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EUROPE Anti-Terrorism Group-4: Investigators Need Access to Encrypted Communications

Posted on October 22, 2016 by L

‘TELEGRAM has become known as a preferred means of communication for the Sunni terror group ISIS and was used by the ISIS cell that plotted the Paris terror attacks in November.”

CNN News Report

Moulay Hassan Daki (Maroc), Frédéric Van Leeuw (Belgium), François Molins (France) et Javier Zaragoza (Spain)

Prosecutors from the EU Anti-Terrorism Group4 have met this week in Paris to discuss issues raised by encrypted communication systems such as ‘TELEGRAM’. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator: “The Caliphate Is Imploding.”

Posted on October 20, 2016 by L

“The big question is this: What will we do with the 2000 ISIS returnees?”

Gilles de Kerkhove

Gilles de Kerchove d’Ousselghem (born 3 October 1956 in Uccle/Ukkel, Belgium) is a Belgian senior European Union official. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Former Head of Belgian Security Service: “Terrorists Will Hit Brussels Again”

Posted on October 19, 2016 by L

“We must accept to live with the idea that other attacks are likely, that other attacks will happen. The potential actors are already here.”

Alain Winants — Former Head of the Belgian State Security Service

Today, Alain Winants — Former Head of the Belgian State Security Service — made it very clear: “Brussels is the perfect target for terrorists.” Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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BELGIUM — Europe’s Most Wanted

Posted on October 17, 2016 by L

“Mr Atar’s situation is being followed closely. Repeated requests made by Belgium to the Iraqi government to consider an early release for humanitarian reasons have been fruitless so far.”

Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs — October 9, 2010

Oussama Atar

Oussama Atar, a Belgian of Moroccan descent, is almost certainly the main culprit of the Paris and Brussels attacks. Question: why was he living freely when he should have been kept in a Iraqi jail? Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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2016 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE JUAN MANUEL SANTOS — Does anyone remember ‘Los Falsos Positivos’?

Posted on October 8, 2016 by L

“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.”

Thomas Andrew Lehrer — American satirist

The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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CIA-GW 2016 Intelligence Conference — Third Conference on The Ethos and Profession of Intelligence

Posted on September 30, 2016 by L

“The Central Intelligence Agency and the George Washington University co-hosted CIA’s third public conference on national security — The Ethos and the Profession of Intelligence — on the GW campus on Tuesday, September 20, 2016.”

Looking over the Horizon

The full-day conference feature remarks from senior CIA officials and a set of panel discussions that bring together intelligence community leaders, national security experts, private sector leaders and members of the media. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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Dead Man’s Diary: Sarkozy’s 2007 Presidential Election Campaign Funded by Gaddafi

Posted on September 28, 2016 by L

“A further 3 million euros was purportedly transferred by a son of Gaddafi before the final 2 million was sent by Abdullah Sanussi, the then head of Libyan intelligence service.”

MEDIAPART

French news website ‘Mediapart’ has uncovered hard evidence documenting the funding of Sarkozy’s presidential campaign (2007) by Gaddafi. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

Posted in Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Shukri Ghanem | Tagged Gaddafi, GOSINT, Libya, Sarkozy, Shukri Ghanem | Leave a comment

Book Review: “Code Warriors” – Stephen Budiansky

Posted on September 27, 2016 by L

“The National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the postwar years, as the United States developed a new enemy in the Soviet Union, our intelligence community found itself targeting not soldiers on the battlefield, but suspected spies, foreign leaders, and even American citizens.”

Stephen Budiansky — Code Warriors: NSA’s Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union

Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, NSA played a vital, often fraught and controversial role in the major events of the Cold War, from the Korean War to the Cuban Missile Crisis to Vietnam and beyond. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Blast From The Past: The NSA – CRYPTO AG Sting

Posted on September 26, 2016 by L

“Further evidence suggesting that the Crypto AG machines were compromised was revealed after the assassination of former Iranian Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar in 1991.”

On 7 August 1991, one day before Bakhtiar’s body was discovered, the Iranian Intelligence Service transmitted a coded message to Iranian embassies, inquiring “Is Bakhtiar dead?” Western governments were able to decipher this transmission, causing Iranian suspicion to fall upon their Crypto AG equipment. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, Crypto AG, Dag Hammarskjöld, NSA, UN, WIKIPEDIA | Tagged Borris Hagelin, CIA, Crypto AG, Dag Hammarskjöld, GOSINT, NSA, UN, WIKIPEDIA | Leave a comment

CIA : A Few Good Women

Posted on September 25, 2016 by L

“IN HONOR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY”

CIA Memorial wall

The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It honors CIA employees who died in the line of service. There are 117 stars carved into the white Alabama marble wall. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, CIA Memorial Wall, Women | Tagged CIA, GOSINT, Women | 2 Comments