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The Spy game: CIA, KGB, and now: P2P
2009-03-04 03:44:00 If you visit Washington, locals will point out when the President leaves in a convoy of helicopters, most of which are there to protect him from bad guys. It’s quite an inspiring sight. His helicopter is called Marine One. But the helicopters are getting on in age, so there has been some discussion about an overpriced ...
Where You At? UK Big Bro Knows
2008-06-08 15:55:00 It appears that someone at the Telegraph’s political desk woke up. The security community has been moaning about a “surveillance society” for some time. Now, the Telegraph has noticed that people are noticing the trend. That must make it official somehow. (sarcasm is my optiate) From the Telegraph: Fears are growing that the compulsory ID card scheme ...
China Denies Hacking US Gov Laptop
2008-06-06 14:15:00 “Wasn’t me. Didn’t see me do it” - Bart Simpson From the Associated Press: China on Friday denied allegations that its operatives secretly copied the contents of a U.S. government laptop computer and used the data to try to hack into Commerce Department computers. U.S. authorities say they are investigating whether surreptitious copying took place when a laptop ...
Today?s Spies Find Secrets In Plain Sight
2008-04-01 16:35:00 From USA Today: For 40 years, U.S. presidents have begun each day with a top-secret, personal briefing on security threats and global affairs obtained largely from covert spy missions, clandestine satellite surveillance and other highly classified intelligence sources. Now, however, the President’s Daily Brief and other crucial intelligence reports often rely less on secrets from risky espionage ...
Chinese Hackers Speak Up
2008-03-07 20:22:00 Chinese hackers met with CNN to discuss their exploits and that they are often in the pay of the Chinese government. Well, that’s according to CNN at least. From CNN: They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained ...
CIBC Admits Some Calls Illegally Recorded
2008-03-04 15:06:00 “It always feels like, somebody’s watching me” Oops. CIBC has been having some trouble getting their house in order. I hope that this will be the kick in the butt that gets felt so that they can avoid this sort of embarrassment in the future. From the Globe and Mail: One of Canada’s biggest banks has allegedly been ...
DHS To Replace Dupe Anti-Terror Data Network
2008-01-21 14:27:00 From the Washington Post: The Homeland Security Department spent more than $90 million to create a network for sharing sensitive anti-terrorism information with state and local governments that it has decided to replace, according to an internal department document. The decision was made late last year but was not announced. It was outlined in an Oct. 27 ...
Eye Spy: Game Time
2008-01-11 05:40:00 Bey-Z and Kanye were laughing it up and shoo shooing at the New Jersey Nets game, where Beyonce took time to even sign a cast. Her boots are show stopping but I hear that even the players were in awe of Jay Z's leading lady. Whatever they were talking about must have been really funny! Ciara was also spotted taking in some NBA action at the Atlanta Hawks game...she took time to pose for a few snap shots, cute as usual!
Poor Man?s LoJack
2007-12-14 14:19:00 From ABC News: In one high-tech thriller after another, the hero attaches a tiny tracking device on the villain and follows him as blinking dot on a computer screen. In real life, this kind of technology would be great for tracking pets or kids, even packages or luggage — anything that tends to wander. But it doesn’t ...
CIA Destroyed al-Qaeda Interrogation Videos
2007-12-07 12:24:00 Getting ready for the season of the subpoena? From the Globe & Mail: The CIA destroyed videotapes it made in 2002 of two top terror suspects because it was afraid that keeping them ?posed a security risk,? director Michael Hayden has told agency employees. Mr. Hayden’s revelation to the CIA employees became public Thursday and it caused ...
Bush White House Ordered To Turn Over Spy Docs
2007-11-29 01:22:00 Cue the evil laughter and wringing of hands. The Bush White House has been ordered to produce documents related to the domestic spy scandal. A judge in San Francisco has stipulated that they must produce these docs by this Friday (Nov 30). From CNET: U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco gave the Office of the ...
China Spying ?Biggest US Threat?
2007-11-16 02:32:00 The US government thinks that China’s predisposition for industrial espionage is their biggest threat. BBC News: China is pursuing new technology “aggressively”, it says, legitimately through research and business deals and illegally through industrial espionage. China has also “embraced destructive warfare techniques”, the report says, enabling it to carry out cyber attacks on other countries’ infrastructure. A foreign ministry ...
