Espionage

It’s global cyber war out there

January 3, 2013

Source: AFR Sitting in an office in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s Soviet-style building, which mirrors the Orwellian bunker one might imagine, Australia’s most experienced spy master, David Irvine, has a lot on his mind as he gazes over Lake Burley Griffin. Irvine, the director-general of ASIO, knows Australian business and the government are engaged [...]

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‘Flintstone’ spy device explodes at Iranian nuclear site

September 22, 2012

Source: Australian A MONITORING device disguised as a rock exploded when it was disturbed by Iranian troops near an underground nuclear enrichment plant, according to western intelligence sources. Revolutionary Guards were on a patrol last month to check terminals connecting data and telephone links at Fordo, near Qom in northern Iran, when they saw the [...]

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United States linked to computer viruses used for espionage operations and cyber warfare.

September 17, 2012

Source: Reuters Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare. The findings are likely to bolster a growing view that the U.S. government is using cyber technology more widely than previously believed to further its interests in the [...]

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US sees Israel as main spy threat

July 28, 2012

Source: Hurriyet The CIA station chief opened the locked box containing the sensitive equipment he used from his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, to communicate with CIA headquarters in Virginia, only to find that someone had tampered with it. He sent word to his superiors about the break-in. The incident, described by three former senior [...]

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Pentagon creates new espionage unit

April 23, 2012

Source: Washington Post The Pentagon is planning to ramp up its spying operations against high-priority targets such as Iran under an intelligence reorganization approved last week by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, a senior defense official said Monday. The newly created Defense Clandestine Service would work closely with the CIA to expand espionage operations overseas [...]

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Friends fear Briton Neil Heywood poisoned in China will be named a spy

April 15, 2012

Source: Australian Chinese sources say that the sole purpose of suggesting that the Old Harrovian fixer was an MI6 agent would be to deal another blow to the reputation of Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party chief in Chongqing. “Some of us with connections inside government have heard that this announcement is coming and we [...]

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Mossad/Israeli Special Forces ‘step up missions into Iran seeking proof of nuclear plans’

March 25, 2012

Hmmm? Maybe Mossad/US  are using  Secret US ‘Jedi’ ghost-copters kept out of bin Laden raid or secret stealth Black Hawk ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Source: AP/Times of Israel Israeli “spies” are scouring Iran’s nuclear bases for evidence that its nuclear program is operating to create weapons, Britain’s Sunday Times reported in a detailed article Sunday. The intelligence gathering [...]

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Spies target Taiwan’s U.S.-made defenses

March 21, 2012

Source: AP/Army Times When Taiwanese security personnel detained a suspected spy for China at a top secret military base last month, they may have had a sense of deja vu. Air force Capt. Chiang — he was identified only by his surname — was the fourth Taiwanese in only 14 months known to have been [...]

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