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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 →

Posted in CIA, CIA Director, Michael Hayden, Ray McGovern, Vault 7, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks | Tagged Bradley / Chelsea Manning, CIA, Edward Snowden, Michael Hayden, Ray McGovern, Vault 7, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks | Leave a comment

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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CIA Director Mike Pompeo defends ‘State Secrets Privilege’ in high profile torture case

Posted on March 15, 2017 by L

“Many details surrounding the program remain highly classified due to the damage to national security that reasonably could be expected to result from disclosure of that information. For this reason, the CIA has withheld or objected to the disclosure of certain information implicated in discovery in this case.”

CIA Director Mike Pompeo

Vice President Mike Pence swears in Mike Pompeo as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, Jan. 23, 2017. Pompeo’s wife Susan holds the Bible for the swearing in. (White House Photo by Ben Applebaum)

Last week, the Central Intelligence Agency formally asserted the ‘State Secrets Privilege’ in order to prevent disclosure of seven categories of information concerning the ‘Enhanced Interrogation Techniques’ program, and to prevent the deposition of several CIA officers involved in the post-9/11 controversial interrogation program. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, CIA Director, Mike Pompeo, Torture | Tagged 'State Secrets Privilege', Bruce Jessen, CIA, Enhanced Interrogation Tecniques, Gina Haspel, James Cotsana, James E. Mitchell, John Rizzo, Jose Rodriguez, Mike Pompeo, Torture | Leave a comment

Is Belgian ISIS Jihadist Osama Atar the ‘Mastermind’ of the Paris and Brussels attacks?

Posted on March 14, 2017 by L

“Abdelhamid Abaaoud [a Belgian-Moroccan killed by police five days after the November 13 atrocities] was only a go-between, not a senior figure. We know the mastermind [of the Paris Attacks] but I will remain discreet on this point.”

DGSE Director Bernard Bajolet

Belgian ISIS Jihadist Osama Atar aka ‘Abu Ahmad’

A Belgian-Moroccan jihadist operating in Syria is believed to have organized the deadly attacks on Paris and Brussels. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Brussels attacks 2016, France, ISIS, Paris Attacks 2015 | Tagged Abou Bakr Baghdadi, Abu Ahmad, Belgium, Bernard Bajolet, Brussels, Brussels attacks 2016, DGSE, France, Ibrahim and Khalid el-Bakraoui, ISIS, Osama Atar, Paris, Paris Attacks 2015 | Leave a comment

WikiLeaks: ‘Vault 7’ dump reignites debate about deadly car crash of Michael Hastings

Posted on March 13, 2017 by L

“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 →

Posted in CIA, Conspiracy Theory, FBI, Vault 7, Wikileaks | Tagged "The Runaway General", BuzzFeed, Conspiracy Theory, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller, General Stanley McChrystal, investigative journalist Jason Leopold, MIT doctoral candidate Ryan Shapiro, Rolling Stone, Wikileaks, WikiLeaks: ‘Vault 7’ dump reignites debates about deadly car crashes of Michael Hastings | Leave a comment

UK Boris Johnson: ‘No Evidence Russia trying to disrupt UK democracy’

Posted on March 13, 2017 by L

“We have no evidence that the Russians are actually involved in trying to undermine our democratic processes at the moment.”

Foreign Minister Boris Johnson

NCSC Head Ciaran Martin

Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) — part of the GCHQ spying agency — has written a Cyber-Security report urging the leaders of political parties to protect themselves against potential cyber attacks. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Warfare, Cyber-Security, Cybercrime, GCHQ, MI6, Russia, UK | Tagged BfV, BND, Ciaran Martin, cyber-espionage, Cyber-Security, Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, Germany, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Russia, UK | Leave a comment

The NSA Four: “We Warned the American People about Naked Surveillance, but No One Listened”

Posted on March 12, 2017 by L

“Today, we see unfolding before our very eyes a Constitutional crisis of monumental proportions, one that threatens the very foundations of our nation’s system of governance.”

Former NSA Kirk Wiebe

Former NSA Kirk Wiebe

What follows is an article written by former senior NSA official and whistleblower Kirk Wiebe. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

Posted in Assange, NSA, Wikileaks | Tagged Bill Binney, Ed Loomis, Julian Assange, Kirk Wiebe, NSA, Tom Drake, Wikileaks | Leave a comment

National Security Advisor McMaster: “More information does not equate to better understanding”

Posted on March 12, 2017 by L

“Do You Really Need More Information? The US Intelligence Community invests heavily in improved intelligence collection systems while managers of analysis lament the comparatively small sums devoted to enhancing analytical resources, improving analytical methods, or gaining better understanding of the cognitive processes involved in making analytical judgments.”

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis — Richards J. Heuer

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster

Lt. General H.R. McMaster — the newly designated National Security Advisor to President Trump — is known to be a brave soldier and a man who never hesitated to ‘speak truth to power’. General McMaster is also a brilliant intellectual who knows a few things about ‘Intelligence’. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, Michael Flynn, Richards J. Heuer | Tagged Analysis, Information, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, Psychology, Psychology of Intelligence Analysis, Richards J. Heuer | Leave a comment

CIA Statement on Claims by Wikileaks

Posted on March 11, 2017 by L

“I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the wind.”

President John F. Kennedy.

“A people always ends by resembling its shadow. ” Rudyard Kipling

Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks began its new series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Code-named “Vault 7” by WikiLeaks, it is the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agency. Here is the official CIA statement regarding the claims made by WikiLeaks. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Italian Intel Agencies: ISIS Terrorism Risk “increasingly acute”

Posted on March 11, 2017 by L

“Fundamentalist terrorism is spreading to a worrying degree in other areas, such as Southeast Asia, Afghanistan and Sub-Saharan Africa as well as the Balkans.”

DIS — Annual Report 2016

Italy’s Intelligence System for the Security of the Republic

The 2016 annual report by the Italian Department of Intelligence and Security (DIS) emphasized that the risk of fundamentalists who want to conduct the jihad directly on Italian territory is becoming “increasingly acute”. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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