China is aiming at America’s soft underbelly: the Internet – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, China, Chinese Dissidents, Cooperative Investigation, E Mail, Google, Intelligence Agencies, Internet News, Intrusion, Mail Exchanges, National Security Agency, News Agency, Nsa, Priority, Proprietary Networks, Soft Underbelly, Yahoo, Yahoo Google, Yahoo News

Google and the National Security Agency (NSA) are engaging in a cooperative investigation to determine who exactly from China was trolling through Google’s proprietary networks, including e-mail exchanges of Chinese dissidents. They are also joining together to develop new defenses against malicious intrusion and attacks on America’s cyberinfrastructure.
Though America’s cybervulnerability has long been a concern [...]

How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran

Posted by Matt in February 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, 2016 Olympics, American Electorate, Barack Obama, Barak Obama, Collapse, counterterrorism, Death And Destruction, Dramatic Gesture, Forays, Ideologue, Intelligence Agencies, Laugh Test, Massive Death, National Intelligence Estimate, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons Program, Poor Performance, Public Perception, Salvage

I do not customarily offer advice to a president whose election I opposed, whose goals I fear, and whose policies I work against. But here is an idea for Barack Obama to salvage his tottering administration by taking a step that protects the United States and its allies.
If Obama’s personality, identity, and celebrity captivated a [...]

Secret document exposes Iran’s nuclear trigger – Times Online

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Asian Intelligence, Explosion, Initiator, Intelligence Agencies, Intelligence Documents, Intelligence Source, Iran Military, Iran Nuclear, Iran Online, Neutron, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Project, Secret Document, weapons

Confidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb.
The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of a nuclear bomb that triggers an explosion. Foreign intelligence agencies [...]

Diplomats: Iran would need 18 months for atom bomb – Israel News, Ynetnews

Posted by Matt in October 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Atom Bomb, Intelligence Agencies, Intelligence Officials, Iran, Israel, Israel News, Middle East, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapon, Western Diplomats, Ynetnews

Perhaps this means we have a little more time before Israel attacks Iran, and the Middle East blows up into a great nuclear war.
Intelligence agencies estimate that it would probably take Iran a minimum of 18 months to develop a nuclear weapon if it chose to build one, Western diplomats and intelligence officials said.
Diplomats: [...]

Agencies Say Iran Has the Nuclear Fuel to Build a Bomb – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in September 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, American Ambassador, American Intelligence, Atomic Energy Agency, Briefings, Build A Bomb, Critical Steps, Fuel Bomb, Grade Material, Intelligence Agencies, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Fuel, Nuclear Weapon, Nytimes, Public Acknowledgment, Sprint, Stockpile, Uranium Fuel

American intelligence agencies have concluded in recent months that Iran has enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, if risky, sprint to produce the enriched uranium needed for a nuclear weapon. But in a series of briefings to President Obama, they say they believe the country is still holding off on taking the last critical [...]

U.S. intel: No chance for Iran bomb before 2013 – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in August 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, haaretz, Intel, Intelligence Agencies, Iran News, Israel, Israel News, Nuclear Bomb

Overall, the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies providing data for the document suggest that between 2010 and 2015 Iran will be in a position to produce a nuclear bomb.
U.S. intel: No chance for Iran bomb before 2013 – Haaretz – Israel News

Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S. – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in August 4th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Russia, Attack Submarines, Coasts, Cold-War, East Coast, Eastern Seaboard, Echoes, Fleets, Intelligence Agencies, Military Secrets, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Submarines, Nytimes, Pentagon, Russian Attack, Russian Military, Russian Submarines, Russian Subs, Soviet Union, United States

A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.
The episode has echoes of the cold war era, when the United States [...]

China blocks U.S. from cyber warfare

Posted by Matt in May 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, beijing, China, Coleman, Computer Operating System, Cyber Law, Cyber Warfare, Cyber-War, Cyberwar, Dependence, Information Technology, Intelligence Agencies, Military Strategists, Military Systems, Mynews, Operating Software, Own Operating System, Probes, Ribs, Secure Computer, Space Assets, Tens, World Tribune

China has developed more secure operating software for its tens of millions of computers and is already installing it on government and military systems, hoping to make Beijing’s networks impenetrable to U.S. military and intelligence agencies.
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“We are in the early stages of a cyber arms race and need to respond accordingly,”
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China has developed its [...]

Somali Pirates Form Unholy Alliance with Islamists

Posted by Matt in April 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Africa, Africa Report, Close Ties, Coast Guard, Hunting Grounds, Intelligence Agencies, Photo Gallery, Piracy, Pirates, Robust Approach, Shipping Intelligence, Somali Pirates, Somalia, Spate, Spiegel, Swashbucklers, warships

Warships have done little to deter Somalia’s pirates. But following the latest spate of hijackings, the West plans to take a more robust approach to protecting shipping. Intelligence agencies are alarmed at the pirates’ increasingly close ties to Islamist groups. By SPIEGEL Staff more…

Photo Gallery: Pirates Inc.
Coast Guard for Africa: Report Offers Recipe for Stopping [...]

Britain under attack from 20 foreign spy agencies including France and Germany

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Britain, Espionage, China, Espionage, European Countries, France, Germany, Government Security, High Priority, Intelligence Agencies, Russia, Security Document, Spy Agencies, Spy Networks, Sunday Telegraph, Target

Russia and China have been identified as having the most active spy networks operating in the UK but it is understood that some European countries are also involved in espionage attacks against Britain.
Details of the spy plots were revealed in a government security document obtained by The Sunday Telegraph which states that Britain is “high [...]