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Category: Spies
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Do We Need Spies? For Counterproliferation, Yes
One of the most important–and least controversial–missions for the CIA and other intelligence agencies is counteproliferation: the detection and disruption networks of people seeking to obtain weapons of mass destruction. Defense One reports Slovenia and other small European countries are offering help to develop counterproliferation technology.
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AP Confirms Bellingcat: Russian Suspect in UK Poisoning, Is Hero to His Home Village
“Alexander Petrov,” a Russian man accused of an assassination attempt in England, is actually a decorated GRU officer named Alexander Mishkin. The story, first reported by Bellingcat, the crowd-sourced investigative site, and The Insider, a Moscow-based news site, has now been confirmed. AP reporter Nataliya Vasilyeva went to Mishkin’s home town and discovered it was...
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How Bellingcat and Russia Insider Unmasked a Suspected Assassin
The crowdsourced investigative site Bellingcat and The Insider (in Russian) have beat their legacy competitors on the story of the Skripal assassination suspects.
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John Kiriakou, ex-CIA, Worries About War Without End
In Consortium News,John Kiriakou, former CIA officer turned whistleblower, warns of a Senate bill that he says “gives Trump carte blanche for war.” He’s talking about Senate Resolution 59, introduced by Senators Bob Corker (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-VA). The measure is intended to “provide an updated, transparent, and...