Blackwater?s Parent Has Spies for Hire
2007-11-05 17:24:00 Blackwater’s parent company continues to build out its mercenary army. Now, The Prince Group has announced a new operation. From the Washington Post: The operation, Total Intelligence Solutions, has assembled a roster of former spooks — high-ranking figures from agencies such as the CIA and defense intelligence — that mirrors the slate of former military officials ...
Roadblock for Telecom Immunity
2007-11-02 12:17:00 Well, at least someone has some stones in DC. From Washington Post: In a blow to the Bush administration, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat and Republican expressed reluctance yesterday to granting blanket immunity to telecommunications carriers sued for assisting the government’s warrantless surveillance program. Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and the ranking Republican, Sen. Arlen ...
US Hacks Al Qaeda?Oops. Did ABC Say That Out Loud?
2007-10-09 14:17:00 In a blunder that could cost the intelligence community dearly, it appears that the fourth estate let the cat out of the bag. Now the terrorist intranet has gone dark. From NY Sun: Al Qaeda’s Internet communications system has suddenly gone dark to American intelligence after the leak of Osama bin Laden’s September 11 speech inadvertently disclosed ...
A Gateway for Hackers
2007-08-09 15:42:00 Here is an interesting read from the Washington Post. Current administration policy is replete with examples of quickly enacted efforts whose consequences led to the opposite effect. (Beware of what you wish for . . . .) With Congress caving last week, the National Security Agency no longer needs a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant ...
FBI Looking For NSA Leaker
2007-08-07 21:10:00 From MSNBC: The controversy over President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program took another surprise turn last week when a team of FBI agents, armed with a classified search warrant, raided the suburban Washington home of a former Justice Department lawyer. The lawyer, Thomas M. Tamm, previously worked in Justice’s Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR)?the supersecret ...
Justice Department Withholds Records on Electronic Surveillance
2007-07-24 14:44:00 From EFF: Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, July 26, at 11 a.m., the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue for the release of court orders that supposedly authorize the government’s highly controversial electronic domestic surveillance program that intercepts and analyzes millions of Americans’ communications. The White House first acknowledged the surveillance program’s existence in 2005, claiming that ...
CIA Snubs Bloggers
2007-07-19 21:20:00 Well, it appears that effective yesterday the CIA has changed the Freedom of Information Act guidelines to snub bloggers. They have taken the position that media is only media if they are getting paid. So, I guess 98% of the bloggers out there are left in the cold. 1. The authority citation for part 1900 ...
Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Against NSA Spy Program
2007-07-06 23:51:00 Another set back for the fight against domestic wiretapping. From CNET: In a setback for foes of a controversial Bush administration wiretapping program, a federal appeals court on Friday threw out an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit that alleged illicit snooping on Americans’ calls and e-mails. In a 2-1 decision (PDF), the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in ...
Bush and Cheney Subpoenaed For Wiretapping
2007-06-29 05:07:00 Can you feel the walls closing in on you George and Dick? The US Senate has issued subpoenas demanding the White House hand over documents relating to its policy of snooping on US citizens without getting warrants or other legal clearance. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy yesterday issued subpoenas to the Department of Justice, the Office ...
The CIA?s Family Jewels
2007-06-27 04:20:00 By now you may or may now have heard that the CIA is going to declassify roughly 700 pages of, the family jewels as they call it. Well, here they are. Download the Family Jewels (.pdf 27 MB) The CIA said Thursday it has decided to declassify most of a voluminous 1973 file known as “the family ...
Congress Set to Uncover Truth About NSA Spying Program
2007-06-22 04:17:00 From the EFF: Vote to Authorize Subpoenas Sets Stage for Showdown Over Illegal Surveillance San Francisco - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to authorize subpoenas related to the National Security Agency (NSA)’s domestic spying program, setting the stage for a Congressional showdown over the surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans. The subpoenas demand certain legal documents ...
Secret Surveillance Evidence Unsealed in AT&T Spying Case
2007-06-13 02:43:00 The wraps are coming off… Whistleblower Declaration and Other Key Documents Released to Public San Francisco - More documents detailing secret government surveillance of AT&T’s Internet traffic have been released to the public as part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) class-action lawsuit against the telecom giant. Some of the unsealed information was previously made public in redacted ...
Factbox: Secret CIA Prisons In Europe
2007-06-08 18:05:00 From the Globe and Mail: A European investigator said on Friday he had proof of long-standing allegations that Poland and Romania housed secret CIA prisons on behalf of the United States to help in its war on terrorism. Both countries deny it. Here are key points from the report by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty. WHY ... |
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