“O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!”“But when we’ve practised quite a while
How vastly we improve our style!”
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“The competing messages, according to officials in attendance, also reflect cultural differences between the FBI and the CIA. The bureau, true to its law enforcement roots, wants facts and tangible evidence to prove something beyond all reasonable doubt. The CIA is more comfortable drawing inferences from behavior.”
The Washington Post
December 31 2016 — Well, it has been a long and sad year. So, in the long tradition of the UK Secret Service ‘End-of-the-Year party’, allow me tell an old – but perhaps timely – joke. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“We categorically disagree with any of the groundless allegations or charges against Russia. These actions by the current administration in Washington are unfortunately a manifestation of an unpredictable and you could even say aggressive policy.”
Dmitry Peskov — a Kremlin spokesman
Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear aka APT 28 & APT 29
The FBI and Homeland Security released the “Joint Analysis Report (JAR)” on Russian malicious cyber activity. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“Our enemies are using foreign propaganda and disinformation against us and our allies, and so far the U.S. government has been asleep at the wheel. But today, the United States has taken a critical step towards confronting the extensive, and destabilizing, foreign propaganda and disinformation operations being waged against us by our enemies overseas.”
US Senator Rob Portman
On 23 December 2016, President Obama signed into law the Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act. The new legislation is designed to counter foreign government propaganda. Many serious journalists do not welcome this new agency. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“The key goal of Russian propaganda in the Czech Republic is to sow doubts into the minds of the people that democracy is the best system to organise a country, to build negative images of the European Union and Nato, and [to] discourage people from participation in the democratic processes.”
Tomáš Prouza — Czech government’s state secretary for European affairs
The Security Information Service (BIS) (Czech: Bezpečnostní informační služba), is the primary domestic national intelligence agency of the Czech Republic. The Latin motto “Audi, vide, tace”, reminds people that an intelligence service member has to be a good listener, keen observer, and must keep silent .
The Czech government fears Russian interference in the upcoming general election. A new specialized unit — The Centre Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats — will report on ‘Fake News’. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“We cannot go into details on the content of the note but we can say that it is linked to some investments [which had] gone wrong that Mr Chandelon had done with some friends. The family was not aware of these investments.”
Belgium Prosecutor Vincent Macq
On December 16 2016, NATO Chief Auditor Yves Chandelon was found dead in an apparent suicide under suspicious circumstances. Chandelon’s death occurred three days before the murder of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in Ankara on December 19. Another Russian diplomat, Petr Polshikov, was also found dead in his apartment in Moscow the same day. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
“Ignorance is power… and agnotology is about the deliberate creation of ignorance.”
Robert Proctor — Stanford University
Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif
Near the end of year 2016, a ‘Fake News’ Report prompted a potentially very dangerous confrontation between Pakistan and Israel. Who hides behind AWD News? Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
“It is Snowden who decided, at great risk, to honor his oath to defend the Constitution against ALL enemies foreign and domestic – and NOT the timid politicians whose cowardice Snowden exposed. Naïve souls still inclined to give credence to congressional “overseers” (“overlookers” is a better word) and to a constitutional-lawyer-in-chief who lies outright about his sweeping power to pardon, are now asked to believe that Snowden was/is a Russian spy. At long last, have you no sense of decency?”
Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern
Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden
The following declassified report was released December 22, 2016 by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. A unclassified summary of the report was previously released in September 2016. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
I wanted to take the time to send you my most sincere Christmas wishes. I hope you have a beautiful holiday.
“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.”
Mandela visiting Megrahi — aka ‘The’Lockerbie bomber’ — in prison. Many thanks to my friend John Ashston who took the picture.
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?”
And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”
Stay tuned for more stories from Intel Today /GOSINT in 2017!
“Courier X might not be “the film the CIA tried to stop,” as its promotional materials claim, but the many-stranded conspiracy drama could’ve been a contender.”
The Hollywood Reporter
Placing elements of the agency in a global web of underworld activity, first-time filmmaker Thomas Gulamerian posits that it engineered the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
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