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...
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FSB Declassifies Documents on Nazi Massacre in Crimea
On Monday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Crimea transferred to the state archive various documents related to the brutal massacre of 900 Red Army soldiers in the town of Sudak committed by the Nazis on the Crimean peninsula during the 1942 occupation. [The FSB in Russian: Россия: Федеральная Служба Безопасности (ФСБ) ] Like most...
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RAW Officer on the Build-Up on the India-China Border
Former Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) officer, Amar Bhushan, comments on the border clash between India and China in which solders fought hand to hand combat on high mountain terrain. By way of background, the Guardian explains the dispute between the world’s two most populous nations like this. Both countries have sought to establish their...
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Israel Nearly Doubled Exports of Surveillance Systems in 2018
Israel is a world leader in surveillance technology, with veterans of the Mossad and the military’s Unit 8200, a cyberwar office, launching start-ups that provide intelligence services to private clients. Israel’s Defense Ministry increased its exports in 2019 of civilian and refugee monitoring technology, a report published by the ministry Monday said. The figures show...