Category Archives: Espionage

Pentagon Reports Iran is Spying | Washington Free Beacon

Iran’s intelligence service includes 30,000 people who are engaged in covert and clandestine activities that range from spying to stealing technology to terrorist bombings and assassination, according to a Pentagon report.

The report concluded that Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, known as MOIS, is “one of the largest and most dynamic intelligence agencies in the Middle East.”

Pentagon Reports Iran is Spying | Washington Free Beacon

Beware of intelligent insects – they are spying on you! | The National Business Review

Next time a pesky insect lands on you take a close look at it before you swat it away because you could be in for a nasty surprise.

What might appear to be a mosquito or something similar could, in fact, be a miniature spy drone which is snooping on you and being controlled by someone thousands of kilometres away.

No, this isn’t the stuff of science fiction but something which is just around the corner.

And there is “evidence” New Zealand may have already pioneered insect espionage.

Auckland-based strategic analyst Paul Buchanan says the race is on between the USA and Russia to develop the first micro aerial vehicle (MAV).

They are also known as insect spy drones…

Beware of intelligent insects – they are spying on you! | The National Business Review

Officials say Chinese spies have targeted every sector of the U.S. economy

The Chinese are playing dirty in the international spy game, according to current and former intelligence officials at the highest levels of government. 

“This is stealing American wealth.  It’s stealing American jobs.  It’s stealing American competitive advantage,” General Michael Hayden, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, said in an interview with NBC News.

Hayden’s comment was echoed by a House Intelligence Committee report released Monday warning that two Chinese telecommunications companies, Huawei and ZTE, could be funneling sensitive information back to Beijing, and cautioned American carriers to avoid doing business with them.

Officials say Chinese spies have targeted every sector of the U.S. economy – Rock Center with Brian Williams

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Chinese suspected of spying on U.S. strategic missile base in Wyoming | Washington Free Beacon

One security official said the suspicious incident on Sept. 3 appeared to be part of a Chinese intelligence collection operation or perhaps a training exercise for intelligence personnel. Another theory is that the group was part of the population of Asian guest workers residing in other parts of Wyoming or the west.

U.S. intelligence officials have said Chinese intelligence agencies conduct aggressive spying activities against U.S. military facilities and have been known to case the Pentagon’s strategic missile defense base at Fort Greeley, Alaska.

Chinese suspected of spying on U.S. strategic missile base in Wyoming | Washington Free Beacon

Viewed tactically this particular incident was not a threat just like the Chinese missile fired right off the coast of California wasn’t a threat. However, viewed from a strategic standpoint, China’s actions in aggregate constitute a threat. This incident should be viewed as a strategic threat.

How does one deal with these types of threats?

I would cancel the START II treaty immediately and get ready for nuclear war. After a couple of years of rebuilding our nuclear arsenal, I would put Russia and China on a quicker path to revolution:

  1. I would set trade tariffs such that trade between the US and China is balanced, or at least on the path to being a lot more balanced.
  2. I would start to subsidize energy independence for Europe, thereby pushing a knife into Russia.
  3. I would more aggressively launch cyber-attacks against Russia and China. Of course, I would deny it.

Either revolutions hit Russia and China quicker and the bigger problems get solved, or there will be nuclear war. But aren’t we already on the path to nuclear war? Aren’t Russia and China already on the path to revolution? It’s just a matter of what hits first.

Arrested spy compromised China’s U.S. espionage network: sources | Reuters

A Chinese state-security official arrested this year on allegations of spying for Washington is suspected to have compromised some of China’s U.S. agents in a major setback that angered President Hu Jintao, sources said.

Hu personally intervened this year, ordering an investigation into the case after the Ministry of State Security arrested one of its own officials for passing information to the Americans, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The official, an aide to a vice minister, was taken into custody sometime between January and March after the ministry became alarmed last year over repeated incidents of Chinese agents being compromised in the United States, they said.

