The History of the Honey Trap – By Phillip Knightley | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in March 13th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Espionage, British Banks, Businesspeople, Chinese Effort, Chinese Espionage, Chinese Intelligence, Financial Institutions, Foreign Policy, Honey Trap, Intelligence Services, London Times, Long Term Relationships, Mi5, Page Document, Phillip Knightley, Security Service, Sexual Relationships

MI5 is worried about sex. In a 14-page document distributed last year to hundreds of British banks, businesses, and financial institutions, titled “The Threat from Chinese Espionage,” the famed British security service described a wide-ranging Chinese effort to blackmail Western businesspeople over sexual relationships. The document, as the London Times reported in January, explicitly warns [...]

Can Iran produce 20 percent-enriched uranium?

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Centrifuge Equipment, centrifuges, defiance, Enrichment Plant, Enrichment Plants, Fuel Enrichment, Fuel Rods, Grade Material, Heu, Inefficiencies, Intelligence Services, Iran Iran, Leu, Reactor, Small Quantities, Stockpile, Technical Prowess, U 235, Uranium, Weapon Grade

Yes. Though Iran may encounter some challenges, it is technically equipped to produce 19.75 percent enriched uranium at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (note, any uranium enriched to under 20 percent U-235 is classified by the IAEA as LEU; uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater is classified as high enriched uranium (HEU).
If Iran were [...]

Russia Now: The mystery of the Taliban’s financial backing in Afghanistan – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Financial Backing, Intelligence Services, Mystery, NATO, Russia, Sheikhs, Sums Of Money, Taliban, Taliban Afghanistan, Telegraph

I cannot believe that such gigantic sums of money – and the Taliban would not survive even for a day without support from the outside – are untraceable. What have Nato’s intelligence services been doing?
Even if we accept the idea of a Saudi trail, questions still remain. How long will the West, with all its [...]

An American decline would undermine global security | csmonitor.com

Posted by Matt in October 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in U.S., Adversaries, Afghan Taliban, Allies, American Security, beijing, China, Decline, Global American, Global Efforts, Global Security, Intelligence Services, Pakistan, Rest Of The World, Shoulders, Taliban, World Doesn

Adversaries and allies alike should remember the unique role of the US in keeping the world safe and prosperous – and help out.
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Yet, if the rest of the world doesn’t step up and support America’s overburdened and undersupported shoulders, global security could diminish exponentially. [...]

Mystery blasts in Lebanon heighten tension – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Arsenals, Blasts, Citizens, Counter Intelligence, hezbollah, Intelligence Services, Israel, Lebanese Security, Lebanon, Mystery, Safe Houses, Security Authorities, Tension, Underground Missile, Upi

Since late 2008 Lebanese security authorities and Hezbollah’s counter-intelligence apparatus have rounded up some 70 suspected agents — nearly all Lebanese citizens — who allegedly were spying for Israel’s intelligence services.
Their main mission was to track and locate senior Hezbollah commanders and officials, their safe houses and command centers, as well as the movement’s arsenals, [...]

Who Leaked to Iran?

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

Published in Iran, Allies, Atomic Energy Agency, Existence, Intelligence Services, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency Iaea, Iran, Iranian Government, Last Minute, Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Weapons Plant, Qom, Shock, Underground Nuclear Weapons

For three long years, the United States, Britain, and France kept the secret while their intelligence services shared information they had been gathering on what appeared to be a top secret underground nuclear weapons plant near Qom.
At the very last minute, just four days before the allies planned to shock the world by revealing detailed [...]

Turkey and Russia on the Rise

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Turkey, Abdullah Gul, Bhalla, Birthrate, Catastrophic Impact, Chechens, Coming Of Age, Demographic Time Bomb, Distant Future, Dmitri Medvedev, Eff, Fates, Gas Crisis, Geographic Barriers, Goodrich, Government Estimates, Heroin Abuse, Hispanics In The United States, Intelligence Services, Latter Problem, Legions, Moscow Region, Multiethnic, Muslim Faith, Plunge, Reva, Russia Russia, Russian Government, Russian Language, Russian Leadership, Russian Minorities, Russian Population, Russian President, Russians, Security Problem, Soviet Collapse, Soviet Empire, Turkish Counterpart, War Children, Western Influence

Here are a couple of interesting paragraphs about Russia:
Russia faces a hard-wired demographic time bomb. Put simply, Russia is an ascending power in the short run, but it is a declining power in the long run.
The Russian leadership is well aware of this coming crisis, and knows it is going to need every scrap of [...]