From a New York Times story and additional reporting by Al Jazeera: Known as Project Raven, hackers employed state-of-the-art cyber-espionage tools to help the UAE engage in surveillance of other governments, armed groups, and human rights activists critical of the monarchy. Interviews by Reuters news agency in 2019 with former Raven operatives, along with a...
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Mossad Chief Leads Israel’s Diplomatic Offensive
Israeli intelligence Yossi Cohen is predicting that other Gulf and African Muslim countries will recognize Israel in the coming year. The United Arab Emirates opened diplomatic relations with Israel this week, the first Arab country to do so in decades Whether or not Cohen’s prediction pans out, the Mossad chief is playing a leading role...
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Former Bush Adviser Sells Repression in the Middle East
As counterterrorism adviser to President George W. Bush, Richard Clarke advocated vastly expanded spying powers for the U.S. government. As a private citizen, he sold the same idea to a Persian Gulf oil monarchy. The Reuters investigated, and the resulting story, Made in America shows how and why private intelligence firms are flourishing. Undemocratic governments...
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Secret Israeli Attacks in Iraq Are Part of Trump’s Anti-Iran Campaign
President Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran, notes former CIA analyst Paul Pillar, is more obsession than strategy. A not-so-mysterious explosion on the outskirts of Baghdad Monday shows why. Iraqi political analysts are blaming the attack on Israel, saying it follows two attacks earlier this month on facilities of Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. According...
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Reuters: Why the CIA Doesn’t Spy on the UAE
A new Reuters story, published by Ha’aretz in Israel, says the CIA does not spy on the United Arab Emirates, a key Middle Eastern ally that is pulling out of the U.S.-backed war in Yemen. If true, its a blind spot at a time when the region is on the brink of war and U.S....
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