Exclusive: Arrested spy compromised China’s U.S. espionage network: sources | Reuters

China linked to ‘economic espionage’ – FT.com

China is the world’s biggest supporter of “economic espionage”, the Pentagon says in its annual report on the Chinese military which also claimed that Beijing’s defence budget is much higher than official numbers.

Friday’s report said China would continue to be an “aggressive and capable” collector of sensitive US technological information, including that owned by defence-related companies, and represented a “growing and persistent threat to US national security”.

China linked to ‘economic espionage’ – FT.com

Military Secrets Leak From U.S. Universities – Businessweek

For 15 days in late 2009, Internet users in 36 countries, including China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan, viewed sensitive information about U.S. weapons technology that was supposed to be for American eyes only.

The disclosure, which prompted a rebuke from a U.S. State Department official, came from a Georgia Institute of Technology course for federal employees and contractors on infrared technology used in weapons-aiming systems for aircraft, ships and tanks. Asked by instructor David Schmieder to copy the course onto a DVD, Georgia Tech’s media staff instead uploaded it to servers.

“I completely forgot the course’s access was restricted,” Media Quality Control Supervisor Edward Bailey told university investigators, according to documents obtained from Georgia Tech through a public-records request.

Military Secrets Leak From U.S. Universities – Businessweek

Chinese spying erodes U.S. tech lead, agencies say – DailyHerald.com

China is stealing U.S. military and civilian space technology in an effort to disrupt U.S. access to intelligence, navigation and communications satellites, according to a report from the State and Defense departments.

“China’s continuing efforts to acquire U.S. military and dual-use technologies are enabling China’s science and technology base to diminish the U.S. technological edge in areas critical to the development of weapons and communications systems,” the report released this week found. “Additionally, the technologies China has acquired could be used to develop more advanced technologies by shortening Chinese R&D cycles.”

Chinese spying erodes U.S. tech lead, agencies say – DailyHerald.com

Michelle Van Cleave: Russian Spies Haven’t Gone Away – WSJ.com

‘He acts like he thinks the Cold War’s still on,” Vice President Joe Biden said when Mitt Romney recently called Russia America’s No. 1 geopolitical foe. “I don’t know where he’s been.” Actually, he’s been right here—paying attention.

The vice president may be surprised to learn that there are as many Russian intelligence officers operating in the U.S. today as during the height of the Cold War—it is arrests and criminal proceedings that have fallen off.

We had nine full-blown Russian espionage cases in the 1980s, seven in the ’90s, one in 2001 and then . . . nothing. It’s been 11 years since the last Russian spy was arrested inside the U.S. government. But if you think that’s good news, think again.

Michelle Van Cleave: Russian Spies Haven’t Gone Away – WSJ.com

Mitt has been paying attention about Russia. Most of the rest of our leaders have been sleeping. Russia is our No. 1 enemy, and we should treat it that way. Calling Russia just a geopolitical foe is being polite.

Some call Russia a fascist state. I prefer to call it a mafia state with Don Corleone Putin as its leader. In Bible prophecy circles some people are suggesting that Putin just might be Gog. I think they are on to something. Putin is an evil leader who is capable of doing anything – even initiating nuclear war. I have already documented on this website several threats and hints of nuclear war coming out of Russian leadership since the Russia-Georgia war.

U.S. Colleges Infected by Foreign Spies: FBI – Businessweek

Hearkening back to Cold War anxieties, growing signs of spying on U.S. universities are alarming national security officials. As schools become more global in their locations and student populations, their culture of openness and international collaboration makes them increasingly vulnerable to theft of research conducted for the government and industry.

“We have intelligence and cases indicating that U.S. universities are indeed a target of foreign intelligence
services,” Frank Figliuzzi, Federal Bureau of Investigation assistant director for counterintelligence, said in a February interview in the bureau’s Washington headquarters.

‘Academic Solicitation’

While overshadowed by espionage against corporations, efforts by foreign countries to penetrate universities have increased in the past five years, Figliuzzi said. The FBI and academia, which have often been at loggerheads, are working together to combat the threat, he said.

U.S. Colleges Infected by Foreign Spies: FBI – Businessweek