel Today: First 200 Posts!

Posted on February 13, 2017 by L

“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier. Go, go, go like a soldier, So-oldier of the Queen! ”

The Young British Soldier — Rudyard Kipling

 

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Time flies when you’re having fun! I wish to thank all the readers and followers of this blog. Here is one of my favourite poem. Enjoy and keep it in mind… Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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UN: Former Tanzania’s top judge will lead new investigation into Dag Hammarskjold’s suspicious death

Posted on February 13, 2017 by L

“It will be Necessary to find some way of pulling Hammarskjold up short.”

UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (September 13  1961)

“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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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. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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US kid launched cyber attack on Brussels airport a few hours after 2016 bombings

Posted on February 12, 2017 by L

“From the investigation and the first analyses of the seized hardware it appeared that there were no terrorist motives. In the interest of the investigation no further information will be released.”

Official Statement from the Prosecutor Office

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Belgian prosecutors questioned — jointly with the FBI — the 14 years old boy in Pittsburgh, who confessed having committed the acts.  Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today. Continue reading →

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RUSSIA: FSB Shaken by a Major Reshuffle

Posted on February 12, 2017 by L

“One might think this would be a good time for Russian cyber intelligence officials, credited as they are with hacking and leaking Democratic emails that may have altered the course of the U.S. presidential election. One would be wrong.”

Emily Tamkin — Foreign Policy

 

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Both Deputy Directors of the  Federal Security Service Information Security Center have been sacked while the Director is rumoured to have resigned. The reasons behind this on-going crisis are still unclear. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Saudi Crown Prince Awarded the CIA ‘George Tenet’ Medal of Honor

Posted on February 11, 2017 by L

“Our relationship with the United States is historic and strategic. Any attempts to undermine that will falter.”

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef

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On Friday (10 February 2017), CIA Director Mike Pompeo honored the Saudi Crown Prince with the CIA ‘George Tenet’ Medal during a meeting in Riyadh. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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