The CIA briefed President Trump on intelligence reports that a Russian military intelligence unit offered bounties to Afghan rebels to kill American soldiers, according to the New York Times and Washington Post. Trump denies he was briefed and says the reports were not credible. The Trump administration took no action. From The Washington Post The...
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Moon Looking for New Spy Chief to Advance Inter-Korean Diplomacy
From the Seoul daily The Hankyoreh comes the latest from the Blue House, as South Korea’s presidential residence is known. President Moon Jae-in, responding to belligerent moves by North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, plans to shake up his national security team. “It’s not a matter of ‘whether or not’ to replace the foreign affairs and national...
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Spies Wanted: CIA Turns to Online Streaming to Recruit New Officers
“Since becoming director, I prioritized how, where, and whom we recruit to be the next generation of CIA officers,” said CIA Director Gina Haspel in a recent news release. “Advertising on streaming services is an important step forward to reach talented Americans with the diversity of experiences we require to continue to be the world’s...
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Trump’s Trade Adviser Repeats Unsubstantiated COVID Theory
First it was former MI6 director Richard Dearlove espousing a theory about the origins of the COVID virus that has no foundation in fact. Now it’s White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. ‘Navarro says on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it remains unclear how the virus started and “until we get some information about...
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Indonesia’s Intelligence Service Is Coming Out to Counter COVID19
Amid the COVID pandemic, Indonesia’s State Intelligence Agency (BIN) is asserting itself in unusual ways. Writing in The Diplomat, Tangguh Chairil, a lecturer in security studies, says BIN’s role has expanded in the last three months. BIN’s role is to conduct contact tracing to track the spread of COVID-19, as part of the early warning...