A couple days ago, in a post about the tragedy in Boston and the “meaning” of the Tsarnayev brothers, I indicated that, so far, I thought this was not probably about a failure of intelligence, rather something bigger in terms...
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Boston: A Whole New Ballgame?
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Fidel’s Secret Friends in DC
This week the Ana Belen Montes espionage case was back in the news, though few Americans likely noticed, since that sensational spy story never got the front-page coverage it merited when it broke nearly a dozen years ago. The absent...
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Unraveling Boston
I happened to be far away from my New England home when Boston was hit by the most consequential terrorist attack in the city since, well, the original Tea Party. Boston has been an important part of my life, having...
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How Iranian intelligence trained Bosnian terrorists
The important role of Iranian intelligence during the Bosnian war of 1992 to 1995, something which got little attention at the time, was a major story exposed in my 2007 book Unholy Terror. My research into this murky story showed...
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DIA and those North Korean nukes
This week, the rather arcane issue of what’s classified versus unclassified in an intelligence assessment hit the headlines big-time, when a Congressman revealed in open session that the Defense Intelligence Agency believes that North Korea – you know, the people...
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Do “experts” know what they are talking about?
This week has seen the crisis over North Korea enter a new, ominous phase. Tensions have been rising for weeks, with provocative acts on all sides, resulting in truly alarming conduct by Pyongyang, which has long set the bar for...
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Russia gets its own SOCOM
More than a few Americans have heard of U.S. Special Operations Command – SOCOM in Pentagonese – particularly since its forces killed “Geronimo” (AKA Osama bin Laden) in Operation NEPTUNE SPEAR in May 2011. Admiral Bill McRaven, the guy who...