Intelligence
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 12:51
However, it said that in early 2012 Erdogan disclosed to Tehran the identities of 10 Iranians who had travelled to Turkey to meet Israeli spies.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:44
He is being questioned by the US High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, an inter-agency unit created in 2009 and housed in the FBI's National Security Branch.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:48
The decision to hold Abu Anas and question him for intelligence purposes without a lawyer present follows a pattern used successfully by the Obama administration with other terrorist suspects.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 08:50
But the CIA program is so minuscule that it is expected to produce only a few hundred trained fighters each month even after it is enlarged.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 09:07
South African officials say they are looking into possible links the Somali militant group al-Shabab may have in South Africa, where experts say they are concerned about the country becoming a hub for fundraising and recruiting for extremist groups.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 09:08
You wouldn’t know it from how chummy their presidents have been acting lately but apparently Kenya and Uganda are spying on each other. That’s one takeaway from a story this week about a young Kenyan Michael Omondi, who was arrested after he was caught trying to sign up for the Ugandan army, the UPDF.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 12:54
Press Secretary Jay Carney addresses President Rousseff's canceled visit, the UN report on Syria's chemical weapons, the threat of force in Syria, and the upcoming meeting with PM Netanyahu.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 08:05
The United States shares with Israel unfiltered data taken from telephone and internet communications including information on its own citizens, according to the latest leak from whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 08:00
A hat tip to John Kelle for bringing to my attention an interesting and useful interpretive infographic, “Scoring Africa.” Using a matrix, each country is scored on health, stability, economy, infrastructure, education, biodiversity, rights, and size. Each of these categories is in turn broken down into four sub-categories. Under “health,” for example, the sub-categories are HIV/AIDS, medical persons, life expectancy, and under five mortality.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 07:54
The United States has intercepted an order from an Iranian official ordering militants in Iraq to attack U.S. interests in Baghdad in the event the Obama administration launches a military strike in Syria.