Intel Today

French Constitutional Council: Wireless Communication Intercepts Are Illegal

Posted on October 25, 2016 by L

“The secrecy of correspondence is a fundamental legal principle enshrined in the constitutions of several European countries. It guarantees that the content of sealed letters is never revealed and letters in transit are not opened by government officials or any other third party. It is thus the main legal basis for the assumption of privacy of correspondence.”

For the last 25 years, French Intelligence services have been allowed to intercept – without any democratic control – all wireless communications including mobile phones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth… All that was needed was to claim that the intercepts were needed for reasons of National Security. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

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Former CIA Jeffrey Sterling: News Conference (VIDEO)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by L

“The Jeffrey Sterling Case is an absolute travesty of Justice.”

Thomas Drake — Former senior executive at the National Security Agency

“The Obama administration has presided over the most draconian crackdown on National Security and Intelligence whistle-blowers in US History.”

Jesselyn Radack –Head of the Whistleblower and Source Protection Program (WHISPeR) at ExposeFacts.

Jeffrey Alexander Sterling is an American lawyer and former CIA employee who was arrested, charged, and convicted of violating the Espionage Act for revealing details about Operation Merlin to journalist James Risen. In May 2015, Sterling was sentenced to 3½ years in prison and thus set for release in 2018. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

Posted in CIA, Jeffrey Sterling, Ray McGovern | Tagged Delphine Halgand, GOSINT, Jeffrey Stirling, Jesselyn Radack, Ray McGovern, Thomas Drake | Leave a comment

Who Is Who in World Intelligence and Security Agencies : SVR Director Sergey Naryshkin

Posted on October 23, 2016 by L

“You fully understand, as we do, the situation we are currently facing, how important is the success of that service for the development of the country.”

Vladimir Putin to Sergey Naryshkin

The speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, or Duma, Sergey Naryshkin, became the new chief of the country’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) on 5 October 2016. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →

Posted in Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov, Putin, Sergey Naryshkin, SVR, Who Is Who | Tagged Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov, Putin, Russia, Sergey Naryshkin, SVR | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BND, Encryption, EU Commission, ISIS, TELEGRAM, Terrorism | Tagged BND, GOSINT, ISIS, TELEGRAM, Terrorism | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Belgium, Europe, ISIS, Terrorism | Tagged Belgium, EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove, GOSINT, ISIS, Terrorism | Leave a comment

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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Posted in Belgium, ISIL, ISIS, Terrorism | Tagged Alain Winants, Brussels, GOSINT, ISIS, Terrorism | Leave a comment

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