Intel Today

From Watergate to… ‘GoldenGate’?

Posted on January 12, 2017 by L

“When spies get angry, they call reporters and arrange discreet chats in parking garages. The last president who entered the Oval Office with this much dislike and distrust of the IC was Richard Nixon—and we know how that worked out for him.”

John R. Schindler — Former NSA and professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College

Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump. Follow us on Twitter: Intel_News Continue reading →

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CIA Pompeo’s Confirmation Hearing Postponed. What to Expect?

Posted on January 11, 2017 by L

“The people who know him from the House intelligence committee have always said he was serious. He studied the issues. He was worth talking to.”

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden

Rep. Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing has been pushed to Thursday (12 January 2017). Reasons for the delay are not clear. [It may be related to the unverified but reported news that Russian operatives compiled salacious information about Donald Trump.] If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Pompeo would become one of the most overtly partisan figures to take over the C.I.A. — an agency that is supposed to operate above politics. Follow us on twitter: Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Takes Many Secrets to His Grave

Posted on January 10, 2017 by L

“With what is happening in the U.S. and the possible instability that is going to come in U.S. policy you needed a voice of reason and pragmatism that had some heft to it. He was that voice. Losing that voice is going to make it more likely that any mishap or miscalculation by the Trump team will beget a more unreasonable, more radical, more potentially destructive response by the Iranian regime.”

Abbas Milani — Director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University

Iran’s former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday at the age of 82. A U.S. State Department official on Sunday described Rafsanjani ‎as a “prominent figure” throughout the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran. “We send our condolences to his family and loved ones,” the official said in a statement. Rafsanjani was certainly a prominent figure of ‘International Intrigues and Terrorism’. Follow us on Twitter: Intel_Today Continue reading →

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Who Is Who in World Intelligence and Security Agencies : GRU Igor Korobov

Posted on January 9, 2017 by L

“From the first, it was clear that all the main stakeholders — Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff Valeri Gerasimov, and the GRU hierarchy itself — favored the promotion of one of Sergun’s depties: Vyacheslav Kondrashev, Sergei Sizunov, Igor Lelin, and Igor Korobov. Of them all, Korobov, head of the Strategic Intelligence Directorate (USR: Upravlenie strategicheskoi razvedky) was clearly the front-runner. “

Mark Galeoti– 9 February 2016

Lieutenant-General Igor Korobov — Head of the GRU

Lieutenant-General Igor Valentinovich Korobov is the current Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Federation. Continue reading →

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Intel Report Suspiciously Anachronistic

Posted on January 8, 2017 by L

“The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.”

Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827)

The report, released Friday, outlines how Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed to hurt Hillary Clinton and help President-elect Donald Trump by using by “an influence campaign” which included hacking Democratic groups and figures. The ’25-page’ Intel Report per se is in fact 5 pages long and the document contains 7 pages of information related to the 2012 US election! Follow on Twitter: @Intel_Today

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CIA Accusations are Unproven, Dangerous and Beyond Hypocrisy

Posted on January 7, 2017 by L

“Wouldn’t it be a good idea for the CIA to at least have hard evidence before the spy agency precipitated a nuclear war?”

Robert Parry

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

According to a declassified assessment, the CIA (backed up by the NSA and the FBI) has now firmly concluded — with ‘Slam-Dunk’ High Confidence — that “Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.” Continue reading →

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Bernard Bajolet: DGSE Warned French Government of Trump Victory in December 2015!

Posted on January 6, 2017 by L

“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. ”

Niels Bohr –Physics Nobel Prize 1922

Bernard Bajolet — Director General for External Security (DGSE).

Bernard Bajolet (born 21 May 1949) is a French diplomat. On 10 April 2013, Bernard Bajolet was appointed by the Council of Ministers as Director General for External Security (DGSE). Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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All the President’s Women: Former Russian Spy Anna Chapman is now a Trump-Loving Fashion Model… And Geopolitical Commentator

Posted on January 5, 2017 by L

“Trump is a politician who has the backing of forces just as influential as those behind Clinton. The only difference is that they like to keep a low profile, because their vision of the future world order means a revolution in U.S. foreign policy. And after that revolution happens, there will be no room for people like Clinton, who has blood on their hands.”

Former Russian Spy Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman

“Anna Chapman, the Russian spy who was deported from the United States in 2010 after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges, has apparently combined her twin interests in international affairs and modeling into the most topical Instagram account of the year.” TWITTER: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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CIA’s Top 10 Stories of 2016

Posted on January 4, 2017 by L

“Interested in taking a peek into our X-Files? Want to know more about Hamilton’s spy on the inside? Curious how to make invisible ink? Then you’re in luck. This year’s most popular stories on cia.gov have a little something for everyone.”

CIA Website

cia2016

“From tributes to our unsung heroes who lost their lives in service to their country, to the surprising truth behind who was the first to crack the ENIGMA cipher (hint: it wasn’t Alan Turing), our articles have covered a lot of topics.” [CIA Website] Continue reading →

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Former MI6 Chief: ‘ Electronic voting presents serious hacking risk.’

Posted on January 4, 2017 by L

“Bizarrely the stubby pencil and piece of paper that you put your cross on in the ballot box is actually much more secure than anything which is electronic.”

Former MI6 Chief Sir John Sawers

Former MI6 Chief Sir John Sawers

Sir John Sawers, former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service [MI6], has said that any move towards electronic voting in the UK would leave major elections at risk of being targeted by cybercriminals and hackers. Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading →

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