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Did NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Do the Right Thing?
Gabriel Schoenfeld, writing in the Wall Street Journal, argues that Thomas Drake fell short of the Rosa Parks civil disobedience standard when he allegedly anonymously leaked NSA secrets to a reporter. Interesting take. I’d argue that the world doesn’t have quite enough people like Rosa Parks in it — and we need rules that can […]
Sailor and Attempted Spy: “My soul was blinded by greed”
June 12, 2011
Ever wonder what the going rate is for secrets about US operations in Afghanistan and Iraq?Apparently, it’s about $1,500 bucks. At least, that’s what Bryan Minkyu Martin, a Navy intelligence specialist convicted recently of attempted espionage, was allegedly paid for the first batch of documents he turned over to “Mr. Lee,” a man he believed […]
Brit Spies Swapped Bomb Instructions with Cupcake Recipe!
June 3, 2011
This might just be my favorite story of the week! Just goes to show that sometimes even intelligence computer geeks have a sense of humor — and a sense of style. Here’s the top of the Reuters story on how British cyber spies replaced bomb-making instructions on an Al Qaeda website with cupcake recipes: … […]
Hedge Fund Socialite Accused of Spying on Staff
May 22, 2011
Amazing story from the FT’s Sam Jones — this one about one of the world’s most powerful and wealthy women and her apparent penchant for hiring spies to keep tabs on her employees and her ex-husband. The woman in question is Elena Ambrosiadou, manager of the hedge fund Ikos, and the allegation comes from her […]
Strauss-Kahn’s CIA Connection: What’s TDI Doing For DSK?
May 22, 2011
More great stuff from Mark Hosenball at Reuters — this time focusing on fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s connection to a little-known private intelligence agency in Washington called TD International. TDI is run by several veteran CIA officers, and it is little-known … except to those who have read my book on corporate espionage. TDI […]
Irony Alert: CIA’s No-Leak Memo Leaks to WPost
May 20, 2011
Don’t you just hate it when you fire off a sternly worded memo to staff ordering them to stop leaking classified details … and someone leaks your memo? That’s what happened to Leon Panetta this week as his no-leaks memo promptly showed up in the Washington Post. Here’s the lede of Greg Miller’s story: CIA […]
My interview with Michael F. Walker, Former CIA Middle East Chief
May 17, 2011
More in the Bin Laden catch-up department — here’s my interview with Michael F. Walker, the former CIA Middle East chief. he and I spoke on the fist day the Bin Laden news was public. Here’s the top of the story I filed on it: The former chief of the CIA’s Middle East and South […]
A Double Tap to the Face: SEALs in Pakistan
May 17, 2011
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder delivered an epic story on the secret commando unit in the OBL raid — just one day after the attack: From Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan, the modified MH-60 helicopters made their way to the garrison suburb of Abbottabad, about 30 miles from the center of Islamabad. Aboard were Navy SEALs, […]
How the NGA Helped Get OBL
May 17, 2011
The killing of Osama Bin Laden has generated so much coverage — secret helicopters! situation room meetings! — that I can’t hope to keep up here. But The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has had some of the most original and interesting insight on all of this, so I wanted to spotlight a couple of his pieces […]
Thomas Drake and the Leaker’s Dilemma
May 17, 2011
There has been vastly too much spy related coverage for a part-time blog like this to keep up, but there have been several important pieces in recent days that you should not miss. Start with the New Yorker’s take on Thomas Drake, a former top executive at the NSA who’s accused of violating the Espionage […]
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- Germany arrests EU Parliament staff member on China espionage charges - CNBC
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- Three Suspected Spies for China Detained in Germany - The Wall Street Journal
- AfD politician’s aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China - The Guardian
- Germany arrests EU Parliament aide over bombshell China spying claims - POLITICO Europe
- German staffer in EU parliament arrested on China spying charges - Financial Times
- 3 Germans arrested on suspicion of spying for China, transferring info on potential military tech - The Associated Press
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