[…] is ‘War on Terrorism’: Repercussions of 11 Sept. 2001 The Sept 11 2001 attacks on the US and subsequent ‘war against terrorism’ have provided law enforcement/ intelligence agencies with an opportunity to push for sweeping new powers, plus fast-tracking of legislation already on the agenda, to curb civil liberties and electronic privacy. Far-reaching […]
[…] Security Service. I was surprised to learn that the IPI was not a private members Institute but also included officials from all branches of the Armed Forces, Intelligence, Foreign Office, as well as Special Branch and Police, Customs etc.. These official individuals openly fraternised with Private Investigators and Security Consultants who, in some cases, […]
[…] the American captives in Lebanon. North’s operation was the disastrous culmination of a long history of ties between federal drug enforcement authorities and various arms of US intelligence, including the CIA. Like the Federal Bureau of Narcotics before it, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) enjoys expertise in undercover operations and special access to foreign […]
[…] text: ‘Beginning in 1960 the Soviet Union directed the high frequency beams of radiation at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow which were calculated not to pick up intelligence but cause physiological effects on personnel. The effects the Soviets calculated to achieve in the personnel serving (at least as early as 1960) included (A) Malaise […]
Intelligence and National Security Started in 1986, Intelligence and National Security is co-edited by Christopher Andrew and Michael Handel, and is the first British academic journal devoted to the area. I’ve seen 3 issues and while the standard of writing and research is extremely high from contributors like Lawrence Freedman, M.R.D.Foot and Bradley […]
One of the recurring sub-themes of the literature on intelligence systems in the West in the past decade has been the status of the claims made by KGB defector Golitsyn. Until recently all the book-reading public knew about Golitsyn was (a) that he has exposed some (relatively minor) Soviet operations; (b) made a series […]
[…] issues are raised.’ (5) IRD worked out of, and owed allegiance to, the Foreign Office, though it often worked closely with MI6’s anti-Soviet Section IX. It used intelligence officers from some of the war-time propaganda agencies like the Political Warfare Executive, and employed a number of emigres from Eastern Europe. There is little evidence […]
[…] impersonating the real LHO, we’re talking about a shadow Oswald who can be documented from the early 1950s onwards. As Armstrong states: In the early 1950s an intelligence operation was underway that involved two teenage boys: Lee Oswald from Fort Worth and a Russian-speaking boy named ‘Harvey Oswald’ from New York. Beginning in 1952 […]
There has been much discussion about whether KAL 007 was an overhead intelligence platform or not. This article does not attempt to directly answer this question. Instead it reviews the reasons why the US should attempt technical intelligence gathering around September 1983 – when KAL 007 was downed – and the means available to […]
Anthony Glees, Philip J. Davies, and John N. L. Morrison London: The Social Affairs Unit, 2006, £20, h/b The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is a recent addition to the roster of Whitehall bodies; the motives of those who created it, as the authors show, are obscure and its role to some extent […]
