The Senate Intelligence Committee is calling for a government-wide effort to prepare for a Russian intervention in the 2020 presidential election. The timing of the report, however, undermines its message. The day after all of the committee’s Republican members voted to acquit the president of charges that he covertly sought the help of a foreign...
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Researchers Say Russian Satellite Is Probably Stalking a US Spy Satellite
This story from the MIT Technology Review takes spy vs. spy action to a whole new level. Although the evidence is still circumstantial, Thomas Roberts, a former aerospace security fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), thinks that Kosmos 2542 is purposely shadowing USA 245 to spy on it. “Things do move...
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Haspel and Brennan Disagree on Assassinating Soleimani
Two CIA directors have two very different views about the legality of the U.S. assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani last month. In a detailed look at how U.S. policymakers have handled the question of assassinating enemies, the The New Yorker reports the views of current CIA director Gina Haspel. Intelligence officials told Trump that...
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Professor Stephen Cohen on Ukraine and the Politics of Impeachment
The national security argument in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump was a big dud. While the House managers made the case that the United States should arm Ukraine, they didn’t follow up the point because it was weak. The president’s defenders noted, accurately, that Trump’s Ukraine policy was more militaristic than President Obama’s....
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UK’s Huawei Decision Splits Western Intelligence Agencies
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to allow some Huawei equipment to be used in the building of the country’s 5G networks is splitting Western Intelligence services. In one camp are Britain’s MI5, the equivalent of the FBI, and the General Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), equivalents to the NSA. They believe...