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Art of War

The Ancient History of Espionage

British intelligence historian Christopher Andrew via The National Interest, the first books to argue that intelligence should have a central role in war and peace were written not in classical Greece or Rome but in ancient China and the Indian subcontinent: The Art of War (Sunzi bingfa), traditionally ascribed to Confucius’s contemporary, the Chinese general...

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Mossad

Spooks for Hire: How Mossad Seeds the Global Private Intelligence Industry

The privatization of secret intelligence is happening all over the world. It’s like the privatization of everything else: a function of government is farmed out to corporations.. And it’s something of a menace to social movements Just as the job of army–to guard, shoot, and kill– is turned over to mercenaries, now known in corporate-speak...

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Watching UFOs, DIA Studied How to Get Invisible

Watching UFOs, DIA Studied How to Get Invisible

Intelligence agencies are known for asking seemingly crazy questions like: “How do you make something disappear?” In March 2010, the Defense Intelligence Agency published a paper attempting to answer that question. It was called “Invisibility Cloaking: Theory and Experiments.” It was prepared for the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program. (AATIP) These are the people who...

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Monica Elfriede Witt

U.S. Charges a Former Air Force Counterintelligence Officer Spied for Iran

Once again the Iranian intelligence services have demonstrated the ability to penetrate U.S. intelligence. A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has indicted Monica Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence officer, for espionage on behalf of the Government of Iran.  Four Iranians were also charged with acting on behalf of the Iranian...