Some inconvenient truths in this post from Yasha Levine, author of Surveillance Valley, a history of Pentagon-Silicon Valley collaboration. From Paul Manafort, President Trump’s campaign manager, to Tad Devine, Bernie Sanders’s 2016 strategist to Hunter Biden, son of the Democratic candidate, feeding at the Ukraine trough has been the norm. Levine is not making excuses...
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Spanish Security Company Spied on Assange for the CIA
El Pais, the reliable Madrid daily, reports how the CIA kept tabs on Julian Assange while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. U.S. intelligence used the Spanish firm in charge of the embassy’s security to eavesdrop on Assange and his lawyers. David Morales, the owner of the company, supposedly handed over...
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Outed CIA Agent Valerie Plame Is Running for Congress by Driving Backwards
Another former CIA officer is running for Congress. Valerie Plame, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative is running for Congress in New Mexico, and the new campaign ad she released on Monday quickly went viral on Twitter. Entitled “Undercover,” the 56-year-old mother of three drives shows off her CIA skills, impressively drives a Chevy amaro...
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Israel Accused of Planting Spy Devices Near the White House
The government of Israel, likely that of Saudi Arabia and Russia, hopes President Trump will be re-elected in 2020. But that doesn’t mean they don’t spy on him. From POLITICO The miniature surveillance devices, colloquially known as “StingRays,” mimic regular cell towers to fool cell phones into giving them their locations and identity information. Formally...
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Trump’s Acting DNI: Since 9/11, Domestic Terrorists Have Killed More Americans Than Islamists
Joseph Maguire, the Acting Director of National Intelligence, says that in the 18 years since the 9/11 attacks, domestic terrorists have killed more Americans than foreign-born. President Trump chose Maguire, a former admiral and head of the National Counterterrorism Center, as acting chief of the U.S. intelligence community last month. Trump’s first choice, Texas congressman...